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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.

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.

USDA data reviewed by FactCheck.org showed a decline of more than 645,000 recipients between January and May. This supports the numerical decrease, but not Trump’s separate claim that it was a record.

A crime-data analyst told FactCheck.org the description was accurate, while noting both crimes had fallen from their 2023 peaks.

Apple announced that a new $100 billion commitment increased its planned U.S. spending and investment to $600 billion over four years.

The Bureau of Economic Analysis advance estimate reported 3.0% annualized real GDP growth for the second quarter of 2025.

The White House fact sheet announcing the agreement described an EU commitment to purchase $750 billion in U.S. energy by 2028.

The announced agreement included $600 billion in new EU investment in the United States by 2028, on top of existing annual investment.

BLS data reviewed by FactCheck.org showed a dozen grade A white eggs averaged $3.78 in June, down from $4.95 in January.

The Congressional Research Service described the House-passed bill as creating a $1,000 one-time credit deposited into a Trump Account for eligible U.S.-citizen children born in 2025 through 2028.

The UAE announced a 10-year, $1.4 trillion investment framework in March; the figure described a forward commitment, not money already invested.

A RAND comparison found overall U.S. prescription-drug prices averaged 2.78 times those in 33 other developed countries; the gap was larger for brand-name drugs.

TSMC's announcement confirmed an intended additional $100 billion for three fabrication plants, two advanced-packaging facilities and an R&D center in Arizona, on top of its existing $65 billion plan.

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.

Trump's certified popular-vote margin was 2,284,316 votes.

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

The consortium announced an immediate $100 billion deployment and an intended total of $500 billion over four years; the verdict supports the announced plan, not guaranteed completion.

The Associated Press reported a popular-vote margin of 2,284,316. This supports the numerical claim, but not Trump's separate characterization of the result as an unusually large mandate.

Stargate's participants publicly announced an immediate $100 billion deployment and an intended total investment of $500 billion over four years. This supports the stated plan, not a guarantee that the full amount would ultimately be spent.

State-level presidential results show every state moved toward Trump relative to his 2020 performance; this assessment does not endorse the separate claim that such a shift had never happened before.

The 9.1% peak in 2022 was the highest in about four decades but far below historical U.S. inflation peaks.

The national average remained about $2.90, and sub-$2 prices were limited to isolated stations rather than many areas.

The White House's own list was roughly $9.6 trillion and included aspirational pledges, product purchases and previously announced commitments.

A price cannot decline by more than 100%, making the stated reductions mathematically impossible.

The figure substantially exceeded credible estimates of entries and of the unauthorized immigrant population.

Biden legitimately won the certified election, and audits, courts and election officials found no outcome-changing fraud.

Inflation was 2.7% and the Biden-era peak was not the highest in U.S. history.

The national average was about $2.90 and no statewide average was $1.99.

The estimated average tax cut was about $800; savings in the stated range applied on average only to the top 1%.

The estimate substantially exceeded credible measures of entries and the unauthorized population.

A price cannot fall by more than 100%.

Documented announcements were far below that range and included speculative or previously announced commitments.

Consumer prices were still rising at about 3% year over year.

No statewide average was that low, though isolated stations advertised such prices.

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.

Federal income taxes raise far more money than tariffs; analysts told PolitiFact that replacing income taxes would require implausibly high tariff or sales-tax levels and would not match the revenue base.

Contemporary job-approval polling was below several earlier peaks in both his first and second terms.

Private-sector jobs increased every year under Biden and rose by about 14.3 million over his term; government jobs also increased but at a slower rate.

USDA data reviewed by FactCheck.org showed a larger decline from October 2024 to January 2025, before Trump's second term began.

The fiscal-year deficit declined by less than 25%, and tariff revenue alone did not support attributing that reduction as claimed.

Tariff collections were measured in hundreds of billions, not trillions, and analysts found the proposed payments could exceed available revenue.

The fiscal 2025 deficit was only 2.3% lower than in fiscal 2024, and it was higher during Trump's months in office than in the comparable 2024 period.

Consumer prices were up 3% year over year.

The available food-at-home index did not support a broad decline.

The cited ICE docket includes people accumulated over decades and does not show that Biden released that number.

The arithmetic was implausible compared with total U.S. overdose deaths and conflated potential doses with actual deaths.

Legal experts and Supreme Court precedent indicate courts can review bad-faith, plainly unauthorized or unlawful uses of military force.

Prior Justice Department analysis and constitutional scholars have said autopen use can be lawful when authorized by the president; no solid proof established unauthorized pardons.

Courts, audits and election-security officials found no evidence of fraud sufficient to change the result.

Congressional and oversight totals for U.S. Ukraine-related support were far below $350 billion.

The 9.1% peak in 2022 was the highest in about four decades but far below historical U.S. inflation peaks.

The food-at-home price index remained above its January level and did not support a broad decline in grocery prices.

Consumer prices were still rising at roughly 3% year over year.

Wage-growth measures were positive but well below multiple earlier periods, including the rapid nominal gains recorded during the pandemic-era labor market.

The $1.5 trillion was the estimated 10-year cost of Democrats' broader spending proposal, not money for undocumented immigrants' health care.

Both administrations continued extensive U.S. military and diplomatic support for Israel despite policy disagreements with Netanyahu.

