Foreign Policy Scorecard true 0% 90 Checks mostly-true 0% 148 Checks Half True 0% 152 Checks mostly-false 0% 186 Checks false 0% 210 Checks Pants on Fire 0% 101 Checks For more details, see the Principles of PolitiFact All Fact-checks for Foreign Policy Facebook posts stated on January 5, 2026 in a Facebook post: Video shows “leaked Donald Trump audio about the Epstein files and Venezuela." January 6, 2026 Alex Jones stated on January 3, 2026 in an X post: Video shows “millions of Venezuelans flooded the streets of Caracas” to celebrate Nicolás Maduro’s capture. January 5, 2026 Social Media stated on January 3, 2026 in social media posts: Images and videos show aftermath of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s capture. January 5, 2026 Donald Trump stated on December 9, 2025 in public events: The U.S. has received promises of investments totaling $18 trillion to $22 trillion since January. December 9, 2025 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. 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. December 3, 2025 stated on October 23, 2025 in a statement on X: An ad from the government of Ontario, Canada, “misrepresents” President Ronald Reagan’s April 25, 1987, address about tariffs. October 24, 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”. 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.” 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.” October 16, 2025 Donald Trump stated on September 23, 2025 in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly: “I have ended seven unendable wars.” September 23, 2025 JD Vance stated on August 24, 2025 in 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." August 26, 2025 Donald Trump stated on August 18, 2025 in a Truth Social post: “We are now the only country in the world that uses mail-in voting.” August 18, 2025 Donald Trump stated on July 28, 2025 in an interview: “I’ve stopped six wars” since taking office in January 2025. August 5, 2025 Donald Trump stated on July 27, 2025 in a press briefing: “We gave $60 million two weeks ago” for food aid to Gaza. July 30, 2025 Benjamin Netanyahu stated on July 27, 2025 in remarks: “There is no starvation in Gaza.” July 29, 2025 Ritchie Torres stated on July 20, 2025 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": “Since Donald Trump's inauguration, we have seen an 11% decline in the value of the dollar, the steepest decline in more than a half a century.” July 25, 2025 Social Media stated on May 21, 2025 in posts: Video shows the Qatari emir saying, “I truly regret inviting Trump, the robber, to the Middle East.” May 21, 2025 Pete Hegseth stated on March 24, 2025 in an interview: "Nobody was texting war plans" in the Trump administration Signal group text about bombing Yemen. By Amy Sherman, Grace Abels • March 26, 2025 Facebook posts stated on February 17, 2025 in una publicación en Facebook: El congresista Adriano Espaillat muestra “La nueva bandera que están promoviendo para República Dominicana que se va a llamar 'DominicoHaiti'”. 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Donald Trump End the Russia-Ukraine war within 24 hours At 100 days, Trump’s administration struggles to achieve the Russia-Ukraine peace he promised | April 29, 2025
Donald Trump Withdraw from the World Health Organization Trump restarts process to withdraw United States from World Health Organization | January 22, 2025
Joe Biden Provide assistance to Northern Triangle countries Biden found compromise in promise to invest $4 billion in Central American to mitigate immigration | January 8, 2025
Joe Biden Increase refugee admissions Joe Biden keeps promise to raise refugee admissions to 125,000 | July 6, 2023
Joe Biden Reverse family separation policies Biden fulfills promise to end Trump policy that led to family separations | January 27, 2021
Joe Biden Restore the White House directorate for global health security Biden restores White House office for global health security | January 21, 2021
Joe Biden Work with allies to develop secure private-sector-led 5G networks U.S. leverages allies to back 5G alternatives insulated from China | January 11, 2022
Joe Biden Join allies to negotiate with North Korea on denuclearization Biden worked with allies to negotiate with North Korea on denuclearization, but North Korea resisted | December 3, 2024
Joe Biden Rejoin Iran nuclear deal Biden administration unable to put Iran nuclear deal back together | November 25, 2024
Joe Biden End wars in Afghanistan and the Middle East An end to the Afghanistan War, but continued fighting against Iranian proxies | March 19, 2024
Joe Biden Restore Cuba engagement Biden removes Cuba from the state sponsors of terrorism list | January 14, 2025
Joe Biden Resume ties with the Palestinian Authority Biden keeps promise to resume ties with the Palestinian Authority | June 10, 2021
