[{"id":"offensive-somalis-youngstown-2026","kind":"offensive","target":"immigrants","subject":"Somali immigrants and Haitian immigrants in Ohio","title":"Told an Ohio rally Somalis 'come from a part of the world that only knows how to kill each other'","quote":"Here are people, they came over here, they had nothing. They came from a government that doesn't exist. They come from a part of the world that only knows how to kill each other.","date":"2026-10-12","venue":"Midterm political rally, Youngstown, Ohio","era":"term-2","category":"immigration","what_happened":"Trump spoke at a rally for Ohio Republican candidates Jon Husted and Vivek Ramaswamy. He said 'members of the Somalian community have looted tens of billions of dollars from Minnesota welfare programs' and called them 'low-IQ people.' He said 'Somalia bandits, Third World gangs and jihadist sympathizers do not belong in Ohio.' Of Springfield's Haitian residents, he said 'they're being taken out' and 'we're giving the town back.' The crowd chanted 'Deport.' No independent news coverage of this rally was checked for this entry.","sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Holds a Midterm Political Rally in Youngstown, Ohio - October 12, 2026","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-midterm-political-rally-youngstown-ohio-october-12-2026/","date":"2026-10-12"}],"tag":"immigrants","tag_label":"Immigrants","tag_short":"Immigrants","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["immigrants"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2026,"url":"/claims/offensive-somalis-youngstown-2026/","sort_key":"2026-10-12","number":165},{"id":"fix-5000-dividend-only-i-can-promise-2026","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"a $5,000 dividend for every adult","title":"Only he could promise a $5,000 'Trump dividend' if the GOP wins","quote":"But what we're doing is because we've done so well, and because our country is making so much money that only I can make this promise to you, and here is my promise. If the Republicans win the House of Representatives and the United States Senate, both of them, because of our economic—tremendous economic success—in history, we've never had anything like what's happening, but because of our tremendous strength and success economically, I will issue a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of America for $5,000.","date":"2026-09-09","venue":"Night one of the 2026 Republican Midterm Convention, Dallas, Texas","era":"term-2","category":"economy","what_happened":"PolitiFact found no formal proposal existed and that the payout would cost about $1.2 trillion a year ($5,000 times roughly 240 million adult citizens, per the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget), would require congressional approval, and could add about 1.5 points to inflation. Two earlier promised payouts, a 2025 \"DOGE dividend\" of $5,000 and a $2,000 tariff dividend, never materialized; tariff collections totaled about $363 billion from January 2025 to April 2026, with refunds under way after a Supreme Court ruling. The midterms had not yet been held as of September 2026.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks on Night One of the 2026 Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas, Texas","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-night-one-the-2026-republican-midterm-convention-dallas-texas","date":"2026-09-09"},{"title":"Can Trump give Americans $5,000 if Republicans win midterms?","outlet":"PolitiFact","url":"https://politifact.com/article/2026/sep/10/trump-5k-dividends-republicans-midterm-election/","date":"2026-09-10"},{"title":"Fact-check: Trump misleads on midterm candidates, prices at RNC midterm convention","outlet":"PolitiFact","url":"https://politifact.com/article/2026/sep/10/trump-rnc-midterm-fact-check-speech/","date":"2026-09-10"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2026,"url":"/claims/fix-5000-dividend-only-i-can-promise-2026/","sort_key":"2026-09-09","number":61},{"id":"fix-intel-only-one-can-help-2026","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"rescuing Intel","title":"He told Intel's CEO he was the only one who could help","quote":"And he said, 'Sir, I need your help.' And he said why, whatever it was. And I said, 'Well, you came to the right place. I'm the only one that can help you.' I said, 'Here's the deal. Give the United States of America 10% of Intel.'","date":"2026-09-09","venue":"Night one of the 2026 Republican Midterm Convention, Dallas, Texas","era":"term-2","category":"economy","what_happened":"The help came in exchange for equity. On August 22, 2025, he posted that \"The United States of America now fully owns and controls 10% of INTEL,\" saying the stake was acquired at no cost, valued at about $11 billion, and negotiated with CEO Lip-Bu Tan. A May 18, 2026 White House release said the government's position had \"surged in value to more than $50 billion\" in eight months.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks on Night One of the 2026 Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas, Texas","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-night-one-the-2026-republican-midterm-convention-dallas-texas","date":"2026-09-09"},{"title":"Truth Social Posts of August 22, 2025","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/truth-social-posts-august-22-2025","date":"2025-08-22"},{"title":"White House Press Release - President Trump's Intel Deal and Soaring Markets Prove America First Works","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/white-house-press-release-president-trumps-intel-deal-and-soaring-markets-prove-america","date":"2026-05-18"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2026,"url":"/claims/fix-intel-only-one-can-help-2026/","sort_key":"2026-09-09","number":60},{"id":"autocrats-tahnoon-world-liberty-bank-2026","kind":"autocrats","tag":"crypto","subject":"United Arab Emirates","country":"United Arab Emirates","beneficiary":"World Liberty Financial (Trump family crypto venture)","amount":"","freedom_house":"Not Free (2026)","title":"Entity tied to UAE's Sheikh Tahnoon reported to hold 49% of holding company for World Liberty's planned bank","quote":"No one at World Liberty works for the U.S. government and there are no conflicts of interest","speaker":"David Wachsman, World Liberty Financial spokesperson","date":"2026-08-27","venue":"Reported by The Wall Street Journal; statement to CNBC","era":"term-2","category":"ethics","what_happened":"The Wall Street Journal reported on August 27, 2026 that Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE's national security adviser, and co-investors are behind StringZ Holding RSC, which owns 49% of WLTC Holdings, the holding company for World Liberty Financial's planned bank; an entity affiliated with Trump's family owns another 38%, according to CNBC's account of the report. Earlier in August 2026 the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency granted World Liberty preliminary conditional approval to establish a federally chartered national trust bank, which must meet further conditions before opening. CNBC reported that the administration had approved chip sales to G42, a UAE state-backed AI company controlled by Tahnoon, and in July 2026 eased limits on how many chips it could buy. World Liberty spokesman David Wachsman said the company neither seeks nor receives special treatment and did not address the reported ownership structure. A person familiar with the investment told the Journal it was never discussed with Trump, and the White House has denied any conflict of interest.","sources":[{"title":"UAE 'spy sheikh' takes 49% stake in Trump family crypto bank venture","outlet":"CNBC","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/27/uae-spy-sheikh-trump-family-crypto-bank.html","date":"2026-08-27"},{"title":"Trump Family's New Crypto Bank Is 49% Owned by Group Behind $500 Million World Liberty Bet: WSJ","outlet":"Benzinga via Yahoo Finance","url":"https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/crypto/articles/trump-familys-crypto-bank-49-094604795.html","date":"2026-08-31"},{"title":"United Arab Emirates: Freedom in the World 2026 Country Report","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/country/united-arab-emirates/freedom-world/2026","date":"2026"}],"tag_label":"Crypto","tag_short":"Crypto","tag_tone":"green","tag_list":["crypto"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2026,"url":"/claims/autocrats-tahnoon-world-liberty-bank-2026/","sort_key":"2026-08-27","number":57},{"id":"offensive-nyc-filthy-decrepit-2026","kind":"offensive","target":"cities","subject":"New York City","place":"New York City","title":"Warned New York would become 'a filthy, crime ridden, decrepit place of mockery and scorn' and floated federal action","quote":"I am looking to see if the Federal Government has any legal right to avert this disaster, before it is too late, for the millions of people who cherish New York and want to see it thrive, as opposed to becoming a filthy, crime ridden, decrepit place of mockery and scorn.","date":"2026-08-11","venue":"Truth Social","era":"term-2","category":"other","what_happened":"The post attacked New York City's proposed pied-a-terre tax and congestion pricing, which he said would 'destroy what was once a great City.' He called the city's leaders 'Radical Left Jihadists' and said 'Financial, and then Social, RUIN, is a 100% certainty.' He said New York was 'a place I once loved.'","sources":[{"title":"Truth Social post, August 11, 2026","outlet":"Trump's Truth (archive)","url":"https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/40731","date":"2026-08-11"}],"tag":"cities","tag_label":"American cities","tag_short":"Cities","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["cities"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2026,"url":"/claims/offensive-nyc-filthy-decrepit-2026/","sort_key":"2026-08-11","number":164},{"id":"autocrats-liv-golf-bedminster-2026","kind":"autocrats","tag":"payments","subject":"Saudi Arabia","country":"Saudi Arabia","beneficiary":"Donald Trump (Trump National Golf Club Bedminster)","amount":"","freedom_house":"Not Free (2026)","title":"LIV Golf plays at Trump National Bedminster; Saudi wealth fund chief joins Trump at final round","quote":"","date":"2026-08-06","venue":"Reported by USA Today and Front Office Sports","era":"term-2","category":"ethics","what_happened":"LIV Golf held its New York event at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in New Jersey beginning August 6, 2026; the league had confirmed the venue on January 23, 2026 after dropping Trump National Doral from its schedule. Yasir Al-Rumayyan, governor of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and LIV's former board chairman, stood alongside Trump ahead of the final round on August 9, Front Office Sports reported. The fund had announced in April 2026 that it would stop funding LIV after the 2026 season, and Front Office Sports reported that it would still have to approve any new investor. A White House official confirmed to USA Today that Trump planned to attend. The sources cited here do not state how much LIV paid the club.","sources":[{"title":"Trump expected at LIV Golf New York as league charts path to survival","outlet":"USA Today via Yahoo Sports","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/trump-expected-liv-golf-york-163343384.html","date":"2026-08-06"},{"title":"PIF's Yasir Al-Rumayyan Joins Trump Amid LIV Golf Funding Push","outlet":"Front Office Sports","url":"https://frontofficesports.com/pifs-yasir-al-rumayyan-joins-trump-amid-liv-golf-funding-push/","date":"2026-08-09"},{"title":"LIV Golf schedule 2026: Where is the breakaway tour headed?","outlet":"GolfMagic","url":"https://www.golfmagic.com/tour/liv-golf/liv-golf-schedule-2026","date":"2026-01-23"},{"title":"Trump weighs in on LIV Golf, PGA Tour after Saudis pull funding of startup league","outlet":"Fox News","url":"https://www.foxnews.com/sports/trump-weighs-liv-golf-pga-tour-saudis-pull-funding-startup-league","date":"2026-04-30"},{"title":"Saudi Arabia: Freedom in the World 2026 Country Report","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/country/saudi-arabia/freedom-world/2026","date":"2026"}],"tag_label":"Gifts and payments","tag_short":"Payments","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["payments"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2026,"url":"/claims/autocrats-liv-golf-bedminster-2026/","sort_key":"2026-08-06","number":56},{"id":"offensive-canada-nasty-people-2026","kind":"offensive","target":"countries","subject":"Canada","place":"Canada","title":"Said Canadians are 'nasty people' before saying he loves the people and meant the 'nasty leadership'","quote":"Canada's nasty. They are. They're nasty. People think Canada -- they're nasty people. I love the people, but they're nasty, nasty leadership.","date":"2026-08-05","venue":"Speech on the economy and tax policy, Las Vegas","era":"term-2","category":"trade","what_happened":"The remark came while Trump was defending his tariffs. He had earlier told Fox News on June 29, 2025 that 'Canada is very nasty to deal with,' citing its dairy tariffs, and in an October 2025 meeting called Prime Minister Mark Carney a 'nice man, but he can be nasty.'","sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Discusses the Economy and His Tax Policy in Las Vegas - August 5, 2026","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-economy-taxes-las-vegas-august-5-2026/#27","date":"2026-08-05"},{"title":"Interview: Maria Bartiromo Interviews Donald Trump on Fox News Sunday Morning Futures - June 29, 2025","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-maria-bartiromo-fox-news-sunday-futures-june-29-2025/#220","date":"2025-06-29"}],"tag":"countries","tag_label":"Other countries","tag_short":"Countries","tag_tone":"green","tag_list":["countries"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2026,"url":"/claims/offensive-canada-nasty-people-2026/","sort_key":"2026-08-05","number":163},{"id":"know-what-maga-wants","kind":"knows-better","subject":"what MAGA wants","title":"Knows what MAGA wants 'better than anybody else'","quote":"I'm the one that created MAGA, and I know what MAGA wants better than anybody else.","date":"2026-07-24","venue":"White House Correspondents' Association dinner, Washington, D.C.","era":"term-2","category":"elections","what_happened":"In the same speech he said \"I'm getting very good at running for President\" and, on wind energy, \"I really do know that subject well.\" The remark came during the 2026 midterm campaign; on September 22, 2026 Roll Call ran the headline \"Voters to Republicans: Fix the Biden economy.\"","sources":[{"title":"Remarks at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-white-house-correspondents-association-dinner-21","date":"2026-07-24"},{"title":"Voters to Republicans: Fix the Biden economy","outlet":"Roll Call","url":"https://rollcall.com/2026/09/22/voters-to-republicans-fix-the-biden-economy/","date":"2026-09-22"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2026,"url":"/claims/know-what-maga-wants/","sort_key":"2026-07-24","number":68},{"id":"russia-trusts-putin-over-hegseth-2026","kind":"russia","tag":"intelligence","subject":"Putin's word on Iran arms","title":"Said 'I trust' Putin's promise not to arm Iran, days after his defense secretary said Russia was 'enabling' Tehran","quote":"Well, I don't know that they're enabling. I mean, I will tell you that President Xi said he will not partake, and President Putin said the same thing. I think—you know, I trust them.","date":"2026-07-24","venue":"Oval Office, exchange with reporters at a nuclear energy event; Truth Social","era":"term-2","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"On July 21, 2026 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told the Senate Appropriations Committee that both Russia and China were 'enabling' Iran's war effort against the United States 'at different levels.' On July 24 Trump posted that Putin 'told me that he would not sell Weapons to Iran' and that the two countries were 'in my opinion, not participating,' and told reporters he trusted both leaders' assurances, adding 'I don't think they'd want to have me disappointed.' The Independent reported that Moscow and Beijing had supplied intelligence and technical help to Tehran, including satellite reconnaissance imagery used for targeting. On July 27, asked about Zelensky's statement that Russia was giving Iran satellite imagery of U.S. bases, he said 'I'll ask Putin about it' and 'I don't think they've been doing it. Certainly not at a high level.' His post also said he did not sell weapons to Ukraine but to NATO countries and had 'no idea' how they were distributed.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks on United States Nuclear Innovation and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-united-states-nuclear-innovation-and-exchange-with-reporters","date":"2026-07-24"},{"title":"Truth Social Posts of July 24, 2026","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/truth-social-posts-july-24-2026","date":"2026-07-24"},{"title":"Trump says 'I trust' Putin and Xi, contradicting Hegseth about Iran war allies","outlet":"The Independent","url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-putin-xi-iran-aid-b3021251.html","date":"2026-07-24"},{"title":"Remarks in an Exchange With Reporters Aboard Air Force One En Route to Waterford Township, Michigan","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-exchange-with-reporters-aboard-air-force-one-en-route-waterford-township-michigan","date":"2026-07-27"}],"tag_label":"Intelligence and security","tag_short":"Intelligence","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["intelligence"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2026,"url":"/claims/russia-trusts-putin-over-hegseth-2026/","sort_key":"2026-07-24","number":132},{"id":"china-voter-files-compromise-2026","kind":"china","threat":"other","subject":"voter registration data","title":"Said China illicitly acquired 220 million U.S. voter files","quote":"First, they show that over a period of years, starting during the 2020 election cycle, the People's Republic of China carried out what is believed to be the largest compromise of election data in history, resulting in China's illicit acquisition of 220 million U.S. voter files.","date":"2026-07-16","venue":"Address to the nation on election reforms, White House","era":"term-2","category":"elections","what_happened":"FactCheck.org reported that state voter files are mostly publicly available, with most states placing no restrictions on who can buy them, and that an April 2020 intelligence assessment, declassified in October 2022, had already said Chinese intelligence officials analyzed state voter registration data. PBS News reported that one of the released documents said the data \"is publicly available for download from the commercial websites.\" Nextgov/FCW reported that the documents do not show that China altered voter rolls, manipulated ballots or changed the outcome of the 2020 election. Two months later Trump hosted Xi for a state visit at the White House.","sources":[{"title":"Address to the Nation on Election Reforms","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/address-the-nation-election-reforms","date":"2026-07-16"},{"title":"FactChecking Trump's Election Security Speech","outlet":"FactCheck.org","url":"https://www.factcheck.org/2026/07/factchecking-trumps-election-security-speech/","date":"2026-07-17"},{"title":"Fact-checking Trump's address on China, the 2020 election and what documents show","outlet":"PBS News","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/fact-checking-trumps-address-on-china-the-2020-election-and-what-documents-show","date":"2026-07-17"},{"title":"Trump stretches declassified China intelligence into broader 2020 election claims","outlet":"Nextgov/FCW","url":"https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2026/07/trump-stretches-declassified-china-intelligence-broader-2020-election-claims/414837/","date":"2026-07-16"},{"title":"White House Press Release - President Trump, First Lady Conclude Historic China State Visit","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/white-house-press-release-president-trump-first-lady-conclude-historic-china-state-visit","date":"2026-09-25"}],"tag":"other","tag_label":"Other","tag_short":"Other","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["other"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2026,"url":"/claims/china-voter-files-compromise-2026/","sort_key":"2026-07-16","number":120},{"id":"fix-inflation-nobody-else-could-2026","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"inflation and prices","title":"Nobody else could have brought prices down","quote":"Inflation is way down. That means prices are coming way down, and we're doing a great job. And remember that for the midterms, I say to that camera. Remember that. Because nobody else could do it. Prices are way down.","date":"2026-07-14","venue":"Oval Office remarks before a meeting with Prime Minister Ali Falih Kadhim al-Zaydi of Iraq","era":"term-2","category":"economy","what_happened":"The BLS report released that day showed the CPI-U fell 0.4 percent in June 2026, the largest one-month drop since April 2020, but was still up 3.5 percent over 12 months (food up 3.0 percent, shelter up 3.3 percent). The August 2026 report (released September 11, 2026) showed prices up 0.4 percent for the month and 3.4 percent over the year. PolitiFact found that overall prices had risen about 4.3 percent since he began his second term, with groceries up 3.4 percent and gasoline up 31 percent.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Ali Falih Kadhim al-Zaydi of Iraq and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-prior-meeting-with-prime-minister-ali-falih-kadhim-al-zaydi-iraq-and-exchange-with","date":"2026-07-14"},{"title":"Consumer Price Index Summary — June 2026","outlet":"U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics","url":"https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/cpi_07142026.htm","date":"2026-07-14"},{"title":"Consumer Price Index Summary — August 2026","outlet":"U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics","url":"https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm","date":"2026-09-11"},{"title":"Fact-check: Trump misleads on midterm candidates, prices at RNC midterm convention","outlet":"PolitiFact","url":"https://politifact.com/article/2026/sep/10/trump-rnc-midterm-fact-check-speech/","date":"2026-09-10"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2026,"url":"/claims/fix-inflation-nobody-else-could-2026/","sort_key":"2026-07-14","number":59},{"id":"know-roosevelt-museum","kind":"knows-better","subject":"the Roosevelt library","title":"Knows more about the museum 'than the people that built it'","quote":"I know more about that museum than the people that built it.","date":"2026-07-01","venue":"Opening of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, Medora, North Dakota","era":"term-2","category":"other","what_happened":"Trump made the claim after a tour of more than two hours of the newly opened library. In the same remarks he said of Roosevelt's time in North Dakota, 'I know what it takes to do that. It's tough,' and of the Panama Canal, 'I've studied it long and hard.'","sources":[{"title":"Remarks at the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora, North Dakota","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-theodore-roosevelt-presidential-library-medora-north-dakota","date":"2026-07-01"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2026,"url":"/claims/know-roosevelt-museum/","sort_key":"2026-07-01","number":67},{"id":"russia-thanks-putin-neutral-2026","kind":"russia","tag":"praise","subject":"Thanks to Putin at the G7","title":"Thanked Putin at the G7 for being 'very neutral' in the Iran war despite reports of Russian help to Tehran","quote":"And I want to thank Vladimir Putin. He was very neutral. They could have made it much more difficult for us. And I want to say it.","date":"2026-06-17","venue":"News conference at the G7 summit, Évian-les-Bains, France","era":"term-2","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"Closing the G7 summit in Évian, he thanked Xi Jinping and Putin for staying 'neutral' during the U.S. war with Iran, saying Russia 'could have made it much more difficult for us.' The Kyiv Independent noted this contradicted multiple reports, including a statement by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, that Russia had been aiding Iran with intelligence and weapons. He spent under two minutes on Ukraine, describing a June 14 call with Putin and a 'very, very good conversation' with Zelensky, and said 'they both want to do something. They just don't know how to do it.' A planned second meeting with Zelensky at the summit did not take place. Asked the same day whether sanctions on Russia would be reimposed, he said 'we are looking at that' and tied it to the price of oil.","sources":[{"title":"The President's News Conference in Évian-les-Bains, France","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/the-presidents-news-conference-evian-les-bains-france","date":"2026-06-17"},{"title":"Trump thanks Putin for Iran 'neutrality,' immediately challenging G7 claims of tone shift","outlet":"The Kyiv Independent","url":"https://kyivindependent.com/trump-thanks-putin-for-iran-neutrality-immediately-challenging-g7-claims-of-tone-shift/","date":"2026-06-17"},{"title":"Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India and an Exchange With Reporters in Évian-les-Bains, France","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-prior-meeting-with-prime-minister-narendra-modi-india-and-exchange-with-4","date":"2026-06-17"}],"tag_label":"Praise and deference","tag_short":"Praise","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["praise"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2026,"url":"/claims/russia-thanks-putin-neutral-2026/","sort_key":"2026-06-17","number":131},{"id":"offensive-kaitlan-collins-smile-2026","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Kaitlan Collins (CNN)","title":"Said CNN's Kaitlan Collins 'never smiles' and stood with 'hatred in her eyes' during an Oval Office exchange","quote":"Never smiled. She never -- she's a young, beautiful woman, never smiles. I never see a smile off her face I see her standing there with hatred in her eyes like she has hatred because we have borders, because we have a strong military, because we cut our taxes.","date":"2026-06-03","venue":"Oval Office executive order signing on trade","era":"term-2","category":"other","what_happened":"Collins was asking about the administration's $1.8 billion 'anti-weaponization' fund; Trump also told her to 'be quiet.' CNN called Collins 'an exceptional journalist.' Gov. Gavin Newsom wrote that it was 'a sexual predator telling a female journalist to smile.' Trump had made a similar remark in February 2026 and repeated it at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner on July 24, 2026 ('So smile, Kaitlan, just smile').","sources":[{"title":"Remarks: Donald Trump Signs an Executive Order on Trade in the Oval Office - June 3, 2026","outlet":"Factba.se (Roll Call)","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-remarks-executive-order-trade-june-3-2026/#91","date":"2026-06-03"},{"title":"Trump attacks CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins for not smiling: 'Hatred in her eyes'","outlet":"Raw Story","url":"https://www.rawstory.com/cnn-kaitlan-collins-donald-trump/","date":"2026-06-03"},{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Addresses the White House Correspondents Association Dinner - July 24, 2026","outlet":"Factba.se (Roll Call)","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-white-house-correspondents-dinner-july-24-2026/#99","date":"2026-07-24"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2026,"url":"/claims/offensive-kaitlan-collins-smile-2026/","sort_key":"2026-06-03","number":162},{"id":"know-why-biden-dropped-out","kind":"knows-better","subject":"why Biden quit the race","title":"'Nobody else knows the answer to that, BUT I DO!!!'","quote":"Nobody else knows the answer to that, BUT I DO!!!","date":"2026-05-29","venue":"Post on Truth Social","era":"term-2","category":"elections","what_happened":"The post revisited the June 27, 2024 CNN debate and asked whether Trump's performance made Biden 'choke' and lose the election or whether other factors were responsible, before asserting that only Trump knows the answer. The post did not state what that answer was.","sources":[{"title":"Truth Social Posts of May 29, 2026","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/truth-social-posts-may-29-2026","date":"2026-05-29"},{"title":"2024 Election Joe Biden Donald Trump Debate Transcript","outlet":"Rev","url":"https://www.rev.com/transcripts/first-2024-presidential-debate-on-cnn","date":"2024-06-27"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2026,"url":"/claims/know-why-biden-dropped-out/","sort_key":"2026-05-29","number":66},{"id":"autocrats-kremlev-trump-jr-wedding-2026","kind":"autocrats","tag":"payments","subject":"Russia","country":"Russia","beneficiary":"Donald Trump Jr.","amount":"hundreds of thousands of dollars (as reported by ProPublica)","freedom_house":"Not Free (2026)","title":"Russian businessman close to Putin pays for celebrations at Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding in the Bahamas","quote":"I have no idea who Umar is, never heard of him, and he didn’t pay for Don and Bettina’s wedding, which took place at a totally different location, and on a different day from the wedding. It was an ‘afterparty’ given in their honor. Not a big deal! I was not present at the party","date":"2026-05-23","venue":"Statement to NBC News, September 14, 2026","era":"term-2","category":"ethics","what_happened":"ProPublica reported on September 14, 2026 that Umar Kremlev, the Russian head of the International Boxing Association, covered hundreds of thousands of dollars in expenses for Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding weekend in the Bahamas on May 22 to 24, 2026, including the rental of a private island and a fireworks display, paid through a Dubai entity affiliated with the association. It reported that President Vladimir Putin gave Kremlev the Order of Friendship the month before, that the association had been financed by the state-owned Gazprom, and that Ukraine has sanctioned Kremlev citing his closeness to Putin; he is not on public U.S. sanctions lists, and ProPublica said it was unclear whether he acted in coordination with the Russian government. Guests included Eric Trump and Jared Kushner, who was helping lead U.S. negotiations with Russia over Ukraine. Trump Jr. and his wife confirmed that Kremlev \"very generously hosted two incredible nights of celebrations\" after the ceremony and called it a gift from a friend; his spokesperson said the two have no business relationship. Kremlev's press office said he has never discussed political matters with Trump Jr. Representative Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, opened an investigation and asked Trump Jr. for records.","sources":[{"title":"Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch","outlet":"ProPublica","url":"https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-wedding-bankrolled-russian-oligarch-umar-kremlev-putin","date":"2026-09-14"},{"title":"Lawmaker Opens Probe Into Trump Jr.’s Russian Oligarch-Funded Wedding","outlet":"ProPublica","url":"https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-wedding-umar-kremlev-payments-investigation","date":"2026-09-15"},{"title":"Donald Trump Jr. acknowledges Russian oligarch with ties to Putin hosted his lavish island wedding celebration","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/donald-trump-jr-russian-oligarch-umar-kremlev-ties-putin-wedding-celeb-rcna597735","date":"2026-09-14"},{"title":"Putin-tied Russian oligarch paid for Trump Jr.'s wedding celebrations","outlet":"PBS News","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/putin-tied-russian-oligarch-paid-for-trump-jr-s-wedding-celebrations","date":"2026-09-14"},{"title":"Russia: Freedom in the World 2026 Country Report","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/country/russia/freedom-world/2026","date":"2026"}],"tag_label":"Gifts and payments","tag_short":"Payments","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["payments"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2026,"url":"/claims/autocrats-kremlev-trump-jr-wedding-2026/","sort_key":"2026-05-23","number":55},{"id":"know-housing-2026","kind":"knows-better","subject":"housing","title":"Knew more about housing than anybody in history","quote":"But to be honest with you, housing is all about interest rates. I know more about housing than anybody in history. No President has ever done—I built a lot of housing. And they can pass all the bills they want. It's about interest rates.","date":"2026-05-22","venue":"Remarks on the economy, Suffern, New York","era":"term-2","category":"economy","what_happened":"On May 22, 2026 he said Congress was \"on the cusp of passing the most important piece of housing legislation in a generation\" and that he supported the House-passed bill. On June 24, 2026, asked whether he would veto the housing bill, he said \"I'm not signing the housing bill. I want to see what happens with SAVE,\" and repeated: \"I know housing better than anybody maybe anywhere. It's all about the interest rate.\"","sources":[{"title":"Remarks on the National Economy in Suffern, New York","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-national-economy-suffern-new-york","date":"2026-05-22"},{"title":"Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Secretary General Mark Rutte of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-prior-meeting-with-secretary-general-mark-rutte-the-north-atlantic-treaty-3","date":"2026-06-24"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2026,"url":"/claims/know-housing-2026/","sort_key":"2026-05-22","number":65},{"id":"autocrats-affinity-gulf-fees-envoy-2026","kind":"autocrats","tag":"investment","subject":"Saudi Arabia","country":"Saudi Arabia","beneficiary":"Jared Kushner (Affinity Partners)","amount":"tens of millions of dollars a year in fees (as reported by Bloomberg)","freedom_house":"Not Free (2026)","title":"Bloomberg reports Gulf states pay Kushner's firm tens of millions a year while he serves as Trump envoy","quote":"My volunteer work for the President has focused on delivering for America, irrespective of any business or personal relationship, and my commitment to that duty is unwavering","speaker":"Jared Kushner","date":"2026-05-14","venue":"Emailed statement to Bloomberg News","era":"term-2","category":"ethics","what_happened":"Bloomberg reported on May 14, 2026 that Affinity Partners manages billions of dollars for Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which have agreed to pay the firm tens of millions of dollars in fees annually, according to people familiar with the matter, while Jared Kushner serves as a volunteer envoy for Trump in negotiations on Gaza, Ukraine and Iran. Bloomberg reported that Kushner handed day-to-day management to deputies and that Affinity had been in talks to raise more money from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund but reversed course as he stayed on as envoy. Senator Ron Wyden and Representative Robert Garcia wrote to the White House and Affinity on March 19, 2026, and Representative Jamie Raskin opened a House Judiciary Democratic investigation on April 17, 2026, stating that Affinity had about $6.16 billion in assets with 99% of its funding from foreign nationals. White House Counsel David Warrington said Kushner is acting as a private citizen and is not subject to disclosure requirements, and spokeswoman Anna Kelly said his diplomacy has \"nothing to do with his private businesses.\" Bloomberg reported that Kushner did not meet an April 30 deadline to provide records to Democrats.","featured":true,"sources":[{"title":"Kushner disappoints Mideast clients who spent millions seeking sway","outlet":"Bloomberg via The Spokesman-Review","url":"https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/may/14/kushner-disappoints-mideast-clients-who-spent-mill/","date":"2026-05-14"},{"title":"Wyden, Garcia Investigate Kushner Raising Billions from Middle East Governments While Negotiating U.S. Foreign Policy","outlet":"U.S. Senate Committee on Finance","url":"https://www.finance.senate.gov/ranking-members-news/wyden-garcia-investigate-kushner-raising-billions-from-middle-east-governments-while-negotiating-us-foreign-policy","date":"2026-03-19"},{"title":"Ranking Member Raskin Opens Sweeping Investigation into \"U.S. Special Envoy for Peace\" Jared Kushner's Foreign Entanglements and Staggering Conflicts of Interest","outlet":"U.S. House Judiciary Committee Democrats","url":"https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/ranking-member-raskin-opens-sweeping-investigation-into-us-special-envoy-for-peace-jared-kushner-s-foreign-entanglements-and-staggering-conflicts-of-interest","date":"2026-04-17"},{"title":"Kushner's Affinity blurs the lines between politics and Gulf capital","outlet":"AGBI","url":"https://www.agbi.com/analysis/trade/2026/01/kushners-affinity-blurs-the-lines-between-politics-and-gulf-capital/","date":"2026-01-23"},{"title":"Saudi Arabia: Freedom in the World 2026 Country Report","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/country/saudi-arabia/freedom-world/2026","date":"2026"}],"tag_label":"Investments and funds","tag_short":"Investment","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["investment"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2026,"url":"/claims/autocrats-affinity-gulf-fees-envoy-2026/","sort_key":"2026-05-14","number":54},{"id":"russia-victory-day-truce-2026","kind":"russia","tag":"ukraine","subject":"Victory Day ceasefire","title":"Announced a three-day ceasefire on the dates Russia had demanded for its Victory Day parade","quote":"I am pleased to announce that there will be a THREE DAY CEASEFIRE (May 9th, 10th, and 11th) in the War between Russia and Ukraine. The Celebration in Russia is for Victory Day but, likewise, in Ukraine, because they were also a big part and factor of World War II.","date":"2026-05-08","venue":"Truth Social and White House statement","era":"term-2","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"In early May 2026 Russia's defense ministry demanded that hostilities cease on May 8 and 9 so that Moscow could hold its Victory Day parade, threatening a 'massive missile strike on the centre of Kyiv' if not, while Zelensky offered an open-ended ceasefire from May 6 and said Russia feared 'drones may buzz over Red Square.' On May 8 Trump announced a three-day ceasefire for May 9 to 11 and a swap of 1,000 prisoners each, saying the request 'was made directly by me' and that both Putin and Zelensky 'agreed' to it 'readily.' Asked why he had asked Zelensky 'for a ceasefire that Putin wanted,' he said 'everyone is happy.' Both sides accused each other of violations, and the pause was described as a humanitarian one rather than a settlement. He said he would like 'a big extension'; the war continued, with about 25,000 soldiers a month killed by his own account.","sources":[{"title":"Statement on a Temporary Cease-Fire in the Conflict Between Russia and Ukraine","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-temporary-cease-fire-the-conflict-between-russia-and-ukraine","date":"2026-05-08"},{"title":"Remarks in an Exchange With Reporters Prior to Departure for Potomac Falls, Virginia","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-exchange-with-reporters-prior-departure-for-potomac-falls-virginia","date":"2026-05-08"},{"title":"Ukraine war briefing: Duelling ceasefires as Zelenskyy floats open-ended truce","outlet":"The Guardian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/05/ukraine-war-briefing-duelling-ceasefires-as-zelenskyy-floats-open-ended-truce","date":"2026-05-05"}],"tag_label":"Ukraine","tag_short":"Ukraine","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["ukraine"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2026,"url":"/claims/russia-victory-day-truce-2026/","sort_key":"2026-05-08","number":130},{"id":"russia-g8-expulsion-stupid-2026","kind":"russia","tag":"alliances","subject":"G8 and G20 invitation","title":"Said expelling Russia from the G8 was 'stupid,' that Putin was 'rightfully' offended, and welcomed him to the Miami G20","quote":"But when they threw out President Putin, he was very offended by that. He was, you know, rightfully—but he was very offended by that. I venture to say you probably wouldn't be having these problems if you didn't throw him out.","date":"2026-04-23","venue":"White House, exchange with reporters on the situation in Israel and Lebanon","era":"term-2","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"Asked about reports that he would invite Putin to the December 2026 G20 summit at his Doral resort in Miami, he said Putin's attendance 'would be probably very helpful,' that it had been 'a stupid thing' for Barack Obama and Justin Trudeau to expel Russia from the G8 after the 2014 annexation of Crimea, and that Putin was 'rightfully' offended. A senior administration official confirmed the same day that all G20 members, including Russia, would be invited to ministerial meetings and the leaders' summit. The Kremlin said Putin had not decided whether to attend; he had not attended a G20 in person since 2019 and faces an ICC arrest warrant. In 2025 the 28-point plan he backed had proposed inviting Russia to rejoin the G8.