A price cannot decline by more than 100%; the repeated percentages were mathematically impossible descriptions of a price reduction.

CDC schedules show babies receive nowhere near 82 vaccines in total, and not 82 vaccines in a single shot or visit.

Typical infant vaccine doses are about a fraction of a teaspoon, not anywhere near the size Trump described.

Experts told CNN and FactCheck.org that some Amish families vaccinate and use medications, and autism exists in Amish communities.

No separate measles-only shot was available in the United States.

The figure did not make sense against total U.S. overdose deaths and was unsupported by evidence about the boats' cargo.

Price cuts greater than 100% are mathematically impossible, and the policy's actual effect remained uncertain.

Biden legitimately won the certified 2020 election, and audits, courts and officials found no outcome-changing fraud.

Portland Fire & Rescue identified only a few protest-adjacent fire calls near the federal building, not fires across the city.

Protests were concentrated near an ICE facility and normal city life continued across Portland; the city was not burning down.

Biden repeatedly called the U.S. military the strongest fighting force in the world and in history.

Biden made no such statement, and his administration said the Space Force had its full support.

NATO defense ministers agreed on the 2% benchmark in 2006 and reaffirmed it in 2014, before Trump's presidential campaign.

Independent tracking and U.S. oversight figures put aid allocations, disbursements and appropriations far below $350 billion.

Protests and incidents were localized near a federal facility; Portland as a whole was not burning down.

Reviews found the FBI deployed agents in response to the Capitol attack and did not authorize or direct them to incite illegal activity.

Certified results, audits, court rulings and election-security reviews found no fraud sufficient to change the result.

Inflation was still positive and had risen since the spring, with August CPI around 2.9% year over year.

Average grocery prices were higher than when Trump returned to office, even though some individual items had declined.

Electricity prices were higher than a year earlier and higher than in January.

The figure exceeded the White House's own recent public tally and relied on commitments that were not documented as paid investment.

China had the world's largest operating wind-farm capacity and the largest number of operating wind farms.

Onshore wind is often cheaper than coal or gas on a levelized-cost basis, while nuclear is typically more expensive than wind.

Scientific evidence shows the planet is warming and that human greenhouse-gas emissions are the primary driver.

Scientists use both terms; climate change describes the broader effects of a warming planet, not a retreat from warming evidence.

The accord did not require the United States to pay $1 trillion, and U.S. climate-finance commitments were far lower.

The Paris accord took effect for all participating countries in 2016 and allowed each country to set its own voluntary targets.

Federal encounter data, even with estimated gotaways, did not come close to 25 million people entering the country.

Public polling averages showed his approval well below peaks from earlier in the year and his first term.

Untreated fever and pain during pregnancy can create maternal and fetal health risks, and acetaminophen remains a recommended option when needed.

Research found many Amish parents vaccinated at least some children, and autism has been documented in Amish communities.

Hepatitis B can spread from mother to baby at birth and through nonsexual household contact, and early infection is more likely to become chronic.

Studies have not found thimerosal or aluminum adjuvants in vaccines to be harmful in the way Trump suggested; thimerosal was already removed from routine childhood vaccines except some multidose flu shots.

Children do not receive 80 vaccines at once; the claim mischaracterized the recommended vaccination schedule.

Evidence does not show the combined MMR vaccine causes autism, and separate component shots are not available in the United States.

The childhood schedule does not give children 80 different vaccines, and the claim conflated doses, ingredients and visits.

Consumer prices were still rising, with year-over-year inflation around 2.9%.

Joe Biden won the certified election with 306 electoral votes and a national popular-vote margin of more than seven million.

Consumer prices were still rising, with annual inflation increasing to 2.9% in August from 2.7% in July.

The 9.1% peak in 2022 was the highest in about 40 years, far below the 23.7% historical peak recorded in 1920.

U.S. importers pay tariffs to the U.S. government and may pass some of those costs to consumers; China does not make the tariff payments.

Independent aid tracking and the U.S. inspector general reported allocations, appropriations and disbursements far below $350 billion.

Recorded nationwide encounters plus estimated evasions were far below 25 million, and encounters include repeat attempts and people rapidly expelled.

No evidence established such an offer to Pelosi, and the House speaker did not control the D.C. National Guard.

The committee preserved extensive evidence with the National Archives and publicly released its report, more than 100 transcripts and other records.

Consumer prices were 2.9% higher than a year earlier and the inflation rate had risen for four consecutive months.

International homicide-rate comparisons did not place Chicago among the world's highest-ranked cities, though Chicago had a high number of murders among large U.S. cities.

Crime continued to occur in Washington; short-term declines after the federal deployment did not make the city crime-free.

Weekly homicide totals vary, and the absolute formulation was contradicted by homicide-free stretches.

D.C. had a 16-day period without a reported homicide earlier in 2025, from February 25 to March 12.

Washington had already experienced a 16-day period without a reported homicide earlier in 2025.

Official data showed violent crime fell sharply in 2024 and was far below historical peaks; the broad all-time-high claim was unsupported.

U.S. Ukraine-related appropriations and support made available were far lower than $350 billion.

Comparable direct-aid tracking showed European allocations exceeded U.S. allocations.

Numerous other countries permit mail voting for all or some voters.

