February 2025,
by the verdicts.

State-level presidential results show every state moved toward Trump relative to his 2020 performance.

India's 2025 tariff schedule applied a 70% customs duty to certain fully built imported cars, including higher-value vehicles.

U.S. government oversight put Ukraine-response funding made available at about $183 billion, including spending outside Ukraine.

Comparable Kiel Institute figures showed Europe had allocated more direct aid than the United States.

Congressional and oversight totals were roughly $174 billion to $183 billion, far below the range Trump gave.

U.S. oversight data put total Ukraine-response funding below $200 billion, including money spent in the United States and elsewhere rather than transferred to Ukraine.

Comparable Kiel Institute tracking showed European commitments and allocations exceeded the totals for the United States.

Although Obama declined to provide lethal weapons, his administration supplied more than $600 million in security assistance, including radars, armored vehicles, drones and night-vision equipment.

The EU bought $12.3 billion in U.S. agricultural and related exports in fiscal 2023, making it the fourth-largest export market.

European integration was supported by successive U.S. administrations as a way to stabilize Western Europe and promote shared security and prosperity.

The United States collected billions of dollars annually in tariff revenue on Chinese imports before Trump took office.

Official 2023 data put the goods-and-services trade deficit near $41 billion and the goods-only deficit near $72 billion.

Consumer prices rose about 8% across Trump's first term and year-over-year inflation was 1.4% when he left office.

Year-over-year inflation had risen to 3% in January, and available data did not show that price increases had stopped.

International assessments placed the United States above average in reading and science and below average, but far from last, in mathematics.

CDC estimates showed about 55,000 deaths involving synthetic opioids in the 12 months ending September 2024; even the peak remained below 80,000.

The final territorial defeat occurred more than two years into Trump's first presidency.

Numerous countries, including Canada, Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Spain, allow postal voting for some or all voters.

Congress had appropriated about $174 billion in Ukraine-related funding, while the broad U.S. oversight total was about $183 billion.

Comparable Kiel Institute tracking showed European aid allocations exceeded U.S. allocations.

There was no evidence of large-scale fraud or discarded Trump votes; the certified count was about 77.3 million.

More than 100 hostages were released during a November 2023 truce negotiated with involvement from the Biden administration, and additional releases occurred before Trump returned to office.

Gallup polling recorded substantially higher approval ratings for several Republican presidents, including George W. Bush, George H.W. Bush and Ronald Reagan.

U.S. oversight data put total Ukraine-response funding below $200 billion, including money spent in the United States and elsewhere rather than transferred to Ukraine.

Comparable Kiel Institute tracking showed European commitments and allocations exceeded the totals for the United States.

CDC monitoring for children born around that period estimated prevalence near one in 68, not one in 10,000 or 20,000.

Historical records put the American death toll during the U.S. construction period at roughly 5,600; the much larger overall toll included mostly Caribbean workers from both construction eras.

Iran continued funding and supporting both groups during Trump's first term, though sanctions strained its finances.

Official data put the annual U.S. goods-and-services trade deficit with China far below $1 trillion.

Biden-era rules and targets encouraged electric-vehicle adoption but did not require every person to buy one.

Inflation-adjusted output and income per person are far higher today; tariff revenue alone does not establish that the earlier period was the country's richest.

California certified its statewide 2024 election results on December 13; later counting did not mean people were still voting.

The commission discussed absentee-ballot vulnerabilities and safeguards but did not conclude that mail voting invariably produces massive fraud.

Inflation peaked at 9.1% in 2022, the highest in about four decades but below multiple earlier U.S. episodes.

Federal rules set fleet emissions and efficiency requirements but did not require consumers to buy electric vehicles.

The cited grants were not for Hamas or Gaza; the identified health-services award was for Mozambique, and no second $50 million Gaza-condom award was substantiated.

Replacing individual income-tax revenue would require tariff rates and import values far beyond plausible levels, while high tariffs would also reduce imports and their tax base.

About 7,600 workers died during the U.S. construction phase, and fewer than 1,000 were Americans.

Panama operated the canal; a Hong Kong company managed ports near its entrances but did not control canal operations.

International education and spending comparisons did not support both parts of the claim.

Congress had appropriated about $174 billion, roughly half the amount claimed.

Comparable tracking showed European allocations exceeded the U.S. total.

Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022.

No identified poll supported 4%; a Kyiv International Institute of Sociology survey conducted that month found 57% trusted Zelenskyy.

Official 2024 data put the U.S. goods deficit with India at $45.7 billion, less than half the claimed amount; including services reduced the overall deficit further.

International estimates place several countries above the United States in proved oil reserves or natural-gas reserves.

Comparable aid tracking showed European allocations exceeded the U.S. total rather than trailing it by $200 billion.

Congress had appropriated about $174 billion in Ukraine-related funding, while the broader oversight total was about $183 billion.

Comparable aid tracking showed Europe had allocated more direct assistance than the United States.

International education and spending comparisons did not support both parts of the claim.

BEA reported a $68.5 billion U.S. goods deficit with Japan in 2024; the United States also ran a services surplus, leaving the combined deficit further below $100 billion.

International reserve estimates place Saudi Arabia's proved oil reserves far above Alaska's; combining oil and gas does not produce a standard reserve measure supporting the claim.

International estimates place several countries above the United States in proved oil reserves or natural-gas reserves.

The two broadcasts used different portions of the same answer; the released transcript did not show CBS replacing an answer with a different response.

Most European aid was grants or in-kind support, not repayable loans.

Most European assistance was grants or in-kind support rather than repayable loans.

The tariffs were collected from U.S. importers, with economic research finding much of the cost was borne in the United States.

U.S. importers paid the tariffs and commonly passed costs to American purchasers; the revenue was not a direct payment from China.

Only about 0.2% of fentanyl seized by U.S. border authorities in fiscal 2024 was seized near the Canadian border.

The Defense Department estimated the equipment remaining in Afghanistan was worth about $7.1 billion, not tens of billions.

Replies were voluntary and multiple agencies told employees not to respond; leave, illness and lack of email access also explained nonresponses.

Old records lacking death dates did not establish payments to 200-year-old beneficiaries, and Social Security procedures stop payments for people recorded as age 115 or older.

Most European assistance was grants or in-kind support; loans represented a minority of the total and some were structured for repayment from proceeds on frozen Russian assets.

Biden assigned Harris to diplomatic work addressing migration's root causes in Central America, not responsibility for border security or the full immigration system.

Only about 35% of the cited European assistance was structured as concessional loans; most was grants or in-kind support.

International IDEA identified 34 countries that allowed postal voting for all or some voters.

The comparison treated a single printed ballot as equivalent to a ballot-marking device and omitted scanners, accessibility equipment, staffing and other election costs.

The figures came from records without recorded death dates, not a count of centenarians receiving benefits; the Social Security Administration said almost none were in current-payment status.

The period included rapid growth and high tariffs, but historians attribute that growth to industrialization, population, resources and other factors rather than tariffs alone.

Zelenskyy was democratically elected, and Ukrainian law prohibits national elections while martial law is in force during Russia's invasion.

The claim distorted Zelenskyy's distinction between direct military support and the broader U.S. appropriation, which also funded U.S.-administered activities.

Zelenskyy distinguished direct aid received by Ukraine from broader U.S. war-related spending; he did not say half had disappeared or been stolen.

Only a minority of European assistance was structured as concessional loans; most was grants or in-kind support.

Trump attributed the commitment to a private meeting with Cook. Bloomberg reported that Apple had not publicly discussed the claimed Mexico-to-U.S. shift, and Apple's subsequent U.S. spending announcement did not confirm that specific promise.