Latest Fact-checks in Foreign Policy Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Donald Trump stated on June 12, 2016 in a statement after a terrorist attack in Orlando: "We admit more than 100,000 lifetime migrants from the Middle East each year." Gary Johnson stated on June 5, 2016 in an appearance on Meet the Press: Says the United States has "treaties with apparently 69 countries where we are obligated to defend their borders. And these were treaties that were executive treaties, not authorized by Congress." Pat Toomey stated on April 15, 2016: Says Merrick Garland "authored an opinion that resulted in the release of 17 Guantanamo Bay prisoners who were part of a group of violent Islamist extremists the State Department had designated as terrorists." Hillary Clinton stated on June 2, 2016 in a foreign policy speech: "A trade war is something very different (than curbing new trade agreements). We went down that road in the 1930s. It made the Great Depression longer and more painful." Hillary Clinton stated on June 2, 2016 in a foreign policy speech: Says Donald Trump said the U.S. should "encourage" Japan to get nuclear weapons. Hillary Clinton stated on June 2, 2016 in a foreign policy speech : Says Donald Trump "says he has foreign policy experience because he ran the Miss Universe pageant in Russia." Hillary Clinton stated on June 2, 2016 in a foreign policy speech : Says "Donald Trump says climate change is a hoax invented by the Chinese." Donald Trump stated on June 1, 2016 in a rally in Sacramento, Calif.: Says Hillary Clinton has spoken "such lies about my foreign policy. They said I want Japan to … get nuclear weapons. Give me a break." Barack Obama stated on May 13, 2016 in a press conference: "The Nordic countries are some of the few countries" that meet development aid goals. Todd Wilcox stated on May 20, 2016 in a newspaper interview: "I can tell you that the enhanced interrogation techniques that have since been banned by this administration — specifically waterboarding — work." David Miliband stated on May 17, 2016 in a panel discussion: "The geography of poverty has changed fundamentally in the last 15 years," with more of it concentrated in fragile and conflict states. Hillary Clinton stated on May 22, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press": "When I was secretary of state, I had a very high approval rating." Newt Gingrich stated on May 15, 2016 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": "The Chinese last year probably stole $360 billion in intellectual property from the United States." Gwen Moore stated on April 27, 2016 in a congressional hearing: Water rates in Manila, Philippines, "were raised up to 845 percent" when a subsidiary of the World Bank became a partial owner. Carlos Beruff stated on May 5, 2016 in a press release: Says President Obama’s deal "allows Iran to produce a nuclear weapon." Hillary Clinton stated on May 3, 2016 in a Clinton campaign tweet: Says Donald Trump promised to repeal Obamacare, build a wall, ban Muslims, and more. Joe Biden stated on May 2, 2016 in a post on Medium: Cervical cancer in Africa is "fully preventable with basic education, screening and vaccines." Michelle Obama stated on March 21, 2016 in an interview posted on Medium: "Research even shows that sending more girls to school can boost an entire country’s GDP." Paul Ryan stated on April 22, 2016 in a news release: The decision for the United States to buy heavy water from Iran "will directly subsidize Iran’s nuclear program." Donald Trump stated on April 27, 2016 in a foreign policy speech in Washington: "When President Obama landed in Cuba on Air Force One, no leader was there, nobody, to greet him -- perhaps an incident without precedent in the long and prestigious history of Air Force One." Donald Trump stated on April 27, 2016 in a foreign policy speech: "ISIS is making millions of dollars a week selling Libyan oil." Donald Trump stated on April 27, 2016 in a major foreign policy speech: "I was totally against the war in Iraq, saying for many years that it would destabilize the Middle East." John Kirby stated on April 25, 2016 in a State Department news briefing: Says President Barack Obama never said, "No boots on the ground" in Syria. Ban Ki-moon stated on April 22, 2016 in comments: The Paris Agreement "is by far the largest number of countries ever to sign an international agreement on a single day." Tim Ziemer stated on January 20, 2016 in an article posted on Medium: "In Africa, a child dies every minute because of (malaria)." Great America PAC stated on March 31, 2016 in a TV ad: Says Ted Cruz "wanted to let in more Syrian refugees and give amnesty to illegal immigrants." Lee Camp stated on April 17, 2016 in an episode of "Redacted Tonight": "In 2009 … Hillary Clinton was at the State Department working with U.S. corporations to pressure Haiti not to raise the minimum wage to 61 cents an hour from 24 cents." Bernie Sanders stated on April 17, 2016 in an interview on ABC's 'This Week': Says that in her speech to the pro-Israel group AIPAC, Hillary Clinton "had one line on the Palestinian people." Bernie Sanders stated on April 14, 2016 in the Democratic debate in Brooklyn, N.Y.: "We spend about 75 percent of the entire cost of the military aspect of NATO." Bernie Sanders stated on April 4, 2016 in an interview with the New York Daily News: "In Malaysia … many of the workers are indentured servants because their passports are taken away when they come into this country and are working in slave-like conditions."