States administer elections under constitutional authority with congressional, not presidential, oversight.

Fraud is rare and has not been shown at a scale that changed a national election.

Audits and election-security reviews found no evidence that voting systems changed the 2020 result.

Paper ballots still require counting and verification, and election-night totals are unofficial.

The reviewed U.S. appropriations and oversight totals were far below the figure Trump gave.

FactCheck.org found Congress approved about $174 billion and an oversight report put total U.S. support made available at more than $187 billion.

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

The city had a high homicide rate, but the international ranking and absolute comparison were not supported.

The 2023 rate was the highest in about 20 years, but the city peaked in 1991 at more than twice the 2023 rate.

The administration's total mixed multiyear pledges, trade targets, previously planned spending and purchases; independent reviews put substantiated new investment far below $17 trillion.

Courts, audits, election officials and Trump's own Justice Department found no fraud sufficient to change the certified result.

India's average tariff was high, especially for agricultural goods, but international tariff data did not rank it as the world's highest-tariff country.

The preliminary annual benchmark revision was announced in August 2024, months before the election; routine later revisions were not an immediate post-election reversal.

The preliminary annual benchmark revision was announced in August 2024, before the election, and the November jobs report itself showed weak growth.

No evidence established outcome-changing fraud, and courts, election officials and Trump's own Justice Department rejected or failed to substantiate the allegation.

Campaign filings and the performer’s representatives did not support an $11 million endorsement payment.

Consumer prices were still rising; the Consumer Price Index increased 2.7% over the year ending in June.

The agreement described a $550 billion investment commitment for U.S. projects, not an upfront cash payment or signing bonus.

The Federal Reserve listed a Board-approved budget of $2.46 billion for renovating the Eccles and 1951 Constitution Avenue buildings.

The enacted law states that GENIUS abbreviates 'Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins'; its official title does not name Trump.

The administration's list mixed multiyear pledges, trade targets, previously planned spending and non-investment purchases; independent reviews found the substantiated total far below $16 trillion.

Federal investigations and records concerning Epstein predated the Biden administration and involved multiple agencies and administrations.

The Consumer Price Index was still rising, up 2.7% over the year ending in June.

The national average was similar in 2021 and was slightly higher than when Trump took office.

No statewide AAA average was below $2; the lowest was about $2.70.

China had the world's largest installed wind-power capacity and was adding turbines at a record pace.

Consumer prices were still rising; annual inflation was 2.7% in June.

The figure was roughly double the combined total of recorded encounters and estimated evasions, and encounters include repeat attempts rather than unique people admitted into the country.

Harris visited the U.S.-Mexico border area in El Paso, Texas, in June 2021 while serving as vice president.

The projected cost had risen from roughly $33 billion to more than $100 billion—about three to four times the original estimate, not 40 times.

Trump won a large majority among rural and farming constituencies, but available election surveys did not support a 92% national farm-vote share.

The claim far exceeded estimates of the expiring and proposed tax provisions; the Joint Committee on Taxation's combined estimate was about 10.7%.

Independent and congressional estimates did not support 68%; the Joint Committee on Taxation estimated a combined change of about 10.7%.

No supporting analysis produced that figure; Joint Committee on Taxation estimates put the combined change at about 10.7%.

The bill reduced projected Medicaid spending by hundreds of billions of dollars, added eligibility requirements and was projected to cause millions to lose coverage.

CNN identified dozens of campaign appearances in which Trump delivered the promise seriously rather than as a joke.

Consumer prices rose 2.4% over the year ending in May and also increased month over month.

The territorial caliphate was declared defeated more than two years into Trump's first presidency.

Mamdani identified as a democratic socialist and advocated electoral, mixed-economy policies rather than abolition of private property or one-party communist rule.

Iran retained nuclear material, technical expertise, centrifuge-manufacturing capacity and sites outside the three attacked facilities.

The U.S. struck three sites, not all Iranian nuclear sites, and available assessments did not support complete destruction of the program.

The Intelligence Community assessed that Iran was not building a weapon and that its leader had not authorized the suspended weapons program.

The $88 billion figure covered a much longer fiscal-year period than Trump's new tariffs, and consumer prices were still rising rather than showing zero inflation.

The Consumer Price Index was still rising year over year; slower inflation is not the same as no inflation.

Inflation peaked at 9.1% in June 2022, the highest in about four decades but well below historical peaks exceeding 20%.

Certified state results show Joe Biden won the 2020 election with 306 electoral votes and a national popular-vote margin of more than 7 million; audits and court cases found no outcome-changing fraud.

The G7 leaders suspended Russia in March 2014 after its actions in Ukraine, when Stephen Harper—not Justin Trudeau—was Canada's prime minister.

April and May tariff collections were less than half that figure; the cited total resembled a much longer fiscal-year period.

The events were domestic protests surrounding immigration raids, not a military invasion by a foreign state or army.

Audits, recounts, court cases and election-security officials found no fraud capable of changing the result.

The claim substantially overstated first-term tariff collections; official receipts and analyses put China-tariff revenue well below multiple hundreds of billions, and the duties were collected from U.S. importers.

The project's estimated cost had risen from roughly $33 billion to more than $100 billion—an enormous overrun, but about three to four times the original estimate, not 20 times.

