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 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 August 24, 2016 in a speech in Tampa: "Since President Obama came into office, another 2 million Hispanics have joined the ranks of those in poverty. … The number of Hispanic children living in poverty increased by 15 percent in that short period of time." Donald Trump stated on August 19, 2016 in a campaign ad: Says Hillary Clinton wants illegal immigrants "collecting Social Security benefits." Donald Trump stated on August 21, 2016 in remarks in Michigan: The Obama administration gave Iran "$400 million in ransom payment cash." Donald Trump stated on August 23, 2016 in a fundraising email: Says a CNN anchor said that Hillary Clinton has gotten "a free ride so far from the media. We're the biggest ones supporting her campaign." Donald Trump stated on August 19, 2016 in a TV ad: Under Hillary Clinton’s plan "illegal immigrants convicted of committing crimes get to stay." Donald Trump stated on August 15, 2016 in a speech in Youngstown, Ohio: "We admit about 100,000 permanent immigrants from the Middle East every year." Donald Trump stated on August 16, 2016 in a speech: Says Hillary Clinton is "proposing to print instant work permits for millions of illegal immigrants to come in and take everybody's jobs, including low-income African-Americans." Donald Trump stated on August 13, 2016 in an interview with TV station WJAC: "NAFTA, signed by Bill Clinton, has been a disaster for Pennsylvania." Donald Trump stated on August 15, 2016 in a speech on foreign policy in Youngstown, Ohio: "I had previously said that NATO was obsolete because it failed to deal adequately with terrorism. Since my comments, they have changed their policy and now have a new division focused on terror threats." Donald Trump stated on August 1, 2016 in multiple speeches and interviews: Says the U.S. election system is "rigged." Donald Trump stated on August 5, 2016 in a campaign speech : Says Hillary Clinton once "wanted a wall" on the Mexican border. Donald Trump stated on August 10, 2016 in a speech in Sunrise, Fla.: Says Barack Obama "founded ISIS. I would say the co-founder would be crooked Hillary Clinton." Donald Trump stated on August 8, 2016 in a speech: Says Hillary Clinton's plan "would tax many small businesses by almost 50 percent." Donald Trump stated on August 8, 2016 in an economic address in Detroit: "The Obama-Clinton war on coal has cost Michigan over 50,000 jobs." Donald Trump stated on August 7, 2016 in a tweet: Says the media distorted what happened with a baby at his rally. Donald Trump stated on August 3, 2016 in a rally in Daytona Beach, Fla.: Says he saw videotape "of the people taking the money off the plane" to pay ransom to Iran for hostages. Donald Trump stated on August 4, 2016 in a campaign video : "Hillary Clinton says she wants to, ‘raise taxes on the middle class.’ "
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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 August 24, 2016 in a speech in Tampa: "Since President Obama came into office, another 2 million Hispanics have joined the ranks of those in poverty. … The number of Hispanic children living in poverty increased by 15 percent in that short period of time." Donald Trump stated on August 19, 2016 in a campaign ad: Says Hillary Clinton wants illegal immigrants "collecting Social Security benefits." Donald Trump stated on August 21, 2016 in remarks in Michigan: The Obama administration gave Iran "$400 million in ransom payment cash." Donald Trump stated on August 23, 2016 in a fundraising email: Says a CNN anchor said that Hillary Clinton has gotten "a free ride so far from the media. We're the biggest ones supporting her campaign." Donald Trump stated on August 19, 2016 in a TV ad: Under Hillary Clinton’s plan "illegal immigrants convicted of committing crimes get to stay." Donald Trump stated on August 15, 2016 in a speech in Youngstown, Ohio: "We admit about 100,000 permanent immigrants from the Middle East every year." Donald Trump stated on August 16, 2016 in a speech: Says Hillary Clinton is "proposing to print instant work permits for millions of illegal immigrants to come in and take everybody's jobs, including low-income African-Americans." Donald Trump stated on August 13, 2016 in an interview with TV station WJAC: "NAFTA, signed by Bill Clinton, has been a disaster for Pennsylvania." Donald Trump stated on August 15, 2016 in a speech on foreign policy in Youngstown, Ohio: "I had previously said that NATO was obsolete because it failed to deal adequately with terrorism. Since my comments, they have changed their policy and now have a new division focused on terror threats." Donald Trump stated on August 1, 2016 in multiple speeches and interviews: Says the U.S. election system is "rigged." Donald Trump stated on August 5, 2016 in a campaign speech : Says Hillary Clinton once "wanted a wall" on the Mexican border. Donald Trump stated on August 10, 2016 in a speech in Sunrise, Fla.: Says Barack Obama "founded ISIS. I would say the co-founder would be crooked Hillary Clinton." Donald Trump stated on August 8, 2016 in a speech: Says Hillary Clinton's plan "would tax many small businesses by almost 50 percent." Donald Trump stated on August 8, 2016 in an economic address in Detroit: "The Obama-Clinton war on coal has cost Michigan over 50,000 jobs." Donald Trump stated on August 7, 2016 in a tweet: Says the media distorted what happened with a baby at his rally. Donald Trump stated on August 3, 2016 in a rally in Daytona Beach, Fla.: Says he saw videotape "of the people taking the money off the plane" to pay ransom to Iran for hostages. Donald Trump stated on August 4, 2016 in a campaign video : "Hillary Clinton says she wants to, ‘raise taxes on the middle class.’ "
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."
Donald Trump stated on August 24, 2016 in a speech in Tampa: "Since President Obama came into office, another 2 million Hispanics have joined the ranks of those in poverty. … The number of Hispanic children living in poverty increased by 15 percent in that short period of time."
Donald Trump stated on August 19, 2016 in a campaign ad: Says Hillary Clinton wants illegal immigrants "collecting Social Security benefits."
Donald Trump stated on August 21, 2016 in remarks in Michigan: The Obama administration gave Iran "$400 million in ransom payment cash."
Donald Trump stated on August 23, 2016 in a fundraising email: Says a CNN anchor said that Hillary Clinton has gotten "a free ride so far from the media. We're the biggest ones supporting her campaign."
Donald Trump stated on August 19, 2016 in a TV ad: Under Hillary Clinton’s plan "illegal immigrants convicted of committing crimes get to stay."
Donald Trump stated on August 15, 2016 in a speech in Youngstown, Ohio: "We admit about 100,000 permanent immigrants from the Middle East every year."
Donald Trump stated on August 16, 2016 in a speech: Says Hillary Clinton is "proposing to print instant work permits for millions of illegal immigrants to come in and take everybody's jobs, including low-income African-Americans."
Donald Trump stated on August 13, 2016 in an interview with TV station WJAC: "NAFTA, signed by Bill Clinton, has been a disaster for Pennsylvania."
Donald Trump stated on August 15, 2016 in a speech on foreign policy in Youngstown, Ohio: "I had previously said that NATO was obsolete because it failed to deal adequately with terrorism. Since my comments, they have changed their policy and now have a new division focused on terror threats."
Donald Trump stated on August 1, 2016 in multiple speeches and interviews: Says the U.S. election system is "rigged."
Donald Trump stated on August 5, 2016 in a campaign speech : Says Hillary Clinton once "wanted a wall" on the Mexican border.
Donald Trump stated on August 10, 2016 in a speech in Sunrise, Fla.: Says Barack Obama "founded ISIS. I would say the co-founder would be crooked Hillary Clinton."
Donald Trump stated on August 8, 2016 in a speech: Says Hillary Clinton's plan "would tax many small businesses by almost 50 percent."
Donald Trump stated on August 8, 2016 in an economic address in Detroit: "The Obama-Clinton war on coal has cost Michigan over 50,000 jobs."
Donald Trump stated on August 7, 2016 in a tweet: Says the media distorted what happened with a baby at his rally.
Donald Trump stated on August 3, 2016 in a rally in Daytona Beach, Fla.: Says he saw videotape "of the people taking the money off the plane" to pay ransom to Iran for hostages.
Donald Trump stated on August 4, 2016 in a campaign video : "Hillary Clinton says she wants to, ‘raise taxes on the middle class.’ "
