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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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Trump earns his first True

Donald Trump
Donald Trump

Says American polling shows Russian President Vladimir Putin has "an 80 percent approval rating."

False

No evidence has emerged

Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton

ISIS is "going to people showing videos of Donald Trump insulting Islam and Muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists."

False

A flight of fancy

Donald Trump
Donald Trump

The 9/11 terrorists' friends, family, girlfriends in the United States "were sent back for the most part to Saudi Arabia. They knew what was going on. They went home, and they wanted to watch their boyfriends on television."

True

Geneva Conventions say don't target civilians

Rand Paul
Rand Paul

"If you are going to kill the families of terrorists, realize that there's something called the Geneva Convention we're going to have to pull out of."

Mostly True

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Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush

"Two months ago, Donald Trump said that ISIS was not our fight."

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The top 10 most viewed fact-checks of 2015

As 2016 approaches, we count down to our most popular fact-check of the past year.

 

• Our 2015 Lie of the Year coverage

• What is the citizenship status of terrorist suspects in the United States?

• Comparing the GOP candidates' ISIS strategies with Obama's

 

PolitiFact’s 2015 Lie of the Year coverage

We summarize several stories about Lie of the Year. 

Mailbag: Donald Trump Lie of the Year edition

Readers weigh in on our selection of the campaign misstatements of Donald Trump as our 2015 Lie of the Year.

 

• The 2015 Lie of the Year

• Readers' Poll results

• A look back at previous years winners

• Trump reacts to Lie of the Year 

Donald Trump responds to Lie of the Year, says he's ‘been proven right’

Hours after seeing his campaign statements named the 2015 Lie of the Year, Republican frontrunner Donald Trump took aim at PolitiFact, calling us a "totally left-wing group."

Read the Lie of the Year

2015 Lie of the Year: the campaign misstatements of Donald Trump

A presidential candidate with an unprecedented record on the Truth-O-Meter earns our annual award.

 

• 2015 Readers' Poll results

• A look back at previous years winners

• NEW! Trump reacts to Lie of the Year