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Donald Trump stated on June 12, 2016 in a statement after a terrorist attack in Orlando: "We admit more than 100,000 lifetime migrants from the Middle East each year." Gary Johnson stated on June 5, 2016 in an appearance on Meet the Press: Says the United States has "treaties with apparently 69 countries where we are obligated to defend their borders. And these were treaties that were executive treaties, not authorized by Congress." Pat Toomey stated on April 15, 2016: Says Merrick Garland "authored an opinion that resulted in the release of 17 Guantanamo Bay prisoners who were part of a group of violent Islamist extremists the State Department had designated as terrorists." Hillary Clinton stated on June 2, 2016 in a foreign policy speech: "A trade war is something very different (than curbing new trade agreements). We went down that road in the 1930s. It made the Great Depression longer and more painful." Hillary Clinton stated on June 2, 2016 in a foreign policy speech: Says Donald Trump said the U.S. should "encourage" Japan to get nuclear weapons. Hillary Clinton stated on June 2, 2016 in a foreign policy speech : Says Donald Trump "says he has foreign policy experience because he ran the Miss Universe pageant in Russia." Hillary Clinton stated on June 2, 2016 in a foreign policy speech : Says "Donald Trump says climate change is a hoax invented by the Chinese." Donald Trump stated on June 1, 2016 in a rally in Sacramento, Calif.: Says Hillary Clinton has spoken "such lies about my foreign policy. They said I want Japan to … get nuclear weapons. Give me a break." Barack Obama stated on May 13, 2016 in a press conference: "The Nordic countries are some of the few countries" that meet development aid goals. Todd Wilcox stated on May 20, 2016 in a newspaper interview: "I can tell you that the enhanced interrogation techniques that have since been banned by this administration — specifically waterboarding — work." David Miliband stated on May 17, 2016 in a panel discussion: "The geography of poverty has changed fundamentally in the last 15 years," with more of it concentrated in fragile and conflict states. Hillary Clinton stated on May 22, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press": "When I was secretary of state, I had a very high approval rating." Newt Gingrich stated on May 15, 2016 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": "The Chinese last year probably stole $360 billion in intellectual property from the United States." Gwen Moore stated on April 27, 2016 in a congressional hearing: Water rates in Manila, Philippines, "were raised up to 845 percent" when a subsidiary of the World Bank became a partial owner. Carlos Beruff stated on May 5, 2016 in a press release: Says President Obama’s deal "allows Iran to produce a nuclear weapon." Hillary Clinton stated on May 3, 2016 in a Clinton campaign tweet: Says Donald Trump promised to repeal Obamacare, build a wall, ban Muslims, and more. Joe Biden stated on May 2, 2016 in a post on Medium: Cervical cancer in Africa is "fully preventable with basic education, screening and vaccines." Michelle Obama stated on March 21, 2016 in an interview posted on Medium: "Research even shows that sending more girls to school can boost an entire country’s GDP." Paul Ryan stated on April 22, 2016 in a news release: The decision for the United States to buy heavy water from Iran "will directly subsidize Iran’s nuclear program." Donald Trump stated on April 27, 2016 in a foreign policy speech in Washington: "When President Obama landed in Cuba on Air Force One, no leader was there, nobody, to greet him -- perhaps an incident without precedent in the long and prestigious history of Air Force One." Donald Trump stated on April 27, 2016 in a foreign policy speech: "ISIS is making millions of dollars a week selling Libyan oil." Donald Trump stated on April 27, 2016 in a major foreign policy speech: "I was totally against the war in Iraq, saying for many years that it would destabilize the Middle East." John Kirby stated on April 25, 2016 in a State Department news briefing: Says President Barack Obama never said, "No boots on the ground" in Syria. Ban Ki-moon stated on April 22, 2016 in comments: The Paris Agreement "is by far the largest number of countries ever to sign an international agreement on a single day." Tim Ziemer stated on January 20, 2016 in an article posted on Medium: "In Africa, a child dies every minute because of (malaria)." Great America PAC stated on March 31, 2016 in a TV ad: Says Ted Cruz "wanted to let in more Syrian refugees and give amnesty to illegal immigrants." Lee Camp stated on April 17, 2016 in an episode of "Redacted Tonight": "In 2009 … Hillary Clinton was at the State Department working with U.S. corporations to pressure Haiti not to raise the minimum wage to 61 cents an hour from 24 cents." Bernie Sanders stated on April 17, 2016 in an interview on ABC's 'This Week': Says that in her speech to the pro-Israel group AIPAC, Hillary Clinton "had one line on the Palestinian people." Bernie Sanders stated on April 14, 2016 in the Democratic debate in Brooklyn, N.Y.: "We spend about 75 percent of the entire cost of the military aspect of NATO." Bernie Sanders stated on April 4, 2016 in an interview with the New York Daily News: "In Malaysia … many of the workers are indentured servants because their passports are taken away when they come into this country and are working in slave-like conditions."
