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Search results for "President Trump knew he was going to tear down the East Wing at least two months before doing so"

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Donald Trump stated on July 31, 2025 in remarks to reporters:
A new White House ballroom “won't interfere with the current building.”
By Grace Abels, Louis Jacobson• October 22, 2025
Donald Trump stated on December 15, 2015 in the Republican debate in Las Vegas:
The 9/11 terrorists' friends, family, girlfriends in the United States "were sent back for the most part to Saudi Arabia. They knew what was going on. They went home, and they wanted to watch their boyfriends on television."
By Jon Greenberg• December 17, 2015
Hillary Clinton stated on September 01, 2016 in x:
Says Alex Jones "said that the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre were child actors and no one was actually killed there."
By Dylan Baddour, W. Gardner Selby• September 1, 2016
Brandon Morse stated on February 05, 2020 in a tweet:
Says a video proves Pelosi “was planning” to rip up President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address “from the start.”
By Amy Sherman• February 6, 2020
Marianne Williamson stated on April 14, 2019 in a CNN town hall:
Says Jimmy Carter was the last "U.S. president to say flat out those (Israeli) settlements are illegal."
By Louis Jacobson• April 22, 2019
Facebook posts stated on July 07, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Video shows that Attorney General Merrick Garland “cries like kid after Taylor Greene calls out stupid ‘Trump’s Arraignment.’”
By Madison Czopek• August 3, 2023
John Kasich stated on January 25, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":
"You cannot build a little guy up by tearing a big guy down -- Abraham Lincoln said it."  
By Lauren Carroll• January 25, 2015
Marcy Kaptur stated on May 05, 2026 in an X post:
Republicans “want you to pay $1 Billion for a ballroom.”
By Maria Briceño, Louis Jacobson• May 8, 2026
Gavin Newsom stated on November 29, 2018 in a press conference at the border:
There was "an estimated $5.3 million of economic loss just for a few hours of shutting down the border. You’re talking about millions and millions of dollars — billions of dollars — of economic consequence, if we continue with this rhetoric around shutting down the border without considering what that means."
By Chris Nichols• December 3, 2018
Donald Trump stated on April 27, 2016 in a major foreign policy speech:
"I was totally against the war in Iraq, saying for many years that it would destabilize the Middle East."
By Jon Greenberg• April 27, 2016
Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2016 in comments on CNN's State of the Union:
"I don't know anything about David Duke."
By Linda Qiu• March 2, 2016
Facebook posts stated on June 12, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Gov. Tony Evers “removed the American flag from the Capitol building”
By Eric Litke• June 29, 2020
Morgan Brittany stated on October 07, 2014 in an article on the WND website:
"According to a government supplier of emergency products, the Disaster Assistance Response Team was told to be prepared to be activated in the month of October for an outbreak of Ebola."
By Jon Greenberg• October 8, 2014
Donald Trump stated on February 13, 2016 in a Republican presidential debate:
On the Iraq war, "I said it loud and clear, 'You'll destabilize the Middle East.' "
By Lauren Carroll• February 14, 2016
Facebook posts stated on February 09, 2025 in a Facebook post:
Says Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum told President Donald Trump, “They will beg us to tear down this ugly wall.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 12, 2025
Donald Trump stated on February 06, 2016 in a Republican presidential debate in Manchester, N.H.:
Regarding the Iraq War, "I was the one that said, ‘Don’t go, don’t do it, you’re going to destabilize the Middle East.’ "
By Lauren Carroll• February 7, 2016
JD Vance stated on October 15, 2025 in an episode of The Charlie Kirk Show:
"Political violence, it's just a statistical fact that it's a bigger problem on the left.”
By Amy Sherman• October 20, 2025
Bloggers stated on February 15, 2016 in Internet posts:
"300,000 pounds of rat meat sold as chicken wings across America."
By Joshua Gillin• March 6, 2017
Bloggers stated on August 01, 2018 in a blog post:
Say a "left wing extremist, chases down, rams car over Trump bumper sticker."
By Bill McCarthy• August 3, 2018
Facebook posts stated on September 09, 2020 in a series of images:
Most of the wildfires on the West Coast are “all being started by antifa.”
By Daniel Funke• September 10, 2020

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By Lauren Carroll• June 16, 2017

Fact-checking Trump on Reflecting Pool renovation timeline, cost, contractor relationship

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• May 28, 2026

PolitiFact's top 10 fact-checks of 2018

By Jon Greenberg• December 27, 2018

What's up with Donald Trump and Andrew Jackson?

By Louis Jacobson, Sarah Waychoff• May 2, 2017

How Fox News hosts’ Jan 6 texts, on-air comments told different stories of attack

By Bill McCarthy• December 16, 2021

From Pyongyang to Singapore, a quick history of Dennis Rodman and North Korea

By Bill McCarthy• June 12, 2018

What is Jan. 6 witness Cassidy Hutchinson's background?

By Bill McCarthy, Amy Sherman• June 28, 2022

Fact-checking Trump’s falsehoods about Hurricane Dorian

By Amy Sherman• September 3, 2019

Fact-checking the South Carolina GOP debate

By Lauren Carroll, Katie Sanders, Amy Sherman• February 13, 2016

Six takeaways from White House insider Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony to Jan. 6 committee

By Jon Greenberg• June 29, 2022

Martha Stewart to Donald Trump: Can there be obstruction of justice with no underlying crime?

By Louis Jacobson• March 25, 2019

The Independence Day speech analyzer: Donald Trump’s weekend addresses

By Sophie Austin, Louis Jacobson• July 6, 2020

Fact-checking the GOP Fox News debate in Michigan

By Lauren Carroll• March 4, 2016

‘Everything we trained for’: How the far-right Oath Keepers militia planned for violence on Jan. 6

By Samantha Putterman• September 23, 2021

The week in fact-checking: George Floyd protests, Trump attacks WHO

By Angie Drobnic Holan• June 5, 2020

Bill Clinton's DNC speech, annotated

By Joseph Cariz, Adam Thorp• July 27, 2016

Live: Fact-checking Trump VP JD Vance’s 2024 RNC speech in Milwaukee

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Did the rules of the debate say there would be no fan?

By Amy Sherman• October 16, 2014

In context: Obama's comments on eating dog in Indonesia

By Louis Jacobson• April 20, 2012