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks on the Situation in Israel and Lebanon and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-situation-israel-and-lebanon-and-exchange-with-reporters","date":"2026-04-23"},{"title":"White House to Invite Putin to G20 Summit in Miami, Though Trump Doubts He'll Attend","outlet":"The Moscow Times","url":"https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/04/24/white-house-to-invite-putin-to-g20-summit-in-miami-though-trump-doubts-hell-attend-a92593","date":"2026-04-24"},{"title":"Trump's 28-point Ukraine plan in full: What it means, could it work?","outlet":"Al Jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/21/trumps-28-point-ukraine-plan-in-full-what-it-means-could-it-work","date":"2025-11-21"}],"tag_label":"NATO and allies","tag_short":"Alliances","tag_tone":"green","tag_list":["alliances"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2026,"url":"/claims/russia-g8-expulsion-stupid-2026/","sort_key":"2026-04-23","number":129},{"id":"know-fisa-2026","kind":"knows-better","subject":"FISA abuse","title":"Nobody understood FISA abuse better than him","quote":"Nobody understands this better than me, as I was a victim of the worst and most illegal abuse of FISA in our Nation's History, by Radical Left Lunatics who lied to the FISA Court to spy on my 2016 Presidential Campaign in their attempt to RIG the Election in favor of Crooked Hillary Clinton.","date":"2026-03-25","venue":"Post on Truth Social","era":"term-2","category":"justice","what_happened":"The post called for a \"clean 18-month extension\" of FISA Section 702 while keeping reforms from the previous reauthorization. The Justice Department Inspector General's review, released December 9, 2019, examined the four FISA applications targeting Carter Page in 2016 and 2017 and whether they complied with DOJ and FBI policies and the government's obligations to the FISA court, and made nine recommendations to the FBI.","sources":[{"title":"Truth Social Posts of March 25, 2026","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/truth-social-posts-march-25-2026","date":"2026-03-25"},{"title":"Review of Four FISA Applications and Other Aspects of the FBI's Crossfire Hurricane Investigation","outlet":"U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General","url":"https://oig.justice.gov/reports/review-four-fisa-applications-and-other-aspects-fbis-crossfire-hurricane-investigation","date":"2019-12-09"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2026,"url":"/claims/know-fisa-2026/","sort_key":"2026-03-25","number":64},{"id":"know-contractors-2026","kind":"knows-better","subject":"contractors","title":"Knew more about contractors than any human being that's ever lived","quote":"So it's—there is criminality. Maybe it's with the contractor, but—because I know more about contractors than any human being maybe that's ever lived.","date":"2026-03-19","venue":"Remarks before a meeting with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan, the White House","era":"term-2","category":"economy","what_happened":"He said the Federal Reserve headquarters renovation was costing \"$3- to $4 billion\" and that he could have done it for $25 million. During his July 24, 2025 tour of the site he said the cost had risen from $2.7 billion to $3.1 billion; Chairman Powell replied he had not heard that figure and that the document Trump handed him added a third building, the Martin building, which was finished five years earlier.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae of Japan and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-prior-meeting-with-prime-minister-takaichi-sanae-japan-and-exchange-with-reporters","date":"2026-03-19"},{"title":"Remarks During a Tour of the Federal Reserve System Headquarters and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-during-tour-the-federal-reserve-system-headquarters-and-exchange-with-reporters","date":"2025-07-24"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2026,"url":"/claims/know-contractors-2026/","sort_key":"2026-03-19","number":63},{"id":"russia-oil-sanctions-waivers-2026","kind":"russia","tag":"sanctions","subject":"Russian oil waivers","title":"Lifted sanctions on Russian oil at sea during the Iran war, then extended the waivers month by month","quote":"Well, if there were some, I would do it just to take a little of the pressure off.","date":"2026-03-07","venue":"Aboard Air Force One, asked about the Treasury's Russian oil waiver","era":"term-2","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"After the U.S. war with Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz and pushed Brent crude above $100, the Treasury on March 5, 2026 licensed the delivery and sale to India of Russian crude loaded on vessels as of that date, and on March 12 extended the authorization to any country for Russian oil in transit; a separate license lifted sanctions on Rosneft's German subsidiary. The waivers eased the Rosneft and Lukoil sanctions imposed in October 2025. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the measure was 'deliberately short-term' and would not provide 'significant financial benefit' to Russia. Asked whether he was considering further moves, Trump said he would 'take a little of the pressure off.' Senator Jeanne Shaheen said the president was 'filling the Kremlin's war coffers' as Russia helped Iran target Americans. The waivers were extended by 30 days in April and again in May 2026; in June he said sanctions might be reimposed 'depending on how far the price of oil comes down.' The White House had also dropped the 25 percent Russian-oil tariff on India in February 2026.","featured":true,"sources":[{"title":"Remarks in an Exchange With Reporters Aboard Air Force One En Route to Miami, Florida","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-and-exchange-with-reporters-aboard-air-force-one-en-route-miami-florida-0","date":"2026-03-07"},{"title":"U.S. Grants Temporary Waiver to Allow India to Buy Russian Oil as Iran War Jolts Energy Markets","outlet":"The Moscow Times (AFP)","url":"https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/03/06/us-grants-temporary-waiver-to-allow-india-to-buy-russian-oil-as-iran-war-jolts-energy-markets-a92136","date":"2026-03-06"},{"title":"Oil prices stay high despite US temporarily lifting sanctions on Russian oil stranded at sea","outlet":"CNN Business","url":"https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/13/energy/us-russia-sanctions-relief-oil-hnk-intl","date":"2026-03-13"},{"title":"Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India and an Exchange With Reporters in Évian-les-Bains, France","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-prior-meeting-with-prime-minister-narendra-modi-india-and-exchange-with-4","date":"2026-06-17"}],"tag_label":"Sanctions and pressure","tag_short":"Sanctions","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["sanctions"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2026,"url":"/claims/russia-oil-sanctions-waivers-2026/","sort_key":"2026-03-07","number":128},{"id":"fix-criminal-justice-nobody-else-could","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"criminal justice reform","title":"Criminal justice reform: 'Nobody else could do it'","quote":"Criminal justice reform. Nobody else could do it. Obama couldn't do it. Nobody could do it. Clinton couldn't do it.","date":"2026-02-06","venue":"Remarks to reporters aboard Air Force One","era":"term-2","category":"justice","what_happened":"The First Step Act was sponsored in the House by Republican Doug Collins with Democrat Hakeem Jeffries, passed the Senate 87-12 and the House 358-36 in December 2018 with no Democratic votes against, and was signed December 21, 2018; critics say his own Justice Department then under-applied it. In the second term the administration ended the Fresh Start program that let incarcerated students regain Pell eligibility restored by the Act, cut more than 10% of SAMHSA staff, and cancelled $16 million for the Prison Rape Elimination Act center. In September 2026 the Bureau of Prisons created a dedicated First Step Act office after years of implementation problems.","sources":[{"title":"Transcript: President Trump speaks to reporters on board Air Force One, 2.6.26","outlet":"Senate Democratic Caucus","url":"https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/trump-transcripts/transcript-president-trump-speaks-to-reporters-on-board-air-force-one-2626","date":"2026-02-06"},{"title":"First Step Act","outlet":"Wikipedia","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Step_Act","date":"2026-09-25"},{"title":"How the second Trump administration is making the criminal legal system harsher, less transparent, and less fair","outlet":"Prison Policy Initiative","url":"https://www.prisonpolicy.org/federaltracker.html","date":"2026-09-25"},{"title":"Bureau Of Prisons Creates Dedicated First Step Act Office","outlet":"Forbes","url":"https://www.forbes.com/sites/walterpavlo/2026/09/24/bureau-of-prisons-creates-dedicated-first-step-act-office/","date":"2026-09-24"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2026,"url":"/claims/fix-criminal-justice-nobody-else-could/","sort_key":"2026-02-06","number":58},{"id":"china-eat-canada-alive-2026","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"Canada-China trade deal","title":"Said China would \"eat Canada alive\" and threatened a 100% tariff over a Canada-China deal","quote":"If Governor Carney thinks he is going to make Canada a \"Drop Off Port\" for China to send goods and products into the United States, he is sorely mistaken. China will eat Canada alive, completely devour it, including the destruction of their businesses, social fabric, and general way of life. If Canada makes a deal with China, it will immediately be hit with a 100% Tariff against all Canadian goods and products coming into the U.S.A.","date":"2026-01-24","venue":"Post on Truth Social (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"term-2","category":"trade","what_happened":"Eight days earlier, asked about the agreement Canada had just signed in Beijing, Trump said, \"it's a good thing for him to sign a trade deal. If you can get a deal with China, you should do that.\" That agreement lowered Canadian tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles in return for lower Chinese import taxes on Canadian farm products. Prime Minister Mark Carney said on January 25 that Canada had \"no intention\" of pursuing a free trade deal with China. In May 2026 Trump made his own state visit to Beijing, where the White House announced Chinese purchase commitments and new U.S.-China boards of trade and investment.","sources":[{"title":"Truth Social Posts of January 24, 2026","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/truth-social-posts-january-24-2026","date":"2026-01-24"},{"title":"Remarks in an Exchange With Reporters Prior to Departure for Palm Beach, Florida","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-exchange-with-reporters-prior-departure-for-palm-beach-florida-1","date":"2026-01-16"},{"title":"Trump threatens Canada with 100% tariffs over China trade deal","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://www.npr.org/2026/01/24/nx-s1-5687236/canada-china-tariffs-trump","date":"2026-01-24"},{"title":"Carney says Canada not pursuing free trade deal with China as Trump threatens 100% tariffs","outlet":"CNBC","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/26/canada-china-trade-deal-tariffs-trump.html","date":"2026-01-25"},{"title":"White House Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Secures Historic Deals with China, Delivering for American Workers, Farmers, and Industry","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/white-house-fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-secures-historic-deals-with-china","date":"2026-05-17"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2026,"url":"/claims/china-eat-canada-alive-2026/","sort_key":"2026-01-24","number":119},{"id":"offensive-somalis-low-iq-davos-2026","kind":"offensive","target":"immigrants","subject":"Somali Americans in Minnesota","title":"Called Somalis 'low IQ people' and 'Somalian bandits' in his Davos address","quote":"Can you believe that, Somalia? They turned out to be higher IQ than we thought. I always say, these are low IQ people, how do they go into Minnesota and steal all that money?","date":"2026-01-21","venue":"World Economic Forum address, Davos, Switzerland","era":"term-2","category":"immigration","what_happened":"Trump was referring to Minnesota's federal fraud prosecutions. Most of the defendants in the largest cases are of Somali descent, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. In the same passage he spoke of '$19 billion in fraud that was stolen by Somalian bandits' and called Somalis 'pirates.' A day earlier, at a White House press briefing on January 20, 2026, he had said 'A lot of very low IQ people' and that piracy is 'about the only thing they're good at.' Residents of Mogadishu condemned the remarks as ignorant, Africanews reported. He kept up the attacks, saying at a May 27, 2026, Cabinet meeting, 'They're all crooks, the Somalians.' Africanews also reported that the administration had said earlier that month it would end Temporary Protected Status for Somalis.","sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Delivers an Address at the World Economic Forum in Davos - January 21, 2026","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-world-economic-forum-davos-january-21-2026/","date":"2026-01-21"},{"title":"Backlash in Mogadishu against 'ignorant' Trump comments about Somalia","outlet":"Africanews","url":"https://www.africanews.com/amp/2026/01/22/backlash-in-mogadishu-against-ignorant-trump-comments-about-somalia/","date":"2026-01-22"},{"title":"Press Conference: Donald Trump Leads the Press Briefing at the White House - January 20, 2026","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-press-conference-briefing-room-january-20-2026/","date":"2026-01-20"}],"tag":"immigrants","tag_label":"Immigrants","tag_short":"Immigrants","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["immigrants"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2026,"url":"/claims/offensive-somalis-low-iq-davos-2026/","sort_key":"2026-01-21","number":161},{"id":"russia-zelensky-holding-up-deal-2026","kind":"russia","tag":"ukraine","subject":"'Zelensky' as the obstacle","title":"Named Zelensky, not Putin, as the one holding up a peace deal; the Kremlin said 'I agree'","quote":"I think he's ready to make a deal. I think Ukraine is less ready to make a deal.","date":"2026-01-14","venue":"Oval Office, interview with Reuters","era":"term-2","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"Asked in a Reuters interview why U.S.-led negotiations had not ended the war, he answered 'Zelenskiy,' and said Putin was 'ready to make a deal' while Ukraine was 'less ready.' Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the next day: 'I agree, that is indeed the case.' European allies had consistently argued that Moscow had little interest in ending the fighting. Ukraine had by then accepted U.S. security-guarantee terms it described as fully agreed and said the 20-point plan was 90 percent complete, and had floated a demilitarized or free economic zone in Donetsk; Russia still demanded that Ukraine withdraw from parts of Donetsk it had not captured. The remarks came two weeks after the CIA found Putin's claim of a Ukrainian attack on his residence to be untrue.","sources":[{"title":"Trump claims Putin ready to reach peace deal, Zelensky in the way","outlet":"The Kyiv Independent","url":"https://kyivindependent.com/putin-ready-to-reach-a-peace-deal-zelensky-in-the-way-trump-claims/","date":"2026-01-15"},{"title":"Kremlin agrees with Trump on Zelensky holding up a peace deal in Ukraine","outlet":"Hindustan Times (Reuters)","url":"https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/kremlin-agrees-with-trump-on-zelenskiy-holding-up-a-peace-deal-in-ukraine-101768498106060.html","date":"2026-01-15"}],"tag_label":"Ukraine","tag_short":"Ukraine","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["ukraine"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2026,"url":"/claims/russia-zelensky-holding-up-deal-2026/","sort_key":"2026-01-14","number":127},{"id":"autocrats-diriyah-wadi-safar-golf-2026","kind":"autocrats","tag":"real-estate","subject":"Saudi Arabia","country":"Saudi Arabia","beneficiary":"Donald Trump (Trump Organization)","amount":"","freedom_house":"Not Free (2026)","title":"Trump-branded golf resort announced inside Saudi Arabia's Diriyah development","quote":"We are proud to expand our presence with this landmark development","speaker":"Eric Trump","date":"2026-01-11","venue":"Dar Global and Trump Organization announcement","era":"term-2","category":"ethics","what_happened":"On January 11, 2026, Dar Global announced Trump International Golf Club, Wadi Safar, a 2.6 million square meter site with a Trump-branded golf course, hotel and residences inside the Wadi Safar master plan being developed by the Diriyah Company, which Forbes describes as chaired by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The next day Dar Global launched Trump Plaza Jeddah, valued at over $1 billion, and its chief executive told Reuters the projects together are valued at about $10 billion. Trump had toured Diriyah during his May 2025 visit to the kingdom and hosted the crown prince at the White House in November 2025. Forbes reported that the announcement made no mention of the crown prince's role, that further Delaware entities named DT Diriyah Golf Manager were formed in April 2026, and that an existing entity, DT Marks KSA LLC, paid the president $9.2 million in 2025. Middle East Eye described Dar Global's parent, Dar Al Arkan, as having close ties to the Saudi government. The White House told Forbes there are no conflicts of interest.","sources":[{"title":"Dar Global and Trump Organisation launch luxury project in Riyadh's Diriyah","outlet":"The National","url":"https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/property/2026/01/11/dar-global-and-trump-organisation-launch-luxury-project-in-riyadhs-diriyah/","date":"2026-01-11"},{"title":"Trump Organization and Saudi developer unveil $10bn in projects","outlet":"Middle East Eye","url":"https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/trump-organization-and-saudi-developer-unveil-10bn-projects","date":"2026-01-12"},{"title":"Trump's Business Pursued Saudi Deal As He Conducted Nuclear Discussions","outlet":"Forbes (via Internet Archive)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/2id_/https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2026/07/23/trump-bolstered-saudi-business-connections-amid-nuclear-discussions/","date":"2026-07-23"},{"title":"Seven projects, four countries: Mapping Trump's Gulf property empire","outlet":"The National","url":"https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/property/2026/09/03/where-is-trumps-property-empire-expanding-in-the-gulf/","date":"2026-09-13"},{"title":"Saudi Arabia: Freedom in the World 2026 Country Report","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/country/saudi-arabia/freedom-world/2026","date":"2026"}],"tag_label":"Real estate and licensing","tag_short":"Real estate","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["real-estate"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2026,"url":"/claims/autocrats-diriyah-wadi-safar-golf-2026/","sort_key":"2026-01-11","number":53},{"id":"offensive-greenland-two-dog-sleds-2026","kind":"offensive","target":"countries","subject":"Denmark and Greenland","place":"Denmark","title":"Mocked Greenland's defense as 'two dog sleds' while pressing Denmark to give up the island","quote":"And Greenland basically, their defense is two dog sleds. Do you know that? You know what their defense is? Two dogs sleds.","date":"2026-01-11","venue":"Press gaggle aboard Air Force One","era":"term-2","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"Trump first used the line on January 25, 2025 ('they put two dog sleds there two weeks ago') and repeated it on January 4 and January 14, 2026 ('They added a second dog sled. That's not going to do the trick'). Channel 4 News and other fact-checkers said the claim misrepresented Denmark's Arctic forces, which include the Sirius dog-sled patrol alongside ships and aircraft. Greenland's and Denmark's governments rejected his demands.","sources":[{"title":"Press Gaggle: Donald Trump Speaks to Reporters on Board Air Force One - January 11, 2026","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-press-gaggle-air-force-one-january-11-2026/#101","date":"2026-01-11"},{"title":"Is Denmark really adding two more dog sleds to defend Greenland, as Trump claims?","outlet":"Channel 4 News","url":"https://www.channel4.com/news/is-denmark-really-adding-two-more-dog-sleds-to-defend-greenland-as-trump-claims","date":"2026-01"}],"tag":"countries","tag_label":"Other countries","tag_short":"Countries","tag_tone":"green","tag_list":["countries"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2026,"url":"/claims/offensive-greenland-two-dog-sleds-2026/","sort_key":"2026-01-11","number":160},{"id":"china-destroyers-greenland-2026","kind":"china","threat":"military","subject":"Greenland","title":"Said Chinese destroyers were off Greenland and China or Russia would occupy it","quote":"But we need that, because if you take a look outside of Greenland right now, there are Russian destroyers. There are Chinese destroyers and bigger. There are Russian submarines all over the place. We're not going to have Russia or China occupy Greenland, and that's what they're going to do if we don't.","date":"2026-01-09","venue":"Meeting with oil and gas executives, White House","era":"term-2","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"CBS News reported that Greenland's minister of business, Naaja Nathanielsen, said she was \"not aware\" of any Russian or Chinese ships or submarines around Greenland, and that public ship-tracking data showed no Russian- or Chinese-flagged commercial vessels there. On January 17, 2026 Trump wrote that \"China and Russia want Greenland\" and announced tariffs of 10 percent, rising to 25 percent on June 1, on eight European countries until a deal for the \"Complete and Total purchase of Greenland.\" On January 21 he said he would not impose the tariffs, citing a \"framework of a future deal\" reached with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks During a Meeting With Executives of Oil and Gas Companies and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-during-meeting-with-executives-oil-and-gas-companies-and-exchange-with-reporters","date":"2026-01-09"},{"title":"Trump repeats false or exaggerated claims about Greenland as he pushes for U.S. ownership","outlet":"CBS News","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-repeats-false-or-exaggerated-claims-about-greenland/","date":"2026-01-21"},{"title":"Truth Social Posts of January 17, 2026","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/truth-social-posts-january-17-2026","date":"2026-01-17"},{"title":"Trump pauses Greenland-linked tariffs on 8 European countries","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trump-pauses-greenland-tariffs-rcna255270","date":"2026-01-21"}],"tag":"military","tag_label":"Military threat","tag_short":"Military","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["military"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2026,"url":"/claims/china-destroyers-greenland-2026/","sort_key":"2026-01-09","number":118},{"id":"fix-nato-five-percent-nobody-but-me","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"NATO defense spending","title":"NATO's 5% pledge: 'nobody else could have done that but me'","quote":"David, you were shocked when I got 5 percent instead of 2 percent because nobody else could have done that but me.","date":"2026-01-07","venue":"Interview with The New York Times, Oval Office","era":"term-2","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"At the June 24-25, 2025 Hague summit, NATO members committed to 5% of GDP on defense by 2035, split into 3.5% for core military spending and 1.5% for related areas such as infrastructure and cyber, with a review scheduled for 2029. Spain opposed the target and received an exemption, committing only to raise its spending gradually to about 2.1%. Contributions to Ukraine's defense count toward the total. The 2035 deadline means no member's compliance can yet be assessed.","sources":[{"title":"Transcript: President Trump speaks with reporters from the New York Times, 1.07.26","outlet":"Senate Democratic Caucus","url":"https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/trump-transcripts/transcript-president-trump-speaks-with-reporters-from-the-new-york-times-10726","date":"2026-01-07"},{"title":"2025 The Hague summit","outlet":"Wikipedia","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_The_Hague_summit","date":"2026-09-25"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2026,"url":"/claims/fix-nato-five-percent-nobody-but-me/","sort_key":"2026-01-07","number":57},{"id":"fix-zelensky-only-has-trump","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"Ukraine's survival","title":"Zelensky has 'only got one thing ... Donald Trump'","quote":"He's only got one thing...Donald Trump. If he doesn't have Donald Trump, that thing would have been a total disaster.","date":"2026-01-07","venue":"Interview with The New York Times, Oval Office","era":"term-2","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"As of September 2026 the war was in its fifth year, with Russia holding much of eastern Ukraine and escalating strikes in recent months. U.S.-led talks scheduled for the UAE were postponed in early 2026 during the Iran war; after a six-month hiatus, envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Putin in Moscow on September 5, 2026 and Zelenskyy in Kyiv on September 6, securing only a three-day mutual strike moratorium, with territory the main sticking point and the Kremlin rejecting a Putin-Zelenskyy meeting.","sources":[{"title":"Transcript: President Trump speaks with reporters from the New York Times, 1.07.26","outlet":"Senate Democratic Caucus","url":"https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/trump-transcripts/transcript-president-trump-speaks-with-reporters-from-the-new-york-times-10726","date":"2026-01-07"},{"title":"US envoys arrive in Kyiv for Ukraine war talks after meeting Putin","outlet":"Al Jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/5/russias-putin-meets-us-envoys-to-discuss-trump-proposal-to-end-ukraine-war","date":"2026-09-05"},{"title":"Ukraine: A new push for peace","outlet":"House of Commons Library","url":"https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-12198/","date":"2026-09-25"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2026,"url":"/claims/fix-zelensky-only-has-trump/","sort_key":"2026-01-07","number":56},{"id":"fix-eight-wars-nobody-else-ever","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"ending eight wars","title":"Ended eight wars, 'nobody else has ever done that'","quote":"I've ended eight wars. Nobody else has ever done that.","date":"2026-01-07","venue":"Interview with The New York Times, Oval Office","era":"term-2","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"An AP fact check of the eight listed conflicts found Egypt-Ethiopia was \"heightened tensions, not war,\" Serbia-Kosovo had no threat of war during his term, India disputed his role in the India-Pakistan ceasefire, fighting continued between Rwanda-backed M23 rebels and Congo, the Armenia-Azerbaijan treaty was unsigned and unratified, and Cambodia-Thailand fighting resumed in December 2025. He repeated the claim at the UN on September 22, 2026, where CNN's fact check again rated it false; by then the U.S. itself was seven months into a war with Iran.","sources":[{"title":"Transcript: President Trump speaks with reporters from the New York Times, 1.07.26","outlet":"Senate Democratic Caucus","url":"https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/trump-transcripts/transcript-president-trump-speaks-with-reporters-from-the-new-york-times-10726","date":"2026-01-07"},{"title":"FACT FOCUS: Trump says he's ended eight wars. 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Everybody knew about it, but nobody had the guts or the stamina to do it or the respect from other nations, but I do.","date":"2026-01-06","venue":"House Republican Members Retreat","era":"term-2","category":"healthcare","what_happened":"A day later he told the New York Times that \"for every other president, if they even tried to do it, they could never do it.\" By August 31, 2026 the administration had voluntary most-favored-nation deals with 26 drugmakers covering 89% of the branded market. Analysts told STAT the deals chiefly apply to Medicaid, which already pays the lowest prices by law, while exempting companies from mandatory Medicare price cuts, and characterized the August announcements as \"headline-grabbing midterm messaging\"; a September 2026 analysis found the deals' secrecy may undermine the policy.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks at the House Republican Members Retreat","outlet":"Government Publishing Office (Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents)","url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/DCPD-202600006/pdf/DCPD-202600006.pdf","date":"2026-01-06"},{"title":"Transcript: President Trump speaks with reporters from the New York Times, 1.07.26","outlet":"Senate Democratic Caucus","url":"https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/trump-transcripts/transcript-president-trump-speaks-with-reporters-from-the-new-york-times-10726","date":"2026-01-07"},{"title":"Trump strikes new drug pricing deals with nine midsized drugmakers","outlet":"CNBC","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/31/trump-drug-pricing-deals.html","date":"2026-08-31"},{"title":"Analysts call Trump drug price moves headline-grabbing midterm messaging","outlet":"STAT","url":"https://www.statnews.com/2026/09/02/trump-most-favored-nation-drug-pricing-industry-analysts-skeptical/","date":"2026-09-02"},{"title":"Trump's secretive pharma deals may undermine 'most-favored nation' pricing, an analysis suggests","outlet":"STAT","url":"https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2026/09/13/trump-secretive-pharma-deals-undermine-most-favored-nation-pricing/","date":"2026-09-13"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2026,"url":"/claims/fix-drug-prices-nobody-had-guts-but-i-do/","sort_key":"2026-01-06","number":54},{"id":"fix-venezuela-on-steroids-if-i-dont-win","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"the U.S. economy","title":"'If I don't win, we're going to have Venezuela'","quote":"Tell what, if I had lost this election, if you had Kamala—it's the same thing: Joe and Kamala. I call them equals. If you had Kamala come in, I believe that our country would have been Venezuela on steroids. I used to say that during the campaign, \"If I don't win, we're going to have Venezuela.\"","date":"2026-01-06","venue":"House Republican Members Retreat","era":"term-2","category":"economy","what_happened":"He won, so the counterfactual was never tested. Three days before the remark, on January 3, 2026, U.S. forces captured Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro in a Caracas operation in which roughly 80 people died; Vice President Delcy Rodríguez was sworn in as acting president on January 5 and the U.S. took de facto control of the country's finances, foreign policy and oil sales. At home, by September 2026 the Fed had raised rates for the first time since 2023, bond yields were near 20-year highs, and the debt was growing by more than $2 trillion in the year.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks at the House Republican Members Retreat","outlet":"Government Publishing Office (Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents)","url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/DCPD-202600006/pdf/DCPD-202600006.pdf","date":"2026-01-06"},{"title":"2026 United States intervention in Venezuela","outlet":"Wikipedia","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_intervention_in_Venezuela","date":"2026-09-25"},{"title":"Trump's Debt Crisis Will Be Easy to Fix","outlet":"The American Prospect","url":"https://prospect.org/2026/09/18/trump-debt-crisis-fix-taxes-tariffs-inflation-deficit/","date":"2026-09-18"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2026,"url":"/claims/fix-venezuela-on-steroids-if-i-dont-win/","sort_key":"2026-01-06","number":53},{"id":"know-law-enforcement","kind":"knows-better","subject":"law enforcement","title":"'Cognizant of law enforcement, perhaps more than anybody in history'","quote":"I'm very cognizant of law enforcement, perhaps more than anybody in history.","date":"2026-01-06","venue":"House Republican members retreat","era":"term-2","category":"justice","what_happened":"The claim followed his August 11, 2025 announcement of a federal law-enforcement and National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C., where he said 'if you're competent, it's easy. If you're incompetent, it's impossible. But I'm very competent,' and his August 21, 2025 address to the deployed officers and Guard members. In the same January 2026 remarks he said 'Trump was right about everything' and cited praise for 'the best political instincts of any politician in 150 years.'","sources":[{"title":"Remarks at the House Republican Members Retreat","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-house-republican-members-retreat","date":"2026-01-06"},{"title":"The President's News Conference (August 11, 2025)","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/the-presidents-news-conference-1272","date":"2025-08-11"},{"title":"Remarks to Federal Law Enforcement Officers and National Guard Personnel","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-federal-law-enforcement-officers-and-national-guard-personnel","date":"2025-08-21"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2026,"url":"/claims/know-law-enforcement/","sort_key":"2026-01-06","number":62},{"id":"fix-erdogan-nobody-else-could","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"Turkey-Israel tensions","title":"Things with Erdogan 'that nobody else could have done'","quote":"And you've seen me do things with President Erdoğan and Turkey that nobody else could have done. We're not going to have a problem.","date":"2025-12-29","venue":"Joint news conference with Benjamin Netanyahu, Mar-a-Lago","era":"term-2","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"The question noted Erdogan had called Netanyahu Hitler and compared Israel to the Nazis. Six weeks earlier Turkey was preparing a brigade of at least 2,000 soldiers for the Gaza stabilization force, and Netanyahu's government flatly rejected it, with an Israeli spokesperson saying \"There will be no Turkish boots on the ground\"; Secretary Rubio met Turkey's foreign minister with no U.S. decision announced. Phase two of the Gaza plan the force was meant to support was deadlocked as of May 2026, and Hamas dissolved its civil administration on July 6, 2026.","sources":[{"title":"The President's News Conference With Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in Palm Beach, Florida","outlet":"Government Publishing Office (Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents)","url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/DCPD-202501226/pdf/DCPD-202501226.pdf","date":"2025-12-29"},{"title":"Transcript: President Trump holds a joint press event with Benjamin Netanyahu, 12.29.25","outlet":"Senate Democratic Caucus","url":"https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/trump-transcripts/transcript-president-trump-holds-a-joint-press-event-with-benjamin-netanyahu-122925","date":"2025-12-29"},{"title":"Trump faces Middle East test as Netanyahu balks at Erdogan's Gaza troop hopes","outlet":"Fox News","url":"https://www.foxnews.com/world/trump-faces-middle-east-test-netanyahu-balks-erdogans-gaza-troop-hopes.print","date":"2025-11-13"},{"title":"October 2025 Gaza war ceasefire","outlet":"Wikipedia","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2025_Gaza_war_ceasefire","date":"2026-09-25"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/fix-erdogan-nobody-else-could/","sort_key":"2025-12-29","number":52},{"id":"fix-israel-would-not-exist-without-me","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"Israel's existence","title":"Without him 'you would not have an existing Israel right now'","quote":"And you know, I was a big help. I'll be honest with you. A big, big help. Somebody said in the room, if you don't have Trump—you needed a proper combination of everything. And if you didn't have that combination, which they had, you would not have an existing Israel right now.","date":"2025-12-29","venue":"Joint news conference with Benjamin Netanyahu, Mar-a-Lago","era":"term-2","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"At the same event he said that \"if we didn't do what we did to Iran ... you wouldn't have peace in the Middle East.