The figure compared expiring provisions with the bill's full mix of tax changes and did not represent the average increase taxpayers would face.

Longstanding Justice Department guidance says a president may direct an autopen signature; validity turns on presidential authorization, not whether a pen was held personally.

Military recruiting had already improved during fiscal 2024, before the 2024 election, with nearly every service reaching its annual goal.

Recounts, audits, court rulings and election-security officials found no fraud capable of changing the certified result.

The figure far exceeded documented border encounters, which are events rather than unique admissions, and no evidence showed foreign governments emptied institutions into the United States.

Harvard had supplied required student records while contesting broader demands.

No public evidence supports the allegation; Russia and the United States pursued hypersonic systems through longstanding independent programs.

The footage showed a memorial demonstration with white crosses, not an actual burial site for the people named in the claim.

The repeated genocide framing was not supported by experts, crime statistics or the South African government's record; farm murders were real but did not establish genocide.

The legislation included eligibility and financing changes projected to reduce enrollment and federal spending.

Trump won the 2016 and 2024 elections but lost the certified 2020 election to Joe Biden.

The White House's published list was far below $10 trillion and included multiyear pledges and commercial agreements rather than completed investment.

Retail egg prices fell 12.7% in April from March's record, not 97% or 98%, and remained 49.3% higher than a year earlier.

Crossings fell sharply, but official April data recorded thousands of Border Patrol apprehensions, not three, and did not support a 99.999% decline.

Recruiting improved, including gains that began in fiscal 2024, but the services had not published a comparable 30-year record supporting the superlative.

Consumer prices were still 2.3% higher in April than a year earlier; a one-month decline in March did not mean inflation had disappeared.

The White House's published list was far below $10 trillion and included multiyear pledges and commercial agreements rather than completed investment.

TSMC's announced U.S. investment plan totaled $165 billion: an existing $65 billion commitment plus an additional $100 billion announced in March.

Five negotiated prices remained more than twice comparable-country averages, but the negotiations still reduced their U.S. prices.

Farm attacks and killings occur, but experts and available crime data did not establish a government-backed or group-destruction campaign meeting the genocide claim.

South Africa's expropriation law allows takings only under defined public-interest conditions with legal process; reviewed evidence did not show government confiscation of white-owned farms.

At the time of the claim, the legal arrangement, final recipient and transfer terms had not been publicly explained.

The White House tally was far lower and included broad commitments rather than verified completed investment; independent review found the near-$10 trillion figure unsupported.

Lower import volume can reduce customs receipts and signal trade disruption; economists did not support the claim that a port slowdown itself meant the country was financially better off.

The law funded broadband access and digital-skills programs for covered populations including rural residents, veterans, older adults and people with disabilities; it was not limited to race and had not been ruled illegal.

A trade deficit is not a subsidy, and official 2024 figures put the goods-and-services deficit around $45 billion, far below $200 billion.

Recounts, audits, court rulings and federal and state election officials found no fraud capable of changing Joe Biden's certified victory.

No state average was close to $1.88; the lowest state average was about $2.66 and the national average was above $3 per gallon.

The letters and numbers shown in a circulated image were digitally added labels, not tattoos spelling MS-13.

Foreign direct investment continued under Biden, and Apple announced major U.S. spending and investment commitments during his term.

The cited result came from one Trump-aligned poll; multiple other contemporary polls found the opposite.

Overseas visits in March were 11.6% lower than in March 2024, contradicting the contemporaneous claim.

The White House cited future announcements above $5 trillion, not completed investment, and the stated $7 trillion to $8 trillion total was not supported.

Courts had already found administration actions restricting news access and other expression contrary to the First Amendment, contradicting the categorical claim.

No statewide average was near $1.98, and a review of roughly 150,000 stations found none selling at that price at the time.

The Michigan lawmaker who introduced the impeachment resolution was Representative Shri Thanedar, not John James.

Columbus Day remained a federal holiday throughout Biden's presidency, and Biden issued an annual Columbus Day proclamation.

Presidents may authorize use of an autopen, and its mechanical operation does not transfer presidential authority to the operator.

The Consumer Price Index and food-at-home index were still rising in the available data; the statement was not true as a broad price claim.

No statewide average was below $2; the national average was above $3.

The latest retail average was higher than in January.

The food-at-home index increased in the latest available month.

Economic measures did not establish a historical best: earlier periods recorded stronger growth, lower unemployment or other superior results, and the first term ended with the pandemic recession.

No state average was near $1.98; Mississippi and Tennessee had the lowest averages at about $2.71 per gallon.

Prices were still rising, though the annual rate had slowed.

Official 2024 data put the U.S. goods-and-services deficit with China near $263 billion and the goods-only deficit near $295 billion.

Japan provided billions per year in cash, in-kind and indirect support; GAO recorded $12.6 billion in direct and in-kind support from 2016 through 2019.

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

Consumer prices rose about 8% over the term, and year-over-year inflation was 1.4% in January 2021.

Official data recorded 458 miles, much of it replacing preexisting barriers.

Treasury data showed customs duties of about $258.8 million per day in February and $263.5 million per day in March, while Customs and Border Protection cited more than $200 million per day in additional tariff revenue.

