22 People 18891 Fact-checks 6355 Articles People (22) Donald Trump Donald Trump Jr. Libraries Yes! Committee Donald Carcieri Donald Eastman Donald Rumsfeld Students for Trump Donald Verrilli Vets for Trump Joe Donald Byron Donalds Donald McEachin Donald Payne The Trump Talks Tiffany Trump Eric Trump Melania Trump Ivanka Trump Multnomah County Library Foundation President Trump's lawyers Fact-checks (18891) Donald Trump stated on August 19, 2025 in a Truth Social post: The Smithsonian Institution includes “nothing about success, nothing about brightness, nothing about the future.” By Grace Abels, Louis Jacobson• August 20, 2025 True Pundit stated on February 08, 2017 in a web post: Says a video shows "Coretta Scott King thanking Jeff Sessions for Rosa Parks library." By Louis Jacobson• February 9, 2017 Stand for America stated on February 24, 2021 in a Facebook post: The COVID-19 rescue bill includes money for a list of projects that are not COVID-related. By Tom Kertscher• February 26, 2021 Paul Ryan stated on May 02, 2017 in a news conference: "We got to a point that our Air Force pilots were going to museums to find spare parts over the last eight years" under Barack Obama. By Tom Kertscher• May 11, 2017 Viral image stated on January 01, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Mayor Muriel Bowser “ordered all hotels, restaurants, grocery stores, gas stations, and convenience stores to close Jan. 4, 5 and 6 to discourage Trump supporters from gathering in D.C.” By Ciara O'Rourke• January 5, 2021 Jimmy Kimmel stated on June 06, 2019 in on "Jimmy Kimmel Live": "Richard Nixon was the last president to be impeached." By Bill McCarthy• June 13, 2019 Bob Beckel stated on November 09, 2009 in Sean Hannity's show on Fox News: "There were more people at the Air and Space Museum" than at a rally against the health care bills. By Louis Jacobson• November 12, 2009 Viral image stated on July 03, 2019 in posts on the Internet: When asked if the United States should have a military parade to "show off its might," President Dwight Eisenhower said, "Absolutely not. We are the pre-eminent power on Earth. For us to try and imitate what the Soviets are doing in Red Square would make us look weak." By Daniel Funke, Louis Jacobson• July 3, 2019 Facebook posts stated on September 09, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says a photo shows President Ronald Reagan meeting with Taliban leaders in the White House. By Samantha Putterman• September 11, 2019 Facebook posts stated on March 08, 2022 in a Facebook post: In 1975, then-U.S. Sen. Joe Biden opposed efforts by President Gerald Ford to aid South Vietnam and evacuate refugees. By Sara Swann• March 29, 2022 John Kasich stated on March 14, 2016 in comments at a town hall in North Canton, Ohio: "You know what Truman said, ‘You want a friend in Washington, buy a dog.’ " By Nadia Pflaum• March 17, 2016 Joe Biden stated on January 11, 2022 in a speech on voting rights in Georgia: “In the 2020 election, President Trump voted from behind the desk in the White House in Florida.” By Amy Sherman• January 13, 2022 Donald Trump stated on August 12, 2022 in a statement to the media: "President Barack Hussein Obama kept 33 million pages of documents, much of them classified. How many of them pertained to nuclear? Word is, lots!" By Jon Greenberg, Amy Sherman• August 12, 2022 Facebook posts stated on March 07, 2024 in Facebook post: “Republican Cindy McCain endorses Joe Biden” in 2024. By Katelyn Ferral• March 13, 2024 Facebook posts stated on January 18, 2023 in a post: Black Americans are not descended from people who were taken from Africa to be enslaved. By Gabrielle Settles• January 31, 2023 Libraries Yes! Committee stated on October 21, 2012 in a campaign mailer.: Says the Multnomah County Library system "is the second busiest in the nation." By Ian K. Kullgren• November 16, 2012 Rick Perry stated on January 02, 2012 in a Web ad: "Santorum also voted for a teapot museum in North Carolina." By Jake Berry• January 3, 2012 Instagram posts stated on January 26, 2024 in an Instagram post: "Last time Democrats removed a Republican from the ballot” was Abraham Lincoln in 1860. By Jeff Cercone• February 6, 2024 Bloggers stated on September 12, 2009 in conservative blogs: Photo of "tea party" protests shows crowd sprawling from Capitol to Washington Monument By Catharine Richert• September 14, 2009 Charlie Kirk