Donald Trump stated on June 12, 2016 in a statement after a terrorist attack in Orlando: "We admit more than 100,000 lifetime migrants from the Middle East each year."
Gary Johnson stated on June 5, 2016 in an appearance on Meet the Press: Says the United States has "treaties with apparently 69 countries where we are obligated to defend their borders. And these were treaties that were executive treaties, not authorized by Congress."
Pat Toomey stated on April 15, 2016: Says Merrick Garland "authored an opinion that resulted in the release of 17 Guantanamo Bay prisoners who were part of a group of violent Islamist extremists the State Department had designated as terrorists."
Hillary Clinton stated on June 2, 2016 in a foreign policy speech: "A trade war is something very different (than curbing new trade agreements). We went down that road in the 1930s. It made the Great Depression longer and more painful."
Hillary Clinton stated on June 2, 2016 in a foreign policy speech: Says Donald Trump said the U.S. should "encourage" Japan to get nuclear weapons.
Hillary Clinton stated on June 2, 2016 in a foreign policy speech : Says Donald Trump "says he has foreign policy experience because he ran the Miss Universe pageant in Russia."
Hillary Clinton stated on June 2, 2016 in a foreign policy speech : Says "Donald Trump says climate change is a hoax invented by the Chinese."
Donald Trump stated on June 1, 2016 in a rally in Sacramento, Calif.: Says Hillary Clinton has spoken "such lies about my foreign policy. They said I want Japan to … get nuclear weapons. Give me a break."
Barack Obama stated on May 13, 2016 in a press conference: "The Nordic countries are some of the few countries" that meet development aid goals.
Todd Wilcox stated on May 20, 2016 in a newspaper interview: "I can tell you that the enhanced interrogation techniques that have since been banned by this administration — specifically waterboarding — work."
David Miliband stated on May 17, 2016 in a panel discussion: "The geography of poverty has changed fundamentally in the last 15 years," with more of it concentrated in fragile and conflict states.
Hillary Clinton stated on May 22, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press": "When I was secretary of state, I had a very high approval rating."
Newt Gingrich stated on May 15, 2016 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday": "The Chinese last year probably stole $360 billion in intellectual property from the United States."
Gwen Moore stated on April 27, 2016 in a congressional hearing: Water rates in Manila, Philippines, "were raised up to 845 percent" when a subsidiary of the World Bank became a partial owner.
Carlos Beruff stated on May 5, 2016 in a press release: Says President Obama’s deal "allows Iran to produce a nuclear weapon."
Hillary Clinton stated on May 3, 2016 in a Clinton campaign tweet: Says Donald Trump promised to repeal Obamacare, build a wall, ban Muslims, and more.
Joe Biden stated on May 2, 2016 in a post on Medium: Cervical cancer in Africa is "fully preventable with basic education, screening and vaccines."
Michelle Obama stated on March 21, 2016 in an interview posted on Medium: "Research even shows that sending more girls to school can boost an entire country’s GDP."
Paul Ryan stated on April 22, 2016 in a news release: The decision for the United States to buy heavy water from Iran "will directly subsidize Iran’s nuclear program."
Donald Trump stated on April 27, 2016 in a foreign policy speech in Washington: "When President Obama landed in Cuba on Air Force One, no leader was there, nobody, to greet him -- perhaps an incident without precedent in the long and prestigious history of Air Force One."
Donald Trump stated on April 27, 2016 in a foreign policy speech: "ISIS is making millions of dollars a week selling Libyan oil."
Donald Trump stated on April 27, 2016 in a major foreign policy speech: "I was totally against the war in Iraq, saying for many years that it would destabilize the Middle East."
John Kirby stated on April 25, 2016 in a State Department news briefing: Says President Barack Obama never said, "No boots on the ground" in Syria.
Ban Ki-moon stated on April 22, 2016 in comments: The Paris Agreement "is by far the largest number of countries ever to sign an international agreement on a single day."
Tim Ziemer stated on January 20, 2016 in an article posted on Medium: "In Africa, a child dies every minute because of (malaria)."
Great America PAC stated on March 31, 2016 in a TV ad: Says Ted Cruz "wanted to let in more Syrian refugees and give amnesty to illegal immigrants."
Lee Camp stated on April 17, 2016 in an episode of "Redacted Tonight": "In 2009 … Hillary Clinton was at the State Department working with U.S. corporations to pressure Haiti not to raise the minimum wage to 61 cents an hour from 24 cents."
Bernie Sanders stated on April 17, 2016 in an interview on ABC's 'This Week': Says that in her speech to the pro-Israel group AIPAC, Hillary Clinton "had one line on the Palestinian people."
Bernie Sanders stated on April 14, 2016 in the Democratic debate in Brooklyn, N.Y.: "We spend about 75 percent of the entire cost of the military aspect of NATO."
Bernie Sanders stated on April 4, 2016 in an interview with the New York Daily News: "In Malaysia … many of the workers are indentured servants because their passports are taken away when they come into this country and are working in slave-like conditions."