Germany temporarily restarted a handful of older plants during the 2022 energy crisis, closed them again in 2024 and maintained plans to end coal-fired generation by 2038.

Official 2024 data put the bilateral goods-and-services trade deficit near $36 billion and the goods-only deficit near $71 billion, with no basis for a $200 billion subsidy figure.

The United States collected billions annually from tariffs on Chinese imports before Trump and had imposed tariffs on Chinese goods for generations.

Standard measures such as real per-capita output and living standards are many times higher today; fiscal surpluses do not make the historical claim true.

Inflation peaked at 9.1% in 2022, the highest in about 40 years but far below the historical peak of 23.7% in 1920.

The national average was about $3.24, higher than the roughly $3.12 average on inauguration day; sub-$3 prices were regional rather than nationwide.

The special counsel did not find Biden guilty and wrote that the evidence did not establish guilt beyond a reasonable doubt; there was no judicial ruling.

The chart Trump cited pointed to April 2020; crossings then rose every month through the end of his first term.

U.S. oversight put appropriations near $183 billion, while comparable tracking showed Europe had allocated and committed more aid than the United States.

Audits, court proceedings and election-security reviews found no evidence that recent federal elections were rigged.

Iranian support declined under sanctions but continued; Trump's own administration reported ongoing Iranian funding for Hezbollah and other groups.

The policy was a nonbinding sales goal plus emissions standards, not a purchase mandate.

The 2022 peak was the highest in about four decades, not in U.S. history.

The U.S. figure was inflated and comparable European aid exceeded U.S. aid.

International estimates generally placed the U.S. below several countries for both crude-oil and recoverable natural-gas reserves.

FactCheck.org found the death total during the U.S. construction phase was far lower and that fewer than 1,000 of those deaths were Americans.

Panama continued to operate the canal; a Hong Kong company managed ports at either end but did not run the canal itself.

The EPA grant went to a five-organization coalition; Abrams had previously worked for one member but did not head the coalition or receive the grant.

The agreement itself did not impose a trillions-of-dollars cost; the figure came from a disputed projection that omitted gains from a clean-energy transition.

The identified projects involved feminizing hormone treatment in monkeys for HIV research and totaled under $500,000; the cited $8 million mouse claim was not substantiated.

The original Green New Deal resolution never became law, and the Inflation Reduction Act's major climate provisions were still in force and could not be repealed by presidential action alone.

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.

Official 2024 data put the goods deficit near $64 billion and the combined goods-and-services deficit lower still, far below $200 billion.

Official 2024 goods data put the deficit with Mexico at roughly $172 billion, and including services did not raise it to $250 billion.

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

Congress had appropriated roughly $174 billion in Ukraine-related funding, while comparable European commitments and allocations exceeded the amount Trump attributed to Europe.

The relevant diversity hiring initiative and controller qualification rules did not follow the sequence Trump described.

The targeted-disabilities language applied to recruitment across the FAA, while controller applicants still had to satisfy medical, aptitude, training and certification requirements.

The identified aid contract was for health services in Mozambique and did not fund condoms for Hamas.

Federal rules set fleet emissions and efficiency standards but did not require consumers to buy electric vehicles or prohibit gasoline and hybrid cars.

Courts, audits and election-security officials found no outcome-changing fraud; Trump repeated the allegation at the House Republican conference.

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

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

The Justice Department inspector general found no evidence that undercover FBI employees were in the protest crowds or at the Capitol.

State murder penalties and Justice Department data did not support the broad comparison Trump used to justify the pardons.

AP VoteCast found Harris won voters ages 18 to 29 by four points, and other survey estimates likewise did not support a 36-point Trump margin.

Courts, audits and election-security officials found no outcome-changing fraud; Trump repeated the allegation in the Hannity interview.

Courts, audits and election-security officials found no outcome-changing fraud; Trump repeated the allegation during the January 21 press conference.

Inflation peaked at 9.1%, below several earlier U.S. episodes.

Panama operates the canal; a Hong Kong company managed ports at either end.

Several countries have larger estimated oil or natural-gas reserves.

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

FactCheck.org found about 7,600 total deaths during the U.S. construction phase, with fewer than 1,000 of them Americans.

Courts, audits and election-security officials found no outcome-changing fraud.

The committee published an extensive report and supporting records.

The congressional investigation found no evidence of such an offer or presidential order.

Trump did win Florida by about 13 points in 2024, but several earlier presidential candidates won the state by larger margins.

Major exit polls showed Harris winning voters under 30; no reasonable youth-voter definition supported a 36-point Trump margin.

Most U.S. military equipment predated Trump's first administration, so the categorical claim that the entire military was rebuilt was false.

Iranian funding declined under sanctions but did not stop; Trump's own administration reported continued Iranian support for armed groups including Hezbollah.

Congress had certified the completed electoral vote count; the statement mischaracterized the status of the election result.

Year-over-year wage growth had exceeded inflation since June 2023.

The raw count reflected population growth; the employment-to-population ratio was slightly lower than in January.

The Pennsylvania figure did not establish the broader claim; nationwide manufacturing employment was down by about 49,000 since January.

Some long-run gains were large, but the claim overstated the increase and compressed the time period.

The 2025 basket cost less because products were removed or downsized, not because an equivalent meal became 25% cheaper.

