Donald Trump

What is circulating

“Posts on 9 November 2026 said: "Gas prices are dropping which means the gas companies purposely increased the prices so you would blame Trump and vote blue."”

Claimed by Social media posts, including a Facebook post by a conservative influencer · social media

The facts

PolitiFact rated the claim False. EIA data show gasoline peaked at $4.48 a gallon on 21 September and fell every week afterward, well before the 3 November election, and the national average was about $3.94 on 11 November. Analysts attributed the decline to seasonal demand, cheaper winter fuel blends and recovering Middle East exports after Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz in February.

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“In a "60 Minutes" interview, Trump said "zero people came in through our southern border" in the last 17 months.”

Claimed by Donald Trump · official statement

The facts

FactCheck.org found the claim false. Border Patrol still apprehends roughly 5,000 to 10,000 people a month trying to cross illegally, and Customs and Border Protection has acknowledged thousands of people who evaded capture. Crossings have fallen sharply, but not to zero.

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“Speaking about Washington, D.C., in a "60 Minutes" interview, Trump said: "Now we haven't had a murder in a long time."”

Claimed by Donald Trump · official statement

The facts

FactCheck.org found the claim false. City data show nine homicides in the 30 days before November 10, 2026 and 88 so far that year, close to two a week. Homicides were down 26% from the same period of 2025 (119 to 88), a real decline but not an absence of murders.

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“In a CBS "60 Minutes" interview, Trump said his roughly $3 billion net worth increase during his second presidency came from stocks, telling the interviewer "You should have had stock."”

Claimed by Donald Trump · official statement

The facts

PolitiFact rated the claim Mostly False. His financial disclosures attribute about $1.4 billion of the gain to cryptocurrency ventures and about $400 million to other businesses. Forbes estimated a 14% S&P 500 rise would have added only about $6 million to his stock holdings, while his Trump Media shares lost about $226 million.

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“In a Des Moines Register candidate Q&A published 7 October 2026, Bohannan said Trump's tariffs are "costing the average family $4,200 out of their pocket."”

Claimed by Christina Bohannan, Democratic House candidate in Iowa · news report

The facts

PolitiFact rated the claim Mostly False. The campaign added about $1,700 in past tariff costs to a projected $2,500 for the next year, double counting January 2026, and the projection predates a Supreme Court ruling after which net collections fell; in September, $25.27 billion in gross receipts minus $19.36 billion in refunds left $5.91 billion. The Tax Foundation estimated $820 per household for 2026 and the Yale Budget Lab about $1,100.

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“At a campaign rally in Port Huron, Michigan, on 25 October 2026, Trump called Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed "a jihadist Muslim Brotherhood member."”

Claimed by Donald Trump · official statement

The facts

PolitiFact rated the claim Pants on Fire. El-Sayed is a U.S. citizen who has never advocated military action to promote Islam and has disavowed the Muslim Brotherhood; the claim rests on a 2012 statement he signed with 45 other Egyptian Americans backing then Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, which experts described as partisan support for Morsi, not an endorsement of the Brotherhood.

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“"I stated, numerous times, that it would take 4-6 weeks to get rid of THE IRAN NUCLEAR THREAT, and I did it in one night!"”

Claimed by Donald Trump · social media

The facts

PolitiFact rated the claim False. In March 2026 Trump described the four to five week timeline as the length of the overall war, not a separate nuclear goal. Experts said the 2025 and 2026 strikes set back Iran's nuclear programme without eliminating it, and the United States has not secured Iran's highly enriched uranium.

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“At a rally in Youngstown, Ohio, Trump said Democratic governor candidate Amy Acton "is trying to double your state income tax."”

Claimed by Donald Trump · official statement

The facts

PolitiFact rated the claim False. It rests on a rival campaign estimate that Acton's plans would cost over $21 billion a year, compared with about $11 billion Ohio collected in individual income tax in fiscal 2025. That estimate includes costs such as universal childcare that Acton has not proposed, and her campaign said she would not raise income taxes.

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“On Truth Social, Trump contrasted Brazil's fast vote count with U.S. cities such as Detroit and Philadelphia, where he said results "will often take weeks to Rig, I mean, calculate."”

Claimed by Donald Trump · social media

The facts

PolitiFact rated the claim Pants on Fire, its lowest rating. Brazil runs a single national system with uniform voting machines and no mail voting, while U.S. states set their own mail ballot deadlines and certification rules, which makes some counts slower. Counting speed is not evidence of fraud, and experts found no significant fraud in Brazil's 2022 election either.

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“At a rally in Perry, Georgia, Trump said of gasoline prices: "You're still paying lower than (under) Biden and Obama."”

Claimed by Donald Trump · official statement

The facts

PolitiFact rated the claim Half True. With a national average of $4.42, prices were higher than at any point under Obama, when they never topped $4.17, and above $4 for most of Trump's second term, compared with about 11% of Biden's term. Measured as a share of household income, however, gasoline is currently more affordable than in most Obama and Biden years.

