20 People 15855 Fact-checks 5952 Articles People (20) Elon Musk PolitiFact go PolitiFact go Julaine Appling Tim Cook Matthew Cooke Rebecca Cooke Stand Up To China Students for Trump Vets for Trump The Trump Talks Donald Trump Tiffany Trump Eric Trump Melania Trump Ivanka Trump President Trump's lawyers Donald Trump Jr. Wisconsin Trump Victory Politics Elite Trump Don't Let Florida Go To Pot Fact-checks (15855) Facebook posts stated on January 01, 2025 in a Facebook post: “Elon Musk has just acquired Boeing.” By Loreben Tuquero• January 7, 2025 Viral image stated on March 08, 2023 in a Facebook post: Video shows Elon Musk endorsing “an anti-aging remedy.” By Ciara O'Rourke• March 9, 2023 Instagram posts stated on December 02, 2022 in an Instagram post: Elon Musk said, “I predict that I will buy tomorrow the entire Meta company.” By Ciara O'Rourke• December 20, 2022 Facebook posts stated on January 04, 2025 in a Facebook post: Says Elon Musk said, “The Boeing Starliner’s stranded astronauts are not with us anymore,” and “they won’t come back.” By Ciara O'Rourke• January 8, 2025 Donald Trump stated on May 08, 2025 in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press": “We have now close to $10 trillion” in investments. “We’re talking about essentially two months.” By Madison Czopek, Louis Jacobson• May 8, 2025 Social Media stated on January 12, 2025 in social media posts: Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Apple and Uber haven’t donated anything toward LA fire relief, but Taylor Swift donated $10 million. By Sofia Ahmed• January 16, 2025 Facebook posts stated on November 19, 2024 in a Facebook post: Says Elon Musk said, “The $299 Tesla phone will be the end of the iPhone.” By Ciara O'Rourke• November 21, 2024 Facebook posts stated on December 10, 2024 in a post on Facebook: “Elon Musk unveils a $100 Tesla tablet that will revolutionize the technological world.” By Madison Czopek• December 18, 2024 Viral image stated on May 04, 2023 in an Instagram post: Video shows Elon Musk saying “I just unbanned President Trump’s Twitter and I already have crybaby liberals threatening to quit Twitter.” By Ciara O'Rourke• May 11, 2023 Bernie Sanders stated on January 02, 2025 in a statement to the media: H-1B guest workers are “being employed as dog trainers, massage therapists, cooks, and English teachers.” By Amy Sherman• January 9, 2025 Threads posts stated on December 05, 2024 in a post on Threads: Elon Musk wrote on X that “without CEOs, the world would not be able to function” and “America will be destitute without us.” By Madison Czopek• December 6, 2024 Viral image stated on March 18, 2023 in a Facebook post: Elon Musk tweeted he would “buy Joint Commission and let nurses have drinks at their station.” By Ciara O'Rourke• March 20, 2023 Donald Trump stated on November 20, 2019 in a tweet: "Today I opened a major Apple Manufacturing plant in Texas that will bring high paying jobs back to America." By Madlin Mekelburg• November 21, 2019 X posts stated on April 25, 2022 in a tweet: Elon Musk suspended Bill Gates from Twitter. By Bill McCarthy• April 27, 2022 Threads posts stated on September 12, 2024 in a post on Threads: An image shows Taylor Swift responding to Elon Musk's X post about giving her a child by saying she's happy to take his daughter Vivian and ‘give her all the love and respect she deserves.’ By Andy Nguyen• September 18, 2024 Facebook posts stated on February 23, 2025 in a post: It’s “official” that President Donald Trump is signing an “order from Elon Musk giving taxpayers who have filed their 2024 tax returns a stimulus check for $5,000.” By Sara Swann• February 26, 2025 Facebook posts stated on November 14, 2024 in a Facebook post: Elon Musk has invented a small gadget to slash energy bills. By Marta Campabadal Graus• November 15, 2024 Facebook posts stated on November 23, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook: Elon Musk dijo que "¡El teléfono Tesla de 299 dólares será el final del iPhone!". By Marta Campabadal Graus, Ciara O'Rourke• November 27, 2024 Threads posts stated on November 17, 2024 in Threads posts: “Elon Musk has $180 Billion and there are 8B people on earth. If he gave us each $1B he’d still have $172B left.” By Sofia Ahmed• November 18, 2024 Threads posts stated on December 09, 2024 in a Threads post: Elon Musk criticized the UnitedHealthcare CEO shooter on X, saying, “It’s disgusting how everyone is turning this guy into some kind of folk hero.” By Sofia Ahmed• December 10, 2024 Articles (5952) Ask PolitiFact: Could Elon Musk’s assassination ‘jokes’ compromise security clearance? By Madison Czopek• September 25, 2024 On