The baskets contained different items and quantities, preventing the direct price comparison Trump made.

Russia tested nuclear-capable delivery systems, but North Korea was the only country to conduct a nuclear explosion this century.

The count overstated modern routine use; FactCheck.org reported 30 crises since 1794, with more than half before 1900 and the most recent use in 1992.

Experts credited Trump with a role in some conflicts, but several cited disputes were not wars, remained unresolved, or involved disputed U.S. influence.

The timeline was backwards for key federal cases: winning the 2024 election led the Justice Department to drop prosecutions under its sitting-president policy.

About 37% of presidents had invoked the act, not half, and legal experts said courts can still review an invocation's legality.

He had a role in some ceasefires and accords, but several cited conflicts remained unresolved, were diplomatic disputes rather than wars, or involved disputed U.S. influence.

The claim omitted that Iran had largely complied with the agreement before Trump withdrew from it and that experts credited the pact with limiting Iran's nuclear program.

Obama left office before the Abraham Accords existed, and Biden pursued Saudi normalization efforts that stalled after the Gaza war.

The tally included diplomatic disputes or conflicts that had not fully ended, even after peace agreements or ceasefires.

The law created a temporary deduction for some older taxpayers but did not eliminate taxation of Social Security benefits.

Arrests and clashes occurred around the ICE facility, but available reporting showed limited, localized protests rather than a citywide insurrection.

Several examples were not wars or remained violent and unresolved; the claimed tally overstated both settlement and Trump's role.

Several cited disputes were not wars or were not conclusively settled, and experts disputed the claimed role in multiple examples.

Trump played a role in some ceasefires and accords, but several cited conflicts were not wars, remained violent or unresolved, or involved disputed U.S. influence.

Wind is variable, but grids use multiple power sources and storage rather than relying on wind alone.

Coal plants can use pollution controls, but coal combustion still emits pollutants and more carbon dioxide than other fossil-fuel power sources.

The cited inspector general report covered years spanning both administrations and did not establish that hundreds of thousands of children were missing or harmed.

Reported autism prevalence has risen, but researchers attribute much of the change to broader definitions, awareness and diagnostic practices rather than a demonstrated pharmaceutical cause.

Experts credited him with a significant role in ending fighting in some conflicts, but several examples were not wars or were not conclusively settled.

FactCheck.org found no serious bail-reform model required automatic release for murder suspects; judges generally retain detention authority.

Washington had serious crime problems, but official and independent data showed violent crime had fallen since the 2023 spike.

Research and city data did not support a broad causal claim that bail reform worsened crime in those places.

Some jurisdictions allow judges to release murder suspects without cash bail in rare cases, but many policies have violent-felony exemptions or detention discretion.

The advance GDP report said overall investment decreased and partly offset GDP growth; the data did not support the broad description that business investment was way up.

Several cited disputes were not wars conclusively ended by Trump, and some remained unresolved.

Japan made a $550 billion investment commitment for U.S.-selected projects; it was not a cash gift to the United States.

Payment timing produced the monthly surplus; the government still had a large year-to-date deficit and had recorded other monthly surpluses more recently.

Some categories declined, but the overall Consumer Price Index rose between January and June.

The national average was roughly unchanged from inauguration and its longer decline primarily reflected global crude-oil markets.

Egg prices had declined since January, but economists cited avian flu and seasonal supply effects as the main drivers rather than Biden policy or a new Trump-only fix.

The cited ICE docket figure accumulated over decades, included some lawful noncitizens, and did not show that those people entered or were released under Biden and Harris.

The measure provided a temporary, income-limited deduction rather than eliminating Social Security taxation for every beneficiary.

The $1.7 trillion referred to mandatory-program savings under a favorable budget baseline, while Medicaid and food-assistance reductions were expected to affect enrollment and household benefits.

The figure was the high end of an optimistic White House projection that assumed unusually strong growth; independent models projected much smaller gains.

The strikes severely damaged the sites, but contemporaneous assessments did not establish complete destruction of Iran's facilities or capability.

The strikes caused severe damage, but early intelligence and independent experts found surviving underground structures, material and enrichment capability.

The rule required all new light-duty vehicle sales to meet zero-emission standards by model year 2035, but it allowed plug-in hybrids with gasoline engines to account for up to 20% of compliance vehicles and did not bar used gasoline-car sales.

The funding supported Ahlan Simsim, a documented Arabic-language educational program for children affected by conflict; describing it as untraceable omitted what the program did.

The grants studied how gender-affirming hormones affected health conditions in mice; they did not seek to change the animals' sex or gender identity.

The Senate passed the bill by unanimous consent without a 99-member recorded vote, and the House roll call was 409-2, not 408.

The food-at-home index fell 0.4% in April, but remained higher than a year earlier and had not broadly reversed the cumulative rise in grocery prices.

Some energy prices and the April food-at-home index declined over short periods, but food remained more expensive than a year earlier and prices overall were still rising.

Some individual brand-name drugs showed gaps in that range, but the overall average was closer to three times and U.S. generic prices were generally lower.

Although Qatar supplied the aircraft without a purchase price, converting it for presidential use was expected to require tens or hundreds of millions of dollars in security, communications and survivability work.

Some companies announced U.S. projects, but several commitments predated the tariffs or had other drivers; the evidence did not support a broad tariff-causation claim.

