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Donald Trump
stated on June 7, 2026 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

The ongoing ballot counting in California means “they’re cheating on the election."

By Amy Sherman • June 8, 2026

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

Voting in California is “rigged.”

By Amy Sherman, Grace Abels • November 5, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on October 15, 2025 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in a Cabinet meeting:

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

By Louis Jacobson • July 10, 2025

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