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Donald Trump
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.”
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 16, 2025
Donald Trump
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.”
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 2, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 23, 2025 a speech to the U.N. General Assembly:
“I have ended seven unendable wars.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • September 23, 2025
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on August 24, 2025 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"If you go back to World War II, if you go back to World War I, if you go back to every major conflict in human history, they all end with some kind of negotiation."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 26, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on August 23, 2025 an X post:
An Aug. 23 video shows “the military’s already showing up in Chicago” before a potential National Guard deployment.
False
By Maria Briceño • August 25, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on June 10, 2025 an ad on Craigslist:
Companies called “T-Mellon Events” and “Fight Fite Fight LLC” are offering to pay “seat fillers” in Washington, D.C, on June 14.
False
By Gabrielle Lazor • June 13, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on June 9, 2025 social media posts:
California Gov. Gavin Newsom shared images taken in 2021 and said they showed National Guard troops sleeping on the floor in June 2025.
Pants on Fire!
By Loreben Tuquero • June 10, 2025
Pete Hegseth
Pete Hegseth
stated on April 29, 2025 an X post:
The federal government’s Women, Peace and Security program is a “Biden initiative.”
False
By Amy Sherman • May 6, 2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on April 29, 2025 a town hall event:
DARPA is spraying the skies with chemicals that are in jet fuel.
Pants on Fire!
By Madison Czopek • May 5, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 28, 2025 una publicación en Facebook:
“Trump ordena ataques militares en los túneles del Vaticano - Laboratorios de (adrenocromo) dirigidos por la CIA cerrados por las fuerzas especiales de EE.UU”.
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Briceño • April 4, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 26, 2025 a post:
President Donald Trump “just suggested replacing pride month with veterans month in honor of those who served.”
False
By Grace Abels • April 2, 2025
Pete Hegseth
Pete Hegseth
stated on March 24, 2025 an interview:
"Nobody was texting war plans" in the Trump administration Signal group text about bombing Yemen.
False
By Amy Sherman, Grace Abels • March 26, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on March 20, 2025 a post on X:
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth “removed Colin Powell’s name from a list of notable Americans buried at Arlington National Cemetery.”
False
By Madison Czopek • March 25, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 4, 2025 a speech to Congress:
"All armed services are having among the best recruiting results ever” because of Trump policies, and “it was just a few months ago where the results were exactly the opposite.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 11, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 18, 2025 remarks to reporters at Mar-a-Lago:
Volodymyr Zelenskyy “started” the war in Ukraine with Russia.
Pants on Fire!
By Claire Cranford, Louis Jacobson • February 19, 2025
Kristi Noem
Kristi Noem
stated on February 2, 2025 an interview:
At Guantánamo Bay, “we'll have the capacity to continue to do there what we've always done. We've always had a presence of illegal immigrants there that have been detained.”
Half-True
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • February 9, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 30, 2025 a video on Facebook:
Early reports of four survivors show “this DC plane crash story isn’t adding up.”
False
By Madison Czopek • February 7, 2025
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 31, 2025 a post on Instagram:
CNN reported on the Potomac River plane and helicopter crash “hours before it happened.”
False
By Madison Czopek • February 4, 2025
Threads posts
Threads posts
stated on January 31, 2025 a Threads post:
The Black Hawk helicopter involved in the American Airlines crash “was being controlled remotely.”
False
By Sofia Ahmed • February 3, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on January 30, 2025 an X post:
“The VIP on the Black Hawk helicopter that crashed was Barack Obama.”
False
By Sofia Ahmed • January 30, 2025
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