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Claims assessed
December 2025,
by the verdicts.
A claims-only index of every assessment published in that month’s daily editions. Activity without an assessed claim is excluded.
What the verdicts show
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Full index
Every assessed claim
Supported 2
U.S. oil prices had declined since Trump took office.
↗FactCheck.org found West Texas Intermediate crude was down 24.8% from January 17 to December 8, while noting that broader energy-price measures were mixed.
U.S. crude-oil production was at a record level.
↗FactCheck.org reported that monthly production was up from January and that the 2025 daily average was on course to exceed the prior annual record.
False 15
Biden gave the United States the worst inflation in its history.
↗The 9.1% peak in 2022 was the highest in about four decades but far below historical U.S. inflation peaks.
Gasoline was below $2.50 nationally and below $2 in many places.
↗The national average remained about $2.90, and sub-$2 prices were limited to isolated stations rather than many areas.
The administration had secured more than $18 trillion in new investment.
↗The White House's own list was roughly $9.6 trillion and included aspirational pledges, product purchases and previously announced commitments.
Prescription-drug prices had been cut by 300% to 600%.
↗A price cannot decline by more than 100%, making the stated reductions mathematically impossible.
The United States had been invaded by an army of 25 million immigrants.
↗The figure substantially exceeded credible estimates of entries and of the unauthorized immigrant population.
The 2020 presidential election was rigged.
↗Biden legitimately won the certified election, and audits, courts and election officials found no outcome-changing fraud.
Inflation had stopped after being the worst in U.S. history.
↗Inflation was 2.7% and the Biden-era peak was not the highest in U.S. history.
Gasoline was under $2.50 nationally and $1.99 in some states.
↗The national average was about $2.90 and no statewide average was $1.99.
Many families would save $11,000 to $20,000 annually from the tax law.
↗The estimated average tax cut was about $800; savings in the stated range applied on average only to the top 1%.
The United States was invaded by an army of 25 million immigrants.
↗The estimate substantially exceeded credible measures of entries and the unauthorized population.
Drug prices were cut by 400% to 600%.
↗A price cannot fall by more than 100%.
The United States had received $18 trillion to $22 trillion in investment promises since January.
↗Documented announcements were far below that range and included speculative or previously announced commitments.
Inflation had stopped.
↗Consumer prices were still rising at about 3% year over year.
Gasoline averaged $1.99 in three or four states.
↗No statewide average was that low, though isolated stations advertised such prices.
Tariff revenue would soon be large enough that Americans would not have to pay federal income tax.
↗Individual income taxes brought in roughly $2.4 trillion in 2024, more than fourteen times the revenue attributed to Trump's second-term tariffs at the time.
Misleading 3
For the first time in years, wages were rising faster than inflation.
↗Year-over-year wage growth had exceeded inflation since June 2023.
More Americans were working than ever before.
↗The raw count reflected population growth; the employment-to-population ratio was slightly lower than in January.
The administration had created 4,000 new manufacturing jobs in Pennsylvania as part of a national manufacturing boom.
↗The Pennsylvania figure did not establish the broader claim; nationwide manufacturing employment was down by about 49,000 since January.
Unresolved 3
Many immigrants admitted under Biden came from foreign prisons and mental institutions.
↗No evidence established the broad claim.
Many immigrants came from foreign prisons and mental institutions.
↗No evidence established the broad claim.
Companies were pouring out of the United States during Biden’s presidency.
↗The cited review found no evidence supporting a broad exodus of companies.
Totals reflect verdicts on attributable Trump claims published in the daily editions for this month. Evidence gaps that are not claims are excluded.