The cited objections concerned due process and compliance with court orders, not a categorical claim that deportation was forbidden.

The administration announced a plan to seek voluntary phaseouts and further regulatory action, not an immediate comprehensive ban.

Recruiting had improved, but the gains began before Trump took office and analysts said the shift reflected work over the prior two to five years.

Native-born employment did exceed foreign-born employment over the cited recent span, but similar two-month periods occurred several times in 2024.

The monthly totals were the lowest in modern monthly data, but average monthly apprehensions were lower during several years in the 1960s.

Wholesale prices had fallen about 61% from their February peak, not 87%, while the latest retail price remained above its January level.

Most cited announcements concerned existing plants or previously planned investments, and no evidence established a record level attributable to the new administration.

Expiration of the 2017 provisions would raise taxes, but Democrats supported extending cuts below $400,000 and the 58% formulation did not describe a general taxpayer increase.

Inflation had already fallen from its June 2022 peak of 9.1% to 2.4% by March 2025, and several historical periods had substantially higher inflation.

Emissions per unit of coal-fired electricity had declined, but burning coal still emitted carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides and was not clean in an absolute sense.

The Biden rule set fleetwide emissions limits rather than requiring consumers to buy electric vehicles, and the Trump EPA had announced reconsideration but had not yet terminated the rule.

U.S. importers paid the tariffs, with studies finding American purchasers bore most of the cost.

Energy researchers identified cheaper natural gas, lower demand, renewable-energy growth and productivity gains as the main drivers; environmental rules played a smaller role.

Coal combustion produces more carbon dioxide than other fossil fuels used for power and emits other pollutants, while natural gas and renewable generation were generally cheaper alternatives.

The USMCA guaranteed tens of thousands of metric tons of tariff-free U.S. dairy access, and exports had not reached the quota levels at which the high over-quota tariffs applied.

U.S. importers paid the tariffs, and research found American businesses and consumers bore most of their cost.

Consumer prices rose about 8% over the four years, and year-over-year inflation was 1.4% when he left office.

The total was the lowest in decades, but federal statistics show lower monthly or monthly-average levels in parts of the 1960s and earlier periods.

They were the lowest in decades, but monthly averages were lower in portions of the 1960s.

Recruiting improved before the election, and August 2024 had a higher total.

The economy had grown at least 2.5% annually and unemployment was historically low.

Old database entries without death annotations did not establish that those people were receiving payments.

The figure exceeded encounters at the southwest border and conflated repeat encounters and people who were expelled or removed.

The current CDC estimate was real, but the older figure came from decades-old, narrower diagnostic criteria; the causal implication was not established.

Coal and petroleum plants decreased, but the total number of electric power plants increased from 2020 to 2023.

Northern-border fentanyl seizures rose but represented less than 1% of nationwide border fentanyl seizures, making the Canada comparison misleading.

Studies found mixed sector effects but larger consumer and economy-wide costs, while independent revenue estimates were far below trillions annually.

Egg prices rose sharply, but the central cause was an avian-flu outbreak that killed or required culling more than 100 million laying hens; prices continued rising after Trump took office.

Two polls briefly showed that result, but 17 others and the polling average still showed more Americans saying the country was on the wrong track.

A 41-point increase applied to one expectations component, not the overall NFIB optimism index, which later declined and remained below some 2020 levels.

The trade agreement specified increases of $12.5 billion in 2020 and $19.5 billion in 2021 rather than a continuing $50 billion annual requirement; purchases rose but missed the 2021 target.

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.

Northern-border fentanyl seizures represented less than 1% of nationwide border fentanyl seizures; most seizures occurred at the southwest border.

The period included rapid growth and extensive tariffs, but historians and economists do not support attributing national wealth to tariffs alone; industrialization, population growth, resources and other policies were major factors.

Southwest-border encounters had fallen sharply, but complete January data were not yet available and earlier historical periods recorded lower monthly levels.

The figure exceeded recorded southwest-border encounters and conflated repeat encounters and people who were expelled or removed with distinct people who entered and stayed.

The cited ICE docket accumulated cases over decades, included people in custody, and did not show that foreign governments released more than 11,000 murderers into the United States under Biden.

FEMA extended hotel assistance for many households, and the broad description omitted eligibility reviews and extensions.

Water experts said the state-level supply dispute was not connected to the hydrant failures, which followed extreme local demand; Southern California storage was above average.

Trump won all seven swing states and the Electoral College, but received 49.9% of the popular vote and won it by about 1.5 percentage points, a much narrower result than the characterization suggested.

More than 140 police officers were assaulted and the injuries included concussions, fractures and other serious harms.

The figure exceeded recorded southwest-border encounters and treated encounters, including repeat attempts and people expelled or removed, as distinct people who entered and remained.

Some northern deliveries were limited, but Southern California reservoirs were above average and water experts said state supply restrictions did not cause the local hydrant failures.

FactCheck.org found no contemporaneous accounting supporting $3 trillion, and some included commitments were aspirational or had been planned before Trump won the election.

Tariffs are collected from U.S. importers, which may pass the cost to consumers.

FEMA was delivering supplies and had approved hundreds of millions of dollars in assistance.