\" Two months later, on February 28, 2026, the U.S. and Israel launched a new war on Iran; a Pakistan-mediated ceasefire on April 8 was extended April 21, renewed June 12, formalized in the June 17 Islamabad Memorandum, and collapsed on July 8, 2026. In Gaza, phase two of the October 2025 plan was deadlocked as of May 2026, with more than 1,060 Palestinians killed after the truce began.","sources":[{"title":"The President's News Conference With Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in Palm Beach, Florida","outlet":"Government Publishing Office (Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents)","url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/DCPD-202501226/pdf/DCPD-202501226.pdf","date":"2025-12-29"},{"title":"2026 Iran war ceasefire","outlet":"Wikipedia","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war_ceasefire","date":"2026-09-25"},{"title":"October 2025 Gaza war ceasefire","outlet":"Wikipedia","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2025_Gaza_war_ceasefire","date":"2026-09-25"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/fix-israel-would-not-exist-without-me/","sort_key":"2025-12-29","number":51},{"id":"fix-middle-east-peace-only-via-iran-strikes","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"peace in the Middle East","title":"No Middle East peace deal 'if we didn't do what we did to Iran'","quote":"Remember this: If we didn't do what we did to Iran—just to make this subject just slightly different—you wouldn't have peace in the Middle East. You wouldn't have a deal signed in the Middle East.","date":"2025-12-29","venue":"Joint news conference with Benjamin Netanyahu, Mar-a-Lago","era":"term-2","category":"iran","what_happened":"He also said \"We have peace in the Middle East, and we're going to try and keep it that way.\" On February 28, 2026 the U.S. and Israel began airstrikes on Iran; the resulting war saw ceasefires on April 8 and June 12, an Islamabad Memorandum on June 17, and a collapse of the ceasefire on July 8, 2026, with fighting continuing into its seventh month by his September 22, 2026 UN address. In Gaza, phase-two negotiations begun January 14, 2026 were deadlocked as of May, and Hamas dissolved its civil administration on July 6, 2026.","sources":[{"title":"The President's News Conference With Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in Palm Beach, Florida","outlet":"Government Publishing Office (Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents)","url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/DCPD-202501226/pdf/DCPD-202501226.pdf","date":"2025-12-29"},{"title":"2026 Iran war ceasefire","outlet":"Wikipedia","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war_ceasefire","date":"2026-09-25"},{"title":"Trump tells U.N. he could 'annihilate' Iran but expects a deal after the midterm elections","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-address-united-nations-general-assembly-iran-war-rcna599085","date":"2026-09-22"},{"title":"October 2025 Gaza war ceasefire","outlet":"Wikipedia","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2025_Gaza_war_ceasefire","date":"2026-09-25"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/fix-middle-east-peace-only-via-iran-strikes/","sort_key":"2025-12-29","number":50},{"id":"russia-putin-residence-claim-2025","kind":"russia","tag":"intelligence","subject":"Putin residence claim","title":"Took Putin's word that Ukraine had attacked his residence and said he was 'very angry'; the CIA found it did not happen","quote":"It's not the right time to do any of that and can't do it. And I learned about it from President Putin today. I was very angry about it.","date":"2025-12-29","venue":"Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida, exchange with reporters during a greeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu","era":"term-2","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"The day after his Mar-a-Lago meeting with Zelensky, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov claimed Ukraine had launched 91 drones at Putin's residence near Valdai in the Novgorod region; Ukraine denied it. Trump told reporters Putin had told him of it by phone early that morning, that it was 'no good,' and that he was 'very angry about it,' adding that he had 'stopped the Tomahawks' for Ukraine. Asked whether U.S. intelligence had evidence, he said 'it's possible' no attack took place 'but President Putin told me this morning it did.' The CIA assessed that Ukraine had not targeted the residence, and Director John Ratcliffe briefed him on December 31; EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas called the Russian claim a 'deliberate distraction.' On January 4, 2026 he said, 'I don't believe that strike happened' and that something had happened 'fairly nearby, but had nothing to do with his house.'","featured":true,"sources":[{"title":"Remarks in an Exchange With Reporters During a Greeting With Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in Palm Beach, Florida","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-exchange-with-reporters-during-greeting-with-prime-minister-benjamin-netanyahu","date":"2025-12-29"},{"title":"CIA assesses Ukraine was not targeting a Putin residence in drone attack, contrary to Kremlin claim, sources say","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/31/politics/cia-ukraine-drone-putin-residence","date":"2025-12-31"},{"title":"Trump says that Ukraine didn't target Putin residence in a drone strike as Kremlin claims","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/world/ukraine/trump-says-ukraine-didnt-target-putin-residence-drone-strike-kremlin-c-rcna252286","date":"2026-01-05"},{"title":"Remarks in an Exchange With Reporters Aboard Air Force One En Route to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-exchange-with-reporters-aboard-air-force-one-en-route-joint-base-andrews-10","date":"2026-01-04"}],"tag_label":"Intelligence and security","tag_short":"Intelligence","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["intelligence"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/russia-putin-residence-claim-2025/","sort_key":"2025-12-29","number":126},{"id":"russia-wants-ukraine-succeed-2025","kind":"russia","tag":"praise","subject":"'Russia wants Ukraine to succeed'","title":"Told reporters after a Putin call that 'Russia wants to see Ukraine succeed' and Putin was 'very generous'","quote":"Russia is going to be helping. Russia wants to see Ukraine succeed. Once—it sounds a little strange, but I was explaining to the President: President Putin was very generous in his feeling toward Ukraine succeeding, including supplying energy, electricity, and other things at very low prices.","date":"2025-12-28","venue":"Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida, news conference with President Zelensky","era":"term-2","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"Before hosting Zelensky at Mar-a-Lago he spoke with Putin for what he called an 'excellent' call of about two and a half hours (the Kremlin said over an hour). Asked whether Russia would share responsibility for rebuilding Ukraine, he said Russia 'wants to see Ukraine succeed' and would supply energy 'at very low prices.' The night before, Russia had attacked Kyiv with ballistic missiles and drones, killing at least one person and wounding 27; that morning Russian bombs killed a man in Sloviansk. He said the two sides were 'closer than ever before' to a deal, that Putin had not agreed to a ceasefire, and that 'in a few weeks, we will know one way or the other.' Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said a 'bold, responsible, political decision is needed from Kyiv' on the Donbas. Zelensky said the 20-point plan was '90 percent agreed.'","sources":[{"title":"The President's News Conference With President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine in Palm Beach, Florida","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/the-presidents-news-conference-with-president-volodymyr-zelenskyy-ukraine-palm-beach","date":"2025-12-28"},{"title":"Trump says Ukraine and Russia are 'closer than ever' to peace","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://www.npr.org/2025/12/28/nx-s1-5659700/zelenskyy-meets-trump-efforts-end-russia-ukraine-war-elusive","date":"2025-12-28"}],"tag_label":"Praise and deference","tag_short":"Praise","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["praise"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/russia-wants-ukraine-succeed-2025/","sort_key":"2025-12-28","number":125},{"id":"russia-ukraine-elections-politico-2025","kind":"russia","tag":"ukraine","subject":"Ukraine elections demand","title":"Echoed the Kremlin's call for wartime elections in Ukraine and said Russia had 'the upper hand'","quote":"You know, they talk about a democracy, but it gets to a point where it's not a democracy anymore.","date":"2025-12-09","venue":"Interview with Politico, published December 9, 2025","era":"term-2","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"In a Politico interview he said it was 'an important time to hold an election' in Ukraine, that Kyiv was 'using war' to avoid one, and that 'at some point, size will win' because 'Russia has the upper hand.' Moscow had demanded new Ukrainian elections as a condition of any deal and called Zelensky illegitimate; Ukraine's constitution bars elections under martial law. He called European leaders 'weak' and their countries 'decaying,' days after his National Security Strategy warned Europe of 'civilisational erasure' and did not describe Russia as a threat, a document the Kremlin called 'largely consistent' with its own vision. Two days earlier he had said 'Russia is fine with' the U.S. plan and that he was 'disappointed' Zelensky had not read it. Zelensky responded that Ukraine was 'ready for elections' within 60 to 90 days if allies guaranteed security; Ukrainian opposition figures and pollsters said wartime elections were 'exactly what Putin would want' and had about 10 percent public support.","sources":[{"title":"Trump criticises 'decaying' European countries and 'weak' leaders","outlet":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clydlwldkvko","date":"2025-12-09"},{"title":"Ukraine 'ready for elections' if partners guarantee security, Zelensky says","outlet":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn5l1474yv7o","date":"2025-12-10"},{"title":"Trump says it's time for Ukraine to hold an election; he won't abandon Kyiv but 'size will win'","outlet":"The Times of India","url":"https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/trump-says-its-time-for-ukraine-to-hold-an-election-he-wont-abandon-kyiv-but-size-will-win/articleshow/125871946.cms","date":"2025-12-09"},{"title":"Donald Trump criticises 'weak' leaders of 'decaying' Europe and hints he could stop backing Ukraine","outlet":"ABC News (Australia)","url":"https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-10/trump-criticises-european-leaders-as-weak/106122876","date":"2025-12-10"},{"title":"Remarks in an Exchange With Reporters Prior to the Kennedy Center Honors Ceremony","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-exchange-with-reporters-prior-the-kennedy-center-honors-ceremony","date":"2025-12-07"}],"tag_label":"Ukraine","tag_short":"Ukraine","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["ukraine"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/russia-ukraine-elections-politico-2025/","sort_key":"2025-12-09","number":124},{"id":"offensive-somalia-filthy-norway-2025","kind":"offensive","target":"immigrants","subject":"Somali immigrants","title":"Asked a rally why the U.S. can't take people from Norway instead of 'filthy, dirty, disgusting' places like Somalia","quote":"Why can't we have some people from Norway, Sweden -- just a few -- let us have a few from Denmark. Do you mind sending us a few people? Send us some nice people, do you mind? But we always take people from Somalia, places that are a disaster, right? Filthy, dirty, disgusting, ridden with crime -- the only thing they're good at is going after ships.","date":"2025-12-09","venue":"Political rally, Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania","era":"term-2","category":"immigration","what_happened":"The rally was billed as the start of an economic affordability tour. Trump revived the 2018 Oval Office 'shithole countries' episode, which he had previously denied, saying 'we had a meeting and I say why is it we only take people from shithole countries, right?' He also said Ilhan Omar 'should get the hell out, throw her the hell out,' and the crowd chanted 'Send her back.' AP and Global News reported the remarks.","sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Holds a Political Rally in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania - December 9, 2025","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-political-rally-mount-pocono-pennsylvania-december-9-2025/","date":"2025-12-09"},{"title":"Trump Somalia immigrants Ilhan Omar","outlet":"Global News","url":"https://globalnews.ca/news/11572169/donald-trump-somalia-immigrants-ilhan-omar","date":"2025-12-10"},{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Holds a Political Rally in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania - December 9, 2025","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-political-rally-mount-pocono-pennsylvania-december-9-2025/#225","date":"2025-12-09"},{"title":"Trump revives slur while discussing immigrants from Somalia and other 'disgusting' nations","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-immigrants-somalia-slur-rcna248395","date":"2025-12-10"}],"tag":"immigrants","tag_label":"Immigrants","tag_short":"Immigrants","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["immigrants"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/offensive-somalia-filthy-norway-2025/","sort_key":"2025-12-09","number":159},{"id":"offensive-mtg-traitor-jilted-2025","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene","title":"Called former ally Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene 'Traitor' and said she 'went BAD' because he 'JILTED' her","quote":"The only reason Marjorie \"Traitor\" Brown (Green turns Brown under stress!) went BAD is that she was JILTED by the President of the United States (Certainly not the first time she has been jilted!).","date":"2025-12-08","venue":"Truth Social","era":"term-2","category":"other","what_happened":"Trump withdrew his endorsement of Greene on November 14, 2025, after she pushed for release of the Epstein files and criticized his policies; he called her 'Wacky' Marjorie and 'Marjorie \"Traitor\" Greene.' Greene, who had backed him since 2020, said the attacks were leading to threats against her. The December 8 post followed her 60 Minutes interview and also called her 'the low IQ traitor.' Greene left Congress and her seat was filled in a 2026 special election.","sources":[{"title":"Truth Social post, December 8, 2025","outlet":"Trump's Truth (Truth Social archive)","url":"https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/34191","date":"2025-12-08"},{"title":"Truth Social post, November 16, 2025","outlet":"Trump's Truth (Truth Social archive)","url":"https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/33853","date":"2025-11-16"},{"title":"Truth Social post, November 15, 2025","outlet":"Trump's Truth (Truth Social archive)","url":"https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/33847","date":"2025-11-15"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/offensive-mtg-traitor-jilted-2025/","sort_key":"2025-12-08","number":158},{"id":"offensive-somalis-garbage-2025","kind":"offensive","target":"immigrants","subject":"Somali immigrants and Rep. Ilhan Omar","title":"Said of Somalis 'I don't want them in our country' and called Ilhan Omar and her friends 'garbage'","quote":"I don't want them in our country, I'll be honest with you, OK? Somebody would say, oh, that's not politically correct. I don't care. I don't want them in our country. Their country is no good for a reason. Their country stinks and we don't want them in our country.","date":"2025-12-02","venue":"Cabinet meeting, White House","era":"term-2","category":"immigration","what_happened":"Trump made the remarks near the end of a long Cabinet meeting. He called Somalia 'barely a country' where people 'just run around killing each other' and said Somalis 'contribute nothing.' He added, 'we're going to go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country' and 'Ilhan Omar is garbage, she's garbage. Her friends are garbage.' AP noted he drew no distinction between citizens and noncitizens. The remarks came days after the administration halted asylum decisions following the November 26 National Guard shooting, whose suspect was Afghan, not Somali.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks: Donald Trump Holds a Cabinet Meeting at the White House - December 2, 2025","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-remarks-cabinet-meeting-december-2-2025/","date":"2025-12-02"},{"title":"WATCH: Trump says he doesn't want Somali migrants in the U.S., calls people 'garbage'","outlet":"PBS NewsHour","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-trump-says-he-doesnt-want-somali-migrants-in-the-u-s-calls-people-garbage","date":"2025-12-02"},{"title":"Remarks: Donald Trump Holds a Cabinet Meeting at the White House - December 2, 2025","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-remarks-cabinet-meeting-december-2-2025/#459","date":"2025-12-02"},{"title":"Remarks: Donald Trump Holds a Cabinet Meeting at the White House - March 26, 2026","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-remarks-cabinet-meeting-march-26-2026/#220","date":"2026-03-26"}],"tag":"immigrants","tag_label":"Immigrants","tag_short":"Immigrants","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["immigrants"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/offensive-somalis-garbage-2025/","sort_key":"2025-12-02","number":157},{"id":"offensive-third-world-pause-2025","kind":"offensive","target":"immigrants","subject":"Migrants from 'Third World Countries'","title":"Vowed to 'permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries' after a D.C. National Guard shooting","quote":"I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries to allow the U.S. system to fully recover ... and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.","date":"2025-11-27","venue":"Truth Social","era":"term-2","category":"immigration","what_happened":"Two West Virginia National Guard members were shot near the White House on November 26, 2025, and Spc. Sarah Beckstrom died. An Afghan national was charged. That night Trump called Afghanistan 'a hellhole on Earth' and the suspect 'the animal who perpetrated this atrocity.' A companion Thanksgiving post said most of the 'Foreign population' was 'on welfare, from failed nations, or from prisons, mental institutions, gangs, or drug cartels.' The post did not define 'Third World Countries,' AP reported. The State Department paused visas for Afghan passport holders and USCIS halted asylum decisions, NBC News reported.","sources":[{"title":"Truth Social post, November 27, 2025, 11:26 PM","outlet":"Trump's Truth (archive)","url":"https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/34035","date":"2025-11-27"},{"title":"Trump says he will pause migration from 'third world countries' after National Guard shooting","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-pause-migration-third-world-countries-national-guard-shooting-dc-rcna246299","date":"2025-11-28"},{"title":"Remarks: Donald Trump Addresses the National Guard Shooting in Washington - November 26, 2025","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-remarks-national-guard-shooting-washington-november-26-2025/","date":"2025-11-26"}],"tag":"immigrants","tag_label":"Immigrants","tag_short":"Immigrants","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["immigrants"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/offensive-third-world-pause-2025/","sort_key":"2025-11-27","number":156},{"id":"offensive-somali-thanksgiving-post-2025","kind":"offensive","target":"immigrants","subject":"Somali refugees in Minnesota and Rep. 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Walz replied, 'Release the MRI results.'","sources":[{"title":"Truth Social post, November 27, 2025, 11:27 PM","outlet":"Trump's Truth (archive)","url":"https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/34034","date":"2025-11-27"},{"title":"Trump targets Gov. Walz with slur, attacks Rep. Omar and Minnesota's Somali community","outlet":"CBS News","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/donald-trump-tim-walz-slur-attacks-ilhan-omar-somali-community","date":"2025-11-28"}],"tag":"immigrants","tag_label":"Immigrants","tag_short":"Immigrants","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["immigrants"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/offensive-somali-thanksgiving-post-2025/","sort_key":"2025-11-27","number":155},{"id":"offensive-nancy-cordes-stupid-2025","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Nancy Cordes (CBS News)","title":"Asked CBS reporter Nancy Cordes 'Are you a stupid person?' when she questioned his account of Afghan vetting","quote":"Are you a stupid person? Because they came into, on a plane along with thousands of other people that shouldn't be here. And you're just asking questions 'cause you're a stupid person.","date":"2025-11-27","venue":"Thanksgiving remarks, Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida","era":"term-2","category":"immigration","what_happened":"Cordes asked why Trump blamed the Biden administration for the November 26 shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, given an inspector general report on vetting of Afghan evacuees; the suspect's asylum had been approved in 2025, under Trump's administration, outlets reported. Trump called her 'stupid' three times, Newsweek reported. The exchange followed his insults to reporters Catherine Lucey, Mary Bruce and Katie Rogers.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks: Donald Trump Speaks with Servicemembers Via Video on Thanksgiving - November 27, 2025","outlet":"Factba.se (Roll Call)","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-remarks-thanksgiving-videoconference-servicemembers-november-27-2025/#247","date":"2025-11-27"},{"title":"WATCH: 'Are you stupid?' Trump rebuffs reporter's question on Afghan resettlement vetting","outlet":"PBS NewsHour","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/watch-are-you-stupid-trump-rebuffs-reporters-question-on-afghan-resettlement-vetting","date":"2025-11-27"},{"title":"Trump slams reporter over DC shooting question: 'Are you a stupid person?'","outlet":"Newsweek","url":"https://newsweek.com/trump-slams-reporter-over-dc-shooting-question-are-you-a-stupid-person-11123695","date":"2025-11-27"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/offensive-nancy-cordes-stupid-2025/","sort_key":"2025-11-27","number":154},{"id":"offensive-afghanistan-hellhole-on-earth-2025","kind":"offensive","target":"countries","subject":"Afghanistan","place":"Afghanistan","title":"Called Afghanistan 'a hellhole on Earth' in an address after two National Guard members were shot in Washington","quote":"I can report tonight that, based on the best available information, the Department of Homeland Security is confident that the suspect in custody is a foreigner who entered our country from Afghanistan, a hellhole on Earth.","date":"2025-11-26","venue":"Recorded address on the National Guard shooting in Washington","era":"term-2","category":"immigration","what_happened":"Two National Guard members were shot near the White House that day; DHS identified the suspect as an Afghan national who had entered under a Biden-era resettlement program. In the address Trump said the government must re-examine every Afghan who entered under Biden. At a December 9, 2025 rally he listed Afghanistan among 'hellholes' covered by a 'permanent pause on Third World migration.'","sources":[{"title":"Remarks: Donald Trump Addresses the National Guard Shooting in Washington - November 26, 2025","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-remarks-national-guard-shooting-washington-november-26-2025/#3","date":"2025-11-26"},{"title":"President Trump makes a statement about the National Guard shooting in D.C.","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://www.npr.org/2025/11/26/nx-s1-5622166/president-trump-makes-a-statement-about-the-national-guard-shooting-in-d-c","date":"2025-11-26"}],"tag":"countries","tag_label":"Other countries","tag_short":"Countries","tag_tone":"green","tag_list":["countries"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/offensive-afghanistan-hellhole-on-earth-2025/","sort_key":"2025-11-26","number":153},{"id":"offensive-south-africa-not-worthy-2025","kind":"offensive","target":"countries","subject":"South Africa","place":"South Africa","title":"Barred South Africa from the 2026 G20, saying it was 'not a country worthy of Membership anywhere'","quote":"To put it more bluntly, they are killing white people, and randomly allowing their farms to be taken from them. ... South Africa has demonstrated to the World they are not a country worthy of Membership anywhere, and we are going to stop all payments and subsidies to them, effective immediately.","date":"2025-11-26","venue":"Truth Social","era":"term-2","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"The U.S. boycotted the November 2025 G20 summit in Johannesburg; on November 7 Trump had posted that it was 'a total disgrace that the G20 will be held in South Africa.' In this post he said South Africa had refused to hand the G20 presidency to a U.S. embassy representative and that, 'at my direction,' it would not be invited to the 2026 G20 in Miami.","sources":[{"title":"Donald J. Trump post, November 26, 2025","outlet":"Trump's Truth (Truth Social archive)","url":"https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/34027","date":"2025-11-26"},{"title":"Donald J. Trump post, November 7, 2025","outlet":"Trump's Truth (Truth Social archive)","url":"https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/33732","date":"2025-11-07"}],"tag":"countries","tag_label":"Other countries","tag_short":"Countries","tag_tone":"green","tag_list":["countries"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/offensive-south-africa-not-worthy-2025/","sort_key":"2025-11-26","number":152},{"id":"offensive-katie-rogers-ugly-2025","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Katie Rogers (The New York Times)","title":"Called New York Times reporter Katie Rogers 'a third rate reporter who is ugly, both inside and out'","quote":"The writer of the story, Katie Rogers, who is assigned to write only bad things about me, is a third rate reporter who is ugly, both inside and out.","date":"2025-11-26","venue":"Truth Social","era":"term-2","category":"other","what_happened":"Rogers had co-written a Times article on signs of fatigue and aging in Trump's schedule. A Times spokesperson said the reporting was accurate and that 'name-calling and personal insults' did not change that. CNN counted it as the third time in recent weeks he had insulted a female reporter in personal terms. Trump has used 'ugly, both inside and out' for others, including a male rival in an October 30, 2025 post.","sources":[{"title":"Truth Social post, November 26, 2025","outlet":"Trump's Truth (Truth Social archive)","url":"https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/34017","date":"2025-11-26"},{"title":"First 'piggy,' now 'ugly': Trump continues attacks on female reporters","outlet":"CTV News (CNN)","url":"https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/first-piggy-now-ugly-trump-continues-attacks-on-female-reporters/","date":"2025-11-26"},{"title":"NY Times Fires Back at Trump's 'Name-Calling and Personal Insults'","outlet":"Mediaite","url":"https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/ny-times-fires-back-at-trumps-name-calling-and-personal-insults","date":"2025-11-26"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/offensive-katie-rogers-ugly-2025/","sort_key":"2025-11-26","number":151},{"id":"russia-witkoff-call-standard-negotiation-2025","kind":"russia","tag":"ukraine","subject":"Witkoff-Ushakov call","title":"Called it 'a standard thing' when his envoy was recorded coaching a Putin aide on how to win him over","quote":"Well, I haven't heard it. No. But I—that's a standard thing, you know, because he's got to sell this to Ukraine. He's got to sell Ukraine to Russia. That's what he's—that's what a dealmaker does.","date":"2025-11-25","venue":"Aboard Air Force One en route to West Palm Beach, Florida","era":"term-2","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"Bloomberg published a transcript of an October 14, 2025 call in which envoy Steve Witkoff advised Putin's foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov to have Putin congratulate Trump on the Gaza deal, call him 'a man of peace,' and phone him before Zelensky's White House visit; Witkoff also said a deal would take 'Donetsk and maybe a land swap somewhere' and suggested a 20-point plan modeled on Gaza. Ushakov did not dispute the call's authenticity, and a second transcript had Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev saying Russia would 'make this paper from our position' and pass it along informally. The Putin call that followed on October 16 preceded Trump's reversal on Tomahawks. Asked about the recording, Trump said it was 'a very standard form of negotiation' and that Witkoff was 'not' too pro-Russian. The same day he described Russia's 'big concession' as 'they stop fighting and they don't take any more land,' and sent Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow, where they met Putin for about five hours on December 2; Ushakov said afterward there was 'no compromise' on territory.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks in an Exchange With Reporters Aboard Air Force One En Route to West Palm Beach, Florida","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-exchange-with-reporters-aboard-air-force-one-en-route-west-palm-beach-florida-1","date":"2025-11-25"},{"title":"Trump defends Witkoff after leak appears to show envoy coaching Russians","outlet":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3r7xr94ln8o","date":"2025-11-26"},{"title":"Trump envoy Witkoff reportedly advised Kremlin official on Ukraine peace deal","outlet":"The Guardian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/25/trump-envoy-on-russia-ukraine-peace-deal","date":"2025-11-26"},{"title":"Truth Social Posts of November 25, 2025","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/truth-social-posts-november-25-2025","date":"2025-11-25"},{"title":"Remarks on Fuel Efficiency Standards and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-fuel-efficiency-standards-and-exchange-with-reporters","date":"2025-12-03"}],"tag_label":"Ukraine","tag_short":"Ukraine","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["ukraine"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/russia-witkoff-call-standard-negotiation-2025/","sort_key":"2025-11-25","number":123},{"id":"russia-zero-gratitude-post-2025","kind":"russia","tag":"ukraine","subject":"'Zero gratitude' post","title":"Accused Ukraine's leadership of 'zero gratitude' and said Putin 'would never have attacked' under him","quote":"UKRAINE \"LEADERSHIP\" HAS EXPRESSED ZERO GRATITUDE FOR OUR EFFORTS, AND EUROPE CONTINUES TO BUY OIL FROM RUSSIA.","date":"2025-11-23","venue":"Truth Social","era":"term-2","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"On the morning U.S. and Ukrainian delegations met in Geneva to revise the 28-point plan, he posted that the war 'would have NEVER HAPPENED' with 'proper U.S. and Ukrainian LEADERSHIP,' that Putin 'would never have attacked' had the 2020 election not been 'RIGGED & STOLEN,' and that Ukraine's leadership had 'EXPRESSED ZERO GRATITUDE FOR OUR EFFORTS.' Zelensky had publicly thanked the United States two days earlier and the Ukrainian delegation in Geneva 'reaffirmed its gratitude' to Trump personally in the joint statement issued that day. The post repeated a formulation Putin used in Alaska, that the war would not have started had Trump been president. The Geneva talks produced what both sides called an 'updated and refined peace framework' that later became a 20-point plan.","sources":[{"title":"Truth Social Posts of November 23, 2025","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/truth-social-posts-november-23-2025","date":"2025-11-23"},{"title":"Joint Statement by the United States and Ukraine on Peace Talks in Geneva, Switzerland","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/joint-statement-the-united-states-and-ukraine-peace-talks-geneva-switzerland","date":"2025-11-23"},{"title":"Zelenskyy says Ukraine has impossible choice as Trump pushes plan to end war","outlet":"The Guardian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/21/zelenskyy-says-ukraine-faces-most-difficult-moment-as-trump-pushes-plan-to-end-war","date":"2025-11-21"},{"title":"Trump and Putin Alaska summit: Five takeaways from the meeting","outlet":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gj9er0x0zo","date":"2025-08-16"}],"tag_label":"Ukraine","tag_short":"Ukraine","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["ukraine"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/russia-zero-gratitude-post-2025/","sort_key":"2025-11-23","number":122},{"id":"russia-28-point-plan-thanksgiving-deadline-2025","kind":"russia","tag":"ukraine","subject":"28-point peace plan","title":"Gave Ukraine until Thanksgiving to accept a 28-point plan drafted with Russian input: 'He'll have to like it'","quote":"Well, he'll have to like it. And if he doesn't like it, then, you know, they should just keep fighting, I guess.","date":"2025-11-21","venue":"Oval Office, exchange with reporters","era":"term-2","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"The 28-point plan presented to Kyiv in November 2025 was worked out by envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev in Miami in late October, without Ukrainian or European participation, according to Bloomberg reporting carried by Fortune. Its terms recognized Crimea, Luhansk and Donetsk as de facto Russian, required Ukrainian forces to withdraw from the part of Donetsk they held, froze Kherson and Zaporizhzhia along the line of contact, capped Ukraine's army at 600,000, wrote a NATO bar into Ukraine's constitution, invited Russia back into the G8, lifted sanctions in stages, granted a 'full amnesty' for wartime actions and required Ukrainian elections within 100 days. Trump said Thanksgiving, November 27, was an 'appropriate' deadline for Zelensky to sign and that Ukraine could not stop Russia from taking the Donbas. Zelensky said Ukraine faced a choice between 'losing its dignity' and 'losing a key partner.' European leaders said the line of contact should be the starting point and the EU's Kaja Kallas warned a deal rewarding invasion would set a 'very dangerous' precedent. After U.S.-Ukraine talks in Geneva on November 23, the plan was revised and the deadline dropped; Trump said on November 25 he had no deadline.","featured":true,"sources":[{"title":"Remarks During a Meeting With Mayor-Elect Zohran K. Mamdani of New York City and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-during-meeting-with-mayor-elect-zohran-k-mamdani-new-york-city-and-exchange-with","date":"2025-11-21"},{"title":"Zelenskyy says Ukraine has impossible choice as Trump pushes plan to end war","outlet":"The Guardian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/21/zelenskyy-says-ukraine-faces-most-difficult-moment-as-trump-pushes-plan-to-end-war","date":"2025-11-21"},{"title":"Trump's 28-point Ukraine plan in full: What it means, could it work?","outlet":"Al Jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/21/trumps-28-point-ukraine-plan-in-full-what-it-means-could-it-work","date":"2025-11-21"},{"title":"Secret U.S.-Russia talks led to plan that blindsided Ukraine","outlet":"Fortune (Bloomberg)","url":"https://fortune.com/2025/11/23/secret-us-russia-talks-peace-plan-ukraine-war-putin-zelenskyy-trump-rubio/","date":"2025-11-23"},{"title":"Joint Statement by the United States and Ukraine on Peace Talks in Geneva, Switzerland","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/joint-statement-the-united-states-and-ukraine-peace-talks-geneva-switzerland","date":"2025-11-23"}],"tag_label":"Ukraine","tag_short":"Ukraine","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["ukraine"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/russia-28-point-plan-thanksgiving-deadline-2025/","sort_key":"2025-11-21","number":121},{"id":"offensive-mary-bruce-terrible-person-2025","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Mary Bruce (ABC News)","title":"Called ABC's Mary Bruce 'a terrible person and a terrible reporter' after questions on Saudi deals and Epstein","quote":"You're a terrible person and a terrible reporter.","date":"2025-11-18","venue":"Oval Office meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman","era":"term-2","category":"other","what_happened":"Bruce asked whether it was appropriate for Trump's family to do business in Saudi Arabia while he was president, asked the crown prince about U.S. intelligence findings on Jamal Khashoggi's killing, and asked about the Epstein files. Trump also said 'the license should be taken away from ABC' and invoked FCC chair Brendan Carr. It came four days after his 'piggy' remark to Bloomberg's Catherine Lucey.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks: Donald Trump Holds a Bilat with Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia - November 18, 2025","outlet":"Factba.se (Roll Call)","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-remarks-bilat-mohammed-bin-salman-saudi-arabia-november-18-2025/#203","date":"2025-11-18"},{"title":"Trump attacks ABC News correspondent Mary Bruce in angry response to three sharp questions","outlet":"Daily Herald (AP)","url":"https://www.dailyherald.com/20251118/nation-and-world-politics/trump-attacks-abc-news-correspondent-mary-bruce-in-angry-response-to-three-sharp-questions/","date":"2025-11-18"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/offensive-mary-bruce-terrible-person-2025/","sort_key":"2025-11-18","number":150},{"id":"offensive-lucey-quiet-piggy-2025","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Catherine Lucey (Bloomberg News)","title":"Told Bloomberg reporter Catherine Lucey 'Quiet, piggy' as she asked about the Epstein files on Air Force One","quote":"Quiet. Quiet, piggy.","date":"2025-11-14","venue":"Press gaggle aboard Air Force One","era":"term-2","category":"other","what_happened":"Lucey had begun asking why, if there was nothing incriminating in the Jeffrey Epstein files, Trump opposed releasing them. Video circulated on November 18, ahead of a House vote on the files. CNN's Jake Tapper called it 'disgusting and completely unacceptable'; Bloomberg said its journalists ask questions 'without fear or favor.' A White House official said Lucey had behaved 'in an inappropriate and unprofessional way' toward colleagues, without offering evidence. It began a series of insults to women reporters over the following two weeks.","sources":[{"title":"Press Gaggle: Donald Trump Speaks to Reporters on Board Air Force One - November 14, 2025","outlet":"Factba.se (Roll Call)","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-press-gaggle-air-force-one-november-14-2025/#8","date":"2025-11-14"},{"title":"Trump 'quiet, piggy' comment to Catherine Lucey over Epstein files","outlet":"Philadelphia Inquirer","url":"https://www.inquirer.com/politics/trump-quiet-piggy-comment-catherine-lucey-epstein-files-20251118.html","date":"2025-11-18"},{"title":"Trump reporter 'piggy' Bloomberg News","outlet":"Boston Globe","url":"https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/19/nation/trump-reporter-piggy-bloomberg-news/","date":"2025-11-19"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/offensive-lucey-quiet-piggy-2025/","sort_key":"2025-11-14","number":149},{"id":"russia-hungary-sanctions-exemption-2025","kind":"russia","tag":"sanctions","subject":"Hungary sanctions exemption","title":"Exempted Hungary from the new Russian oil sanctions two weeks after imposing them","quote":"We're looking at it, because it's very difficult for him to get the oil and gas from other areas. As you know, they don't have—they don't have the advantage of having sea.","date":"2025-11-07","venue":"Cabinet Room, White House, working lunch with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán","era":"term-2","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"On October 22, 2025 the Treasury sanctioned Rosneft and Lukoil, with the threat of secondary sanctions on entities buying from them. On November 7 Orbán asked for an exemption, and a White House official confirmed the same day that Hungary was exempted for one year; Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó described it as 'a full and unlimited exemption' and later said it was indefinite. Hungary relied on Russia for about 86 percent of its oil and 74 percent of its gas in 2024 and agreed to buy roughly $600 million of U.S. liquefied natural gas as part of the arrangement. During the meeting Orbán said only their two governments 'truly' wanted peace and that the belief Ukraine could win was 'a misunderstanding'; Trump asked, 'So you would say that Ukraine cannot win that war?' The BBC called the exemption a 'major victory for Orban' that flew 'in the face of' Trump's stated determination to penalize anyone doing business with Russia's energy companies.