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Donald Trump has been a real estate developer, entrepreneur and host of the NBC reality show, "The Apprentice." He is running for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016. Trump's statements were awarded PolitiFact's 2015 Lie of the Year.

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  • True3 (%)(3)
  • Mostly True7 (%)(7)
  • Half True19 (%)(19)
  • Mostly False20 (%)(20)
  • False51 (%)(51)
  • Pants on Fire24 (%)(24)

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Recent statements involving Donald Trump

Half-True

You didn't rebuild that

Mostly False

His statements haven't gone that far

Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton

Says Donald Trump "wants us to pull out of NATO."

— PolitiFact Wisconsin

Recent stories featuring Donald Trump

PolitiFact’s Top 5 fact-checks for March 2016

With heated primaries on both sides of the aisle, most of our Top 5 fact checks from March focused on the two so-called outsider candidates: Democratic candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders and Republican frontrunner Donald Trump.

 

Top 5 for PolitiFact Florida in March 2016

Florida’s presidential primary as well as U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz fueled the Truth-O-Meter.

 

Fact checking a Donald Trump appearance in Milwaukee

The GOP front runner made several claims that have, in one way or another, been evaluated by PolitiFact. 

Plus: The Final Five on the Truth-O-Meter; closer looks at visits by ClintonSandersKasich and Cruz; Trump's comments on punishing women who have an abortion; and Trump: Low on the Truth-O-Meter, high in the polls

Donald Trump: Why so low on the meter, so high in the polls?

Teasing out how the Republican presidential front runner scores so poorly on our Truth-O-Meter but does so well with GOP voters.

 

Plus: The Final Five on the Truth-O-Meter; closer looks at visits by TrumpClintonSandersKasich and Cruz; and Trump's comments on punishing women who have an abortion. 

Fact checking a Ted Cruz campaign appearance in Milwaukee

The Texas senator and GOP presidential candidate made several claims during a town hall meeting that have been previously evaluated by PolitiFact. 

 

Plus: The Final Five on the Truth-O-Meter; closer looks at visits by ClintonSanders and Kasich; and Trump's comments on punishing women who have an abortion.