Latest Fact-checks on Donald Trump 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 September 20, 2016 in a speech in Kenansville, N.C.: "Our African-American communities are absolutely in the worst shape they've ever been in before. Ever. Ever. Ever." Donald Trump stated on September 19, 2016 in an interview with Fox News' Bill O'Reilly: "I never said" that Muslims would be subject to profiling under his policies. Donald Trump stated on September 8, 2016 in a rally in Cleveland: "We spend more per student than almost any other major country in the world." Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2016 in a speech in Arizona: "Within just a few years, immigration as a share of national population is set to break all historical records." Donald Trump stated on September 16, 2016 in in a speech: "I finished" the controversy about where President Barack Obama was born. Donald Trump stated on September 16, 2016 in a speech: "Hillary Clinton and her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy." Donald Trump stated on September 16, 2016 in comments at a speech: On whether Barack Obama was born in the United States. Donald Trump stated on September 13, 2016 in a speech in Aston, Pa.: "My opponent has no child care plan." Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2016 in a press conference in Mexico: Says U.S.-Mexico border has "1 million legal border crossings each and every day." Donald Trump stated on September 12, 2016 in an interview on CNBC: Heroin comes in the United States "from the southern border." Donald Trump stated on September 6, 2016 in a rally.: Barack Obama has "doubled our national debt. Doubled it. It's going to be close to $20 trillion when he leaves." Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2016 in an immigration policy speech in Phoenix: Says Hillary Clinton has "not answered a single question" about her immigration plan. Donald Trump stated on September 7, 2016 in a speech in Philadelphia: "Our veterans, in many cases, are being treated worse than illegal immigrants." Donald Trump stated on September 7, 2016 in NBC's Commander-in-Chief Forum: Says Russian President Vladimir Putin "calls me brilliant." Donald Trump stated on September 7, 2016 in the NBC Commander-In-Chief Forum : Says Hillary Clinton said the Veterans Affairs scandal is "over-exaggerated." "She said she was satisfied with what was going on." Donald Trump stated on September 7, 2016 in the NBC Commander-In-Chief Forum : "I was totally against the war in Iraq." Donald Trump stated on September 6, 2016 in an interview with ABC News: "I released the most extensive financial review of anybody in the history of politics. … You don't learn much in a tax return." Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2016 in a speech in Arizona: The Secure Communities Program and 287(g) immigration programs "were programs that worked" but were "recklessly gutted" by the Obama administration. Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2016 in a speech: Says "Hillary Clinton has pledged amnesty in her first 100 days, and her plan will provide Obamacare, Social Security, and Medicare for illegal immigrants, breaking the federal budget." Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2016 in a speech on immigration in Phoenix: "Since 2013 alone, the Obama administration has allowed 300,000 criminal aliens to return back into United States communities. These are individuals encountered or identified by (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), but who were not detained or processed for deportation because it wouldn't have been politically correct." Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2016 in a campaign speech in Phoenix: "There are at least 23 countries that refuse to take their people back after they’ve been ordered to leave the United States, including large numbers of violent criminals." Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2016 in a speech in Phoenix, Ariz.: The number of illegal immigrants "could be 3 million. It could be 30 million." Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2016 in a speech in Arizona: "Illegal immigration costs our country more than $113 billion a year." Donald Trump stated on August 27, 2016 in a speech: "Hillary Clinton wants to shut down family farms" using "radical regulation," by raising business tax "rates as high as nearly 50 percent" and by taxing "family farms again at death by as much as 45 percent." Donald Trump stated on August 30, 2016 in an email: "It has been 269 days since (Hillary) Clinton has held a press conference." Donald Trump stated on August 29, 2016 in a tweet: "Inner-city crime is reaching record levels." Donald Trump stated on August 23, 2016 in an interview on Fox News: "They were going to build the wall a while ago, not so long ago, like in '06. And they couldn't get environmental impact statements." Donald Trump stated on August 20, 2016 in a rally: As governor, Tim Kaine "oversaw a huge increase in illegal immigration, a tremendous increase." Donald Trump stated on August 25, 2016 in a speech in Manchester, N.H.: Says Hillary Clinton "wants to raise taxes on African-American owned businesses to as much as nearly 50 percent more than they're paying now." Donald Trump stated on August 24, 2016 in at a rally in Tampa, Fla.: The Hollywood celebrities endorsing Hillary Clinton are "in many cases celebrities that aren’t very hot anymore."