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks Prior to a Working Lunch With Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of Hungary and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-prior-working-lunch-with-prime-minister-viktor-orban-hungary-and-exchange-with","date":"2025-11-07"},{"title":"Trump gives Hungary one-year exemption from Russian energy sanctions","outlet":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp85dvnkpv4o","date":"2025-11-07"},{"title":"US grants Hungary one-year exception from sanctions over Russian oil and gas","outlet":"The Guardian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/07/hungary-exception-sanctions-russian-oil-gas","date":"2025-11-08"}],"tag_label":"Sanctions and pressure","tag_short":"Sanctions","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["sanctions"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/russia-hungary-sanctions-exemption-2025/","sort_key":"2025-11-07","number":120},{"id":"autocrats-kazakhstan-tungsten-venture-2025","kind":"autocrats","tag":"investment","subject":"Kazakhstan","country":"Kazakhstan","beneficiary":"Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump (investors in Skyline Builders Group through American Ventures)","amount":"$20 million (Skyline Builders' payment for 20% of Kaz Resources; the brothers' own stake was not reported)","freedom_house":"Not Free (2025)","title":"Kazakhstan's state mining company gives tungsten venture to a firm backed by a Trump sons' investment","quote":"President Trump only acts in the best interests of the American public, which is why they overwhelmingly re-elected him to this office despite years of lies and false accusations against him and his businesses from the fake news media. There are no conflicts of interest.","speaker":"Anna Kelly, White House spokesperson","date":"2025-11-06","venue":"Statement to Fox News Digital, published July 29, 2026","era":"term-2","category":"ethics","what_happened":"On November 6, 2025, during a summit of Central Asian leaders at the White House, Cove Capital and Kazakhstan's national mining company Tau-Ken Samruk announced a joint venture giving Cove Kaz 70% and the state company 30% of two tungsten deposits in the Karaganda region; the U.S. Export-Import Bank and the Development Finance Corporation issued letters of interest for up to $900 million and $700 million in financing. The Financial Times reported in April 2026, as summarized by Mining.com and bne IntelliNews, that Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump had invested in August 2025 in Skyline Builders Group through American Ventures, a vehicle of Dominari Holdings, and added money on October 28, 2025. On October 31, 2025 Skyline agreed to pay $20 million for 20% of Kaz Resources, a Cove subsidiary, and on April 30, 2026 Skyline and Cove Kaz announced a merger. The Financial Times reported there was no evidence that the brothers knew of the pending U.S. financing when they first invested or played any role in the award. A spokesman for Trump Jr. said he \"does not interface with the federal government on behalf of any company he invests in or advises\"; the Trump Organization told Fox News the investment was passive and made before the tungsten deal.","sources":[{"title":"Trump sons invested in US group developing $1.1B tungsten project in Kazakhstan: FT","outlet":"Mining.com","url":"https://www.mining.com/trump-sons-invested-in-us-group-developing-1-1b-tungsten-project-in-kazakhstan-ft/","date":"2026-04-30"},{"title":"Trump sons hold stake in Kazakh Tungsten venture backed by $1.6bn in US government funds","outlet":"bne IntelliNews","url":"https://www.intellinews.com/trump-sons-hold-stake-in-kazakh-tungsten-venture-backed-by-1-6bn-in-us-government-funds-440589/","date":"2026-05-02"},{"title":"Skyline Builders Group Holding Ltd and Cove Kaz Capital Group LLC Announce Merger Agreement (Form 425)","outlet":"U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission","url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2031009/000121390026049722/ea0288487-425_skyline.htm","date":"2026-04-30"},{"title":"Trump sons' Kazakhstan tungsten deal raises suspicions, lawyer says","outlet":"Fox News","url":"https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-family-profits-from-blockbuster-deal-central-asia-despite-backlash-due-proof-problem-expert","date":"2026-07-29"},{"title":"Remarks at a Working Dinner With Leaders of Central Asian Countries and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-working-dinner-with-leaders-central-asian-countries-and-exchange-with-reporters","date":"2025-11-06"},{"title":"Kazakhstan: Freedom in the World 2025 Country Report","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/country/kazakhstan/freedom-world/2025","date":"2025"}],"tag_label":"Investments and funds","tag_short":"Investment","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["investment"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/autocrats-kazakhstan-tungsten-venture-2025/","sort_key":"2025-11-06","number":52},{"id":"offensive-nigeria-disgraced-country-2025","kind":"offensive","target":"countries","subject":"Nigeria","place":"Nigeria","title":"Called Nigeria a 'now disgraced country' and threatened to go in 'guns-a-blazing'","quote":"If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the U.S.A. will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, and may very well go into that now disgraced country, \"guns-a-blazing,\" to completely wipe out the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities. I am hereby instructing our Department of War to prepare for possible action.","date":"2025-11-01","venue":"Truth Social","era":"term-2","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"The day before, Trump had designated Nigeria a 'Country of Particular Concern' over religious freedom. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth replied 'Yes sir' and said the department was preparing for action. Presidential spokesman Daniel Bwala said Nigeria would welcome U.S. help that respected its territorial integrity, and Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin called on Trump to apologize for calling Nigeria 'disgraced.' Reports noted that violence in Nigeria kills both Muslims and Christians.","sources":[{"title":"Donald J. Trump post, November 1, 2025","outlet":"Trump's Truth (Truth Social archive)","url":"https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/33570","date":"2025-11-01"},{"title":"Trump threatens 'guns-a-blazing' intervention in Nigeria over killings of Christians","outlet":"Malay Mail","url":"https://malaymail.com/news/world/2025/11/02/trump-threatens-guns-a-blazing-intervention-in-nigeria-over-killings-of-christians/196876","date":"2025-11-02"},{"title":"Trump should apologise for calling Nigeria \"disgraced country,\" says deputy senate president","outlet":"The Gazette (Nigeria)","url":"https://gazettengr.com/trump-should-apologise-for-calling-nigeria-disgraced-country-says-deputy-senate-president/","date":"2025-11"}],"tag":"countries","tag_label":"Other countries","tag_short":"Countries","tag_tone":"green","tag_list":["countries"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/offensive-nigeria-disgraced-country-2025/","sort_key":"2025-11-01","number":148},{"id":"autocrats-diriyah-hotel-entities-2025","kind":"autocrats","tag":"real-estate","subject":"Saudi Arabia","country":"Saudi Arabia","beneficiary":"Donald Trump and family members (Trump Organization)","amount":"","freedom_house":"Not Free (2025)","title":"Trump entities formed for hotel deal in crown prince-chaired Diriyah project days before his White House visit","quote":"I have nothing to do with the family business. I have left, and when I've devoted 100 percent of my energy. What my family does is fine. They do business all over. They've done very little with Saudi Arabia, actually.","date":"2025-11","venue":"Oval Office remarks with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, November 18, 2025","era":"term-2","category":"ethics","what_happened":"Forbes reported that in November 2025 a Trump representative created two companies, DT Diriyah Hotel Manager LLC and DT Diriyah Hotel Member Corp., which together gave the president an 80% stake in a hotel management agreement in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia, with family members holding the remaining 20%. Trump's partner in the hotel deal was a Dar Global company, while the master plan for the area was developed by the Diriyah Company, which is chaired by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The New York Times reported that month that the Trump Organization was in talks for a Diriyah development, and Diriyah Company chief Jerry Inzerillo told the paper, \"Nothing announced yet, but soon to be.\" On November 18, 2025 Trump hosted the crown prince at the White House, said the United States would sell F-35 jets to Saudi Arabia, announced its designation as a major non-NATO ally, and said of the killing of Jamal Khashoggi that the crown prince \"knew nothing about it.\" White House deputy press secretary Anna Kelly told Forbes, \"There are no conflicts of interest,\" and Trump Organization representative Kimberly Benza said the deal did not come together at the same time as the president was discussing a nuclear agreement.","sources":[{"title":"Trump's Business Pursued Saudi Deal As He Conducted Nuclear Discussions","outlet":"Forbes (via Internet Archive)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/2id_/https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2026/07/23/trump-bolstered-saudi-business-connections-amid-nuclear-discussions/","date":"2026-07-23"},{"title":"Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-prior-meeting-with-crown-prince-muhammad-bin-salman-bin-abd-al-aziz-al-saud-1","date":"2025-11-18"},{"title":"Remarks at a Dinner With Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-dinner-with-crown-prince-muhammad-bin-salman-bin-abd-al-aziz-al-saud-saudi-arabia","date":"2025-11-18"},{"title":"Saudi Arabia: Freedom in the World 2025 Country Report","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/country/saudi-arabia/freedom-world/2025","date":"2025"}],"tag_label":"Real estate and licensing","tag_short":"Real estate","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["real-estate"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/autocrats-diriyah-hotel-entities-2025/","sort_key":"2025-11","number":51},{"id":"china-nuclear-even-within-five-years-2025","kind":"china","threat":"military","subject":"nuclear arsenal","title":"Said China's nuclear arsenal would equal the U.S. within five years and ordered weapons testing","quote":"Russia is second, and China is a distant third, but will be even within 5 years. Because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis. That process will begin immediately.","date":"2025-10-29","venue":"Post on Truth Social (@realDonaldTrump), shortly before meeting Xi Jinping in Busan, South Korea","era":"term-2","category":"veterans","what_happened":"CNN reported that China's last known nuclear test was in 1996 and the last U.S. test in 1992, and cited a Pentagon report that China may have 1,000 warheads by the end of the decade, compared with some 6,000 for Russia and nearly that many for the United States. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on November 2, 2025 that the planned tests \"are not nuclear explosions\" but \"noncritical explosions.\" At a May 13, 2026 Senate hearing Wright said the stockpile had again been certified as reliable through nonexplosive testing and that a decision on an explosive test \"comes down to the Commander-in-Chief.\" The White House fact sheet on Xi's September 2026 state visit said Trump \"advocated for trilateral arms control negotiations between the United States, Russia, and China.\"","sources":[{"title":"Truth Social Posts of October 29, 2025","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/truth-social-posts-october-29-2025","date":"2025-10-29"},{"title":"Trump instructs Pentagon to start testing nuclear weapons 'on an equal basis' with Russia and China","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/29/politics/nuclear-weapons-testing-trump-china-russia-intl-hnk","date":"2025-10-29"},{"title":"Trump's nuclear weapons tests will involve 'noncritical explosions,' not atomic blasts, energy secretary says","outlet":"Fortune","url":"https://fortune.com/2025/11/02/trump-nuclear-weapons-tests-noncritical-explosions-energy-secretary","date":"2025-11-02"},{"title":"VIDEO: Rosen Pushes Energy Secretary to Admit Explosive Nuclear Testing is Not Needed","outlet":"Office of U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen","url":"https://www.rosen.senate.gov/2026/05/13/video-rosen-pushes-energy-secretary-to-admit-explosive-nuclear-testing-is-not-needed/","date":"2026-05-13"},{"title":"White House Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Advances a Fair and Reciprocal Relationship with China While Hosting Historic State Visit","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/white-house-fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-advances-fair-and-reciprocal-relationship","date":"2026-09-25"}],"tag":"military","tag_label":"Military threat","tag_short":"Military","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["military"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/china-nuclear-even-within-five-years-2025/","sort_key":"2025-10-29","number":117},{"id":"know-tariffs","kind":"knows-better","subject":"tariffs","title":"'Nobody understood tariffs like I understood tariffs'","quote":"Nobody understood tariffs like I understood tariffs.","date":"2025-10-28","venue":"Remarks to U.S. servicemembers with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, Yokosuka, Japan","era":"term-2","category":"trade","what_happened":"On April 2, 2025 he said 'I've been talking about it for 40 years,' and on May 8, 2025 that tariffs 'are the most misunderstood thing, maybe in any form of business.' The Tax Foundation estimated the 2025 average effective tariff rate at 7.7 percent, the highest since 1947, costing about $1,000 per household in 2025 and $820 in 2026. On February 20, 2026 the Supreme Court ruled in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump that the president cannot impose tariffs under IEEPA and ordered refunds with interest.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks to United States Servicemembers With Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan in Yokosuka, Japan","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-united-states-servicemembers-with-prime-minister-sanae-takaichi-japan-yokosuko","date":"2025-10-28"},{"title":"Remarks Announcing Additional United States Tariff Actions on Foreign Imports","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-announcing-additional-united-states-tariff-actions-foreign-imports","date":"2025-04-02"},{"title":"Remarks With Prime Minister Keir Starmer Announcing a United States Trade Agreement With the United Kingdom","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-with-prime-minister-keir-starmer-the-united-kingdom-announcing-united-states-trade","date":"2025-05-08"},{"title":"Trump Tariffs Tracker: Rates, Revenue, and Impact","outlet":"Tax Foundation","url":"https://taxfoundation.org/research/all/federal/trump-tariffs-trade-war/","date":"2026-09-01"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/know-tariffs/","sort_key":"2025-10-28","number":61},{"id":"china-built-military-with-our-money-2025","kind":"china","threat":"both","subject":"trade deficit and military","title":"Said the U.S. built China's military with money lost on trade","quote":"For years, they were making $5-, $6-, $700 billion—$700 billion—and we'd be making nothing. It was a one-sided—honestly, it—we built their military. We built China's military with the money that we lost for so many years getting ripped off.","date":"2025-10-21","venue":"Lunch with Republican senators, Rose Garden, White House","era":"term-2","category":"trade","what_happened":"Census Bureau data show the U.S. goods deficit with China peaked at $418.2 billion in 2018, the same year total goods imports from China reached $538.5 billion; the deficit was $202.7 billion in 2025. Nine days after the remark Trump met Xi in Busan and rated the meeting \"a 12\" on a scale of 0 to 10. On May 20, 2026, days after his state visit to Beijing, he said of Xi, \"he respects our military tremendously.\"","sources":[{"title":"Remarks at a Lunch With Republican Senators","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-lunch-with-republican-senators","date":"2025-10-21"},{"title":"Trade in Goods with China","outlet":"U.S. Census Bureau","url":"https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html","date":"2026-09"},{"title":"Remarks and an Exchange With Reporters Aboard Air Force One En Route to Anchorage, Alaska","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-and-exchange-with-reporters-aboard-air-force-one-en-route-anchorage-alaska","date":"2025-10-30"},{"title":"Commencement Address at the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/commencement-address-the-united-states-coast-guard-academy-new-london-connecticut-6","date":"2026-05-20"}],"tag":"both","tag_label":"Economic and military","tag_short":"Economic + military","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["economic","military"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/china-built-military-with-our-money-2025/","sort_key":"2025-10-21","number":116},{"id":"russia-tomahawks-withheld-after-putin-call-2025","kind":"russia","tag":"ukraine","subject":"Tomahawk missiles","title":"Backed away from sending Tomahawks to Ukraine the day after Putin called to warn against it","quote":"But I do say to you, you know, we need Tomahawks for the United States of America too. We have a lot of them, but we need them. I mean, we can't deplete for our country.","date":"2025-10-16","venue":"Oval Office, exchange with reporters after a phone call with Putin","era":"term-2","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"In the days before Zelensky's October 17 visit, he had said he might send Ukraine Tomahawk cruise missiles if the war was not settled. On October 16 Putin initiated a call of more than two hours in which, according to Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov, he warned that supplying Tomahawks would cause 'substantial damage' to U.S.-Russian relations. Afterward Trump said the two would meet in Budapest and that the United States needed its Tomahawks. Zelensky left the White House the next day without the missiles, saying the United States 'does not want an escalation'; Trump posted that both sides should 'stop where they are.' The Financial Times and Reuters reported the meeting was tense and that he pressed Zelensky to accept Russia's terms on the Donbas, which the White House did not confirm; on October 19 he said 'we never discussed it.' On October 22 he said 'we're not going to be teaching other people' to use the weapon. The same day, after the Budapest summit was shelved, the Treasury sanctioned Rosneft and Lukoil.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks on Expanding Access to Fertility Care and In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-expanding-access-fertility-care-and-vitro-fertilization-ivf-and-exchange-with","date":"2025-10-16"},{"title":"Zelensky fails to secure Tomahawk missiles at talks with Trump","outlet":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93dqew8l3xo","date":"2025-10-17"},{"title":"Trump downplays hopes he will supply Ukraine with US missiles after meeting with Zelenskyy","outlet":"The Guardian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/17/trump-putin-phone-call-sinks-kyiv-ukraine-hopes-for-us-tomahawk-missiles","date":"2025-10-17"},{"title":"Trump calls for Ukraine to be carved up with Russia after tense meeting with Zelenskyy","outlet":"CNBC","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/20/trump-shifts-weight-behind-putin-after-tense-meeting-with-zelenskyy.html","date":"2025-10-20"},{"title":"Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Secretary General Mark Rutte of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-prior-meeting-with-secretary-general-mark-rutte-the-north-atlantic-treaty-2","date":"2025-10-22"}],"tag_label":"Ukraine","tag_short":"Ukraine","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["ukraine"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/russia-tomahawks-withheld-after-putin-call-2025/","sort_key":"2025-10-16","number":119},{"id":"china-soybeans-economically-hostile-act-2025","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"soybean purchases","title":"Called China's halt in U.S. soybean purchases an \"Economically Hostile Act\"","quote":"I believe that China purposefully not buying our Soybeans, and causing difficulty for our Soybean Farmers, is an Economically Hostile Act. We are considering terminating business with China having to do with Cooking Oil, and other elements of Trade, as retribution.","date":"2025-10-14","venue":"Post on Truth Social (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"term-2","category":"trade","what_happened":"Under the Busan deal, the White House said on November 1, 2025 that China would buy at least 12 million metric tons of U.S. soybeans in the last two months of 2025 and at least 25 million tons in each of 2026, 2027 and 2028. Reuters reported on January 20, 2026 that China had bought about 12 million tons, against a deadline U.S. officials by then described as the end of February; Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said, \"They did everything they said they were going to do.\" On February 4, 2026 Trump said China was considering raising its current-season purchases to 20 million tons. At the May 2026 Beijing summit China committed to buy at least $17 billion a year of other U.S. agricultural products through 2028.","sources":[{"title":"Truth Social Posts of October 14, 2025","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/truth-social-posts-october-14-2025","date":"2025-10-14"},{"title":"White House Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Strikes Deal on Economic and Trade Relations with China","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/white-house-fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-strikes-deal-economic-and-trade-relations","date":"2025-11-01"},{"title":"China Reaches 12 Million Ton US Soybean Purchase Pledge","outlet":"Farm Policy News (University of Illinois)","url":"https://farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2026/01/china-reaches-12-million-ton-us-soybean-purchase-pledge/","date":"2026-01-20"},{"title":"China buys all 12 million tons of soybeans it promised, just in time for Trump to announce new tariffs","outlet":"Fortune","url":"https://fortune.com/2026/01/21/china-buys-all-12-million-tons-of-soybeans-it-promised-just-in-time-for-trump-to-announce-new-tariffs/","date":"2026-01-21"},{"title":"Truth Social Posts of February 4, 2026","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/truth-social-posts-february-4-2026","date":"2026-02-04"},{"title":"White House Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Secures Historic Deals with China, Delivering for American Workers, Farmers, and Industry","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/white-house-fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-secures-historic-deals-with-china","date":"2026-05-17"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/china-soybeans-economically-hostile-act-2025/","sort_key":"2025-10-14","number":115},{"id":"fix-ukraine-war-never-if-president","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"the Ukraine war","title":"Ukraine war 'would've never happened' if he were president","quote":"A war that would've never happened if I were president, a shame.","date":"2025-10-13","venue":"Address to the Knesset, Jerusalem","era":"term-2","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"During the campaign he said at least 53 times that he would end the war within 24 hours or before taking office; in April 2025 he told Time the day-one pledge was \"said in jest.\" As of September 2026 the war, begun with Russia's February 2022 invasion, was in its fifth year. U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Putin in Moscow on September 5, 2026 and Zelenskyy in Kyiv on September 6 with a three-day strike moratorium, after talks had stalled for six months during the Iran war; territory remained the main sticking point.","sources":[{"title":"Full text of Trump's Knesset speech: You've won. You can't beat the world. It's time for peace","outlet":"The Times of Israel","url":"https://www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-of-trumps-knesset-speech-youve-won-you-cant-beat-the-world-its-time-for-peace/","date":"2025-10-13"},{"title":"Fact check: It wasn't 'in jest.' Here are 53 times Trump said he'd end Ukraine war within 24 hours or before taking office","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/25/politics/fact-check-trump-ukraine-war","date":"2025-04-25"},{"title":"US envoys arrive in Kyiv for Ukraine war talks after meeting Putin","outlet":"Al Jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/5/russias-putin-meets-us-envoys-to-discuss-trump-proposal-to-end-ukraine-war","date":"2026-09-05"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/fix-ukraine-war-never-if-president/","sort_key":"2025-10-13","number":49},{"id":"china-rare-earths-sinister-hostile-2025","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"rare earth export controls","title":"Called China's rare-earth export controls \"sinister and hostile\" and threatened a 100% tariff","quote":"Some very strange things are happening in China! They are becoming very hostile, and sending letters to Countries throughout the World, that they want to impose Export Controls on each and every element of production having to do with Rare Earths, and virtually anything else they can think of, even if it's not manufactured in China. ... There is no way that China should be allowed to hold the World \"captive,\" but that seems to have been their plan for quite some time, starting with the \"Magnets\" and, other Elements that they have quietly amassed into somewhat of a Monopoly position, a rather sinister and hostile move, to say the least.","date":"2025-10-10","venue":"Post on Truth Social (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"term-2","category":"trade","what_happened":"Later the same day Trump announced a 100 percent additional tariff on Chinese goods and export controls on critical software, both to start November 1, 2025. Two days later he posted, \"Don't worry about China, it will all be fine! Highly respected President Xi just had a bad moment.\" After the October 30 Busan meeting the White House said China would suspend the controls it announced on October 9, and Trump said the overall tariff on Chinese goods had gone from 57 percent to 47 percent. A September 25, 2026 White House fact sheet said the two countries \"continue to work on U.S. concerns regarding supply chain shortages related to rare earths and other critical minerals.\"","sources":[{"title":"Truth Social Posts of October 10, 2025","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/truth-social-posts-october-10-2025","date":"2025-10-10"},{"title":"Truth Social Posts of October 12, 2025","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/truth-social-posts-october-12-2025","date":"2025-10-12"},{"title":"Remarks and an Exchange With Reporters Aboard Air Force One En Route to Anchorage, Alaska","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-and-exchange-with-reporters-aboard-air-force-one-en-route-anchorage-alaska","date":"2025-10-30"},{"title":"White House Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Strikes Deal on Economic and Trade Relations with China","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/white-house-fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-strikes-deal-economic-and-trade-relations","date":"2025-11-01"},{"title":"White House Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Advances a Fair and Reciprocal Relationship with China While Hosting Historic State Visit","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/white-house-fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-advances-fair-and-reciprocal-relationship","date":"2026-09-25"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/china-rare-earths-sinister-hostile-2025/","sort_key":"2025-10-10","number":114},{"id":"know-deals","kind":"knows-better","subject":"deals","title":"'I know more about deals than anybody'","quote":"I don't say that lightly because I know more about deals than anybody. That's what my whole life was based on.","date":"2025-09-30","venue":"Address to generals and admirals, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia","era":"term-2","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"He had told President Zelenskyy on February 28, 2025, 'My whole life is deals. I know pretty good.' The Alaska summit with Putin on August 15, 2025 ended without an agreement ('There's no deal until there's a deal'). On October 13, 2025 he attended a signing ceremony in Egypt for a Gaza ceasefire, declaring 'the end of an age of terror and death.' At Quantico he also pledged $1 trillion in 2026 defense spending, up from $895 billion.","sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Addresses Military Leadership in Quantico, Virginia - September 30, 2025","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-department-of-defense-leaders-quantico-september-30-2025/","date":"2025-09-30"},{"title":"Remarks to the Department of Defense in Quantico, Virginia","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-department-defense-quantico-virginia","date":"2025-09-30"},{"title":"Trump, Hegseth rally troops at rare meeting, rail against 'woke' standards","outlet":"CBS News","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/trump-hegseth-military-leaders-meeting/","date":"2025-09-30"},{"title":"Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-prior-meeting-with-president-volodymyr-zelenskyy-ukraine-and-exchange-with-2","date":"2025-02-28"},{"title":"Press Conference: Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin Hold a Joint Press Event - August 15, 2025","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-press-conference-vladimir-putin-russia-alaska-august-15-2025/","date":"2025-08-15"},{"title":"Five key takeaways from Donald Trump's Gaza remarks in Middle East","outlet":"Al Jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/13/five-key-takeaways-from-donald-trumps-gaza-remarks-in-middle-east","date":"2025-10-13"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/know-deals/","sort_key":"2025-09-30","number":60},{"id":"offensive-cities-training-grounds-2025","kind":"offensive","target":"cities","subject":"Chicago and other Democratic-led cities","place":"Chicago","title":"Told assembled generals to use 'dangerous cities as training grounds for our military,' naming Chicago","quote":"And I told Pete, we should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military National Guard, but military, because we're going into Chicago very soon.","date":"2025-09-30","venue":"Address to senior military leaders, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia","era":"term-2","category":"justice","what_happened":"Speaking to about 800 senior officers summoned by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Trump said cities run by 'radical left Democrats' such as San Francisco, Chicago, New York and Los Angeles were 'very unsafe places and we're going to straighten them out one by one,' and called it 'a war from within.' He called Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker 'stupid' in the same passage. NPR reported he said the military would be used against the 'enemy within.'","sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Addresses Military Leadership in Quantico, Virginia - September 30, 2025","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-department-of-defense-leaders-quantico-september-30-2025/#110","date":"2025-09-30"},{"title":"Trump defends use of the U.S. military against the 'enemy within'","outlet":"OPB / NPR","url":"https://www.opb.org/article/2025/10/01/trump-defends-use-of-u-s-military-against-enemy-within","date":"2025-10-01"}],"tag":"cities","tag_label":"American cities","tag_short":"Cities","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["cities"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/offensive-cities-training-grounds-2025/","sort_key":"2025-09-30","number":147},{"id":"autocrats-electronic-arts-buyout-pif-affinity-2025","kind":"autocrats","tag":"investment","subject":"Saudi Arabia","country":"Saudi Arabia","beneficiary":"Jared Kushner (Affinity Partners)","amount":"","freedom_house":"Not Free (2025)","title":"Kushner's Affinity Partners joins Saudi sovereign wealth fund in $55 billion Electronic Arts buyout","quote":"We're excited to support the company as it continues to reach new audiences, inspire the next generation of creators, and expand the ways people around the world connect through play.","speaker":"Jared Kushner","date":"2025-09-29","venue":"Electronic Arts press release on completion of the acquisition, August 4, 2026","era":"term-2","category":"ethics","what_happened":"Electronic Arts announced on September 29, 2025 that it had agreed to be acquired for $55 billion, or $210 a share in cash, by a consortium of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake and Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners. Shareholders approved the deal on December 22, 2025 and it closed on August 4, 2026. AGBI reported that the Public Investment Fund controls nearly all of the acquisition vehicle and, citing Bloomberg, that Kushner introduced the fund to EA and led talks for months before the deal came together. The Saudi fund had earlier invested $2 billion in Affinity, according to congressional investigators cited by Reuters. A Morningstar analyst quoted by CNBC wrote that the deal was all but certain to close without regulatory hurdles, given the Saudi government's favorable relationship with the current US administration. Affinity did not respond to AGBI's request for comment.","sources":[{"title":"EA Announces Completion of Acquisition by PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners","outlet":"Electronic Arts","url":"https://www.ea.com/news/ea-announces-completion-of-acquisition","date":"2026-08-04"},{"title":"EA's $55 billion deal delivers a win for investors, but raises uncertainty for gamers","outlet":"CNBC","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/03/eas-55-billion-deal-delivers-a-win-for-investors-but-raises-uncertainty-for-gamers.html","date":"2025-10-03"},{"title":"Saudi wealth fund and Jared Kushner's Affinity finalize $55 billion EA Sports deal","outlet":"CNBC","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/05/saudi-wealth-fund-jared-kushner-ea-sports-deal.html","date":"2026-08-05"},{"title":"Kushner's Affinity blurs the lines between politics and Gulf capital","outlet":"AGBI","url":"https://www.agbi.com/analysis/trade/2026/01/kushners-affinity-blurs-the-lines-between-politics-and-gulf-capital/","date":"2026-01-23"},{"title":"Kushner's Affinity's assets jump to $4.8 billion after Gulf cash injection","outlet":"Reuters via Yahoo Finance","url":"https://finance.yahoo.com/news/kushners-affinitys-assets-jump-4-163548585.html","date":"2025-03-28"},{"title":"Saudi Arabia: Freedom in the World 2025 Country Report","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/country/saudi-arabia/freedom-world/2025","date":"2025"}],"tag_label":"Investments and funds","tag_short":"Investment","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["investment"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/autocrats-electronic-arts-buyout-pif-affinity-2025/","sort_key":"2025-09-29","number":50},{"id":"offensive-portland-war-ravaged-2025","kind":"offensive","target":"cities","subject":"Portland, Oregon","place":"Portland","title":"Ordered troops to 'War ravaged Portland,' authorizing 'Full Force, if necessary'","quote":"I am directing Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to provide all necessary Troops to protect War ravaged Portland, and any of our ICE Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists. I am also authorizing Full Force, if necessary.","date":"2025-09-27","venue":"Truth Social","era":"term-2","category":"justice","what_happened":"NPR reported that 'war ravaged' did not describe conditions on the ground. Gov. Tina Kotek said 'There is no insurrection. There is no threat to national security' and refused to authorize Oregon's Guard; Mayor Keith Wilson said the number of troops needed was zero. Three days later, at Quantico, Trump said Portland 'looks like a war zone' and 'looked like World War II.'","sources":[{"title":"Truth Social post, September 27, 2025","outlet":"Trump's Truth (archive)","url":"https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/33111","date":"2025-09-27"},{"title":"Trump wants to send troops to 'war ravaged' Portland. City officials say there's no need","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://www.npr.org/2025/09/28/nx-s1-5555496/trump-wants-to-send-troops-to-war-ravaged-portland-city-officials-say-theres-no-need","date":"2025-09-28"}],"tag":"cities","tag_label":"American cities","tag_short":"Cities","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["cities"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/offensive-portland-war-ravaged-2025/","sort_key":"2025-09-27","number":146},{"id":"china-primary-funder-ukraine-war-2025","kind":"china","threat":"other","subject":"Russian oil purchases","title":"Told the UN that China and India were the primary funders of Russia's war in Ukraine","quote":"China and India are the primary funders of the ongoing war by continuing to purchase Russian oil.","date":"2025-09-23","venue":"Address to the United Nations General Assembly, New York City","era":"term-2","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"Ten days earlier Trump had urged NATO members to place 50 to 100 percent tariffs on China, writing that \"China has a strong control, and even grip, over Russia.