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“A 21 September 2026 post said former North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper was "in New York speaking at a New York Times 'Climate Forward' event" when Hurricane Helene hit the state.”

Claimed by Donald Trump (Team Trump campaign account on X) · social media

The facts

PolitiFact rated the claim False. Cooper attended the event on 25 September 2024 and was back in North Carolina by 3 p.m. that day, while Helene made landfall in Florida about two days later, at 3:10 a.m. on 27 September. Cooper held an 11 a.m. briefing in Raleigh that day, had declared a state of emergency on 25 September, and more than 350 National Guard members had been deployed.

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“Signing an executive order on 10 August 2026 to split the combined measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine into separate shots, Trump said "there could be a possibility they're quite lethal."”

Claimed by Donald Trump · official statement

The facts

PolitiFact rated the claim Pants on Fire. The combined MMR vaccine was approved in 1971 and hundreds of millions of doses have been given; Trump answered "No" when asked for evidence and the White House supplied none. As of 6 August 2026 the U.S. had 2,465 confirmed measles cases, more than in all of 2025, while kindergarten measles vaccination had fallen to about 92.5 percent.

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“Speaking about Venezuelan oil, Trump said: "We're making hundreds of billions of dollars, and so are they."”

Claimed by Donald Trump · official statement

The facts

PolitiFact rated the claim False. The most credible estimate of oil revenue since the U.S. took control of Venezuela's oil industry in January 2026 is about $13 billion. Venezuela's entire GDP is about $111 billion according to the IMF, so hundreds of billions for each side is implausible, and the White House provided no supporting data.

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“In a Fox News interview, Trump said prices are "all coming down now. The food, the groceries, it's all coming down."”

Claimed by Donald Trump · official statement

The facts

PolitiFact rated the claim Mostly False. Consumer price index data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show overall prices up about 4.3% and grocery prices up 3.4% since January 2025. Gasoline rose 34% and electricity 8% over the same period, and annual inflation reached 3.5% in June 2026.

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“In a prime-time election security speech, Trump said the government had "identified approximately 278,000 noncitizens who are registered to vote in federal elections."”

Claimed by Donald Trump · official statement

The facts

FactCheck.org found the figure unsupported: DHS has not published its methodology and experts say it is likely highly inaccurate. About 250,000 came from a four-state review DHS described as "may be as many as", and about 28,000 came from the SAVE tool across 68 million records, or about 0.04%, a tool that has previously flagged U.S. citizens. Neither Trump nor DHS said any of these people voted.

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“A video shared on Facebook claimed to show President Trump being taken to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, with captions such as "BREAKING: There are some reports Trump has been taken to Walter Reed Hospital."”

Claimed by Facebook posts · social media

The facts

PolitiFact rated the claim False. The video was AI generated: Walter Reed said its logo and signage did not match the footage, the sign text was gibberish, and Google's SynthID detector found an AI watermark. The White House also called the video fake.

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“In a Senate floor speech on 3 March 2026, Warren said: "In the modern era, no American president has ordered more military strikes against as many different countries" as Donald Trump.”

Claimed by Elizabeth Warren · official statement

The facts

PolitiFact rated the claim True. Trump has ordered strikes on 10 countries across his two terms, compared with seven for Obama and five each for Biden and George W. Bush. The Washington Post reported Trump authorized almost as many air and drone strikes in 2025 as Biden's 694 over four years, though Obama and Bush deployed far more ground troops.

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“A video shared on Facebook claimed to contain "leaked Donald Trump audio about the Epstein files and Venezuela."”

Claimed by Facebook posts · social media

The facts

PolitiFact rated the claim False. The opening of the clip matches a November 2025 TikTok video carrying an OpenAI Sora watermark, and its uploader said it was AI generated. The rest is authentic footage from November 2025 in which Trump explained his hoarse voice, unrelated to Epstein or any leak.

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“Leavitt said Trump's tax and spending bill "does not add to the deficit."”

Claimed by Karoline Leavitt · official statement

The facts

PolitiFact rated the claim False. Independent estimates project the bill would raise deficits by roughly $3 trillion to $4 trillion over 10 years, including $3.2 trillion from the Penn Wharton Budget Model and $3.3 trillion from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. Her $1.6 trillion savings figure counted spending cuts but left out about $3.8 trillion in lost tax revenue.

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“On CNN's "State of the Union" on 27 April 2025, Schumer said that because of Trump's tariffs "American families would have to pay about $4,000 more a year."”

Claimed by Chuck Schumer, Senate Democratic leader · news report

The facts

PolitiFact rated the claim Mostly True. Four of five estimates reviewed fell between $3,100 and $4,900 per household, including $4,900 from the Yale Budget Lab and $3,900 from the American Action Forum, with a midpoint near Schumer's figure. The Tax Foundation's narrower estimate was $1,243, and frequent tariff changes make the projections uncertain.

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