False
Abdul El-Sayed endorsed a commentator’s statement about 9/11
El-Sayed explicitly disavowed the statement; the comment came from a different person.
Read evidence and sources →Kakistocracy Files / Evidence Archive
Claims Tracker
What Trump claimed. What the evidence shows. What happened next. One record per claim, with links to sources and documented repetitions.
162Claims tracked
156Assessed claims
31Categories represented
False
The Biden administration allowed 11,888 murderers to enter
The cited ICE non-detained docket included people who entered across multiple administrations, including lawful entrants, and some were incarcerated.
Read evidence and sources →False
The United States became the world leader in oil and gas production in 2025
The U.S. had already led the world in oil and natural-gas production before his second term.
Read evidence and sources →False
The 2025 tax law was the largest tax cut in American history
The Tax Foundation ranked it sixth when measured as a share of GDP.
Read evidence and sources →Unsupported
U.S. prescription drugs were the cheapest in the world
The fact-check found no evidence for that sweeping global comparison.
Read evidence and sources →Misleading
Congress could be controlled by a communist caucus after the midterms
Democratic socialists are not synonymous with communists and represented a small minority of congressional candidates.
Read evidence and sources →Misleading
Every adult citizen could get a $5,000 tariff-funded dividend quickly
At the cited revenue pace, funding the approximately $1.2 trillion program would take more than six years.
Read evidence and sources →Misleading
Trump Accounts could make children born in poverty rich by age 18
Financial experts said such outcomes were unlikely without substantial contributions that low-income families might not afford.
Read evidence and sources →False
Tariff revenue had reached trillions of dollars
Revenue must be evaluated net of refunds and over a stated period.
Read evidence and sources →False
Drug prices fell by 300% to 700%
The administration’s agreements may lower prices for certain medicines but do not establish these numerical reductions.
Read evidence and sources →Unsupported
No tax on tips saved 440,000 Nevada workers $10,000 each
The White House did not provide federal data substantiating the number of workers or the claimed average savings.
Read evidence and sources →Misleading
The Biden years were four years of rising violent crime
Violent crime declined in the second half of Biden’s presidency; the violent-crime rate in Biden’s final year was below the rate in Trump’s final first-term year.
Read evidence and sources →Exaggerated
National Guard deployments reduced city crime by 70% or 80%
Those percentages did not match local police data, and criminologists disputed the implication that deployments were the principal cause of declining crime.
Read evidence and sources →Unsupported
A Trump executive order caused the decline in officers killed on duty
The organization that tracks those deaths attributed the decline as likely due to other factors, not the executive order.
Read evidence and sources →False
The United States had the lowest inflation of the last ten presidencies
The chart compared unlike periods and did not establish that his inflation performance was lowest among the past ten presidents.
Read evidence and sources →False
A New Jersey registration error proved thousands of noncitizen votes
A preliminary state investigation identified up to 400 such votes, far fewer than thousands.
Read evidence and sources →Misleading
Religion was stronger in America than it had been in many years
Multiple surveys found lower religious affiliation and engagement than in past years, despite some change in perceived influence.
Read evidence and sources →Unsupported
The U.S. had cut ocean-borne illegal drug flows by 97%
Available federal data did not support the 97% reduction claimed.
Read evidence and sources →Exaggerated
Previous administrations spent hundreds of millions fixing the Lincoln Memorial pool
The actual reported spending was much lower than hundreds of millions.
Read evidence and sources →Misleading
Iran was close to a nuclear weapon under the Obama-era nuclear agreement
Arms-control experts said Iran accelerated uranium enrichment after Trump withdrew from the deal.
Read evidence and sources →False
Trump never promised to keep America out of new wars
FactCheck.org documented multiple 2024 campaign promises to avoid new wars.
Read evidence and sources →Unsupported
California’s June 2026 primary was rigged
The delay in counting ballots was not evidence of election manipulation.
Read evidence and sources →False
Eliminating fraud alone could balance the federal budget
Fiscal experts said the scale of budget deficits and the composition of spending mean eliminating fraud alone would not balance the budget.
Read evidence and sources →Misleading
U.S. strikes totally obliterated three Iranian nuclear sites in June 2025
Experts and intelligence reporting indicated serious damage and a setback to enrichment, but not complete destruction of Iran’s nuclear capabilities.
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