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Donald Trump is the president of the United States; he was elected Nov. 5, 2024, and began his second presidential term Jan. 20, 2025. He defeated Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election, four years after losing his reelection bid to Joe Biden in 2020. Trump was elected the 45th president of the United States on Nov. 8, 2016. He has been a real estate developer, entrepreneur and host of the NBC reality show, "The Apprentice." Trump's statements were awarded PolitiFact's 2015, 2017 and 2019 Lie of the Year.

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Donald Trump
stated on June 5, 2025 in a Truth Social post:

If the “Big, Beautiful” tax and spending bill doesn’t pass, “there will be a 68% tax increase.”

By Louis Jacobson • June 10, 2025
Donald Trump
stated on May 25, 2025 in a press gaggle:

Harvard University “refuse(s) to tell us” who its international students are.

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • May 28, 2025
Donald Trump
stated on May 20, 2025 in remarks to reporters in the U.S. Capitol:

In the House bill, “we’re not changing Medicaid,” only cutting “waste, fraud and abuse.”

By Louis Jacobson • May 22, 2025
Donald Trump
stated on May 8, 2025 in an event in the White House:

Declining cargo traffic at U.S. ports “means we lose less money. … When you say it's slowed down, that's a good thing.”

By Louis Jacobson • May 16, 2025
Donald Trump
stated on May 11, 2025 in a Truth Social post:

Under a new executive order, prescription drug prices will be reduced “almost immediately.”

By Louis Jacobson • May 14, 2025

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stated on March 31, 2025 in a Facebook post:

Says Elon Musk wrote on X, “The DOGE team has discovered tens of millions of dollars spent on golf by a single government official.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • April 4, 2025
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stated on March 29, 2025 in a Facebook post:

Video shows “how Denmark reacted when Trump said he wanted to buy Greenland.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • April 4, 2025
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stated on April 1, 2025 in a Facebook post:

Says President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social, “I am ending dual citizenship under the Espionage Act and all these traitors will be ‘denaturalized and deported.’”

By Ciara O'Rourke • April 4, 2025
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stated on February 12, 2025 in a Facebook post:

Photo shows National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard and President Donald Trump at her swearing-in.

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 14, 2025
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stated on February 9, 2025 in a Threads post:

Video shows President Donald Trump was “booed at the Super Bowl.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 11, 2025

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