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Donald Trump stated on September 20, 2016 in a speech in Kenansville, N.C.: "Our African-American communities are absolutely in the worst shape they've ever been in before. Ever. Ever. Ever." Donald Trump stated on September 19, 2016 in an interview with Fox News' Bill O'Reilly: "I never said" that Muslims would be subject to profiling under his policies. Donald Trump stated on September 8, 2016 in a rally in Cleveland: "We spend more per student than almost any other major country in the world." Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2016 in a speech in Arizona: "Within just a few years, immigration as a share of national population is set to break all historical records." Donald Trump stated on September 16, 2016 in in a speech: "I finished" the controversy about where President Barack Obama was born. Donald Trump stated on September 16, 2016 in a speech: "Hillary Clinton and her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy." Donald Trump stated on September 16, 2016 in comments at a speech: On whether Barack Obama was born in the United States. Donald Trump stated on September 13, 2016 in a speech in Aston, Pa.: "My opponent has no child care plan." Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2016 in a press conference in Mexico: Says U.S.-Mexico border has "1 million legal border crossings each and every day." Donald Trump stated on September 12, 2016 in an interview on CNBC: Heroin comes in the United States "from the southern border." Donald Trump stated on September 6, 2016 in a rally.: Barack Obama has "doubled our national debt. Doubled it. It's going to be close to $20 trillion when he leaves." Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2016 in an immigration policy speech in Phoenix: Says Hillary Clinton has "not answered a single question" about her immigration plan. Donald Trump stated on September 7, 2016 in a speech in Philadelphia: "Our veterans, in many cases, are being treated worse than illegal immigrants." Donald Trump stated on September 7, 2016 in NBC's Commander-in-Chief Forum: Says Russian President Vladimir Putin "calls me brilliant." Donald Trump stated on September 7, 2016 in the NBC Commander-In-Chief Forum : Says Hillary Clinton said the Veterans Affairs scandal is "over-exaggerated." "She said she was satisfied with what was going on." Donald Trump stated on September 7, 2016 in the NBC Commander-In-Chief Forum : "I was totally against the war in Iraq." Donald Trump stated on September 6, 2016 in an interview with ABC News: "I released the most extensive financial review of anybody in the history of politics. … You don't learn much in a tax return." Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2016 in a speech in Arizona: The Secure Communities Program and 287(g) immigration programs "were programs that worked" but were "recklessly gutted" by the Obama administration. Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2016 in a speech: Says "Hillary Clinton has pledged amnesty in her first 100 days, and her plan will provide Obamacare, Social Security, and Medicare for illegal immigrants, breaking the federal budget." Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2016 in a speech on immigration in Phoenix: "Since 2013 alone, the Obama administration has allowed 300,000 criminal aliens to return back into United States communities. These are individuals encountered or identified by (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), but who were not detained or processed for deportation because it wouldn't have been politically correct." Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2016 in a campaign speech in Phoenix: "There are at least 23 countries that refuse to take their people back after they’ve been ordered to leave the United States, including large numbers of violent criminals." Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2016 in a speech in Phoenix, Ariz.: The number of illegal immigrants "could be 3 million. It could be 30 million." Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2016 in a speech in Arizona: "Illegal immigration costs our country more than $113 billion a year." Donald Trump stated on August 27, 2016 in a speech: "Hillary Clinton wants to shut down family farms" using "radical regulation," by raising business tax "rates as high as nearly 50 percent" and by taxing "family farms again at death by as much as 45 percent." Donald Trump stated on August 30, 2016 in an email: "It has been 269 days since (Hillary) Clinton has held a press conference." Donald Trump stated on August 29, 2016 in a tweet: "Inner-city crime is reaching record levels." Donald Trump stated on August 23, 2016 in an interview on Fox News: "They were going to build the wall a while ago, not so long ago, like in '06. And they couldn't get environmental impact statements." Donald Trump stated on August 20, 2016 in a rally: As governor, Tim Kaine "oversaw a huge increase in illegal immigration, a tremendous increase." Donald Trump stated on August 25, 2016 in a speech in Manchester, N.H.: Says Hillary Clinton "wants to raise taxes on African-American owned businesses to as much as nearly 50 percent more than they're paying now." Donald Trump stated on August 24, 2016 in at a rally in Tampa, Fla.: The Hollywood celebrities endorsing Hillary Clinton are "in many cases celebrities that aren’t very hot anymore."
