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Donald Trump
stated on April 12, 2026 a Truth Social post

Pope Leo XIV “thinks it’s OK for Iran to have a nuclear weapon.”

By Maria Briceño • April 13, 2026

Donald Trump
stated on March 23, 2026 remarks at a Memphis event

"Mail-in voting means mail-in cheating.”

By Amy Sherman, Zoe Weyand • March 25, 2026

Donald Trump
stated on February 22, 2026 a TikTok post

U.S. men’s hockey Olympian Brady Tkachuk said about the Canadian hockey team, “They booed our national anthem, so I had to come out and teach those maple syrup eating f----s a lesson.”

By Maria Briceño • February 27, 2026

Donald Trump
stated on February 2, 2026 an interview with Dan Bongino

Among Somalis in Minnesota, “92% of them don’t work.”

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • February 2, 2026

Donald Trump
stated on December 1, 2025 una publicación en Truth Social

Video muestra noticia de “última hora” en el que el presidente venezolano Nicolás Maduro se “rindió públicamente” ante el presidente Donald Trump.

By Maria Briceño • December 4, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on December 1, 2025 a Truth Social post

Video shows “breaking” news that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro "publicly surrendered" to President Donald Trump.

By Maria Briceño • December 3, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on November 9, 2025 a Truth Social post

“DOGE halts yearly payment of $2.5 million to Barack Obama for ‘royalties linked to Obamacare.’”

By Loreben Tuquero • November 10, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on November 4, 2025 a Truth Social post

Voting in California is “rigged.”

By Amy Sherman, Grace Abels • November 5, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on October 15, 2025 una conferencia de prensa

Con respecto a los ataques contra las embarcaciones en las costas de Venezuela, “por cada barco que destruimos, salvamos 25,000 vidas estadounidenses”.

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 23, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on October 17, 2025 a news conference

“We’ve never had a president that solved one war, not one war.”

By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 17, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on October 15, 2025 news conference

Regarding boat strikes off the coast of Venezuela, “Every boat that we knock out we save 25,000 American lives.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 16, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on September 30, 2025 a speech to military brass

“You never heard Biden say” the U.S. has “the strongest military anywhere in the world.”

By Louis Jacobson • October 2, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on September 27, 2025 a Truth Social post

On Jan. 6, 2021, 274 FBI agents were “probably acting as agitators and insurrectionists, but certainly not as ‘law enforcement officials.’”

By Samantha Putterman • September 30, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on September 22, 2025 a press conference

“There's no downside” to avoiding Tylenol or acetaminophen use while pregnant.

By Madison Czopek • September 23, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on August 19, 2025 a Truth Social post

The Smithsonian Institution includes “nothing about success, nothing about brightness, nothing about the future.”

By Grace Abels, Louis Jacobson • August 20, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on August 5, 2025 an interview on CNBC

Bureau of Labor Statistics employment numbers “were rigged” when the agency revised them “down by almost 900,000 jobs” after the 2024 election.

By Louis Jacobson • August 5, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on July 22, 2025 a press conference

In 2016, after Donald Trump won the presidency, then-President Barack Obama was “trying to lead a coup” with Trump’s opponent, Hillary Clinton.

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on July 15, 2025 comments to reporters

The Jeffrey Epstein files “were made up by Comey. They were made up by Obama. They were made up by Biden.”

By Grace Abels • July 18, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on July 8, 2025 a Cabinet meeting

China doesn’t “have a lot of wind farms. … Very, very few.”

By Louis Jacobson • July 10, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on April 29, 2025 an interview with ABC News

Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia “had ‘MS-13’ on his knuckles tattooed. … He had ‘MS’ as clear as you can be. Not 'interpreted.’”

By Louis Jacobson • April 30, 2025

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