\" On October 25, 2025 he said China was \"cutting back very substantially on the purchase of Russia oil.\" After meeting Xi in Busan on October 30, he said of China's Russian oil purchases, \"There's not a lot more we can do,\" and that the two \"didn't really discuss the oil.\" The White House fact sheet on the Busan deal, issued November 1, 2025, does not mention Russian oil.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks to the United Nations General Assembly in New York City","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-united-nations-general-assembly-new-york-city-20","date":"2025-09-23"},{"title":"Truth Social Posts of September 13, 2025","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/truth-social-posts-september-13-2025","date":"2025-09-13"},{"title":"Remarks and an Exchange With Reporters at Al Udeid Air Base in Al Rayyan, Qatar","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-and-exchange-with-reporters-al-udeid-air-base-al-rayyan-qatar","date":"2025-10-25"},{"title":"Remarks and an Exchange With Reporters Aboard Air Force One En Route to Anchorage, Alaska","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-and-exchange-with-reporters-aboard-air-force-one-en-route-anchorage-alaska","date":"2025-10-30"},{"title":"White House Fact Sheet: President Donald J. 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You can't do that.","date":"2025-09-23","venue":"80th United Nations General Assembly, New York","era":"term-2","category":"immigration","what_happened":"Coverage noted that Trump offered no evidence for the claim. A spokesperson for London Mayor Sadiq Khan said, 'We are not going to dignify his appalling and bigoted comments with a response,' Fox News reported. He repeated the claim on March 3, 2026 in a meeting with Germany's chancellor ('in the UK you have a terrible mayor of London ... you have Sharia courts') and to GB News on September 2, 2026.","sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Addresses the 80th Session of the United Nations - September 23, 2025","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-80th-united-nations-general-assembly-september-23-2025/","date":"2025-09-23"},{"title":"Trump accuses London of wanting 'sharia law' in UN speech, mayor hits back","outlet":"Fox News","url":"https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-accuses-london-wanting-sharia-law-un-speech-mayor-hits-back","date":"2025-09-23"}],"tag":"countries","tag_label":"Other countries","tag_short":"Countries","tag_tone":"green","tag_list":["countries"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/offensive-london-sharia-unga-2025/","sort_key":"2025-09-23","number":145},{"id":"offensive-europe-going-to-hell-unga-2025","kind":"offensive","target":"countries","subject":"European countries","place":"Europe","title":"Told world leaders at the UN that Europe had been 'invaded' and 'your countries are going to hell'","quote":"You're destroying your countries. They're being destroyed. Europe is in serious trouble. They've been invaded by a force of illegal aliens like nobody's ever seen before. ... Your countries are going to hell.","date":"2025-09-23","venue":"80th United Nations General Assembly, New York","era":"term-2","category":"immigration","what_happened":"In the same section of the speech he said immigration and 'suicidal energy ideas will be the death of Western Europe' and cited prison figures for Germany, Austria, Greece and Switzerland. Mediaite and other outlets highlighted the 'going to hell' line.","sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Addresses the 80th Session of the United Nations - September 23, 2025","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-80th-united-nations-general-assembly-september-23-2025/#64","date":"2025-09-23"},{"title":"Trump Drops Shocking Rant Against Islam In Europe, Tells UN Members 'Your Countries Are Going to Hell'","outlet":"Mediaite","url":"https://www.mediaite.com/politics/trump-drops-shocking-rant-against-islam-in-europe-tells-un-members-your-countries-are-going-to-hell/","date":"2025-09-23"}],"tag":"countries","tag_label":"Other countries","tag_short":"Countries","tag_tone":"green","tag_list":["countries"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/offensive-europe-going-to-hell-unga-2025/","sort_key":"2025-09-23","number":144},{"id":"offensive-memphis-task-force-2025","kind":"offensive","target":"cities","subject":"Memphis","place":"Memphis","title":"Sent the Guard to 'deeply troubled' Memphis, saying a person is likelier to be murdered there than in Mexico City","quote":"In 2024, Memphis had the highest violent crime rate, the highest property crime rate and the third highest murder rate of any city in the nation. Other than that, they're doing quite well. ... A person is four times more likely to be murdered in Memphis, Tennessee today than in Mexico City.","date":"2025-09-15","venue":"Memorandum signing, White House","era":"term-2","category":"justice","what_happened":"On Sept. 12, 2025 he told Fox & Friends 'we're going to Memphis. Memphis is deeply troubled.' At Republican Gov. Bill Lee's request, he signed a memorandum creating the 'Memphis Safe Task Force' of National Guard troops and federal agents. The Memphis Shelby Crime Commission reported murders had fallen 14% from 2023 to 2024. On Sept. 13 he posted that crime was down in Memphis only because of federal work and 'ONLY I CAN SAVE THEM!!!'","sources":[{"title":"Remarks: Donald Trump Signs a Memorandum to Deploy Troops in Memphis, Tennessee - September 15, 2025","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-remarks-memorandum-memphis-law-enforcement-september-15-2025/#12","date":"2025-09-15"},{"title":"Trump deploys National Guard troops to Memphis for anti-crime task force","outlet":"Tennessee Lookout","url":"https://tennesseelookout.com/2025/09/15/repub/trump-deploys-national-guard-troops-to-memphis-for-anti-crime-task-force/","date":"2025-09-15"},{"title":"Interview: Donald Trump on Fox and Friends - September 12, 2025","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-fox-and-friends-live-studio-september-12-2025/#159","date":"2025-09-12"}],"tag":"cities","tag_label":"American cities","tag_short":"Cities","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["cities"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/offensive-memphis-task-force-2025/","sort_key":"2025-09-15","number":143},{"id":"fix-memphis-only-i-can-save-them","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"crime in Memphis","title":"'ONLY I CAN SAVE THEM' on crime in Memphis and other cities","quote":"The only reason crime is somewhat down in Memphis is because the FBI, and others in the Federal Government, at my direction, have been working there for 5 months","date":"2025-09-13","venue":"Post on Truth Social","era":"term-2","category":"justice","what_happened":"The post ended \"ONLY I CAN SAVE THEM!!!\" and came a day after he announced a National Guard deployment to Memphis, which Mayor Paul Young said he had not been consulted on. Memphis's violent crime had already fallen 11% in 2024 versus 2023 and 2022, before the federal effort. The Memphis Safe Task Force began operations on September 29, 2025. One year on, Memphis police reported overall crime fell from more than 38,000 incidents in 2024 to 29,664 in 2025 and about 18,900 through mid-September 2026, with murders down 36%; an assistant police chief said the data showed a steady decrease \"starting a year before the MSTF operations began.\"","sources":[{"title":"Donald Trump Makes Wild Assertion About Crime in U.S. Cities: 'ONLY I CAN SAVE THEM!!!'","outlet":"The Daily Beast","url":"https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-makes-wild-assertion-about-crime-in-us-cities-only-i-can-save-them/","date":"2025-09-14"},{"title":"Trump Claims Falling Memphis Crime Rate Is Due to His Orders","outlet":"Newsweek","url":"https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-memphis-crime-rates-national-guard-deployment-2129527","date":"2025-09-14"},{"title":"FOX13 Investigates: Crime numbers in the one year since Memphis Safe Task Force operations","outlet":"FOX13 Memphis","url":"https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/fox13-investigates-crime-numbers-in-the-one-year-since-memphis-safe-task-force-operations/article_540cd765-165a-421a-9ad6-09cc076b1bee.html","date":"2026-09-15"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/fix-memphis-only-i-can-save-them/","sort_key":"2025-09-13","number":48},{"id":"russia-sanctions-conditioned-on-nato-2025","kind":"russia","tag":"sanctions","subject":"Sanctions conditioned on NATO","title":"Made 'major sanctions' on Russia conditional on every NATO member first halting Russian oil purchases","quote":"I am ready to do major Sanctions on Russia when all NATO Nations have agreed, and started, to do the same thing, and when all NATO Nations STOP BUYING OIL FROM RUSSIA.","date":"2025-09-13","venue":"Truth Social, posted as a letter to 'all NATO nations'","era":"term-2","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"A week after saying he was ready for a 'second phase' of sanctions on Russia, he posted a letter making U.S. sanctions conditional on all NATO members agreeing to the same and ending purchases of Russian oil, and on NATO placing 50 to 100 percent tariffs on China. NATO members Turkey, Hungary and Slovakia were still buying Russian oil, and the EU remained a buyer of Russian gas, so the condition was not met. The post came three days after Russian drones entered Polish airspace and as Senator Lindsey Graham urged him to back the bipartisan sanctions bill he had introduced in July. Time magazine's headline was 'Trump Backs Off Promise to Sanction Russia for Ukraine War.' The Guardian noted he had 'repeatedly threatened Russia with additional sanctions, but so far he has failed to follow through.' He imposed sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil on October 22, 2025, without the NATO conditions having been met.","sources":[{"title":"Truth Social Posts of September 13, 2025","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/truth-social-posts-september-13-2025","date":"2025-09-13"},{"title":"Trump tells NATO members to cut off Russia oil","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://www.npr.org/2025/09/13/nx-s1-5540664/trump-russia-sanctions-nato-ukraine","date":"2025-09-13"},{"title":"Trump 'ready' to impose sanctions on Russia if Nato nations stop buying its oil","outlet":"The Guardian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/13/trump-ready-to-impose-sanctions-on-russia-if-nato-nations-stop-buying-its-oil","date":"2025-09-13"},{"title":"Remarks in an Exchange With Reporters Prior to Departure for New York City","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-exchange-with-reporters-prior-departure-for-new-york-city-2","date":"2025-09-07"},{"title":"US sanctions Russian oil companies after failed Putin talks","outlet":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd6758pn6ylo","date":"2025-10-22"}],"tag_label":"Sanctions and pressure","tag_short":"Sanctions","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["sanctions"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/russia-sanctions-conditioned-on-nato-2025/","sort_key":"2025-09-13","number":118},{"id":"russia-poland-drones-mistake-2025","kind":"russia","tag":"alliances","subject":"Russian drones over Poland","title":"Said Russia's drone incursion into NATO member Poland 'could have been a mistake'; Warsaw said it was not","quote":"It could have been a mistake. Could have been a mistake. But regardless, I'm not happy about anything having to do with that whole situation. But hopefully, it's going to come to an end.","date":"2025-09-11","venue":"South Lawn of the White House, exchange with reporters","era":"term-2","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"On the night of September 9 to 10, 2025, Russian drones crossed into Poland during a mass attack on Ukraine; Polish and Dutch fighters shot several down and Poland recovered parts of 16 or 17 drones. Poland invoked NATO's Article 4, and Germany, the EU and other allies called the incursion deliberate. Trump's first reaction was a post asking 'What's with Russia violating Poland's airspace with drones? Here we go!' Asked the next day, he said it 'could have been a mistake,' though when pressed he added he would 'condemn even for being near that line.' Prime Minister Donald Tusk replied: 'We would also wish that the drone attack on Poland was a mistake. But it wasn't. And we know it.' Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski and Deputy Defense Minister Cezary Tomczyk also rejected the suggestion, calling it 'a deliberate Russian attack.'","sources":[{"title":"Remarks in an Exchange With Reporters Prior to Departure for New York City","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-exchange-with-reporters-prior-departure-for-new-york-city-3","date":"2025-09-11"},{"title":"Truth Social Posts of September 10, 2025","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/truth-social-posts-september-10-2025","date":"2025-09-10"},{"title":"Poland rejects Trump's suggestion that Russia's drone raid \"could have been a mistake\"","outlet":"CBS News","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/poland-russia-trump-putin-ukraine-war-tusk-says-drones-not-a-mistake/","date":"2025-09-12"},{"title":"Poland to Trump: Russian drones were no mistake","outlet":"Politico Europe","url":"https://www.politico.eu/article/not-a-mistake-poland-rebukes-trumps-doubts-about-russian-drone-incursion/","date":"2025-09-12"}],"tag_label":"NATO and allies","tag_short":"Alliances","tag_tone":"green","tag_list":["alliances"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/russia-poland-drones-mistake-2025/","sort_key":"2025-09-11","number":117},{"id":"offensive-chicago-chipocalypse-2025","kind":"offensive","target":"cities","subject":"Chicago","place":"Chicago","title":"Posted a 'Chipocalypse Now' image saying Chicago would 'find out why it's called the Department of WAR'","quote":"I love the smell of deportations in the morning... Chicago about to find out why it's called the Department of WAR","date":"2025-09-06","venue":"Truth Social","era":"term-2","category":"justice","what_happened":"The AI-generated image showed Trump as the film's helicopter-cavalry officer in front of a burning Chicago skyline, with helicopter emojis. Gov. JB Pritzker wrote that Trump 'is threatening to go to war with an American city' and 'This is not normal'; Sen. Tammy Duckworth called it 'not acceptable behavior.' Days later the administration began an immigration enforcement surge in Chicago.","featured":true,"sources":[{"title":"Truth Social post, September 6, 2025","outlet":"Trump's Truth (archive)","url":"https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/32876","date":"2025-09-06"},{"title":"Illinois Democrats pan Trump's 'Chipocalypse Now' social media post","outlet":"Just the News","url":"https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/illinois-democrats-pan-trumps-chipocalypse-now-social-media-post-not","date":"2025-09-07"},{"title":"'This is not a joke': Chicago leaders slam Trump after president declares 'Chipocalypse Now'","outlet":"Yahoo News","url":"https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/true-tyrant-illinois-democrats-slam-182642771.html","date":"2025-09-06"}],"tag":"cities","tag_label":"American cities","tag_short":"Cities","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["cities"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/offensive-chicago-chipocalypse-2025/","sort_key":"2025-09-06","number":142},{"id":"china-conspire-against-us-2025","kind":"china","threat":"military","subject":"Beijing military parade","title":"Accused Xi of conspiring against the United States with Putin and Kim Jong Un","quote":"May President Xi and the wonderful people of China have a great and lasting day of celebration. Please give my warmest regards to Vladimir Putin, and Kim Jong Un, as you conspire against The United States of America.","date":"2025-09-02","venue":"Post on Truth Social (@realDonaldTrump), as Xi hosted Putin and Kim at a military parade in Beijing","era":"term-2","category":"veterans","what_happened":"Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov replied that \"no one was plotting any conspiracies.\" Trump spoke with Xi by phone on September 19, 2025 and called the call \"very productive.\" After meeting Xi in Busan on October 30, 2025 he rated the meeting \"a 12\" on a scale of 0 to 10, and on November 1 wrote that his \"G2 meeting\" with Xi \"will lead to everlasting peace and success.\" He made a state visit to Beijing in May 2026 and hosted Xi for a state visit in Washington in September 2026, where a White House fact sheet said the two leaders \"recalled that United States and China were allies in World War II.\"","featured":true,"sources":[{"title":"Truth Social Posts of September 2, 2025","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/truth-social-posts-september-2-2025","date":"2025-09-02"},{"title":"Trump accuses Putin, Kim and Xi of conspiring against the U.S. at China military parade","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/world/china/trump-accuses-putin-kim-xi-conspiring-us-china-military-parade-rcna228723","date":"2025-09-03"},{"title":"Truth Social Posts of September 19, 2025","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/truth-social-posts-september-19-2025","date":"2025-09-19"},{"title":"Remarks and an Exchange With Reporters Aboard Air Force One En Route to Anchorage, Alaska","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-and-exchange-with-reporters-aboard-air-force-one-en-route-anchorage-alaska","date":"2025-10-30"},{"title":"Truth Social Posts of November 1, 2025","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/truth-social-posts-november-1-2025","date":"2025-11-01"},{"title":"White House Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Advances a Fair and Reciprocal Relationship with China While Hosting Historic State Visit","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/white-house-fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-advances-fair-and-reciprocal-relationship","date":"2026-09-25"}],"tag":"military","tag_label":"Military threat","tag_short":"Military","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["military"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/china-conspire-against-us-2025/","sort_key":"2025-09-02","number":112},{"id":"offensive-chicago-murder-capital-2025","kind":"offensive","target":"cities","subject":"Chicago","place":"Chicago","title":"Posted that Chicago is 'the worst and most dangerous city in the World' and 'THE MURDER CAPITAL OF THE WORLD'","quote":"Chicago is the worst and most dangerous city in the World, by far. Pritzker needs help badly, he just doesn't know it yet.","date":"2025-09-02","venue":"Truth Social","era":"term-2","category":"justice","what_happened":"An hour later he posted 'CHICAGO IS THE MURDER CAPITAL OF THE WORLD!' The posts came as he threatened to send the National Guard to Chicago after the D.C. deployment. On Sept. 16, 2025 he told reporters 'Chicago is a death trap.'","sources":[{"title":"Truth Social post, September 2, 2025, 7:45 AM","outlet":"Trump's Truth (archive)","url":"https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/32839","date":"2025-09-02"},{"title":"Truth Social post, September 2, 2025, 8:46 AM","outlet":"Trump's Truth (archive)","url":"https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/32840","date":"2025-09-02"},{"title":"Press Gaggle: Donald Trump Before Marine One Departure - September 16, 2025","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-press-gaggle-before-marine-one-departure-september-16-2025/#105","date":"2025-09-16"}],"tag":"cities","tag_label":"American cities","tag_short":"Cities","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["cities"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/offensive-chicago-murder-capital-2025/","sort_key":"2025-09-02","number":141},{"id":"offensive-baltimore-hellhole-2025","kind":"offensive","target":"cities","subject":"Baltimore","place":"Baltimore","title":"Said at a Cabinet meeting 'Baltimore is a hellhole' after calling it 'crime ridden' in a feud with Gov. 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Moore said Baltimore's homicide rate was the lowest since before he was born and that he would 'never activate members of our National Guard for theatrics.'","sources":[{"title":"Remarks: Donald Trump Leads a Cabinet Meeting at the White House - August 26, 2025","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-remarks-cabinet-meeting-white-house-august-26-2025/#116","date":"2025-08-26"},{"title":"Truth Social post, August 24, 2025","outlet":"Trump's Truth (archive)","url":"https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/32708","date":"2025-08-24"},{"title":"Trump calls Baltimore a 'hellhole' during cabinet meeting","outlet":"Scripps News","url":"https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/the-president/trump-calls-baltimore-a-hellhole-during-cabinet-meeting","date":"2025-08-26"}],"tag":"cities","tag_label":"American cities","tag_short":"Cities","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["cities"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/offensive-baltimore-hellhole-2025/","sort_key":"2025-08-26","number":140},{"id":"know-grass","kind":"knows-better","subject":"grass","title":"Knows more about grass 'than any human being ... anywhere in the world'","quote":"I'm very good at grass, because I have a lot of golf courses all over the place. I know more about grass than any human being, I think, anywhere in the world.","date":"2025-08-21","venue":"Remarks to federal law enforcement officers and National Guard personnel, Washington, D.C.","era":"term-2","category":"other","what_happened":"Trump was announcing plans to regrass Washington's parks with new sprinkler systems 'just like Augusta.' He repeated the theme on September 5, 2025: 'I'm very good at grass. You know, grass has a life, just like you have a life, right?' In both cases he tied the claim to owning golf courses.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks to Federal Law Enforcement Officers and National Guard Personnel","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-federal-law-enforcement-officers-and-national-guard-personnel","date":"2025-08-21"},{"title":"Remarks on Signing the Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act and Executive Orders and Announcing the 2026 G-20 Summit in Miami","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-signing-the-homebuyers-privacy-protection-act-and-executive-orders-and-announcing","date":"2025-09-05"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/know-grass/","sort_key":"2025-08-21","number":59},{"id":"russia-no-crimea-no-nato-2025","kind":"russia","tag":"ukraine","subject":"Crimea and NATO ruled out","title":"Ruled out Ukraine regaining Crimea or joining NATO, two of Putin's core demands, on the eve of hosting Zelensky","quote":"President Zelenskyy of Ukraine can end the war with Russia almost immediately, if he wants to, or he can continue to fight. Remember how it started. No getting back Obama given Crimea (12 years ago, without a shot being fired!), and NO GOING INTO NATO BY UKRAINE. Some things never change!!!","date":"2025-08-17","venue":"Truth Social","era":"term-2","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"The day before Zelensky and seven European leaders came to the White House, he posted that there would be 'no getting back' Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014, and 'NO GOING INTO NATO BY UKRAINE.' Recognition of Crimea and a bar on Ukrainian NATO membership were among the conditions Putin had set for ending the war; NATO members had agreed in 2024 that Ukraine was on an 'irreversible path' to membership. The BBC noted his claim that Crimea was taken 'without a shot being fired' was untrue: at least two Ukrainian soldiers were killed by Russian forces there in 2014. Zelensky replied that Crimea 'should not have been given up then' and that earlier concessions had served Putin as 'a springboard for a new attack.' At the August 18 meeting he said the United States would help European countries provide security guarantees but did not commit to NATO membership.","sources":[{"title":"Truth Social Posts of August 17, 2025","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/truth-social-posts-august-17-2025","date":"2025-08-17"},{"title":"'No going into Nato by Ukraine,' says Trump as Zelensky prepares for White House talks","outlet":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm21j1ve817o","date":"2025-08-18"},{"title":"Trump says Ukraine's Zelenskyy could end war 'almost immediately'","outlet":"Al Jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/18/trump-says-ukraines-zelenskyy-can-end-war-almost-immediately","date":"2025-08-18"}],"tag_label":"Ukraine","tag_short":"Ukraine","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["ukraine"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/russia-no-crimea-no-nato-2025/","sort_key":"2025-08-17","number":116},{"id":"russia-ceasefire-demand-dropped-2025","kind":"russia","tag":"ukraine","subject":"Ceasefire demand dropped","title":"After Alaska, dropped his demand for a ceasefire and backed Putin's preference for a full peace agreement first","quote":"It was determined by all that the best way to end the horrific war between Russia and Ukraine is to go directly to a Peace Agreement, which would end the war, and not a mere Ceasefire Agreement, which often times do not hold up.","date":"2025-08-16","venue":"Truth Social","era":"term-2","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"Before the summit he had demanded that Russia accept a ceasefire and warned of 'very severe consequences' if Putin did not agree to stop the war. The morning after meeting Putin, who had rejected a ceasefire before a comprehensive deal, he posted that 'it was determined by all' that the war should go directly to a peace agreement rather than a ceasefire. European leaders indicated that was not their view, and Zelensky said skipping a ceasefire 'complicates the situation.' The Guardian reported that Putin had demanded Ukraine withdraw from the Donbas in exchange for a freeze elsewhere, and that Trump told European leaders on a post-summit call that he believed a deal could be reached if Zelensky gave up the region. On August 18 at the White House he told reporters, 'I don't think you need a cease-fire,' and said the six other wars he claimed to have settled were done without one. No new sanctions followed the missed deadline until October 22, 2025, when the Treasury sanctioned Rosneft and Lukoil.","sources":[{"title":"Truth Social Posts of August 16, 2025","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/truth-social-posts-august-16-2025","date":"2025-08-16"},{"title":"Trump reportedly to back ceding of Ukrainian territory to Russia as part of peace deal","outlet":"The Guardian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/16/ukraine-russia-peace-deal-donbas-region","date":"2025-08-16"},{"title":"Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-prior-meeting-with-president-volodymyr-zelenskyy-ukraine-and-exchange-with-3","date":"2025-08-18"},{"title":"Remarks Announcing the 2025 Kennedy Center Honorees and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-announcing-the-2025-kennedy-center-honorees-and-exchange-with-reporters","date":"2025-08-13"},{"title":"What to know about Trump's talks with Zelenskyy and European leaders","outlet":"Al Jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/19/what-to-know-about-trumps-talks-with-zelenskyy-and-european-leaders","date":"2025-08-19"}],"tag_label":"Ukraine","tag_short":"Ukraine","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["ukraine"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/russia-ceasefire-demand-dropped-2025/","sort_key":"2025-08-16","number":115},{"id":"russia-alaska-summit-red-carpet-2025","kind":"russia","tag":"praise","subject":"Alaska summit","title":"Hosted Putin on a red carpet in Alaska, praised their 'fantastic relationship' and left without a ceasefire","quote":"I've always had a fantastic relationship with President Putin, with Vladimir. We had many, many tough meetings, good meetings.","date":"2025-08-15","venue":"Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Anchorage, Alaska","era":"term-2","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"He greeted Putin on a red carpet laid on the runway at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, applauded as he approached, and Putin rode with him to the talks in the presidential limousine. It was Putin's first visit to the United States since 2015 and his first meeting with a U.S. president since the 2022 invasion; Putin faces an International Criminal Court arrest warrant, which the United States does not recognize. After about three hours the two gave statements without taking questions. Trump said 'there's no deal until there's a deal,' did not mention Ukraine's requested ceasefire or the 'severe consequences' he had threatened days earlier, and said of Putin's suggestion of a next meeting in Moscow, 'I could see it possibly happening.' Putin repeated that the war's 'root causes' had to be addressed. In a Fox News interview afterward he said it was 'really up to President Zelenskyy' to 'make the deal.'","sources":[{"title":"Remarks to Reporters With President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin of Russia in Anchorage, Alaska","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-reporters-with-president-vladimir-vladimirovich-putin-russia-anchorage-alaska","date":"2025-08-15"},{"title":"Trump and Putin Alaska summit: Five takeaways from the meeting","outlet":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gj9er0x0zo","date":"2025-08-16"},{"title":"Trump and Putin give few details on their Ukraine talks","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://www.npr.org/2025/08/15/nx-s1-5502460/trump-putin-alaska-summit-ukraine","date":"2025-08-15"}],"tag_label":"Praise and deference","tag_short":"Praise","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["praise"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/russia-alaska-summit-red-carpet-2025/","sort_key":"2025-08-15","number":114},{"id":"know-low-income-housing","kind":"knows-better","subject":"low-income housing","title":"Knows more about housing 'than anybody in history'","quote":"I know more about low-income housing than luxury housing. I know about everything real estate.","date":"2025-08-11","venue":"News conference announcing federal deployment in Washington, D.C.","era":"term-2","category":"economy","what_happened":"Repeats: August 22, 2025 ('I know more about low-income housing than probably almost anybody'); January 29, 2026 Cabinet meeting ('I built a lot of low-income housing. I made a lot of money building low-income housing. I know more about it than anybody'), where he said he would not let a proposed low-income project in the Pacific Palisades proceed and called interest rates 'the biggest factor' for housing; and May 22, 2026 in Suffern, New York ('I know more about housing than anybody in history'). As of September 2026 inflation stood at 3.4 percent and the Fed was expected to raise rates.","sources":[{"title":"The President's News Conference (August 11, 2025)","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/the-presidents-news-conference-1272","date":"2025-08-11"},{"title":"Remarks Announcing the 2026 FIFA World Cup Draw Location and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-announcing-the-2026-federation-internationale-de-football-association-fifa-world","date":"2025-08-22"},{"title":"Remarks in a Cabinet Meeting (January 29, 2026)","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-cabinet-meeting-2","date":"2026-01-29"},{"title":"Remarks on the National Economy in Suffern, New York","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-national-economy-suffern-new-york","date":"2026-05-22"},{"title":"Trump and the Federal Reserve are on a collision course over interest rates","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trump-federal-reserve-warsh-interest-rates-rcna597896","date":"2026-09-15"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/know-low-income-housing/","sort_key":"2025-08-11","number":58},{"id":"offensive-dc-takeover-2025","kind":"offensive","target":"cities","subject":"Washington, D.C.","place":"Washington, D.C.","title":"Seized D.C. police and sent the Guard, saying 'roving mobs of wild youth, drugged out maniacs' had overtaken the capital","quote":"Our capital city has been overtaken by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals, roving mobs of wild youth, drugged out maniacs and homeless people, and we're not going to let it happen anymore.","date":"2025-08-11","venue":"White House press conference","era":"term-2","category":"justice","what_happened":"The day before, he posted 'The Homeless have to move out, IMMEDIATELY... FAR from the Capital.' At the press conference he invoked the Home Rule Act to take control of the Metropolitan Police Department, the first president to use that provision, and ordered about 800 National Guard troops to the city. Bloomberg noted the Justice Department had announced weeks before he took office that violent crime in D.C. hit a 30-year low in 2024, and AP reported city officials stressed crime was already falling. In the same remarks he said Baltimore and Oakland were 'so far gone.'","featured":true,"sources":[{"title":"Press Conference: Donald Trump Announces Military Deployment in Washington - August 11, 2025","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-press-conference-law-enforcement-washington-dc-august-11-2025/#6","date":"2025-08-11"},{"title":"Truth Social post, August 10, 2025","outlet":"Trump's Truth (archive)","url":"https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/32462","date":"2025-08-10"},{"title":"Trump to deploy National Guard to D.C. and federalize city police","outlet":"Axios","url":"https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2025/08/11/trump-national-guard-dc-police","date":"2025-08-11"}],"tag":"cities","tag_label":"American cities","tag_short":"Cities","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["cities"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/offensive-dc-takeover-2025/","sort_key":"2025-08-11","number":139},{"id":"offensive-crockett-low-iq-2025","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Rep. 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Crockett said she would 'absolutely' take an IQ test against him and wrote that he was 'terrified of smart, bold Black women.'","sources":[{"title":"Truth Social post, August 11, 2025","outlet":"Trump's Truth (Truth Social archive)","url":"https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/32468","date":"2025-08-11"},{"title":"Remarks: Donald Trump Holds a Bilateral Meeting with Mark Carney of Canada - October 6, 2025","outlet":"Factba.se (Roll Call)","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-remarks-bilat-mark-carney-canada-october-7-2025/#138","date":"2025-10-06"},{"title":"Dallas Rep. Jasmine Crockett says she 'absolutely' would take IQ test against Pres. 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There'll be some swapping of territories to the betterment of both.","date":"2025-08-08","venue":"White House, remarks with the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan; Truth Social","era":"term-2","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"August 8, 2025 was the day the shortened deadline he had set for Putin to agree to a ceasefire ran out. Instead of the new sanctions he had threatened, he announced that he would meet Putin in Alaska on August 15 and, asked whether Zelensky would have to give up territory, said there would be 'some swapping of territories to the betterment of both.' Ukraine and its European allies had long rejected ceding occupied land, while Putin had insisted any deal require Ukraine to relinquish territory seized since 2014. On August 11 he added that Zelensky 'needs approval to do a land swap' and that 'there will be some land swapping going on.' Two days earlier, on August 6, he had imposed an additional 25 percent tariff on India over its purchases of Russian oil, the only new economic penalty tied to the deadline.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks Prior to a Signing Ceremony With President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan of Armenia and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-prior-signing-ceremony-with-president-ilham-aliyev-azerbaijan-and-prime-minister","date":"2025-08-08"},{"title":"Truth Social Posts of August 8, 2025","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/truth-social-posts-august-8-2025","date":"2025-08-08"},{"title":"Trump and Putin to meet in Alaska next week to discuss Ukraine war","outlet":"Al Jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/8/trump-announces-august-15-meet-up-with-putin-in-alaska-warns-of-land-swap","date":"2025-08-08"},{"title":"The President's News Conference","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/the-presidents-news-conference-1272","date":"2025-08-11"},{"title":"Executive Order 14329: Addressing Threats to the United States by the Government of the Russian Federation","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-14329-addressing-threats-the-united-states-the-government-the-russian","date":"2025-08-06"}],"tag_label":"Ukraine","tag_short":"Ukraine","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["ukraine"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/russia-territory-swapping-deadline-day-2025/","sort_key":"2025-08-08","number":113},{"id":"know-sanctions-2025","kind":"knows-better","subject":"sanctions","title":"Knew better than anybody about sanctions","quote":"Yeah, we're going to put sanctions. I don't know that sanctions bother him. You know, they know about sanctions. I know better than anybody about sanctions and tariffs and everything else. I don't know if that has any effect, but we're going to do it.","date":"2025-07-31","venue":"Exchange with reporters at the White House","era":"term-2","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"He had threatened new sanctions on Russia if Moscow did not agree to a peace deal by the following week, while saying he did not know whether sanctions bother Putin. On August 15, 2025 he instead met Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, and said afterward that \"there's no deal until there's a deal\" and that he would call NATO and President Zelenskyy about the meeting.","sources":[{"title":"Trump says Witkoff will travel to Russia, affirms plans for new sanctions","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/31/politics/russia-sanctions-trump-witkoff-ukraine","date":"2025-07-31"},{"title":"Pool Reports of July 31, 2025","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/pool-reports-july-31-2025","date":"2025-07-31"},{"title":"Remarks to Reporters With President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin of Russia in Anchorage, Alaska","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-reporters-with-president-vladimir-vladimirovich-putin-russia-anchorage-alaska","date":"2025-08-15"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/know-sanctions-2025/","sort_key":"2025-07-31","number":56},{"id":"offensive-india-dead-economy-2025","kind":"offensive","target":"countries","subject":"India","place":"India","title":"Posted that India and Russia 'can take their dead economies down together'","quote":"I don't care what India does with Russia. They can take their dead economies down together, for all I care. We have done very little business with India, their Tariffs are too high, among the highest in the World.","date":"2025-07-31","venue":"Truth Social","era":"term-2","category":"trade","what_happened":"The post came a day after Trump announced 25 percent tariffs on India plus an unspecified 'penalty' over its purchases of Russian oil and weapons, AFP reported. Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi agreed with the remark, while other Indian politicians rejected it. Trump had earlier called India 'the tariff king' (press conference, October 1, 2018).","sources":[{"title":"Donald J. Trump post, July 31, 2025","outlet":"Trump's Truth (Truth Social archive)","url":"https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/32286","date":"2025-07-31"},{"title":"Trump blasts India, Russia as 'dead economies'","outlet":"Macau Business (AFP)","url":"https://www.macaubusiness.com/trump-blasts-india-russia-as-dead-economies/","date":"2025-07-31"}],"tag":"countries","tag_label":"Other countries","tag_short":"Countries","tag_tone":"green","tag_list":["countries"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/offensive-india-dead-economy-2025/","sort_key":"2025-07-31","number":137},{"id":"know-what-is-good-for-the-market-2025","kind":"knows-better","subject":"what's good for the market","title":"Knew better than anybody what's good for the market","quote":"Nobody had to explain that to me. I know better than anybody what's good for the Market, and what's good for the U.S.A. If it weren't for me, the Market wouldn't be at Record Highs right now, it probably would have CRASHED!","date":"2025-07-20","venue":"Post on Truth Social","era":"term-2","category":"economy","what_happened":"The post disputed a Wall Street Journal report that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had explained to him that firing Fed Chair Jerome Powell would be bad for the market. He did not fire Powell; four days later he toured the Fed's headquarters with Powell to dispute renovation costs. Powell's successor, Kevin Warsh, was sworn in as Fed chair on May 22, 2026.","sources":[{"title":"Truth Social Posts of July 20, 2025","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/truth-social-posts-july-20-2025","date":"2025-07-20"},{"title":"Remarks During a Tour of the Federal Reserve System Headquarters and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-during-tour-the-federal-reserve-system-headquarters-and-exchange-with-reporters","date":"2025-07-24"},{"title":"Remarks on the National Economy in Suffern, New York","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-national-economy-suffern-new-york","date":"2026-05-22"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/know-what-is-good-for-the-market-2025/","sort_key":"2025-07-20","number":55},{"id":"offensive-rosie-odonnell-citizenship-2025","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Rosie O'Donnell","title":"Threatened to take away U.S.-born comedian Rosie O'Donnell's citizenship, calling her 'a Threat to Humanity'","quote":"Because of the fact that Rosie O'Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great Country, I am giving serious consideration to taking away her Citizenship. She is a Threat to Humanity, and should remain in the wonderful Country of Ireland, if they want her. GOD BLESS AMERICA!","date":"2025-07-12","venue":"Truth Social","era":"term-2","category":"justice","what_happened":"O'Donnell, born in New York, had moved to Ireland after the 2024 election and criticized Trump's response to the July 2025 Texas floods. Legal scholars including Georgetown's Steve Vladeck called the threat 'patently unconstitutional,' noting a president cannot revoke a native-born citizen's citizenship. Trump repeated it on September 3, 2025 ('She is not a Great American and is, in my opinion, incapable of being so!'). The feud dates to 2006, when he called her a 'pig' and 'slob.'","sources":[{"title":"Truth Social post, July 12, 2025","outlet":"Trump's Truth (Truth Social archive)","url":"https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/31979","date":"2025-07-12"},{"title":"Truth Social post, September 3, 2025","outlet":"Trump's Truth (Truth Social archive)","url":"https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/32851","date":"2025-09-03"},{"title":"Trump threatens to revoke Rosie O'Donnell's citizenship amid longrunning feud","outlet":"NBC Palm Springs","url":"https://www.nbcpalmsprings.com/2025/07/13/trump-threatens-to-revoke-rosie-odonnells-citizenship-amid-longrunning-feud","date":"2025-07-13"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/offensive-rosie-odonnell-citizenship-2025/","sort_key":"2025-07-12","number":136},{"id":"offensive-liberia-good-english-2025","kind":"offensive","target":"countries","subject":"Liberia and President Joseph Boakai","place":"Liberia","title":"Asked Liberia's English-speaking president where he learned to speak 'so beautifully'","quote":"Well, thank you and such good English, such beautiful -- where did you learn to speak so beautifully? Where were you educated, where? In Liberia?","date":"2025-07-09","venue":"White House lunch with leaders of five West African nations","era":"term-2","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"English has been Liberia's official language since the 1800s. A Liberian diplomat told CNN the remark was 'a bit condescending,' and Liberians expressed confusion and anger, Al Jazeera reported. Liberia's foreign minister, Sara Beysolow Nyanti, said no offense was taken.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks: Donald Trump Meets with the Leaders of Five African Nations Over Lunch - July 9, 2025","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-remarks-mulilateral-meeting-african-leaders-july-9-2025/#42","date":"2025-07-09"},{"title":"'Such good English': Liberians confused, angry at Trump comments to Boakai","outlet":"Al Jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/10/such-good-english-liberians-confused-angry-at-trump-comments-to-boakai","date":"2025-07-10"}],"tag":"countries","tag_label":"Other countries","tag_short":"Countries","tag_tone":"green","tag_list":["countries"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/offensive-liberia-good-english-2025/","sort_key":"2025-07-09","number":135},{"id":"russia-weapons-shipments-pause-2025","kind":"russia","tag":"ukraine","subject":"Weapons shipment pause","title":"Denied a pause in weapons for Ukraine that the White House had confirmed two days earlier","quote":"We haven't. We're giving weapons, but we've given so many weapons. But we are giving weapons, and we're working with them and trying to help them. But we haven't.","date":"2025-07-03","venue":"Joint Base Andrews, Maryland","era":"term-2","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"On July 1, 2025, a senior White House official told CNN the administration was pausing some weapons shipments to Ukraine, including air defense missiles, after a Pentagon review that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed off on. NBC News reported that the delayed shipment included dozens of Patriot interceptors and had been approved under the Biden administration, and that sources said it was the third time Hegseth had stopped aid shipments on his own. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov welcomed the decision. Asked on July 3 why he had paused the shipments, Trump gave the answer quoted above; the same day he said of a call with Putin, \"I didn't make any progress with him today at all.\" On July 7 he said, \"We're going to have to send more weapons.\" Asked on July 8 who ordered the pause, he said, \"I don't know. Why don't you tell me?\" On July 14 he announced that NATO countries would buy U.S. weapons, including Patriot systems, for Ukraine.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks in an Exchange With Reporters at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-exchange-with-reporters-joint-base-andrews-maryland-21","date":"2025-07-03"},{"title":"US-Ukraine military aid: Pentagon pauses some munitions shipments, including air defense missiles, senior White House official says","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/01/us/pentagon-hegseth-ukraine-munitions-hnk","date":"2025-07-01"},{"title":"Hegseth halted weapons for Ukraine despite military analysis that the aid wouldn’t jeopardize U.S. readiness","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/hegseth-halted-weapons-ukraine-military-analysis-aid-wouldnt-jeopardiz-rcna216790","date":"2025-07-04"},{"title":"Remarks Prior to a Working Dinner With Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-prior-working-dinner-with-prime-minister-benjamin-netanyahu-israel-and-exchange","date":"2025-07-07"},{"title":"Remarks Following a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-following-cabinet-meeting-and-exchange-with-reporters-27","date":"2025-07-08"},{"title":"Trump touts weapon sales to NATO for Ukraine and threatens Russia with 100% tariffs","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://www.npr.org/2025/07/14/nx-s1-5467272/russia-ukraine-war-trump-nato-weapons-tariffs","date":"2025-07-14"}],"tag_label":"Ukraine","tag_short":"Ukraine","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["ukraine"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/russia-weapons-shipments-pause-2025/","sort_key":"2025-07-03","number":112},{"id":"fix-congo-rwanda-no-other-president-2025","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"peace between Congo and Rwanda","title":"No other president could have made peace between Congo and Rwanda","quote":"No other—but you're right, no other President could do it. They tried, and they—well, they didn't even try, I don't think.","date":"2025-06-27","venue":"Oval Office meeting with the foreign ministers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda","era":"term-2","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"He was agreeing with a reporter who said the administration had \"secured peace in Africa\" and \"no other President could do it\"; he added, \"Other Presidents should have done what I'm doing right now. They never did it.\" PolitiFact reported in August 2025 that the Congo-Rwanda deal was \"temporary and shaky,\" following a long string of broken agreements between the two countries, with earlier ceasefire attempts collapsing in 2024.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks During a Meeting With Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Minister of Foreign Affairs Olivier Nduhungirehe of Rwanda and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-during-meeting-with-minister-state-foreign-affairs-international-cooperation-and","date":"2025-06-27"},{"title":"Trump says he's 'stopped six wars.' The ceasefires are shakier than he says","outlet":"PolitiFact","url":"https://politifact.com/factchecks/2025/aug/05/donald-trump/stopped-six-wars-ceasefires-iran-israel/","date":"2025-08-05"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/fix-congo-rwanda-no-other-president-2025/","sort_key":"2025-06-27","number":47},{"id":"offensive-aoc-dumbest-2025","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez","title":"Called Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 'Stupid AOC' and 'one of the \"dumbest\" people in Congress'","quote":"Stupid AOC, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, one of the \"dumbest\" people in Congress, is now calling for my Impeachment... AOC should be forced to take the Cognitive Test that I just completed at Walter Reed Medical Center, as part of my Physical.","date":"2025-06-24","venue":"Truth Social","era":"term-2","category":"other","what_happened":"Ocasio-Cortez had called for Trump's impeachment after he ordered strikes on Iranian nuclear sites without congressional authorization. The same post called Rep. Jasmine Crockett 'a seriously Low IQ individual' and attacked Rep. Ilhan Omar's country of origin. He said she should 'go back home to Queens' and fix 'her filthy, disgusting, crime ridden streets.'","sources":[{"title":"Truth Social post, June 24, 2025","outlet":"Trump's Truth (Truth Social archive)","url":"https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/31651","date":"2025-06-24"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/offensive-aoc-dumbest-2025/","sort_key":"2025-06-24","number":134},{"id":"know-construction-better-than-anybody","kind":"knows-better","subject":"construction","title":"Knows construction 'better than anybody'","quote":"Well, I love it. I know it better than anybody.","date":"2025-06-18","venue":"Remarks on installing new White House flagpoles and exchange with reporters","era":"term-2","category":"infrastructure","what_happened":"Repeats: July 27, 2025 ('no President knew how to build a ballroom'), September 2, 2025 ('I think nobody knows more about construction than me'), March 19, 2026 ('I know more about contractors than any human being maybe that's ever lived'), June 10, 2026 on swimming pools ('Only a person that does it, like me'), and August 20, 2026 ('I was very good at real estate, like maybe the best, in a lot of ways. I did it better than anybody, I think'). Fortune reported the White House ballroom was announced in July 2025 at $200 million and rose to $400 million; East Wing demolition began in October 2025, and the White House budgeted $377 million for repairs in fiscal 2026 plus $174 million more for fiscal 2027.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks on the Installation of New White House Flagpoles and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-installation-new-white-house-flagpoles-and-exchange-with-reporters","date":"2025-06-18"},{"title":"Remarks Following a Meeting With President Ursula von der Leyen of the European Commission in South Ayrshire, United Kingdom","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-following-meeting-with-president-ursula-von-der-leyen-the-european-commission-and","date":"2025-07-27"},{"title":"Remarks on the Relocation of U.S. Space Command Headquarters to Huntsville, Alabama, and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-relocation-us-space-command-headquarters-huntsville-alabama-and-exchange-with","date":"2025-09-02"},{"title":"Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae of Japan and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-prior-meeting-with-prime-minister-takaichi-sanae-japan-and-exchange-with-reporters","date":"2026-03-19"},{"title":"Remarks on Signing the Secure America Act and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-signing-the-secure-america-act-and-exchange-with-reporters","date":"2026-06-10"},{"title":"Donald Trump gives update on White House helipad, ballroom construction amid legal battle","outlet":"The Hill","url":"https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6040588-donald-trump-white-house-helipad-ballroom-construction/","date":"2026-08-20"},{"title":"A $400 million ballroom was just the beginning. Now, Trump plans to spend $174 million more on renovations","outlet":"Fortune","url":"https://fortune.com/2026/04/06/trump-white-house-ballroom-spending-more-renovation-2026/","date":"2026-04-06"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/know-construction-better-than-anybody/","sort_key":"2025-06-18","number":54},{"id":"russia-g7-sanctions-cost-us-2025","kind":"russia","tag":"sanctions","subject":"G7 summit in Canada","title":"At the G7, declined to add Russia sanctions, saying they \"cost us a lot of money\"","quote":"And don't forget, you know, sanctions cost us a lot of money. When I sanction a country, that costs the U.S. a lot of money, a tremendous amount of money.","date":"2025-06-16","venue":"G7 summit, Kananaskis, Canada","era":"term-2","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"At the G7 summit on June 16, 2025, a reporter asked Trump why he was waiting to sanction Russia. He said, \"Because I'm waiting to see whether or not a deal is done,\" and said of European plans for more sanctions, \"Let's see them do it first.\" Earlier that day he opened a meeting with Canada's prime minister by saying that removing Russia from the G8 was \"a mistake.\" Trump left the summit early on June 16, before Zelensky arrived, and the summit ended the next day with no joint statement in support of Ukraine, the Kyiv Independent reported. Canada announced new sanctions on Russia and a $2 billion military aid package for Ukraine. On July 14 Trump threatened \"secondary tariffs\" of about 100% if there was no deal within 50 days and announced that NATO countries would buy U.S. weapons for Ukraine.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks With Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom After Signing the United States of America–United Kingdom Economic Prosperity Deal and an Exchange With Reporters in Kananaskis, Canada","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-with-prime-minister-keir-starmer-the-united-kingdom-after-signing-the-united","date":"2025-06-16"},{"title":"Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada and an Exchange With Reporters in Kananaskis, Canada","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-prior-meeting-with-prime-minister-mark-carney-canada-and-exchange-with-reporters","date":"2025-06-16"},{"title":"Diplomacy in crisis: G7 letdowns reveal limits to Western solidarity on Ukraine","outlet":"The Kyiv Independent","url":"https://kyivindependent.com/g7/","date":"2025-06-19"},{"title":"Carney pledges $4.3B for Ukraine, adds sanctions condemning Russian 'barbarism'","outlet":"CBC News","url":"https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1.7562980","date":"2025-06-17"},{"title":"Trump touts weapon sales to NATO for Ukraine and threatens Russia with 100% tariffs","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://www.npr.org/2025/07/14/nx-s1-5467272/russia-ukraine-war-trump-nato-weapons-tariffs","date":"2025-07-14"}],"tag_label":"Sanctions and pressure","tag_short":"Sanctions","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["sanctions"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/russia-g7-sanctions-cost-us-2025/","sort_key":"2025-06-16","number":111},{"id":"offensive-los-angeles-invaded-2025","kind":"offensive","target":"cities","subject":"Los Angeles","place":"Los Angeles","title":"Said 'once great' Los Angeles had been 'invaded and occupied by Illegal Aliens and Criminals' as he sent troops","quote":"A once great American City, Los Angeles, has been invaded and occupied by Illegal Aliens and Criminals. Now violent, insurrectionist mobs are swarming and attacking our Federal Agents to try and stop our deportation operations","date":"2025-06-08","venue":"Truth Social","era":"term-2","category":"justice","what_happened":"In the same post he directed Homeland Security, the Pentagon and the Justice Department to 'liberate Los Angeles from the Migrant Invasion.' He had ordered 2,000 California National Guard troops federalized over Gov. Gavin Newsom's objection, and about 700 Marines were mobilized days later. Hours after the post he called protesters 'troublemakers and insurrectionists.' Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta sued over the deployment.","sources":[{"title":"Truth Social post, June 8, 2025","outlet":"Trump's Truth (archive)","url":"https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/31412","date":"2025-06-08"}],"tag":"cities","tag_label":"American cities","tag_short":"Cities","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["cities"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/offensive-los-angeles-invaded-2025/","sort_key":"2025-06-08","number":133},{"id":"fix-india-pakistan-nobody-else-2025","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"the India-Pakistan conflict","title":"Nobody else could have stopped the India-Pakistan fighting","quote":"Now, am I going to get credit? I'll never get credit for anything. They don't give me credit for anything. But nobody else could have done it. I stopped it. I was very proud of that.","date":"2025-06-05","venue":"Oval Office remarks before a meeting with Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany","era":"term-2","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"India disputed his role. PolitiFact reported that on July 30, 2025, India's external affairs minister S. Jaishankar rejected third-party mediation and said no foreign leader asked India to stop its operations, while Pakistan thanked Trump. PolitiFact rated his July 28, 2025 claim to have \"stopped six wars\" Mostly False and his September 2025 U.N. claim to have \"ended seven unendable wars\" Mostly False.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-prior-meeting-with-chancellor-friedrich-merz-germany-and-exchange-with-reporters","date":"2025-06-05"},{"title":"Trump says he's 'stopped six wars.' The ceasefires are shakier than he says","outlet":"PolitiFact","url":"https://politifact.com/factchecks/2025/aug/05/donald-trump/stopped-six-wars-ceasefires-iran-israel/","date":"2025-08-05"},{"title":"Trump's claim that he 'ended seven unendable wars' at the U.N. General Assembly","outlet":"PolitiFact","url":"https://politifact.com/factchecks/2025/sep/23/donald-trump/trump-ended-seven-wars-un-general-assembly/","date":"2025-09-23"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/fix-india-pakistan-nobody-else-2025/","sort_key":"2025-06-05","number":46},{"id":"russia-let-them-fight-for-a-while-2025","kind":"russia","tag":"ukraine","subject":"\"Let them fight\" remark","title":"Said he told Putin it might be better to let Russia and Ukraine \"fight for a while\"","quote":"Sometimes you're better off letting them fight for a while and then pulling them apart. And I gave that analogy to Putin yesterday.","date":"2025-06-05","venue":"Oval Office meeting with Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany","era":"term-2","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"Trump spoke to Putin on June 4, 2025, days after Operation Spider's Web, a Ukrainian drone attack on Russian air bases that Zelensky said damaged or destroyed 41 aircraft. Trump wrote afterward that it was \"not a conversation that will lead to immediate Peace\" and relayed that Putin \"did say, and very strongly, that he will have to respond to the recent attack on the airfields.\" The next day, asked whether he would put more sanctions on Russia and whether he had a deadline, he compared the two countries to children fighting in a park and said the deadline was \"in my brain.\" He said sanctions \"could be on both countries.\" NPR reported that he said he had not looked at a bipartisan Senate bill to impose sanctions on Moscow. Merz told him the United States was in a strong position to help end the war.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-prior-meeting-with-chancellor-friedrich-merz-germany-and-exchange-with-reporters","date":"2025-06-05"},{"title":"Truth Social Posts of June 4, 2025","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/truth-social-posts-june-4-2025","date":"2025-06-04"},{"title":"Trump says it may be better to let Ukraine and Russia 'fight for a while'","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://www.npr.org/2025/06/06/nx-s1-5425195/trump-ukraine-russia-putin-merz","date":"2025-06-06"},{"title":"Trump compares Ukraine-Russia war to children’s brawl: ‘Sometimes you’re better off letting them fight’","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://edition.cnn.com/2025/06/05/politics/ukraine-war-trump-kids-fighting","date":"2025-06-05"},{"title":"Are the surprise airfield attacks a turning point for Ukraine?","outlet":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn4gp2g7g47o","date":"2025-06-04"}],"tag_label":"Ukraine","tag_short":"Ukraine","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["ukraine"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/russia-let-them-fight-for-a-while-2025/","sort_key":"2025-06-05","number":110},{"id":"china-totally-violated-agreement-2025","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"Geneva trade truce","title":"Said China had \"totally violated\" the trade truce reached 18 days earlier","quote":"The bad news is that China, perhaps not surprisingly to some, HAS TOTALLY VIOLATED ITS AGREEMENT WITH US. So much for being Mr. NICE GUY!","date":"2025-05-30","venue":"Post on Truth Social (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"term-2","category":"trade","what_happened":"The post did not say what China had violated. On June 5, 2025 Trump reported a call with Xi of about an hour and a half and wrote, \"There should no longer be any questions respecting the complexity of Rare Earth products.\" After negotiators met in London, he posted on June 11 that \"OUR DEAL WITH CHINA IS DONE,\" with China to supply magnets and rare earths up front, and that the \"RELATIONSHIP IS EXCELLENT!\" On August 11, 2025 he signed an order extending the tariff suspension for another 90 days.","sources":[{"title":"Truth Social Posts of May 30, 2025","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/truth-social-posts-may-30-2025","date":"2025-05-30"},{"title":"Truth Social Posts of June 5, 2025","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/truth-social-posts-june-5-2025","date":"2025-06-05"},{"title":"Truth Social Posts of June 11, 2025","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/truth-social-posts-june-11-2025","date":"2025-06-11"},{"title":"Truth Social Posts of August 11, 2025","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/truth-social-posts-august-11-2025","date":"2025-08-11"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/china-totally-violated-agreement-2025/","sort_key":"2025-05-30","number":111},{"id":"autocrats-qatar-boeing-747-gift-2025","kind":"autocrats","tag":"payments","subject":"Qatar","country":"Qatar","beneficiary":"Donald Trump (aircraft for presidential use; reported plan to transfer it to his presidential library foundation)","amount":"about $400 million (estimated value)","freedom_house":"Not Free (2025)","title":"Pentagon accepts Boeing 747-8 from Qatar for Trump's use as Air Force One","quote":"So I think it's a great gesture from Qatar. I appreciate it very much. I would never be one to turn down that kind of an offer.","date":"2025-05-21","venue":"Remarks to reporters in the Roosevelt Room, May 12, 2025; acceptance announced by the Pentagon on May 21, 2025","era":"term-2","category":"ethics","what_happened":"ABC News reported on May 11, 2025 that the administration was preparing to accept a Boeing 747-8 from Qatar's royal family for use as Air Force One, with ownership to pass to the Trump presidential library foundation no later than January 1, 2029; aviation industry experts cited by ABC put its value at about $400 million. The Pentagon said on May 21, 2025 that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had accepted the aircraft \"in accordance with all federal rules and regulations.\" Trump said on May 12 that the plane would go directly to his library after he left office and that he would not use it, and wrote on May 13 that it was being given to the Air Force and Defense Department, \"NOT TO ME!\" ABC reported that Attorney General Pam Bondi and the White House counsel concluded the arrangement was legally permissible and did not violate the emoluments clause; Democratic lawmakers said it required the consent of Congress. A memorandum of understanding signed in July 2025 and reviewed by ABC called the donation unconditional and a \"bona fide gift\" and did not stipulate what happens to the aircraft after Trump leaves office. On September 29, 2025 Trump signed Executive Order 14353, which states that the United States will regard an armed attack on Qatar as a threat to its own peace and security. Trump unveiled the modified jet at Joint Base Andrews on June 19, 2026.","featured":true,"sources":[{"title":"Trump administration poised to accept 'palace in the sky' as a gift for Trump from Qatar: Sources","outlet":"ABC News","url":"https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-administration-poised-accept-palace-sky-gift-trump/story?id=121680511","date":"2025-05-11"},{"title":"Pentagon says it has accepted Qatar's gift of a luxury megajet for Trump's use","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/pentagon-says-accepted-qatars-gift-luxury-megajet-trumps-use-rcna208300","date":"2025-05-21"},{"title":"Remarks on Signing an Executive Order on Delivering Most-Favored-Nation Prescription Drug Pricing to American Patients and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-signing-executive-order-delivering-most-favored-nation-prescription-drug-pricing","date":"2025-05-12"},{"title":"Donald J. Trump: \"The Boeing 747 is being given to the United States Air Force/Department of D...\"","outlet":"Trump's Truth (Truth Social archive)","url":"https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/31078","date":"2025-05-13"},{"title":"US accepts 'unconditional donation' of Qatari jet, cost of retrofitting is classified: Sources","outlet":"ABC News","url":"https://abcnews.com/Politics/us-accepts-unconditional-donation-qatari-jet-cost-retrofitting/story?id=124150583","date":"2025-07-28"},{"title":"'World's most luxurious plane': Trump unveils Qatari-donated 747 Air Force One","outlet":"ABC News","url":"https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-unveil-qatari-donated-747-serve-air-force/story?id=134040929","date":"2026-06-19"},{"title":"Executive Order 14353—Assuring the Security of the State of Qatar","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-14353-assuring-the-security-the-state-qatar","date":"2025-09-29"},{"title":"Qatar: Freedom in the World 2025 Country Report","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/country/qatar/freedom-world/2025","date":"2025"}],"tag_label":"Gifts and payments","tag_short":"Payments","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["payments"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/autocrats-qatar-boeing-747-gift-2025/","sort_key":"2025-05-21","number":49},{"id":"autocrats-vietnam-hung-yen-approval-2025","kind":"autocrats","tag":"real-estate","subject":"Vietnam","country":"Vietnam","beneficiary":"Trump Organization","amount":"$5 million (brand licensing fee reported by Reuters and in Trump's financial disclosure)","freedom_house":"Not Free (2025)","title":"Vietnam fast-tracked the $1.5 billion Trump golf resort and its prime minister broke ground during tariff talks","quote":"motivated us to expedite this project","speaker":"Pham Minh Chinh, Prime Minister of Vietnam (as quoted by NBC News, on Eric Trump's visit)","date":"2025-05-21","venue":"Groundbreaking ceremony in Hung Yen province, reported by NBC News and Reuters","era":"term-2","category":"ethics","what_happened":"In mid-May 2025 Vietnam's government, in a decision signed by Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha, approved the $1.5 billion Trump International Hung Yen golf and residential project on more than 990 hectares along the Red River, and on May 21, 2025 Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh joined Eric Trump at the groundbreaking, saying Eric Trump's visit had \"motivated us to expedite this project\" and urging local authorities to provide maximum support. The New York Times reported that the project skipped typical environmental reviews and cut short a public comment period, moving from first filings to groundbreaking in about three months, and quoted a document saying the project was receiving special attention from the Trump administration and President Trump personally; a White House spokesperson said all of the president's trade discussions were \"totally unrelated to the Trump Organization.\" The approval came while Vietnam was negotiating to avoid a 46 percent tariff announced April 2, 2025; on July 2, 2025 Trump announced a deal setting a 20 percent tariff on Vietnamese goods. Reuters reported in August 2025 that Kinh Bac City and partners paid the Trump Organization $5 million for licensing rights, that farmers were offered $12 to $30 per square meter and rice provisions to leave the land, and that the Trump Organization would run the club but was not involved in compensation. CNBC reported in August 2026 that Trump's financial disclosure listed $5 million from the project and that it found no evidence the project influenced the tariff negotiations. Eric Trump also met Ho Chi Minh City officials on May 22, 2025 about a proposed Trump Tower in Thu Thiem. Freedom House rated Vietnam Not Free in its 2025 report.","featured":true,"sources":[{"title":"Trump Organization breaks ground on $1.5 billion golf club in Vietnam","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/trump-organization-breaks-ground-15-billion-golf-club-vietnam-rcna208169","date":"2025-05-21"},{"title":"Trump Group's $1.5 billion project in Hung Yen approved for investment","outlet":"Viet Nam News","url":"https://vietnamnews.vn/economy/1717813/trump-group-s-1-5-billion-project-in-hung-yen-approved-for-investment.html","date":"2025-05-16"},{"title":"Displaced Vietnamese farmers to get fistful of dollars, rice at $1.5 billion Trump golf club","outlet":"Reuters via Yahoo News","url":"https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/displaced-vietnamese-farmers-fistful-dollars-170020403.html","date":"2025-08-11"},{"title":"Vietnam bypassing its own laws to fast-track $1.5B Trump golf resort amid tariffs threat, report says","outlet":"The Independent via Yahoo News","url":"https://www.yahoo.com/news/vietnam-bypassing-own-laws-fast-175733614.html","date":"2025-05-25"},{"title":"Trump's foreign licensing business booms to $59.5 million as Gulf developers pay","outlet":"CNBC","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/10/trump-foreign-real-estate-licensing-income-gulf-deals.html","date":"2026-08-10"},{"title":"Truth Social post announcing a trade deal with Vietnam","outlet":"Trump's Truth archive","url":"https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/31837","date":"2025-07-02"},{"title":"Vietnam: Freedom in the World 2025 Country Report","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/country/vietnam/freedom-world/2025","date":"2025"}],"tag_label":"Real estate and licensing","tag_short":"Real estate","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["real-estate"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/autocrats-vietnam-hung-yen-approval-2025/","sort_key":"2025-05-21","number":48},{"id":"offensive-south-africa-oval-office-2025","kind":"offensive","target":"countries","subject":"South Africa and President Cyril Ramaphosa","place":"South Africa","title":"Played a video for South Africa's president in the Oval Office, saying white farmers were fleeing a 'bloodbath'","quote":"Generally, they're White farmers and they're fleeing South Africa and it's a very sad thing to see ... there's a lot of hatred. There's a lot of death. It's a bloodbath.","date":"2025-05-21","venue":"Oval Office meeting with President Cyril Ramaphosa","era":"term-2","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"Trump had aides dim the lights and play a video that included opposition politician Julius Malema, whose party won less than 10 percent of the vote in 2024, AP reported. Ramaphosa said the video did not reflect government policy and said that if there were an Afrikaner farmer genocide, the white South African officials with him 'would not be here.' AP noted that the administration had cited such claims to justify letting white South Africans apply for U.S. refugee status.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks: Donald Trump Holds a Bilat with Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa - May 21, 2025","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-remarks-bilat-cyril-ramaphosa-south-africa-oval-office-may-21-2025/#45","date":"2025-05-21"},{"title":"Trump seizes on videos of a fringe South African politician as evidence of threats to white farmers","outlet":"AP (via KSAT)","url":"https://www.ksat.com/news/politics/2025/05/21/trump-seizes-on-videos-of-a-fringe-south-african-politician-as-evidence-of-threats-to-white-farmers/","date":"2025-05-21"}],"tag":"countries","tag_label":"Other countries","tag_short":"Countries","tag_tone":"green","tag_list":["countries"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/offensive-south-africa-oval-office-2025/","sort_key":"2025-05-21","number":132},{"id":"russia-putin-call-no-new-sanctions-2025","kind":"russia","tag":"sanctions","subject":"May 19 Putin call","title":"After a two-hour call with Putin, left ceasefire terms to the two sides and held off on sanctions","quote":"Well, because I think there's a chance of getting something done, and then if you do that, you can also make it much worse. But there could be a time where that's going to happen.","date":"2025-05-19","venue":"Exchange with reporters at the White House","era":"term-2","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"Trump gave the answer on May 19, 2025, when asked why he had not increased sanctions on Russia. After his call with Putin that day, he wrote that Russia and Ukraine would \"immediately start negotiations toward a cease-fire\" and that the conditions \"will be negotiated between the two parties.\" He also wrote that Russia wanted \"largescale trade with the United States\" once the war was over, \"and I agree.\" Putin said Russia was ready to work on a \"memorandum\" on a future peace accord and that the \"root causes\" of the crisis had to be addressed. Ukraine had accepted the U.S. proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in March. Trump told reporters that if there was no progress, \"I'd just back away.