Facebook, Elon Musk is an invention superhero. But many of these posts are made-up and feature AI By Loreben Tuquero• November 20, 2024 Is the United States turning into an oligarchy? What scholars say about Joe Biden’s warning By Samantha Putterman• January 22, 2025 How Elon Musk ditched Twitter's safeguards and primed X to spread misinformation By Madison Czopek• October 23, 2023 Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s engagement is real, but the couple is often targeted by false claims By Loreben Tuquero• August 27, 2025 Anonymous X account shares falsehoods to Elon Musk, top US officials. What we know about 'Amuse' By Madison Czopek• March 31, 2025 Ask PolitiFact: Is the State Department about to pay Tesla $400 million for Cybertrucks? No By Louis Jacobson• February 13, 2025 How does the US spend taxpayer money? What to know as DOGE, Elon Musk look for cuts By Louis Jacobson• February 24, 2025 Fact-checking social media posts claiming instant policy victories for Donald Trump By Jeff Cercone, Louis Jacobson• November 15, 2024 Fact-check: Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s ‘fighting oligarchy tour’ By Grace Abels, Amy Sherman• March 21, 2025 'An environment of distrust': How Elon Musk amplifies falsehoods about immigration, 2024 voting By Amy Sherman• April 2, 2024 Is Donald Trump in the Jeffrey Epstein files? What to know after social media fight with Elon Musk By Amy Sherman• June 6, 2025 Fact-checking Donald Trump as DOGE adviser Elon Musk leaves White House By Madison Czopek, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• May 30, 2025 Why does Grok post false, offensive things on X? Here are 4 revealing incidents. By Madison Czopek• July 10, 2025 Images comparing Democrats with Musk’s inauguration hand gesture don’t tell whole story By Caleb McCullough• January 28, 2025 2 weeks, 450+ posts: How Elon Musk uses his X profile to push FEMA, immigration, voting falsehoods By Madison Czopek• October 23, 2024 Claims about Politico, ‘DEI musical’ and USAID spending distort the facts By Caleb McCullough• February 7, 2025 Elon Musk claims ‘massive' Social Security fraud. How much money is actually lost to fraud, waste? By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• March 12, 2025 US soybean farmers criticize Argentina ‘bailout.’ How are the issues linked? By Louis Jacobson• October 21, 2025 Analysis: How PolitiFact fact-checked 2024 election claims on vote counting, mail ballots, machines By Jeff Cercone, Loreben Tuquero• November 26, 2024
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Facebook posts stated on January 01, 2025 in a Facebook post: “Elon Musk has just acquired Boeing.” By Loreben Tuquero• January 7, 2025 Viral image stated on March 08, 2023 in a Facebook post: Video shows Elon Musk endorsing “an anti-aging remedy.” By Ciara O'Rourke• March 9, 2023 Instagram posts stated on December 02, 2022 in an Instagram post: Elon Musk said, “I predict that I will buy tomorrow the entire Meta company.” By Ciara O'Rourke• December 20, 2022 Facebook posts stated on January 04, 2025 in a Facebook post: Says Elon Musk said, “The Boeing Starliner’s stranded astronauts are not with us anymore,” and “they won’t come back.” By Ciara O'Rourke• January 8, 2025 Donald Trump stated on May 08, 2025 in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press": “We have now close to $10 trillion” in investments. “We’re talking about essentially two months.” By Madison Czopek, Louis Jacobson• May 8, 2025 Social Media stated on January 12, 2025 in social media posts: Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Apple and Uber haven’t donated anything toward LA fire relief, but Taylor Swift donated $10 million. By Sofia Ahmed• January 16, 2025 Facebook posts stated on November 19, 2024 in a Facebook post: Says Elon Musk said, “The $299 Tesla phone will be the end of the iPhone.” By Ciara O'Rourke• November 21, 2024 Facebook posts stated on December 10, 2024 in a post on Facebook: “Elon Musk unveils a $100 Tesla tablet that will revolutionize the technological world.” By Madison Czopek• December 18, 2024 Viral image stated on May 04, 2023 in an Instagram post: Video shows Elon Musk saying “I just unbanned President Trump’s Twitter and I already have crybaby liberals threatening to quit Twitter.” By Ciara O'Rourke• May 11, 2023 Bernie Sanders stated on January 02, 2025 in a statement to the media: H-1B guest workers are “being employed as dog trainers, massage therapists, cooks, and English teachers.” By Amy Sherman• January 9, 2025 Threads posts stated on December 05, 2024 in a post on Threads: Elon Musk wrote on X that “without CEOs, the world would