stated on August 24, 2022 in a Tweet: “Harvard is sitting on top of a $54 billion hedge fund they call an ‘endowment’ that they pay zero taxes on. Yale has $31 Billion. Stanford $29 Billion. Princeton $26 Billion.” By Madison Czopek• August 31, 2022 Articles (6355) A bowling alley, a Chinese restaurant, and George H.W. Bush: What was Donald Trump talking about? By Louis Jacobson• October 10, 2022 France gave the US Statue of Liberty, Qatar offered Trump $400M plane. Experts say it’s not the same By Grace Abels• May 15, 2025 Our May High Five: From Pants on Fire to True By Tom Kertscher• June 5, 2017 Comparison of presidents’ classified records handling distorts cooperation with authorities By Louis Jacobson, Loreben Tuquero• January 31, 2023 How much has Donald Trump reshaped the government’s portrayal of Black history? By Louis Jacobson• February 19, 2026 Why claims that DOGE ended a lease on Obama’s Chicago presidential library are misleading By Jeff Cercone• March 7, 2025 What happened when fact-checkers left their desks to go to Iowa By Angie Drobnic Holan• January 22, 2016 How has Donald Trump fared on the Truth-O-Meter? By Louis Jacobson• September 29, 2020 Our top 10 of 2017 By Tom Kertscher• December 21, 2017 As Paul Ryan leaves Congress, a look at his record on the Truth-O-Meter By D.L. Davis• December 19, 2018 Another look at Abraham Lincoln and the colonization of ex-slaves By Louis Jacobson• July 9, 2015 Back-to-back Pants on Fire By Tom Kertscher• May 21, 2018 If Donald Trump orders the bombing of Iranian cultural sites, would it be a war crime? By Louis Jacobson• January 6, 2020 New information doesn't fix Donald Trump's 9/11 claim By Lauren Carroll• December 2, 2015 9 Trump claims about the Mar-a-Lago classified documents probe, fact-checked By Amy Sherman• June 7, 2023 After 8 years of fact-checking Paul Ryan, our top 15 claims By Tom Kertscher• April 11, 2018 Joe Biden’s inauguration in extraordinary times, fact-checked By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson• January 20, 2021 Fact-checking a mixed bag of accusations on Trump and 9/11 By Sophie Austin, Stefanie Pousoulides• September 11, 2019 These are PolitiFact's top 10 most-read fact-checks of Donald Trump By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• February 1, 2024 "Tea party" photo shows huge crowd — at different event By Catharine Richert• September 14, 2009
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Donald Trump stated on August 19, 2025 in a Truth Social post: The Smithsonian Institution includes “nothing about success, nothing about brightness, nothing about the future.” By Grace Abels, Louis Jacobson• August 20, 2025 True Pundit stated on February 08, 2017 in a web post: Says a video shows "Coretta Scott King thanking Jeff Sessions for Rosa Parks library." By Louis Jacobson• February 9, 2017 Stand for America stated on February 24, 2021 in a Facebook post: The COVID-19 rescue bill includes money for a list of projects that are not COVID-related. By Tom Kertscher• February 26, 2021 Paul Ryan stated on May 02, 2017 in a news conference: "We got to a point that our Air Force pilots were going to museums to find spare parts over the last eight years" under Barack Obama. By Tom Kertscher• May 11, 2017 Viral image stated on January 01, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Mayor Muriel Bowser “ordered all hotels, restaurants, grocery stores, gas stations, and convenience stores to close Jan. 4, 5 and 6 to discourage Trump supporters from gathering in D.C.” By Ciara O'Rourke• January 5, 2021 Jimmy Kimmel stated on June 06, 2019 in on "Jimmy Kimmel Live": "Richard Nixon was the last president to be impeached." By Bill McCarthy• June 13, 2019 Bob Beckel stated on November 09, 2009 in Sean Hannity's show on Fox News: "There were more people at the Air and Space Museum" than at a rally against the health care bills. By Louis Jacobson• November 12, 2009 Viral image stated on July 03, 2019 in posts on the Internet: When asked if the United States should have a military parade to "show off its might," President Dwight Eisenhower said, "Absolutely not. We are the pre-eminent power on Earth. For us to try and imitate what the Soviets are doing in Red Square would make us look weak." By Daniel Funke, Louis Jacobson• July 3, 2019 Facebook posts stated on September 09, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says a photo shows President Ronald Reagan meeting with Taliban leaders in the White House. By Samantha Putterman• September 11, 2019 Facebook posts stated on March 08, 2022 in a Facebook post: In 1975, then-U.S. Sen. Joe Biden opposed efforts by President Gerald Ford to aid South Vietnam and evacuate refugees. By Sara Swann• March 29, 2022 John Kasich stated on March 14, 2016 in comments at a town hall in North Canton, Ohio: "You know what Truman said, ‘You want a friend in Washington, buy a dog.’ " By Nadia Pflaum• March 17, 2016 Joe Biden stated on January 11, 2022 in a speech on voting rights in Georgia: “In the 2020 election, President Trump voted from behind the desk in the White House in Florida.” By Amy Sherman• January 13, 2022 Donald Trump stated on August 12, 2022 in a statement to the media: "President Barack Hussein Obama kept 33 million pages of documents, much of them classified. How many of them pertained to nuclear? Word is, lots!" By Jon Greenberg, Amy Sherman• August 12, 2022 Facebook posts stated on March 07, 2024 in Facebook post: “Republican Cindy McCain endorses Joe Biden” in 2024. By Katelyn Ferral• March 13, 2024 Facebook posts stated on January 18, 2023 in a post: Black Americans are not descended from people who were taken from Africa to be enslaved. By Gabrielle Settles• January 31, 2023 Libraries Yes! Committee stated on October 21, 2012 in a campaign mailer.: Says the Multnomah County Library system "is the second busiest in the nation." By Ian K. Kullgren• November 16, 2012 Rick Perry stated on January 02, 2012 in a Web ad: "Santorum also voted for a teapot museum in North Carolina." By Jake Berry• January 3, 2012 Instagram posts stated on January 26, 2024 in an Instagram post: "Last time Democrats removed a Republican from the ballot” was Abraham Lincoln in 1860. By Jeff Cercone• February 6, 2024 Bloggers stated on September 12, 2009 in conservative blogs: Photo of "tea party" protests shows crowd sprawling from Capitol to Washington Monument By Catharine Richert• September 14, 2009 Charlie Kirk stated on August 24, 2022 in a Tweet: “Harvard is sitting on top of a $54 billion hedge fund they call an ‘endowment’ that they pay zero taxes on. Yale has $31 Billion. Stanford $29 Billion. Princeton $26 Billion.” By Madison Czopek• August 31, 2022
A bowling alley, a Chinese restaurant, and George H.W. Bush: What was Donald Trump talking about? By Louis Jacobson• October 10, 2022 France gave the US Statue of Liberty, Qatar offered Trump $400M plane. Experts say it’s not the same By Grace Abels• May 15, 2025 Our May High Five: From Pants on Fire to True By Tom Kertscher• June 5, 2017 Comparison of presidents’ classified records handling distorts cooperation with authorities By Louis Jacobson, Loreben Tuquero• January 31, 2023 How much has Donald Trump reshaped the government’s portrayal of Black history? By Louis Jacobson• February 19, 2026 Why claims that DOGE ended a lease on Obama’s Chicago presidential library are misleading By Jeff Cercone• March 7, 2025 What happened when fact-checkers left their desks to go to Iowa By Angie Drobnic Holan• January 22, 2016 How has Donald Trump fared on the Truth-O-Meter? By Louis Jacobson• September 29, 2020 Our top 10 of 2017 By Tom Kertscher• December 21, 2017 As Paul Ryan leaves Congress, a look at his record on the Truth-O-Meter By D.L. Davis• December 19, 2018 Another look at Abraham Lincoln and the colonization of ex-slaves By Louis Jacobson• July 9, 2015 Back-to-back Pants on Fire By Tom Kertscher• May 21, 2018 If Donald Trump orders the bombing of Iranian cultural sites, would it be a war crime? By Louis Jacobson• January 6, 2020 New information doesn't fix Donald Trump's 9/11 claim By Lauren Carroll• December 2, 2015 9 Trump claims about the Mar-a-Lago classified documents probe, fact-checked By Amy Sherman• June 7, 2023 After 8 years of fact-checking Paul Ryan, our top 15 claims By Tom Kertscher• April 11, 2018 Joe Biden’s inauguration in extraordinary times, fact-checked By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson• January 20, 2021 Fact-checking a mixed bag of accusations on Trump and 9/11 By Sophie Austin, Stefanie Pousoulides• September 11, 2019 These are PolitiFact's top 10 most-read fact-checks of Donald Trump By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• February 1, 2024 "Tea party" photo shows huge crowd — at different event By Catharine Richert• September 14, 2009