\" The European Union and the United Kingdom announced new sanctions on Russia the next day. The U.S. Treasury sanctioned Rosneft and Lukoil in October 2025.","featured":true,"sources":[{"title":"Remarks on Presenting the Medal of Sacrifice and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-presenting-the-medal-sacrifice-and-exchange-with-reporters","date":"2025-05-19"},{"title":"Statement on the President's Telephone Conversation With President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin of Russia","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-the-presidents-telephone-conversation-with-president-vladimir-vladimirovich-0","date":"2025-05-19"},{"title":"Trump and Putin talk more than 2 hours, but there's no Russia-Ukraine ceasefire","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://www.npr.org/2025/05/19/nx-s1-5403585/trump-calls-putin-zelenskyy-russia-ukraine-war-talks","date":"2025-05-19"},{"title":"Trump fails to secure Ukraine ceasefire after Putin call: What’s next?","outlet":"Al Jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/20/trump-fails-to-secure-ukraine-ceasefire-after-putin-call-whats-next","date":"2025-05-20"},{"title":"China and India to face supply jolt as U.S. targets Russia's oil giants","outlet":"CNBC","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/23/china-india-us-russia-oil-sanctions-rosneft-lukoil.html","date":"2025-10-23"}],"tag_label":"Sanctions and pressure","tag_short":"Sanctions","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["sanctions"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/russia-putin-call-no-new-sanctions-2025/","sort_key":"2025-05-19","number":109},{"id":"russia-istanbul-talks-accept-immediately-2025","kind":"russia","tag":"ukraine","subject":"Istanbul talks","title":"Urged Ukraine to accept Putin's offer of talks after Putin passed over allies' ceasefire demand","quote":"President Putin of Russia doesn't want to have a Cease Fire Agreement with Ukraine, but rather wants to meet on Thursday, in Turkey, to negotiate a possible end to the BLOODBATH. Ukraine should agree to this, IMMEDIATELY.","date":"2025-05-11","venue":"Truth Social","era":"term-2","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"On May 10, 2025, European leaders visiting Kyiv demanded that Russia agree to an unconditional 30-day ceasefire starting May 12 and said sanctions would be increased if Putin refused; Ukrainska Pravda reported that the leaders had spoken with Trump by phone before the announcement. Putin did not respond to the ceasefire proposal and instead offered direct talks in Istanbul. Trump posted the statement quoted above the next day. European governments maintained that a truce had to be in place before talks, and Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov called ultimatums to Russia \"unacceptable.\" The talks on May 16 lasted about 90 minutes and produced an agreement to exchange 1,000 prisoners from each side but no ceasefire. The Russian delegation was led by presidential adviser Vladimir Medinsky.","sources":[{"title":"Truth Social Posts of May 11, 2025","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/truth-social-posts-may-11-2025","date":"2025-05-11"},{"title":"Trump urges Ukraine to accept Putin's proposal for talks in Türkiye without ceasefire","outlet":"Ukrainska Pravda","url":"https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/05/11/7511792/","date":"2025-05-11"},{"title":"Russian drones attack Ukraine after Kremlin rejects 30-day ceasefire proposal","outlet":"PBS News","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/russian-drones-attack-ukraine-after-kremlin-rejects-30-day-ceasefire-proposal","date":"2025-05-12"},{"title":"Trump Calls For Putin Meeting After No Ukraine-Russia Breakthrough In Istanbul Talks","outlet":"RFE/RL","url":"https://www.rferl.org/a/war-peace-russia-ukraine-us-turkey/33415775.html","date":"2025-05-16"}],"tag_label":"Ukraine","tag_short":"Ukraine","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["ukraine"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/russia-istanbul-talks-accept-immediately-2025/","sort_key":"2025-05-11","number":108},{"id":"autocrats-mgx-usd1-binance-2025","kind":"autocrats","tag":"crypto","subject":"United Arab Emirates","country":"United Arab Emirates","beneficiary":"World Liberty Financial (Trump family crypto venture)","amount":"$2 billion","freedom_house":"Not Free (2025)","title":"Abu Dhabi state-backed fund MGX uses Trump family firm's stablecoin for $2 billion Binance investment","quote":"We thank MGX and Binance for their trust in us","speaker":"Zach Witkoff, World Liberty Financial co-founder","date":"2025-05-01","venue":"Token2049 conference, Dubai","era":"term-2","category":"ethics","what_happened":"On May 1, 2025, World Liberty Financial co-founder Zach Witkoff, speaking on a panel with Eric Trump at the Token2049 conference in Dubai, said that MGX would use World Liberty's USD1 stablecoin to settle its $2 billion investment in the crypto exchange Binance. MGX is a state-backed Abu Dhabi fund chaired by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE's national security adviser. Forbes reported that stablecoin issuers typically earn the interest on the reserves backing their coin and that an LLC affiliated with Trump and family members owns about 38% of World Liberty. MGX told Forbes in October 2025 that it held no USD1, paid no fees to World Liberty and had not invested in the company. Senators Jeff Merkley and Elizabeth Warren asked the Office of Government Ethics to examine the deal, and Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic resolution invoking the foreign emoluments clause. In May 2025 the United States agreed to let the UAE buy hundreds of thousands of advanced Nvidia AI chips, according to CNBC. Trump pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao in October 2025; lawyers for Binance and Zhao have said any suggestion that MGX's use of USD1 was connected to the pardon request is without foundation.","featured":true,"sources":[{"title":"Trump-Tied Stablecoin Used for MGX's $2 Billion Binance Deal (3)","outlet":"Bloomberg Government","url":"https://news.bgov.com/financial-accounting/trump-linked-stablecoin-used-for-mgxs-2-billion-binance-deal","date":"2025-05-01"},{"title":"World Liberty's Stablecoin Will Be Used to Close MGX's $2B Binance Investment: Eric Trump","outlet":"CoinDesk","url":"https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/05/01/world-liberty-s-stablecoin-will-be-used-to-close-mgx-s-usd2b-binance-investment-eric-trump","date":"2025-05-01"},{"title":"MGX Says $2 Billion Binance Investment Used USD1 Because Of 'Compliance History'—But The Trump-Linked Stablecoin Was Brand New","outlet":"Forbes (via Internet Archive)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/2id_/https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacheverson/2025/10/02/mgx-usd1-binance-trump-stablecoin-world-liberty-financial/","date":"2025-10-02"},{"title":"Inside Trump's Decades-Long Relationship With The United Arab Emirates","outlet":"Forbes (via Internet Archive)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/2id_/https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2025/10/27/this-gulf-nation-is-powering-trumps-moneymaking-machine/","date":"2025-10-27"},{"title":"Luxury skyscrapers, golf courses and cryptocurrency: Trump's rapidly expanding Middle East business","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/13/politics/trump-middle-east-business-invs","date":"2025-05-13"},{"title":"United Arab Emirates' 'Spy Sheikh' bought secret stake in Trump crypto company: WSJ","outlet":"CNBC","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/01/spy-sheikh-stake-trump-crypto.html","date":"2026-02-01"},{"title":"Trump Family's New Crypto Bank Is 49% Owned by Group Behind $500 Million World Liberty Bet: WSJ","outlet":"Benzinga via Yahoo Finance","url":"https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/crypto/articles/trump-familys-crypto-bank-49-094604795.html","date":"2026-08-31"},{"title":"United Arab Emirates: Freedom in the World 2025 Country Report","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/country/united-arab-emirates/freedom-world/2025","date":"2025"}],"tag_label":"Crypto","tag_short":"Crypto","tag_tone":"green","tag_list":["crypto"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/autocrats-mgx-usd1-binance-2025/","sort_key":"2025-05-01","number":47},{"id":"china-chief-ripper-offer-2025","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"trade deficit","title":"Called China the leading candidate for \"chief ripper-offer\" of the United States","quote":"We've been ripped off by every country in the world. But China, I would say, is the leading—the leading one—the leading candidate for the chief ripper-offer.","date":"2025-04-30","venue":"Cabinet meeting, White House","era":"term-2","category":"trade","what_happened":"Census Bureau data show the U.S. goods deficit with China fell from $297.0 billion in 2024 to $202.7 billion in 2025, as imports from China dropped from $440.3 billion to $308.7 billion and U.S. exports to China fell from $143.3 billion to $106.0 billion. The deficit for January through July 2026 was $91.2 billion. On May 27, 2026, after his state visit to Beijing, Trump said, \"For years and years, they ripped us off like nobody ever got ripped off,\" and added that \"now it's very profitable business that we do with China, and they respect our country again.\"","sources":[{"title":"Remarks Prior to a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-prior-cabinet-meeting-and-exchange-with-reporters-12","date":"2025-04-30"},{"title":"Trade in Goods with China","outlet":"U.S. Census Bureau","url":"https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html","date":"2026-09"},{"title":"Remarks in Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-cabinet-meeting-and-exchange-with-reporters-16","date":"2026-05-27"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/china-chief-ripper-offer-2025/","sort_key":"2025-04-30","number":110},{"id":"autocrats-qatar-simaisma-golf-club-2025","kind":"autocrats","tag":"real-estate","subject":"Qatar","country":"Qatar","beneficiary":"Donald Trump (Trump Organization)","amount":"$5.25 million (license fee reported in financial disclosure)","freedom_house":"Not Free (2025)","title":"Trump-branded golf club and villas announced inside Qatari state-founded firm's Simaisma project","quote":"We are incredibly proud to expand the Trump brand into Qatar through this exceptional collaboration with Qatari Diar and Dar Global.","speaker":"Eric Trump","date":"2025-04-30","venue":"Qatari Diar and Dar Global press release","era":"term-2","category":"ethics","what_happened":"On April 30, 2025, Qatari Diar signed an agreement with Dar Global to develop Trump International Golf Club and Trump-branded villas on about 790,000 square meters of its Simaisma coastal project north of Doha. Qatari Diar was established by the Qatar Investment Authority, the country's sovereign wealth fund, and is chaired by Qatar's minister of municipality. The announcement came two weeks before Trump visited Doha on the first major foreign trip of his second term. CNN reported that the Trump Organization had pledged in January 2025 to make no new deals with foreign governments; spokesperson Kimberly Benza told CNN the company has no affiliation, partnership or engagement with Qatari Diar or Qatar's government, that its branding agreement is with Dar Global, and that it \"does not conduct business with any government entity.\" Trump's financial disclosure for 2025 showed $5.25 million in licensing income tied to the project, according to CNBC and The National. CNBC said it found no evidence that the project influenced any agreements between the two governments.","featured":true,"sources":[{"title":"QATARI DIAR SIGNS STRATEGIC AGREEMENT WITH DAR GLOBAL TO DEVELOP TRUMP INTERNATIONAL GOLF CLUB AND TRUMP VILLAS, A BEACHSIDE ULTRA LUXURY COMMUNITY WITHIN SIMAISMA MASTERPLAN","outlet":"PR Newswire","url":"https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/qatari-diar-signs-strategic-agreement-with-dar-global-to-develop-trump-international-golf-club-and-trump-villas-a-beachside-ultra-luxury-community-within-simaisma-masterplan-302443059.html","date":"2025-04-30"},{"title":"Luxury skyscrapers, golf courses and cryptocurrency: Trump's rapidly expanding Middle East business","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/13/politics/trump-middle-east-business-invs","date":"2025-05-13"},{"title":"Trump golf course deal announced in Qatar ahead of US president's visit","outlet":"Middle East Eye","url":"https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/trump-golf-course-announced-qatar-ahead-presidents-visit","date":"2025-04-30"},{"title":"Trump's foreign licensing business booms to $59.5 million as Gulf developers pay","outlet":"CNBC","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/10/trump-foreign-real-estate-licensing-income-gulf-deals.html","date":"2026-08-10"},{"title":"Gulf developers bring windfall to Trump family","outlet":"The National","url":"https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/2026/07/01/gulf-developers-bring-windfall-to-trump-family/","date":"2026-07-01"},{"title":"Qatar: Freedom in the World 2025 Country Report","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/country/qatar/freedom-world/2025","date":"2025"}],"tag_label":"Real estate and licensing","tag_short":"Real estate","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["real-estate"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/autocrats-qatar-simaisma-golf-club-2025/","sort_key":"2025-04-30","number":46},{"id":"russia-pretty-big-concession-2025","kind":"russia","tag":"ukraine","subject":"Russia's \"concession\"","title":"Said Russia's concession for peace was \"stopping taking the whole country\"","quote":"Stopping the war. Stopping taking the whole country. Pretty big concession.","date":"2025-04-24","venue":"Oval Office meeting with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre of Norway","era":"term-2","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"On April 24, 2025, a reporter asked Trump what concessions Russia had offered to get closer to peace, and he gave the answer quoted above. Hours earlier a Russian missile and drone attack had killed 12 people in Kyiv, and Trump had written on Truth Social, \"Vladimir, STOP!\" In the same Oval Office session, a reporter noted that Ukraine had agreed to the U.S. proposal for a 30-day ceasefire two months earlier and Russia had not. Trump said getting Crimea back for Ukraine was \"going to be a very difficult thing to do.\" He also said, \"we're putting a lot of pressure\" on Russia. On April 26 he wrote that Putin might be \"just tapping me along\" and raised the possibility of \"Banking\" or \"Secondary Sanctions.\"","sources":[{"title":"Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre of Norway and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-prior-meeting-with-prime-minister-jonas-gahr-store-norway-and-exchange-with","date":"2025-04-24"},{"title":"Trump says Russia has shown willingness for peace by not taking over all of Ukraine, calls it 'pretty big concession'","outlet":"The Kyiv Independent","url":"https://kyivindependent.com/trump-says-russia-has-shown-willingness-for-peace-by-not-taking-over-all-of-ukraine-calls-it-pretty-big-concession/","date":"2025-04-24"},{"title":"Trump says Russia has made a ‘pretty big concession’ by stopping short of seizing all of Ukraine - The Boston Globe","outlet":"The Boston Globe (AP)","url":"https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/24/world/trump-criticism-russia-attack-kyiv/","date":"2025-04-24"},{"title":"Truth Social Posts of April 26, 2025","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/truth-social-posts-april-26-2025","date":"2025-04-26"}],"tag_label":"Ukraine","tag_short":"Ukraine","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["ukraine"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/russia-pretty-big-concession-2025/","sort_key":"2025-04-24","number":107},{"id":"russia-zelensky-crimea-post-2025","kind":"russia","tag":"ukraine","subject":"Crimea recognition plan","title":"Criticized Zelensky for refusing to recognize Russian control of Crimea","quote":"This statement is very harmful to the Peace Negotiations with Russia in that Crimea was lost years ago under the auspices of President Barack Hussein Obama, and is not even a point of discussion.","date":"2025-04-23","venue":"Truth Social","era":"term-2","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"Trump posted on April 23, 2025, after Zelensky said, \"Ukraine will not legally recognize the occupation of Crimea,\" adding that doing so was against Ukraine's constitution. CNN reported that the U.S. proposal under discussion included recognizing Russia's control of Crimea. In the post Trump wrote that \"Nobody is asking Zelenskyy to recognize Crimea as Russian Territory\" and that Zelensky \"can have Peace or, he can fight for another three years before losing the whole Country.\" The same day Vice President JD Vance said it was time for Russia and Ukraine \"to either say yes or for the US to walk away from this process.\" Secretary of State Marco Rubio withdrew from talks with Ukrainian and European officials in London, which were downgraded. After Russian strikes on Kyiv, Trump wrote the next day, \"Vladimir, STOP!\"","sources":[{"title":"Truth Social Posts of April 23, 2025","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/truth-social-posts-april-23-2025","date":"2025-04-23"},{"title":"Trump slams Zelensky for refusing to recognize Russian control of Crimea","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/23/europe/rubio-russia-ukraine-ceasefire-talks-intl-hnk/index.html","date":"2025-04-23"},{"title":"Trump says Zelenskyy will prolong war by rejecting Russian control of Crimea","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://www.npr.org/2025/04/23/nx-s1-5373407/ukraine-peace-talks-us-trump-russia-putin","date":"2025-04-23"},{"title":"Truth Social Posts of April 24, 2025","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/truth-social-posts-april-24-2025","date":"2025-04-24"}],"tag_label":"Ukraine","tag_short":"Ukraine","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["ukraine"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/russia-zelensky-crimea-post-2025/","sort_key":"2025-04-23","number":106},{"id":"russia-crimea-will-stay-with-russia-2025","kind":"russia","tag":"ukraine","subject":"Crimea","title":"Said \"Crimea will stay with Russia\" and that Ukraine would never be able to join NATO","quote":"Crimea will stay with Russia. And Zelensky understands that, and everybody understands that it's been with them for a long time.","date":"2025-04-22","venue":"Interview with TIME at the White House","era":"term-2","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"Trump gave the interview on April 22, 2025, and TIME published the transcript on April 25. Asked whether Ukraine should give up hope of joining NATO, he said, \"I don't think they'll ever be able to join NATO,\" and said talk of membership was \"what caused the war to start.\" Russia seized Crimea from Ukraine in 2014. A U.S. peace proposal under discussion that week included recognizing Russia's control of Crimea, CNN reported, and Zelensky said, \"Ukraine will not legally recognize the occupation of Crimea.\" Zelensky also shared the 2018 Crimea Declaration issued by Trump's first-term secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, which rejected Russia's occupation of the peninsula. Asked on April 24 why the administration had changed its stance, Trump said, \"This is Biden's war.\"","sources":[{"title":"Read the Full Transcript of Trump’s ‘100 Days’ Interview","outlet":"TIME (via Internet Archive)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/2id_/https://time.com/7280114/donald-trump-2025-interview-transcript/","date":"2025-04-25"},{"title":"'Crimea will stay with Russia,' Trump says as he seeks end to war in Ukraine","outlet":"PBS News","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/crimea-will-stay-with-russia-trump-says-as-he-seeks-end-to-war-in-ukraine","date":"2025-04-25"},{"title":"Trump slams Zelensky for refusing to recognize Russian control of Crimea","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/23/europe/rubio-russia-ukraine-ceasefire-talks-intl-hnk/index.html","date":"2025-04-23"},{"title":"Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre of Norway and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-prior-meeting-with-prime-minister-jonas-gahr-store-norway-and-exchange-with","date":"2025-04-24"}],"tag_label":"Ukraine","tag_short":"Ukraine","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["ukraine"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/russia-crimea-will-stay-with-russia-2025/","sort_key":"2025-04-22","number":105},{"id":"china-hostile-trading-nation-2025","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"electronics supply chain","title":"Called China a hostile trading nation that would not be allowed to hold the U.S. hostage","quote":"What has been exposed is that we need to make products in the United States, and that we will not be held hostage by other Countries, especially hostile trading Nations like China, which will do everything within its power to disrespect the American People. We also cannot let them continue to abuse us on Trade, like they have for decades, THOSE DAYS ARE OVER!","date":"2025-04-13","venue":"Post on Truth Social (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"term-2","category":"trade","what_happened":"On June 11, 2025 Trump posted that \"OUR DEAL WITH CHINA IS DONE,\" that China would supply magnets and rare earths up front, and that the \"RELATIONSHIP IS EXCELLENT!\" On December 8, 2025 he announced that the United States would allow Nvidia to ship its H200 chips to approved customers in China, with 25 percent to be paid to the United States, and said the same approach would apply to AMD and Intel. At his May 2026 summit with Xi in Beijing, the two governments chartered a U.S.-China Board of Trade and a U.S.-China Board of Investment.","featured":true,"sources":[{"title":"Truth Social Posts of April 13, 2025","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/truth-social-posts-april-13-2025","date":"2025-04-13"},{"title":"Truth Social Posts of June 11, 2025","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/truth-social-posts-june-11-2025","date":"2025-06-11"},{"title":"Truth Social Posts of December 8, 2025","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/truth-social-posts-december-8-2025","date":"2025-12-08"},{"title":"White House Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Secures Historic Deals with China, Delivering for American Workers, Farmers, and Industry","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/white-house-fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-secures-historic-deals-with-china","date":"2026-05-17"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/china-hostile-trading-nation-2025/","sort_key":"2025-04-13","number":109},{"id":"russia-sumy-strike-mistake-2025","kind":"russia","tag":"ukraine","subject":"Sumy missile strike","title":"Said he was told Russia \"made a mistake\" in the Palm Sunday strike on Sumy","quote":"Oh, I think it was terrible, and I was told they made a mistake. But I think it's a horrible thing.","date":"2025-04-13","venue":"Aboard Air Force One","era":"term-2","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"A Russian missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Sumy on Palm Sunday, April 13, 2025, killed 34 people, Deutsche Welle reported. Asked that evening whether he meant the strike was unintentional, Trump said, \"They made a mistake,\" told reporters to ask Russia, and added, \"This is Biden's war.\" Friedrich Merz, then Germany's incoming chancellor, called the attack \"a deliberate and calculated war crime.\" In the Oval Office the next day Trump said, \"The mistake was letting the war happen,\" and said of Zelensky, \"You don't start a war against somebody that's 20 times your size and then hope that people give you some missiles.\" In the same remarks he said \"Putin should have never started it\" and \"Everybody's to blame.\"","sources":[{"title":"Remarks and an Exchange With Reporters Aboard Air Force One En Route to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-and-exchange-with-reporters-aboard-air-force-one-en-route-joint-base-andrews-1","date":"2025-04-13"},{"title":"Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Nayib Armando Bukele Ortez of El Salvador and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-prior-meeting-with-president-nayib-armando-bukele-ortez-el-salvador-and-exchange","date":"2025-04-14"},{"title":"Ukraine: Trump calls Russia's Sumy attack 'horrible'","outlet":"Deutsche Welle","url":"https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-trump-calls-russias-sumy-attack-horrible/live-72243224","date":"2025-04-14"}],"tag_label":"Ukraine","tag_short":"Ukraine","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["ukraine"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/russia-sumy-strike-mistake-2025/","sort_key":"2025-04-13","number":104},{"id":"china-lack-of-respect-125-percent-2025","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"125% tariff","title":"Raised the China tariff to 125%, citing its \"lack of respect\" and \"ripping off the U.S.A.\"","quote":"Based on the lack of respect that China has shown to the World's Markets, I am hereby raising the Tariff charged to China by the United States of America to 125%, effective immediately. At some point, hopefully in the near future, China will realize that the days of ripping off the U.S.A., and other Countries, is no longer sustainable or acceptable.","date":"2025-04-09","venue":"Post on Truth Social (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"term-2","category":"trade","what_happened":"Under the May 12, 2025 Geneva joint statement, the United States agreed to remove the 125 percent rate by May 14 and keep a 10 percent reciprocal duty on Chinese goods. After the October 30, 2025 Busan meeting the White House said that suspension would run until November 10, 2026. On February 20, 2026 the Supreme Court held that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not authorize tariffs; Trump ordered the duties ended that day, and the order noted a separate temporary import surcharge proclaimed the same day. Census Bureau data put the U.S. goods deficit with China at $202.7 billion in 2025, down from $297.0 billion in 2024.","sources":[{"title":"Truth Social Posts of April 9, 2025","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/truth-social-posts-april-9-2025","date":"2025-04-09"},{"title":"Joint Statement Between the United States and China on Trade Negotiations in Geneva, Switzerland","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/joint-statement-between-the-united-states-and-china-trade-negotiations-geneva-switzerland","date":"2025-05-12"},{"title":"White House Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Strikes Deal on Economic and Trade Relations with China","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/white-house-fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-strikes-deal-economic-and-trade-relations","date":"2025-11-01"},{"title":"24-1287 Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump (02/20/2026)","outlet":"Supreme Court of the United States","url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-1287_4gcj.pdf","date":"2026-02-20"},{"title":"Executive Order 14389—Ending Certain Tariff Actions","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-14389-ending-certain-tariff-actions","date":"2026-02-20"},{"title":"Trade in Goods with China","outlet":"U.S. Census Bureau","url":"https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html","date":"2026-09"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/china-lack-of-respect-125-percent-2025/","sort_key":"2025-04-09","number":108},{"id":"china-manipulating-currency-offset-2025","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"currency manipulation","title":"Said China was manipulating its currency to offset his tariffs","quote":"Today it was announced that China is reducing its currency. Did you see that? Big. Big. In other words, they're going to make up for it. They got every trick in the book. I'll tell you, they are great. You've got to hand it to them. You've got to hand it to them. They've—they're manipulating their currency today as an offset against the tariffs.","date":"2025-04-08","venue":"National Republican Congressional Committee dinner, Washington, D.C.","era":"term-2","category":"trade","what_happened":"The Treasury Department's June 2025 foreign exchange report named no country a currency manipulator. Its next report, released January 29, 2026 and covering the four quarters through June 2025, again concluded that no major trading partner had manipulated its currency and stated that \"Treasury has not designated China as a currency manipulator in this Report.\" The same report kept China on its monitoring list and said China \"stands out among our major trading partners in its lack of transparency around its exchange rate policies and practices.\"","sources":[{"title":"Remarks at a National Republican Congressional Committee Dinner","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-national-republican-congressional-committee-dinner-3","date":"2025-04-08"},{"title":"Ten Key Takeaways From Treasury's Foreign Exchange Report","outlet":"Council on Foreign Relations","url":"https://www.cfr.org/articles/takeaways-treasury-foreign-exchange-report","date":"2025-06-10"},{"title":"Treasury Releases Report on Macroeconomic and Foreign Exchange Policies of Major Trading Partners of the United States","outlet":"U.S. Department of the Treasury","url":"https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0373","date":"2026-01-29"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/china-manipulating-currency-offset-2025/","sort_key":"2025-04-08","number":107},{"id":"fix-tariffs-no-other-president","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"tariff negotiations","title":"'No other president's going to do this' on tariffs","quote":"No other president's going to do this, what I'm doing.","date":"2025-04-07","venue":"Remarks to reporters, White House","era":"term-2","category":"trade","what_happened":"The tariffs at issue were imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. On February 20, 2026 the Supreme Court held 6-3 in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, in an opinion by Chief Justice Roberts, that IEEPA does not authorize the president to impose tariffs, striking down both the fentanyl tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China and the worldwide \"reciprocal\" tariffs. Industry estimates put potential refunds at up to $175 billion.","sources":[{"title":"What Trump has said about tariffs as stock market reacts","outlet":"CBS News","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-trump-has-said-tariffs-stock-market/","date":"2025-04-09"},{"title":"Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, No. 24-1287 (opinion)","outlet":"Supreme Court of the United States","url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-1287_4gcj.pdf","date":"2026-02-20"},{"title":"Learning Resources, Inc. v. 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Trump raised the added duty on Chinese goods from 34 to 84 percent on April 8, China announced an 84 percent tariff on U.S. goods on April 9, and Trump raised the U.S. rate to 125 percent the same day. In a joint statement issued May 12, 2025 after talks in Geneva, both governments agreed to remove the April 8 and 9 increases and suspend 24 percentage points of the remaining rate for 90 days, leaving a 10 percent additional duty on each side.","sources":[{"title":"Truth Social Posts of April 4, 2025","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/truth-social-posts-april-4-2025","date":"2025-04-04"},{"title":"Executive Order 14259—Amendment to Reciprocal Tariffs and Updated Duties as Applied to Low-Value Imports From the People's Republic of China","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-14259-amendment-reciprocal-tariffs-and-updated-duties-applied-low-value","date":"2025-04-08"},{"title":"Executive Order 14266—Modifying Reciprocal Tariff Rates To Reflect Trading Partner Retaliation and Alignment","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-14266-modifying-reciprocal-tariff-rates-reflect-trading-partner","date":"2025-04-09"},{"title":"Joint Statement Between the United States and China on Trade Negotiations in Geneva, Switzerland","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/joint-statement-between-the-united-states-and-china-trade-negotiations-geneva-switzerland","date":"2025-05-12"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/china-played-it-wrong-panicked-2025/","sort_key":"2025-04-04","number":106},{"id":"autocrats-liv-golf-doral-2025","kind":"autocrats","tag":"payments","subject":"Saudi Arabia","country":"Saudi Arabia","beneficiary":"Donald Trump (Trump National Doral)","amount":"","freedom_house":"Not Free (2025)","title":"Saudi-funded LIV Golf holds tournament at Trump National Doral as Trump attends its dinner","quote":"And ultimately, hopefully, the two tours are going to merge. That would be good. I'm involved in that too.","date":"2025-04-04","venue":"Remarks to reporters aboard Air Force One en route to Miami, April 3, 2025","era":"term-2","category":"ethics","what_happened":"LIV Golf, the league funded by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, held a tournament at Trump National Doral from April 4 to 6, 2025. Trump flew to the club on April 3 and attended a LIV Golf dinner there that evening, according to the White House digest and local reporting; on the flight he told reporters he would speak to the players and that he was involved in efforts to merge LIV with the PGA Tour. Doral hosted a LIV tournament every year from the league's 2022 launch through 2025, GolfMagic reported. CNN reported that Trump partnered with LIV after the PGA canceled a tournament at his New Jersey course. The sources cited here do not state how much LIV paid the club.","sources":[{"title":"Digest of Other White House Announcements","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/digest-other-white-house-announcements-6001","date":"2025-04-03"},{"title":"Remarks in an Exchange With Reporters Aboard Air Force One En Route to Miami, Florida","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-exchange-with-reporters-aboard-air-force-one-en-route-miami-florida-0","date":"2025-04-03"},{"title":"Trump flies from MIA to Doral ahead of LIV Golf; president's schedule includes Mar-a-Lago and Jupiter","outlet":"WPLG Local 10","url":"https://www.local10.com/news/local/2025/04/03/trump-flies-from-mia-to-doral-for-golf-tournament-is-set-to-stay-at-mar-a-lago/","date":"2025-04-03"},{"title":"Luxury skyscrapers, golf courses and cryptocurrency: Trump's rapidly expanding Middle East business","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/13/politics/trump-middle-east-business-invs","date":"2025-05-13"},{"title":"LIV Golf schedule 2026: Where is the breakaway tour headed?","outlet":"GolfMagic","url":"https://www.golfmagic.com/tour/liv-golf/liv-golf-schedule-2026","date":"2026-01-23"},{"title":"Saudi Arabia: Freedom in the World 2025 Country Report","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/country/saudi-arabia/freedom-world/2025","date":"2025"}],"tag_label":"Gifts and payments","tag_short":"Payments","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["payments"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/autocrats-liv-golf-doral-2025/","sort_key":"2025-04-04","number":45},{"id":"know-deductions","kind":"knows-better","subject":"tax deductions","title":"Knows more about deductions 'than any human being on Earth'","quote":"But rich people are—I think I know more about deductions than any human being on Earth. But you know, the truth is that people that are middle-income people that buy a car and actually have to borrow money...","date":"2025-03-28","venue":"Swearing-in of Alina Habba as acting U.S. Attorney, Oval Office","era":"term-2","category":"taxes","what_happened":"The remark, which drew laughter in the room, came as Trump argued for a deduction of car-loan interest for middle-income buyers who \"actually have to borrow money.\" He offered no comparison with tax professionals or IRS data to support the claim.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks at a Swearing-in Ceremony for Alina Habba as Acting United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey and an Exchange with Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-swearing-ceremony-for-alina-habba-acting-united-states-attorney-for-the-district","date":"2025-03-28"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/know-deductions/","sort_key":"2025-03-28","number":53},{"id":"russia-black-sea-sanctions-conditions-2025","kind":"russia","tag":"sanctions","subject":"Black Sea agreement","title":"Said U.S. was \"looking at\" Kremlin conditions for sanctions relief in a Black Sea agreement","quote":"They will be looking at them, and we're thinking about all of them right now. There are about five or six conditions. We're looking at all of them.","date":"2025-03-25","venue":"Exchange with reporters at the White House","era":"term-2","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"After talks with Russian officials in Riyadh on March 23-25, 2025, the White House said the two countries had agreed to ensure safe navigation in the Black Sea and that the United States \"will help restore Russia's access to the world market for agricultural and fertilizer exports, lower maritime insurance costs, and enhance access to ports and payment systems for such transactions.\" The Kremlin said the halt on the use of force at sea would take effect only after sanctions were lifted on Rosselkhozbank, Russia's state agricultural lender, and other financial institutions, and after they were reconnected to the SWIFT payments system, RFE/RL reported. A reporter asked Trump whether the United States had agreed to those conditions, and he gave the answer quoted above. Zelensky criticized aspects of the U.S.-Russia agreement. RFE/RL reported that reconnection to SWIFT might depend on European Union approval.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and Meeting With United States Ambassadorial Nominees and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-document-signing-ceremony-and-meeting-with-united-states-ambassadorial-nominees","date":"2025-03-25"},{"title":"Outcomes of the United States and Russia Expert Groups on the Black Sea in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia March 23-25, 2025","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/outcomes-the-united-states-and-russia-expert-groups-the-black-sea-riyadh-saudi-arabia","date":"2025-03-25"},{"title":"Key Takeaways From The US Talks With Ukraine And Russia In Riyadh","outlet":"RFE/RL","url":"https://www.rferl.org/a/us-russia-ukraine-talks-riyadh/33358825.html","date":"2025-03-25"}],"tag_label":"Sanctions and pressure","tag_short":"Sanctions","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["sanctions"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/russia-black-sea-sanctions-conditions-2025/","sort_key":"2025-03-25","number":103},{"id":"russia-energy-ceasefire-putin-call-2025","kind":"russia","tag":"ukraine","subject":"March 18 Putin call","title":"Announced a limited pause on energy strikes after Putin did not accept the 30-day ceasefire","quote":"We agreed to an immediate Ceasefire on all Energy and Infrastructure, with an understanding that we will be working quickly to have a Complete Ceasefire and, ultimately, an END to this very horrible War between Russia and Ukraine.","date":"2025-03-18","venue":"Truth Social","era":"term-2","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"On March 11, 2025, Ukraine accepted a U.S. proposal for a 30-day ceasefire covering the entire front line. After Trump and Putin spoke on March 18, the Kremlin said Putin had agreed to halt strikes on energy infrastructure for 30 days, and said he had insisted on an end to foreign military aid and intelligence sharing for Ukraine. Trump told Fox News that aid \"was never discussed.