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Donald Trump stated on January 03, 2017 in a tweet:
"General Motors is sending Mexican made model of Chevy Cruze to U.S. car dealers-tax free across border."
By Miriam Valverde• January 4, 2017
Ted Cruz stated on May 01, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press":
Says Donald Trump’s "only economic agenda is imposing massive taxes on the American people with a 40 percent tax hike of a giant tariff."
By Linda Qiu• May 1, 2016
Donald Trump stated on January 02, 2019 in a tweet:
"Mexico is paying for the Wall through the new USMCA Trade Deal."
By Miriam Valverde• January 4, 2019
Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2016 in a press conference in Mexico:
Says U.S.-Mexico border has "1 million legal border crossings each and every day."
By Miriam Valverde• September 14, 2016
Donald Trump stated on July 12, 2019 in a speech at Derco Aerospace:
"Mexico, they took 30% of our automobile business."
By Eric Litke• July 23, 2019
Donald Trump stated on October 10, 2016 in a rally in Ambridge, Pa.:
Says "I’ve been proven right" about "Hillary Clinton's radical call for open borders, meaning anyone in the world can enter the United States without any limit at all."
By Linda Qiu, Amy Sherman• October 12, 2016
Donald Trump stated on January 20, 2016 in a town hall in Norwalk, Iowa:
"When they say Mexico can't pay for the wall, I say of course they can. We have a trade deficit with Mexico that's unbelievably big. ... It's billions and billions of dollars -- far more than what we're talking about for the wall."
By Amy Sherman• January 26, 2016
Barack Obama stated on June 29, 2016 in a press conference at the North American Leaders Summit:
"During my administration, for example, we boosted U.S. exports to Canada and Mexico by about 50 percent. That supports about 2.8 million American jobs."
By Neelesh Moorthy• July 5, 2016
Sherrod Brown stated on July 03, 2016 in an interview on ABC "This Week" :
Says Donald Trump made a lot of money from outsourcing jobs thanks to NAFTA "but never, ever raised his voice against it when Congress was considering it."  
By Nadia Pflaum• July 8, 2016
Donald Trump stated on January 16, 2018 in a speech at a women's event in Washington:
"Chrysler is leaving Mexico and moving back to Michigan."
By Jon Greenberg• January 18, 2018
Donald Trump stated on October 19, 2016 in the third 2016 presidential debate:
Says Hillary Clinton "wants to have open borders."
By Amy Sherman• October 20, 2016
Donald Trump stated on January 10, 2019 in a roundtable at the border:
"When I say Mexico is going to pay for the wall, that's what I said. Mexico is going to pay. I didn't say they're going to write me a check for $20 billion or $10 billion."
By Samantha Putterman• January 10, 2019
Sarah Huckabee Sanders stated on June 29, 2017 in a White House press briefing:
"The president in no way, form or fashion has ever promoted or encouraged violence."
By Louis Jacobson, Manuela Tobias• July 5, 2017
Viral image stated on March 18, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Shows a photo of two similar Wall Street Journal newspapers with different headlines about President Donald Trump, and describes the editions as, "Same paper, same dates, different markets. What did you just learn? Feeling manipulated yet?"
By Samantha Putterman• March 26, 2019
Jeff Flake stated on April 27, 2017 in a tweet:
"Before NAFTA, trade between the US and Mexico was around $50 billion. Now it stands at more than $500 billion."
By Miriam Valverde• April 28, 2017
Dennis Kucinich stated on September 09, 2007 in a debate in Miami, Fla.:
"When NAFTA was passed, there was an acceleration of immigration from Mexico because people were in search of jobs."
By David Adams• September 7, 2007
Tim Ryan stated on September 27, 2022 in a campaign ad:
“I voted with Trump on trade.”
By Jon Greenberg• October 4, 2022
Roger Williams stated on November 16, 2016 in an interview with McClatchy's Washington bureau:
"NAFTA allows a lot of trucks from Mexico, for example, to leave there and ... drive straight through without even being inspected."  
By W. Gardner Selby• December 5, 2016
Kellyanne Conway stated on January 27, 2017 in an interview with "CBS This Morning":
"Here's the fact: The No. 1 source of income into Mexico are Mexicans working here and sending the money back."
By Louis Jacobson• January 30, 2017
Donald Trump stated on July 08, 2015 in an interview with NBC's Katy Tur:
"The Mexican government forces many bad people into our country."
By Louis Jacobson• July 9, 2015

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Canadian nurses and Trump's plan to renegotiate NAFTA

By Miriam Valverde• March 28, 2017

Is the new NAFTA the biggest trade deal ever, as Donald Trump said?

By Manuela Tobias• December 1, 2018

Trump launched the MAGA movement 10 years ago today. Have his priorities changed?

By Katie Sanders• June 16, 2025

6 months in office, Trump’s mixed record on 6 major promises

By John Kruzel• July 20, 2017

Donald Trump says Mexico agreed to start buying more from American farmers. Mexico says it didn’t.

By Jon Greenberg• June 10, 2019

Fact-checking Ted Cruz on 'Meet the Press'

By Lauren Carroll, Linda Qiu, Aaron Sharockman• May 1, 2016

New Trump tariffs could put even more downward pressure on economy because they’re less targeted

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By Amy Sherman• December 29, 2016

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s false and misleading claims about immigration, the border wall

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By Lauren Carroll• June 16, 2016

Donald Trump touts promise progress at press conference

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Donald Trump says tariffs will make America rich again. Economists disagree

By Louis Jacobson• December 17, 2018

Donald Trump cites Ronald Reagan as a protectionist hero. Was he?

By Louis Jacobson• July 1, 2016

Backyard gardens under threat of inspection?

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Donald Trump’s border wall: how much has been built?

By Miriam Valverde• August 30, 2019

Live fact-checking President Donald Trump's immigration address

By Jon Greenberg, Amy Sherman, Manuela Tobias, Miriam Valverde• January 9, 2019

Ahead of Wisconsin visit, Donald Trump on the Truth-O-Meter

By Tom Kertscher• October 22, 2018

Have U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters and President Donald Trump made statements that encourage violence?

By Bill McCarthy, Amy Sherman• June 26, 2018