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Donald Trump
stated on a Truth Social post:

Donald Trump overstates Supreme Court ruling on transgender athletes in girls’ and women’s sports

By Caleb McCullough • July 1, 2026

Donald Trump
stated on 2026-03-27 a speech to a Saudi investment conference:

“More Americans are working today than at any time in the history of our country.”

By Louis Jacobson • March 31, 2026

Donald Trump
stated on 2026-02-03 remarks in the Oval Office:

"The crime rate now is the lowest it's been since 1900. That's 125 years."

By Louis Jacobson • February 12, 2026

Donald Trump
stated on 2026-01-27 remarks at a restaurant in Iowa:

“We right now have more factories and plants being built in our country than we've ever had before.”

By Louis Jacobson • February 9, 2026

Donald Trump
stated on 2026-01-21 remarks:

In artificial intelligence, “We're leading China by a lot.”

By Loreben Tuquero • January 29, 2026

Donald Trump
stated on 2025-11-16 remarks to reporters:

Stock prices for health insurance companies are “up over 1,000% over a short period of time.”

By Louis Jacobson • November 19, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on 2025-08-26 a Cabinet meeting:

“Groceries are down. Energy is way down. ... Was $4 and $5 for a gallon of gas.”

By Louis Jacobson • September 5, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on 2025-08-26 a Cabinet meeting:

“The average American worker has already seen a $500 wage increase this year.”

By Louis Jacobson • September 5, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on 2025-07-27 a press briefing:

“We gave $60 million two weeks ago” for food aid to Gaza.

By Gabrielle Lazor, Samantha Putterman • July 30, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on 2025-04-02 a speech announcing tariffs:

“Egg prices came down 50%”

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • April 4, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on 2024-06-15 remarks in Detroit:

The Trump administration “achieved the lowest African American unemployment rate and the lowest African American poverty rate ever recorded.”

By Louis Jacobson • June 20, 2024

Donald Trump
stated on 2024-05-02 an X post:

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called voter ID “racist,” calls NRA a “terrorist organization” and supports affirmative action.

By Amy Sherman • May 14, 2024

Donald Trump
stated on 2024-01-06 a speech:

Nikki Haley “says the retirement age at 65 is way too low, it must be much higher.”

By Samantha Putterman • January 8, 2024

Donald Trump
stated on 2023-10-23 remarks at a rally in Derry, N.H.:

“When I came into office, Iran had $70 billion in foreign exchange reserves. … By the time I left, they had nothing. They were broke.”

By Louis Jacobson • October 26, 2023

Donald Trump
stated on 2023-07-29 a rally:

The Trump administration “built nearly 500 miles of border wall.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • August 9, 2023

Donald Trump
stated on 2021-03-29 a statement given to the press:

Says Deborah Birx “traveled a great distance to see her family for Thanksgiving, only to have them call the police and turn her in. She then ... resigned.”

By Jon Greenberg • March 30, 2021

Donald Trump
stated on 2020-10-29 a rally in Tampa, Fla.:

“Nobody's ever seen a number like this… (33.1%) economic growth is four times greater than what the experts expected.”

By Jon Greenberg • October 30, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on 2020-09-29 the first 2020 presidential debate:

Says Joe Biden “passed a tax bill that gave us all these privileges for depreciation and for tax credits. We built a building, and we get tax credits like the hotel on Pennsylvania Ave.”

By Bill McCarthy • October 1, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on 2020-09-07 a press conference:

"Under Operation Warp Speed, we’ve pioneered groundbreaking therapies, reducing the fatality rate 85% since April.”

By Louis Jacobson • September 9, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on 2020-08-16 a Wall Street Journal op-ed:

“For the past three years, the state senator who represents Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco, has led a push to abolish single-family zoning in California.”

By Chris Nichols • August 17, 2020

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