not be able to function” and “America will be destitute without us.” By Madison Czopek• December 6, 2024 Viral image stated on March 18, 2023 in a Facebook post: Elon Musk tweeted he would “buy Joint Commission and let nurses have drinks at their station.” By Ciara O'Rourke• March 20, 2023 Donald Trump stated on November 20, 2019 in a tweet: "Today I opened a major Apple Manufacturing plant in Texas that will bring high paying jobs back to America." By Madlin Mekelburg• November 21, 2019 X posts stated on April 25, 2022 in a tweet: Elon Musk suspended Bill Gates from Twitter. By Bill McCarthy• April 27, 2022 Threads posts stated on September 12, 2024 in a post on Threads: An image shows Taylor Swift responding to Elon Musk's X post about giving her a child by saying she's happy to take his daughter Vivian and ‘give her all the love and respect she deserves.’ By Andy Nguyen• September 18, 2024 Facebook posts stated on February 23, 2025 in a post: It’s “official” that President Donald Trump is signing an “order from Elon Musk giving taxpayers who have filed their 2024 tax returns a stimulus check for $5,000.” By Sara Swann• February 26, 2025 Facebook posts stated on November 14, 2024 in a Facebook post: Elon Musk has invented a small gadget to slash energy bills. By Marta Campabadal Graus• November 15, 2024 Facebook posts stated on November 23, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook: Elon Musk dijo que "¡El teléfono Tesla de 299 dólares será el final del iPhone!". By Marta Campabadal Graus, Ciara O'Rourke• November 27, 2024 Threads posts stated on November 17, 2024 in Threads posts: “Elon Musk has $180 Billion and there are 8B people on earth. If he gave us each $1B he’d still have $172B left.” By Sofia Ahmed• November 18, 2024 Threads posts stated on December 09, 2024 in a Threads post: Elon Musk criticized the UnitedHealthcare CEO shooter on X, saying, “It’s disgusting how everyone is turning this guy into some kind of folk hero.” By Sofia Ahmed• December 10, 2024
Ask PolitiFact: Could Elon Musk’s assassination ‘jokes’ compromise security clearance? By Madison Czopek• September 25, 2024 On Facebook, Elon Musk is an invention superhero. But many of these posts are made-up and feature AI By Loreben Tuquero• November 20, 2024 Is the United States turning into an oligarchy? What scholars say about Joe Biden’s warning By Samantha Putterman• January 22, 2025 How Elon Musk ditched Twitter's safeguards and primed X to spread misinformation By Madison Czopek• October 23, 2023 Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s engagement is real, but the couple is often targeted by false claims By Loreben Tuquero• August 27, 2025 Anonymous X account shares falsehoods to Elon Musk, top US officials. What we know about 'Amuse' By Madison Czopek• March 31, 2025 Ask PolitiFact: Is the State Department about to pay Tesla $400 million for Cybertrucks? No By Louis Jacobson• February 13, 2025 How does the US spend taxpayer money? What to know as DOGE, Elon Musk look for cuts By Louis Jacobson• February 24, 2025 Fact-checking social media posts claiming instant policy victories for Donald Trump By Jeff Cercone, Louis Jacobson• November 15, 2024 Fact-check: Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s ‘fighting oligarchy tour’ By Grace Abels, Amy Sherman• March 21, 2025 'An environment of distrust': How Elon Musk amplifies falsehoods about immigration, 2024 voting By Amy Sherman• April 2, 2024 Is Donald Trump in the Jeffrey Epstein files? What to know after social media fight with Elon Musk By Amy Sherman• June 6, 2025 Fact-checking Donald Trump as DOGE adviser Elon Musk leaves White House By Madison Czopek, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• May 30, 2025 Why does Grok post false, offensive things on X? Here are 4 revealing incidents. By Madison Czopek• July 10, 2025 Images comparing Democrats with Musk’s inauguration hand gesture don’t tell whole story By Caleb McCullough• January 28, 2025 2 weeks, 450+ posts: How Elon Musk uses his X profile to push FEMA, immigration, voting falsehoods By Madison Czopek• October 23, 2024 Claims about Politico, ‘DEI musical’ and USAID spending distort the facts By Caleb McCullough• February 7, 2025 Elon Musk claims ‘massive' Social Security fraud. How much money is actually lost to fraud, waste? By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• March 12, 2025 US soybean farmers criticize Argentina ‘bailout.’ How are the issues linked? By Louis Jacobson• October 21, 2025 Analysis: How PolitiFact fact-checked 2024 election claims on vote counting, mail ballots, machines By Jeff Cercone, Loreben Tuquero• November 26, 2024