False
There was no inflation at all during Trump’s first term
Consumer prices rose over Trump’s four-year term, though at a relatively low annual rate.
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
Unsupported
Immigration had produced a nationwide violent-crime wave
Available national crime data did not show the asserted immigrant-driven surge.
Read evidence and sources →Unsupported
Trump had the best environmental numbers ever
The boast lacked a defined measure; the administration reversed many pollution rules and pandemic disruptions contributed to falling emissions.
Read evidence and sources →Exaggerated
Food prices had doubled, tripled or quadrupled under Biden
BLS food-price increases were around one fifth by June 2024, far below the claimed multiples.
Read evidence and sources →Misleading
Biden alone caused the post-pandemic inflation surge
Economists identified major pandemic supply disruptions and changing demand as central drivers, along with other factors including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; assigning sole causation to Biden is unsupported.
Read evidence and sources →Misleading
The United States stopped being energy independent under Biden
The United States continued to export more energy than it imported under Biden; the phrase energy independent is also not a formal guarantee against importing oil.
Read evidence and sources →False
The U.S. trade deficit with China was at its largest level under Biden in 2023
FactCheck.org reported that the 2023 goods-and-services deficit with China was the lowest since 2009, not the largest.
Read evidence and sources →False
No terrorist attacks occurred in the United States during Trump’s first term
FactCheck.org identified terrorist acts committed by foreign-born individuals during Trump’s presidency, contradicting the categorical assertion.
Read evidence and sources →Unsupported
The U.S.-Mexico border was the most dangerous place on Earth
No recognized comparative safety measure substantiated this absolute claim.
Read evidence and sources →False
Undocumented immigrants were about to wipe out Social Security
People without legal immigration status generally cannot receive Social Security retirement benefits; many pay payroll taxes.
Read evidence and sources →False
The last months of Trump’s presidency had the safest border in U.S. history
Southwest border apprehensions were substantially higher in Trump’s last three full months than before he took office.
Read evidence and sources →Unsupported
Migrants were being housed in luxury hotels at taxpayer expense
Some cities used hotels for emergency housing, but the broad claim of luxury accommodations was not substantiated.
Read evidence and sources →False
The largest U.S. federal budget deficit occurred under Biden
The largest nominal annual federal deficit at the time was in fiscal 2020, during Trump’s presidency and the COVID emergency.
Read evidence and sources →False
Biden created no jobs beyond pandemic recovery and jobs for unauthorized immigrants
Total employment and native-born employment exceeded pre-pandemic levels.
Read evidence and sources →Misleading
Biden wanted every part of the 2017 Trump tax cuts to expire
Biden proposed extending many individual tax cuts for people earning below specified income thresholds.
Read evidence and sources →False
Biden proposed quadrupling taxes for everybody
Biden’s proposals did not quadruple taxes across income groups and concentrated increases on high earners and corporations.
Read evidence and sources →Misleading
Trump alone secured the $35 insulin cap for all Medicare seniors
A limited voluntary Medicare model began under Trump; a broader mandatory Medicare cap was enacted under Biden.
Read evidence and sources →Exaggerated
Eighteen to twenty million migrants entered the U.S. during Biden’s term
The claim conflated encounters with entries and far exceeded fact-checkers’ estimates of those who entered.
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