Energy prices and fiscal policy were factors, but economists also identified pandemic supply shocks, demand shifts, Russia's invasion of Ukraine and labor-cost pressures; the claim oversimplified causation.

Trump won Pennsylvania, but by less than two percentage points, not a margin ordinarily described as a landslide.

One component rose by 41 percentage points, but the overall NFIB optimism index reached its highest level only since 2018, not a 39-year high.

No evidence established the broad claim.

No evidence established the broad claim.

The cited review found no evidence supporting a broad exodus of companies.

FactCheck.org cited immigration and Venezuelan crime experts who said there was no evidence for a government policy sending such people to the United States.

The administration did not release evidence for the cargo claim; FactCheck.org noted fentanyl is primarily trafficked through Mexico, not by sea from Venezuela or Colombia.

The public record did not establish a definitive damage assessment proving complete obliteration of the facilities.

Some studies show associations, but the most rigorous reviews have not established causation.

Portland police said they had not found evidence that protesters were professional agitators or anarchists, though some individuals had been arrested for criminal conduct.

Trump and his administration provided no corroboration, and country and prison experts rejected the allegation.

Research has shown associations in some studies, but no causal relationship has been established and other research points away from causation.

Research has not shown a causal link between correctly dosed acetaminophen use in children and autism.

Trump provided no corroborating evidence; country and prison experts and both Congolese governments rejected the allegation.

A National Research Council review found existing research was not informative enough to determine whether capital punishment deters homicide.

There were investigations and allegations about crime-data handling, but experts said homicide data were reliable and public evidence did not establish the broad charge.

A commander was under investigation over crime-data changes, but public evidence did not establish broad falsification of D.C. crime statistics.

Trump offered no evidence of political manipulation; BLS revisions follow published methods and arise as more survey and administrative data become available.

No evidence showed political manipulation of the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates; routine revisions follow a published methodology.

Some entrants had criminal histories, but no evidence supported the sweeping claim that the migration population broadly came from institutions or organized criminal groups.

Autopen use does not establish who made a decision, and the public record available for the claim did not prove that aides acted without Biden's authorization.

Iran could potentially produce weapons-grade material quickly, but intelligence agencies assessed that it was not building a weapon and experts said weaponization would take months or longer.

This is a counterfactual assertion that cannot be established; Russia was suspended after its 2014 aggression in Ukraine, and the record does not show that continued G8 membership would have prevented the 2022 invasion.

The reviewed reporting identified no evidence that the protests as a whole were organized by paid rioters.

No evidence was provided for an organized effort to pre-position bricks or weapons for the Los Angeles demonstrations.

The Guardian identified no evidence supporting the accusation that state or city officials paid protesters to attack federal officers.

The United States participated in de-escalation efforts and Pakistan credited Trump, but India said the ceasefire was arranged through direct military channels; whether the clash would have become nuclear is unknowable.

Trump acknowledged he had no evidence for unauthorized use, and the public record then available did not establish who approved each signature.

Autopen use is longstanding and legally valid when authorized, but the public record did not establish either the sweeping usage claim or unauthorized operators.

The pledge depended on future corporate behavior and government-approved deal terms; contemporaneous reporting did not provide enough evidence to verify the promised employment outcome.

The system was still at the proposal and development stage, and defense experts questioned both its timetable and feasibility for protecting the entire country.

Trump announced the claimed benefits before the final national-security arrangement and investment timetable were public, so the future job and economic-impact totals could not yet be independently verified.

The order set targets and contemplated later rulemaking but did not specify an immediate implementation mechanism; experts said whether or when savings would reach patients was unknown.

Public reporting described conflicting anonymous intelligence accounts and did not establish the broad claim.

DOGE claimed savings but had not established that billions of those reductions represented fraud rather than disputed or canceled spending.

No evidence established such a coordinated policy, and the recorded global prison population increased rather than plummeted during the cited period.

No evidence established that Biden directed the federal prosecutions, and the state prosecutions were brought by local officials rather than the White House.

DOGE claimed substantially less in savings and publicly documented only a fraction of that amount; it did not substantiate hundreds of billions in fraud.

No evidence established a coordinated policy by foreign governments to send such people to the United States.

FactCheck.org reported the proposed technology was still being developed and experts questioned whether a shield could protect the entire United States.

Trump provided no evidence Biden directed the federal cases, which were brought by a special counsel, while the other prosecutions were state matters.

Investigators had not determined the cause, and Trump presented no evidence connecting FAA diversity policies to the collision.

The administration used a broad, undefined count of actions; formal executive orders, memoranda and proclamations alone were far fewer, and no complete itemized list substantiated the total.

No public evidence established a coordinated policy by foreign governments to send prisoners or psychiatric patients to the United States.

The partners projected large job creation, but the eventual number was a forecast that could not yet be verified.

No evidence established a coordinated policy by foreign governments to send prisoners or psychiatric patients to the United States.

FactCheck.org found Trump provided no evidence, and the inspector general report did not show outside agitators caused or directed the violence.

The consortium projected hundreds of thousands of jobs, but the job total and timing were forecasts that could not be established when Trump made the claim.

No evidence was identified for a coordinated policy by foreign governments.

Country experts and both governments said there was no evidence of a coordinated prison-emptying policy; the broad allegation was not substantiated.