Donald Trump stated on September 20, 2016 in a speech in Kenansville, N.C.: "Our African-American communities are absolutely in the worst shape they've ever been in before. Ever. Ever. Ever."
Donald Trump stated on September 19, 2016 in an interview with Fox News' Bill O'Reilly: "I never said" that Muslims would be subject to profiling under his policies.
Donald Trump stated on September 8, 2016 in a rally in Cleveland: "We spend more per student than almost any other major country in the world."
Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2016 in a speech in Arizona: "Within just a few years, immigration as a share of national population is set to break all historical records."
Donald Trump stated on September 16, 2016 in in a speech: "I finished" the controversy about where President Barack Obama was born.
Donald Trump stated on September 16, 2016 in a speech: "Hillary Clinton and her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy."
Donald Trump stated on September 16, 2016 in comments at a speech: On whether Barack Obama was born in the United States.
Donald Trump stated on September 13, 2016 in a speech in Aston, Pa.: "My opponent has no child care plan."
Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2016 in a press conference in Mexico: Says U.S.-Mexico border has "1 million legal border crossings each and every day."
Donald Trump stated on September 12, 2016 in an interview on CNBC: Heroin comes in the United States "from the southern border."
Donald Trump stated on September 6, 2016 in a rally.: Barack Obama has "doubled our national debt. Doubled it. It's going to be close to $20 trillion when he leaves."
Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2016 in an immigration policy speech in Phoenix: Says Hillary Clinton has "not answered a single question" about her immigration plan.
Donald Trump stated on September 7, 2016 in a speech in Philadelphia: "Our veterans, in many cases, are being treated worse than illegal immigrants."
Donald Trump stated on September 7, 2016 in NBC's Commander-in-Chief Forum: Says Russian President Vladimir Putin "calls me brilliant."
Donald Trump stated on September 7, 2016 in the NBC Commander-In-Chief Forum : Says Hillary Clinton said the Veterans Affairs scandal is "over-exaggerated." "She said she was satisfied with what was going on."
Donald Trump stated on September 7, 2016 in the NBC Commander-In-Chief Forum : "I was totally against the war in Iraq."
Donald Trump stated on September 6, 2016 in an interview with ABC News: "I released the most extensive financial review of anybody in the history of politics. … You don't learn much in a tax return."
Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2016 in a speech in Arizona: The Secure Communities Program and 287(g) immigration programs "were programs that worked" but were "recklessly gutted" by the Obama administration.
Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2016 in a speech: Says "Hillary Clinton has pledged amnesty in her first 100 days, and her plan will provide Obamacare, Social Security, and Medicare for illegal immigrants, breaking the federal budget."
Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2016 in a speech on immigration in Phoenix: "Since 2013 alone, the Obama administration has allowed 300,000 criminal aliens to return back into United States communities. These are individuals encountered or identified by (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), but who were not detained or processed for deportation because it wouldn't have been politically correct."
Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2016 in a campaign speech in Phoenix: "There are at least 23 countries that refuse to take their people back after they’ve been ordered to leave the United States, including large numbers of violent criminals."
Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2016 in a speech in Phoenix, Ariz.: The number of illegal immigrants "could be 3 million. It could be 30 million."
Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2016 in a speech in Arizona: "Illegal immigration costs our country more than $113 billion a year."
Donald Trump stated on August 27, 2016 in a speech: "Hillary Clinton wants to shut down family farms" using "radical regulation," by raising business tax "rates as high as nearly 50 percent" and by taxing "family farms again at death by as much as 45 percent."
Donald Trump stated on August 30, 2016 in an email: "It has been 269 days since (Hillary) Clinton has held a press conference."
Donald Trump stated on August 23, 2016 in an interview on Fox News: "They were going to build the wall a while ago, not so long ago, like in '06. And they couldn't get environmental impact statements."
Donald Trump stated on August 20, 2016 in a rally: As governor, Tim Kaine "oversaw a huge increase in illegal immigration, a tremendous increase."
Donald Trump stated on August 25, 2016 in a speech in Manchester, N.H.: Says Hillary Clinton "wants to raise taxes on African-American owned businesses to as much as nearly 50 percent more than they're paying now."
Donald Trump stated on August 24, 2016 in at a rally in Tampa, Fla.: The Hollywood celebrities endorsing Hillary Clinton are "in many cases celebrities that aren’t very hot anymore."