\" The White House readout said negotiations on a maritime ceasefire in the Black Sea and a full ceasefire would begin immediately, and described \"enormous economic deals\" with Russia once peace was achieved. Before the call Trump had said the talks would involve \"dividing up certain assets,\" including land and power plants. Zelensky said Ukraine needed more details and needed to be involved.","sources":[{"title":"Truth Social Posts of March 18, 2025","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/truth-social-posts-march-18-2025","date":"2025-03-18"},{"title":"Readout of President Donald J. Trump's Call with President Vladimir Putin","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/readout-president-donald-j-trumps-call-with-president-vladimir-putin-0","date":"2025-03-18"},{"title":"Kremlin says it will halt strikes on Ukraine energy sector after Trump and Putin talk","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://www.npr.org/2025/03/18/nx-s1-5331887/trump-putin-ukraine-call","date":"2025-03-18"},{"title":"Trump and Putin begin laying groundwork for a ceasefire in Ukraine as Russia agrees not to attack energy targets","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/trump-putin-russia-ukraine-call-zelenskyy-nato-ceasefire-zaporizhzhia-rcna196847","date":"2025-03-18"},{"title":"Ukraine agrees to proposal for ceasefire with Russia as US restores aid and intel sharing","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/11/world/ukraine-us-talks-saudi-arabia-intl/index.html","date":"2025-03-11"}],"tag_label":"Ukraine","tag_short":"Ukraine","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["ukraine"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/russia-energy-ceasefire-putin-call-2025/","sort_key":"2025-03-18","number":102},{"id":"russia-kursk-troops-surrounded-2025","kind":"russia","tag":"ukraine","subject":"Kursk encirclement claim","title":"Said thousands of Ukrainian troops were \"completely surrounded\"; Ukraine's military said that was untrue","quote":"AT THIS VERY MOMENT, THOUSANDS OF UKRAINIAN TROOPS ARE COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY THE RUSSIAN MILITARY, AND IN A VERY BAD AND VULNERABLE POSITION. I have strongly requested to President Putin that their lives be spared.","date":"2025-03-14","venue":"Truth Social","era":"term-2","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"Trump posted the claim on March 14, 2025, after what he called \"very good and productive discussions\" with Putin the day before. The General Staff of Ukraine's armed forces said the same day that reports of an encirclement in Russia's Kursk region were \"untrue and are being created by the Russians for political purposes and to put pressure on Ukraine and its partners,\" and that there was \"no threat of encirclement of our units.\" It said Ukrainian units had regrouped and moved to more favorable defensive lines. Putin responded that Ukrainian soldiers in Kursk should surrender and that Ukraine's leadership would need to order them to do so. The Kyiv Independent reported that neither Trump nor Putin provided evidence that Ukrainian troops were surrounded.","sources":[{"title":"Truth Social Posts of March 14, 2025","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/truth-social-posts-march-14-2025","date":"2025-03-14"},{"title":"Ukraine's General Staff says claims of \"encirclement\" in Russia's Kursk Oblast are untrue, just political pressure","outlet":"Ukrainska Pravda","url":"https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/03/14/7502927/","date":"2025-03-14"},{"title":"Ukraine troops in Kursk Oblast must surrender, Putin claims","outlet":"The Kyiv Independent","url":"https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-troops-in-kursk-oblast-must-surrender-putin-claims/","date":"2025-03-14"}],"tag_label":"Ukraine","tag_short":"Ukraine","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["ukraine"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/russia-kursk-troops-surrounded-2025/","sort_key":"2025-03-14","number":101},{"id":"know-the-irish","kind":"knows-better","subject":"the Irish","title":"'Nobody knows the Irish better than me'","quote":"And as a lifelong New Yorker, nobody knows the Irish better than me. I know too much about the Irish.","date":"2025-03-12","venue":"St. Patrick's Day reception with Taoiseach Micheál Martin, White House","era":"term-2","category":"other","what_happened":"The line opened a reception for Ireland's prime minister, whom Trump introduced as 'a very special man, doing incredibly well and very popular' and 'a very popular guy, which is not easy in Ireland.' The remarks focused on Irish-American heritage rather than economic or trade policy.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks: Donald Trump Hosts a St. Patrick's Day Reception at The White House - March 12, 2025","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-remarks-st-patricks-day-reception-white-house-march-12-2025/","date":"2025-03-12"},{"title":"Remarks With Prime Minister Micheál Martin of Ireland at a St. Patrick's Day Reception","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-with-prime-minister-micheal-martin-ireland-st-patricks-day-reception","date":"2025-03-12"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/know-the-irish/","sort_key":"2025-03-12","number":52},{"id":"russia-easier-dealing-with-russia-2025","kind":"russia","tag":"praise","subject":"Russia \"has all the cards\"","title":"Said it \"may be easier dealing with Russia\" than Ukraine and that he believed Putin wanted peace","quote":"I find that, in terms of getting a final settlement, it may be easier dealing with Russia, which is surprising, because they have all the cards.","date":"2025-03-07","venue":"Oval Office exchange with reporters, the White House","era":"term-2","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"Trump spoke on March 7, 2025, while U.S. military aid and intelligence sharing for Ukraine were paused and after Russia launched missile and drone attacks on Ukrainian energy facilities. Asked whether he still believed Putin when he said he wanted peace, Trump said, \"I believe him,\" and added, \"I'm finding it more difficult, frankly, to deal with Ukraine.\" Asked whether Putin was taking advantage of the U.S. pause, he said, \"No, I actually think he's doing what anybody else would do.\" Earlier that day he had written on Truth Social that he was \"strongly considering large scale Banking Sanctions, Sanctions, and Tariffs on Russia\" until a ceasefire was reached. Asked on May 19 why he had not increased sanctions on Russia, he said doing so could \"make it much worse.\" The Treasury Department sanctioned the Russian oil companies Rosneft and Lukoil in October 2025.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks on the Bureau of Labor Statistics Report on the Employment Situation in February and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-bureau-labor-statistics-report-the-employment-situation-february-and-0","date":"2025-03-07"},{"title":"Trump says he's considering Russia sanctions and tariffs until ceasefire is reached with Ukraine","outlet":"CBS News","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-russia-ukraine-war-sanctions-tariffs/","date":"2025-03-07"},{"title":"Trump threatens to impose 'large scale' sanctions on Russia until a peace agreement with Ukraine is reached","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-threatens-impose-large-scale-sanctions-russia-peace-agreement-uk-rcna195333","date":"2025-03-07"},{"title":"Remarks on Presenting the Medal of Sacrifice and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-presenting-the-medal-sacrifice-and-exchange-with-reporters","date":"2025-05-19"},{"title":"China and India to face supply jolt as U.S. targets Russia's oil giants","outlet":"CNBC","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/23/china-india-us-russia-oil-sanctions-rosneft-lukoil.html","date":"2025-10-23"}],"tag_label":"Praise and deference","tag_short":"Praise","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["praise"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/russia-easier-dealing-with-russia-2025/","sort_key":"2025-03-07","number":100},{"id":"know-russia-deal-only-i-know","kind":"knows-better","subject":"why Russia wants a deal","title":"Russia wants a deal for reasons 'that only I know'","quote":"I also think that Russia wants to make a deal because in a certain a different way that only I know—they have no choice either.","date":"2025-03-06","venue":"Document signing and exchange with reporters, Oval Office","era":"term-2","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"No deal followed. On April 24, 2025 Trump posted 'Vladimir, STOP!'; on May 25 he wrote that Putin 'has gone absolutely CRAZY!'; and the August 15, 2025 Alaska summit ended with 'There's no deal until there's a deal.' On September 23, 2025 he called Russia 'a paper tiger,' and he was still holding bilateral talks with President Zelenskyy in Ankara on July 8, 2026.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters (March 6, 2025)","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-document-signing-ceremony-and-exchange-with-reporters-4","date":"2025-03-06"},{"title":"How Trump's rhetoric about Zelenskyy and Putin has evolved, in his own words","outlet":"PBS News","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/how-trumps-rhetoric-about-zelenskyy-and-putin-has-evolved-in-his-own-words","date":"2025-09-23"},{"title":"Press Conference: Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin Hold a Joint Press Event - August 15, 2025","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-press-conference-vladimir-putin-russia-alaska-august-15-2025/","date":"2025-08-15"},{"title":"Remarks: Donald Trump Holds a Bilat with Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine - July 8, 2026","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-remarks-bilat-volodymyr-zelenskyy-ukraine-ankara-july-8-2026","date":"2026-07-08"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/know-russia-deal-only-i-know/","sort_key":"2025-03-06","number":51},{"id":"offensive-lesotho-nobody-heard-of-2025","kind":"offensive","target":"countries","subject":"Lesotho","place":"Lesotho","title":"Told Congress that Lesotho was a country 'which nobody has ever heard of'","quote":"$8 million to promote LGBTQI+ in the African nation of Lesotho, which nobody has ever heard of.","date":"2025-03-04","venue":"Address to a joint session of Congress","era":"term-2","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"Trump made the remark while listing foreign aid his administration had cut. Lesotho's foreign minister, Lejone Mpotjoane, called it insulting, told the AP that Trump should 'speak for himself,' and invited him to visit. AP noted that Elon Musk's Starlink had applied for a license to operate in Lesotho.","sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Addresses a Joint Session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol - March 4, 2025","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-joint-session-congress-2025-march-4-2025/#33","date":"2025-03-04"},{"title":"Trump says no one has heard of Lesotho. But Musk is trying to do business in the African nation","outlet":"AP (via KSAT)","url":"https://www.ksat.com/news/world/2025/03/05/trump-says-no-one-has-heard-of-lesotho-but-musk-is-trying-to-do-business-in-the-african-nation/","date":"2025-03-05"}],"tag":"countries","tag_label":"Other countries","tag_short":"Countries","tag_tone":"green","tag_list":["countries"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/offensive-lesotho-nobody-heard-of-2025/","sort_key":"2025-03-04","number":131},{"id":"russia-ukraine-aid-intelligence-pause-2025","kind":"russia","tag":"ukraine","subject":"Ukraine aid pause","title":"Paused U.S. military aid and intelligence sharing for Ukraine during the war","quote":"This is the worst statement that could have been made by Zelenskyy, and America will not put up with it for much longer!","date":"2025-03-03","venue":"Truth Social","era":"term-2","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"Trump posted the statement on March 3, 2025, after Zelensky said the end of the war could be \"very, very far away.\" That evening a White House official said Trump had ordered a pause on shipments of U.S. military aid, covering all equipment not yet inside Ukraine, until he determined Zelensky was committed to peace talks. On March 5, national security adviser Mike Waltz and CIA Director John Ratcliffe indicated that intelligence sharing had also been paused. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov welcomed the decision, and a Polish foreign ministry spokesperson said European and NATO allies had not been informed in advance. Asked on March 7 whether Putin was taking advantage of the pause, Trump said, \"No, I actually think he's doing what anybody else would do.\" On March 11, after Ukraine accepted a U.S. proposal for a 30-day ceasefire at talks in Jeddah, the United States said it would immediately lift the pause on intelligence sharing and resume security assistance.","featured":true,"sources":[{"title":"Truth Social Posts of March 3, 2025","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/truth-social-posts-march-3-2025","date":"2025-03-03"},{"title":"Trump pauses military aid to Ukraine after Oval Office argument with Zelensky, White House official says","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/03/politics/trump-administration-ukraine-aid/index.html","date":"2025-03-03"},{"title":"Trump officials say US paused intelligence sharing with Ukraine but signal it may not last long after fiery meeting","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/05/politics/us-pause-intelligence-support-ukraine","date":"2025-03-05"},{"title":"US suspends all military aid to Ukraine in wake of Trump-Zelenskyy row","outlet":"The Guardian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/04/us-military-aid-ukraine-pause-trump-zelenskyy-updates","date":"2025-03-04"},{"title":"Remarks on the Bureau of Labor Statistics Report on the Employment Situation in February and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-bureau-labor-statistics-report-the-employment-situation-february-and-0","date":"2025-03-07"},{"title":"Ukraine agrees to proposal for ceasefire with Russia as US restores aid and intel sharing","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/11/world/ukraine-us-talks-saudi-arabia-intl/index.html","date":"2025-03-11"}],"tag_label":"Ukraine","tag_short":"Ukraine","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["ukraine"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/russia-ukraine-aid-intelligence-pause-2025/","sort_key":"2025-03-03","number":99},{"id":"russia-oval-office-zelensky-putin-2025","kind":"russia","tag":"ukraine","subject":"Oval Office meeting","title":"Told Zelensky \"you don't have the cards\" and said Putin \"went through a hell of a lot with me\"","quote":"Let me tell you, Putin went through a hell of a lot with me. He went through a phony witch hunt where they used him and Russia.","date":"2025-02-28","venue":"Oval Office meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine","era":"term-2","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"Zelensky came to the White House on February 28, 2025, expecting to sign an agreement giving the United States access to Ukrainian minerals. In front of cameras, Trump told him, \"You don't have the cards right now,\" and \"you're either going to make a deal or we're out.\" When a reporter asked what would happen if Russia broke a ceasefire, Trump gave the answer quoted above, a reference to the investigation of his 2016 campaign's contacts with Russia, and said of Putin, \"He had nothing to do with it.\" He also said, \"I'm not aligned with Putin. I'm not aligned with anybody.\" A scheduled joint news conference was canceled and Zelensky left without signing. Russian officials welcomed the exchange; Dmitry Medvedev called it \"a brutal dressing-down in the Oval Office.\" On March 3 the White House paused U.S. military aid to Ukraine.","featured":true,"sources":[{"title":"Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-prior-meeting-with-president-volodymyr-zelenskyy-ukraine-and-exchange-with-2","date":"2025-02-28"},{"title":"Zelenskyy leaves the White House early after Trump meeting gets heated","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://www.npr.org/2025/02/28/nx-s1-5313079/trump-zelenskyy-meeting","date":"2025-02-28"},{"title":"‘A bigger victory for Putin than any military battle’: Russia gleeful after Trump-Zelenskyy clash","outlet":"The Guardian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/01/russia-trump-zelenskyy-ukraine-leader-oval-office-putin","date":"2025-03-01"},{"title":"‘Went through a hell of a lot with me’: Trump claims strong bond with Russia’s Putin","outlet":"Malay Mail (AFP)","url":"https://malaymail.com/news/world/2025/03/10/went-through-a-hell-of-a-lot-with-me-trump-claims-strong-bond-with-russias-putin/169102","date":"2025-03-10"},{"title":"Trump pauses military aid to Ukraine after Oval Office argument with Zelensky, White House official says","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/03/politics/trump-administration-ukraine-aid/index.html","date":"2025-03-03"}],"tag_label":"Ukraine","tag_short":"Ukraine","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["ukraine"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/russia-oval-office-zelensky-putin-2025/","sort_key":"2025-02-28","number":98},{"id":"china-fentanyl-made-and-supplied-2025","kind":"china","threat":"other","subject":"fentanyl tariffs","title":"Said fentanyl was made in and supplied by China and added a second 10% tariff","quote":"Drugs are still pouring into our Country from Mexico and Canada at very high and unacceptable levels. A large percentage of these Drugs, much of them in the form of Fentanyl, are made in, and supplied by, China. More than 100,000 people died last year due to the distribution of these dangerous and highly addictive POISONS.","date":"2025-02-27","venue":"Post on Truth Social (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"term-2","category":"trade","what_happened":"An executive order signed March 3, 2025 raised the fentanyl-related duty on Chinese goods from 10 percent to 20 percent. After the October 30, 2025 Trump-Xi meeting in Busan, Trump cut it back to 10 percent effective November 10, 2025, citing China's commitment to stop shipments of certain precursor chemicals to North America. On February 20, 2026 the Supreme Court held that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not authorize the president to impose tariffs, and Trump signed an order the same day ending the duties. A September 25, 2026 White House fact sheet said China had arrested 21 people in August 2026 for supplying precursor chemicals and that the United States was still \"strongly encouraging the permanent scheduling\" of fentanyl precursors.","sources":[{"title":"Truth Social Posts of February 27, 2025","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/truth-social-posts-february-27-2025","date":"2025-02-27"},{"title":"Executive Order 14228—Further Amendment to Duties Addressing the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People's Republic of China","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-14228-further-amendment-duties-addressing-the-synthetic-opioid-supply","date":"2025-03-03"},{"title":"Executive Order 14357—Modifying Duties Addressing the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People's Republic of China","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-14357-modifying-duties-addressing-the-synthetic-opioid-supply-chain-the","date":"2025-11-04"},{"title":"24-1287 Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump (02/20/2026)","outlet":"Supreme Court of the United States","url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-1287_4gcj.pdf","date":"2026-02-20"},{"title":"Executive Order 14389—Ending Certain Tariff Actions","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-14389-ending-certain-tariff-actions","date":"2026-02-20"},{"title":"White House Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Advances a Fair and Reciprocal Relationship with China While Hosting Historic State Visit","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/white-house-fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-advances-fair-and-reciprocal-relationship","date":"2026-09-25"}],"tag":"other","tag_label":"Other","tag_short":"Other","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["other"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/china-fentanyl-made-and-supplied-2025/","sort_key":"2025-02-27","number":105},{"id":"china-occupying-bagram-2025","kind":"china","threat":"military","subject":"Bagram air base","title":"Said China was occupying Bagram air base, one hour from its nuclear missile sites","quote":"We were going to get out, but we were going to keep Bagram, not because of Afghanistan but because of China, because it's exactly 1 hour away from where China makes its nuclear missiles. ... We gave it up. And you know who's occupying it right now? China. China. Biden gave it up.","date":"2025-02-26","venue":"Cabinet meeting, White House","era":"term-2","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid answered days later that \"Bagram is controlled by the Islamic Emirate [Taliban regime], not China. Chinese troops are not present here, nor do we have any such pact with any country.\" Trump repeated the claim, saying on July 8, 2025 that the base \"right now is controlled by China.\" In September 2025 he demanded the base back; Al Jazeera reported on September 21, 2025 that the Taliban rejected the demand, and that the site Trump referred to was likely China's Lop Nur testing range in Xinjiang.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks Prior to and during a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-prior-and-during-cabinet-meeting-and-exchange-with-reporters","date":"2025-02-26"},{"title":"Taliban refute Trump's claim of Chinese control over Afghan base","outlet":"Voice of America","url":"https://www.voanews.com/a/taliban-refute-trump-s-claim-of-chinese-control-over-afghan-base-as-emotional-/7994356.html","date":"2025-03-02"},{"title":"Remarks Following a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-following-cabinet-meeting-and-exchange-with-reporters-27","date":"2025-07-08"},{"title":"Afghan Taliban rejects Trump threats over taking back Bagram airbase","outlet":"Al Jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/21/afghan-taliban-rejects-trump-threats-over-taking-back-bagram-airbase","date":"2025-09-21"}],"tag":"military","tag_label":"Military threat","tag_short":"Military","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["military"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/china-occupying-bagram-2025/","sort_key":"2025-02-26","number":104},{"id":"russia-oligarchs-gold-card-2025","kind":"russia","tag":"sanctions","subject":"Russian oligarchs","title":"Said Russian oligarchs could buy his $5 million 'gold card', weeks after DOJ disbanded its oligarch sanctions unit","quote":"Yes, possibly. Hey, I know some Russian oligarchs that are very nice people.","date":"2025-02-25","venue":"Oval Office exchange with reporters, the White House","era":"term-2","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"On February 25, 2025, Trump announced a plan to sell \"gold card\" residency permits for $5 million each and was asked whether a Russian oligarch would be eligible. He added that the oligarchs were \"not quite as wealthy as they used to be\" and \"I think they could afford $5 million.\" NPR described the answer as seemingly tongue-in-cheek. Minutes earlier, asked about lifting sanctions on Russia, he said, \"we haven't lifted any sanctions on anybody\" and that the question would be on the table \"at some point.\" On February 5, in a memo issued on her first day in office, Attorney General Pam Bondi disbanded Task Force KleptoCapture, the unit formed in 2022 to enforce sanctions against oligarchs close to Putin, and the FBI's Foreign Influence Task Force. The memo said the department's resources would be redirected toward drug cartels and transnational criminal organizations.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks at a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-document-signing-ceremony-and-exchange-with-reporters-3","date":"2025-02-25"},{"title":"Trump introduces a green card for the rich: the gold card","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://www.npr.org/2025/02/25/nx-s1-5308649/trump-green-card-gold-card-immigration","date":"2025-02-25"},{"title":"Trump says Russian oligarchs could be eligible for $5 million US 'gold card'","outlet":"The Kyiv Independent","url":"https://kyivindependent.com/trump-says-russian-oligarchs-could-be-eligible-for-5-million-us-gold-card/","date":"2025-02-26"},{"title":"US Justice Department disbands teams investigating corruption, election interference","outlet":"Voice of America","url":"https://www.voanews.com/a/us-justice-department-disbands-teams-investigating-corruption-election-interference/7967503.html","date":"2025-02-08"},{"title":"DOJ disbands foreign influence task force, limits scope of FARA prosecutions","outlet":"CyberScoop","url":"https://cyberscoop.com/doj-disbands-foreign-influence-task-force/","date":"2025-02-06"}],"tag_label":"Sanctions and pressure","tag_short":"Sanctions","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["sanctions"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/russia-oligarchs-gold-card-2025/","sort_key":"2025-02-25","number":97},{"id":"russia-un-vote-against-ukraine-resolution-2025","kind":"russia","tag":"alliances","subject":"UN vote on Ukraine","title":"U.S. voted with Russia against a UN resolution demanding Russian withdrawal from Ukraine","quote":"I would rather not explain it now, but it's sort of self-evident, I think.","date":"2025-02-24","venue":"Oval Office meeting with President Emmanuel Macron of France","era":"term-2","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"On February 24, 2025, the third anniversary of the invasion, the United States voted against a Ukrainian resolution, backed by European countries, in the UN General Assembly that demanded an immediate withdrawal of Russian troops. The resolution passed 93-18 with 65 abstentions. The BBC reported that the U.S. voted the same way as Russia, North Korea and Belarus. A rival U.S. draft mourned the loss of life and called for a swift end to the conflict without mentioning Russian aggression; after European amendments were added, the U.S. abstained on its own text. The Security Council later adopted the original U.S. wording 10-0, with five abstentions, including Britain and France. Asked that day to explain the votes, Trump gave the answer quoted above.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Emmanuel Macron of France and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-prior-meeting-with-president-emmanuel-macron-france-and-exchange-with-reporters-3","date":"2025-02-24"},{"title":"U.S. votes against a U.N. resolution urging Russia's withdrawal from Ukraine","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://www.npr.org/2025/02/24/g-s1-50473/un-ukraine-resolution-russia","date":"2025-02-24"},{"title":"US sides with Russia in UN resolutions on invasion of Ukraine","outlet":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7435pnle0go","date":"2025-02-25"}],"tag_label":"NATO and allies","tag_short":"Alliances","tag_tone":"green","tag_list":["alliances"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/russia-un-vote-against-ukraine-resolution-2025/","sort_key":"2025-02-24","number":96},{"id":"russia-putin-dictator-words-lightly-2025","kind":"russia","tag":"praise","subject":"Putin \"dictator\" question","title":"Declined to call Putin a dictator five days after using the word for Zelensky","quote":"I don't use those words lightly. I think that we're going to see how it all works out. Let's see what happens.","date":"2025-02-24","venue":"Oval Office meeting with President Emmanuel Macron of France","era":"term-2","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"On February 24, 2025, a reporter in the Oval Office said to Trump, \"You called Zelenskyy a dictator. Would you use the same words regarding Putin?\" Trump gave the answer quoted above and went on to say there was \"a chance of a really good settlement.\" On February 19 he had written on Truth Social that Zelensky was \"A Dictator without Elections.\" Zelensky was elected in 2019 with 73% of the vote, and Ukraine delayed the elections scheduled for early 2024 because of the war, CBS News reported. The exchange took place on the third anniversary of Russia's invasion, the same day the United States voted against a UN General Assembly resolution demanding a Russian withdrawal.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Emmanuel Macron of France and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-prior-meeting-with-president-emmanuel-macron-france-and-exchange-with-reporters-3","date":"2025-02-24"},{"title":"Trump declines to describe Putin as a 'dictator' after calling Zelenskyy one","outlet":"ABC News","url":"https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-hosts-frances-macron-white-house-amid-ukraine/story?id=119123204","date":"2025-02-24"},{"title":"Truth Social Posts of February 19, 2025","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/truth-social-posts-february-19-2025","date":"2025-02-19"},{"title":"Trump calls Zelenskyy a \"dictator\" after blaming Ukraine for Russia's invasion","outlet":"CBS News","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-zelenskyy-dictator-russia-ukraine-war/","date":"2025-02-19"},{"title":"U.S. votes against a U.N. resolution urging Russia's withdrawal from Ukraine","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://www.npr.org/2025/02/24/g-s1-50473/un-ukraine-resolution-russia","date":"2025-02-24"}],"tag_label":"Praise and deference","tag_short":"Praise","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["praise"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/russia-putin-dictator-words-lightly-2025/","sort_key":"2025-02-24","number":95},{"id":"russia-zelensky-not-important-at-meetings-2025","kind":"russia","tag":"ukraine","subject":"Ukraine's seat at talks","title":"Said Zelensky was not \"very important to be at meetings\" on ending the war","quote":"So, I don't think he's very important to be at meetings, to be honest with you. He's been there for three years. He makes it very hard to make deals.","date":"2025-02-21","venue":"Fox News Radio, \"The Brian Kilmeade Show\"","era":"term-2","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"Trump made the remark on February 21, 2025, three days after U.S. and Russian officials met in Saudi Arabia without Ukraine. In the same interview he said of Zelensky, \"I've been watching him negotiate with no cards. He has no cards, and you get sick of it.\" Later that day he told governors at the White House that he had had \"very good talks with Putin, and I've had not such good talks with Ukraine.\" Zelensky had told NBC News the previous week, \"I will never accept any decisions between the United States and Russia about Ukraine, never.\" NBC News reported that the White House and the Ukrainian embassy did not immediately respond to a request for comment.","sources":[{"title":"Trump says he's 'sick' of how Zelenskyy has handled Ukraine's war with Russia: 'He has no cards'","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-says-sick-zelenskyy-handled-ukraines-war-russia-no-cards-rcna193189","date":"2025-02-21"},{"title":"U.S., Russia agree to \"begin working on a path\" to end Ukraine war, in meeting in Saudi Arabia with no Ukrainians","outlet":"CBS News","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-russia-meeting-improving-relations-ukraine-war/","date":"2025-02-18"}],"tag_label":"Ukraine","tag_short":"Ukraine","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["ukraine"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/russia-zelensky-not-important-at-meetings-2025/","sort_key":"2025-02-21","number":94},{"id":"russia-zelensky-dictator-without-elections-2025","kind":"russia","tag":"ukraine","subject":"Zelensky \"dictator\" post","title":"Called Zelensky \"A Dictator without Elections\" a week after his call with Putin","quote":"He refuses to have Elections, is very low in Ukrainian Polls, and the only thing he was good at was playing Biden “like a fiddle.” A Dictator without Elections, Zelenskyy better move fast or he is not going to have a Country left.","date":"2025-02-19","venue":"Truth Social","era":"term-2","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"Trump posted the statement on February 19, 2025, and repeated it in a speech in Miami that evening. Zelensky was elected in 2019 with 73% of the vote, and Ukraine delayed elections scheduled for early 2024 because of the war, CBS News reported. Earlier that day Zelensky had said Trump was \"living in this disinformation space\" created by Russia. In the same post Trump wrote that the United States was \"successfully negotiating an end to the War with Russia.\" The BBC reported that Russia's ambassador to the United Kingdom, Andrei Kelin, praised the administration's approach, saying, \"They have listened and they hear what we're saying.\" Asked five days later whether he would use the same word for Putin, Trump said, \"I don't use those words lightly.\"","sources":[{"title":"Truth Social Posts of February 19, 2025","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/truth-social-posts-february-19-2025","date":"2025-02-19"},{"title":"Trump calls Zelenskyy a \"dictator\" after blaming Ukraine for Russia's invasion","outlet":"CBS News","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-zelenskyy-dictator-russia-ukraine-war/","date":"2025-02-19"},{"title":"Trump echoes Russia as he flips US position on Ukraine","outlet":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c36wn949jxno","date":"2025-02-19"},{"title":"Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session at the Future Investment Initiative Institute Priority Summit in Miami Beach, Florida","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-and-question-and-answer-session-the-future-investment-initiative-institute","date":"2025-02-19"},{"title":"Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Emmanuel Macron of France and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-prior-meeting-with-president-emmanuel-macron-france-and-exchange-with-reporters-3","date":"2025-02-24"}],"tag_label":"Ukraine","tag_short":"Ukraine","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["ukraine"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/russia-zelensky-dictator-without-elections-2025/","sort_key":"2025-02-19","number":93},{"id":"russia-ukraine-should-never-started-it-2025","kind":"russia","tag":"ukraine","subject":"Riyadh talks","title":"Told Ukraine \"you should have never started it\" after U.S.-Russia talks held without Kyiv","quote":"But today I heard, \"Oh, well, we weren't invited.\" Well, you've been there for 3 years. You should have ended it 3 years—you should have never started it. You could have made a deal.","date":"2025-02-18","venue":"Mar-a-Lago Club, Palm Beach, Florida","era":"term-2","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"On February 18, 2025, delegations led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Ukraine's leaders were not invited, and President Volodymyr Zelensky had said his country would not accept the outcome of negotiations held without it. The two sides agreed to re-staff their embassies and to appoint high-level teams to work on ending the war, which began with Russia's full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022. Speaking at Mar-a-Lago that afternoon, Trump said he was \"much more confident\" of a deal, said Zelensky was \"down at 4 percent approval rating\" and called for an election in Ukraine, adding, \"That's not a Russia thing.\" CBS News reported that a recent poll showed 57% of Ukrainians trusted Zelensky. On April 14, 2025, Trump said \"Putin should have never started it\" and \"Everybody's to blame.\"","sources":[{"title":"Remarks Following a Document Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters in Palm Beach, Florida","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-following-document-signing-ceremony-and-exchange-with-reporters-palm-beach-florida","date":"2025-02-18"},{"title":"U.S., Russia agree to \"begin working on a path\" to end Ukraine war, in meeting in Saudi Arabia with no Ukrainians","outlet":"CBS News","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-russia-meeting-improving-relations-ukraine-war/","date":"2025-02-18"},{"title":"Trump calls Zelenskyy a \"dictator\" after blaming Ukraine for Russia's invasion","outlet":"CBS News","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-zelenskyy-dictator-russia-ukraine-war/","date":"2025-02-19"},{"title":"Trump echoes Russia as he flips US position on Ukraine","outlet":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c36wn949jxno","date":"2025-02-19"},{"title":"Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Nayib Armando Bukele Ortez of El Salvador and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-prior-meeting-with-president-nayib-armando-bukele-ortez-el-salvador-and-exchange","date":"2025-04-14"}],"tag_label":"Ukraine","tag_short":"Ukraine","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["ukraine"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/russia-ukraine-should-never-started-it-2025/","sort_key":"2025-02-18","number":92},{"id":"know-weaponization","kind":"knows-better","subject":"weaponized prosecutions","title":"Knows about weaponized law enforcement 'better than any human being on Earth'","quote":"Look, I would know that better than anybody, because I was weaponized more than any human being in the history, probably, of the world, and I won the election in a landslide","date":"2025-02-14","venue":"Executive order signing and exchange with reporters, Oval Office","era":"term-2","category":"justice","what_happened":"The answer came to a question about the resignation of the lead prosecutor in the Eric Adams case. Eight days later at CPAC he said, 'To stop the weaponization of Federal law enforcement—I know about that, I think, better than any human being on Earth.' PBS's July 2024 summary of his four criminal cases recorded a May 30, 2024 conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records in Manhattan, the July 15, 2024 dismissal of the classified-documents case, and the federal and Georgia election cases then unresolved.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks at an Executive Order Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters (February 14, 2025)","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-executive-order-signing-ceremony-and-exchange-with-reporters","date":"2025-02-14"},{"title":"Remarks at a Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-conservative-political-action-conference-national-harbor-maryland","date":"2025-02-22"},{"title":"Trump's 2024 trials: Where they stand and what to expect","outlet":"PBS News","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trumps-2024-trials-where-they-stand-and-what-to-expect","date":"2024-07-15"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/know-weaponization/","sort_key":"2025-02-14","number":50},{"id":"russia-g7-readmission-mistake-2025","kind":"russia","tag":"alliances","subject":"G7 readmission","title":"Said he would \"love\" to have Russia back in the G7 and that expelling it was a mistake","quote":"I'd love to have them back. I think it was a mistake to throw them out. Look, it's not a question of liking Russia or not liking Russia.","date":"2025-02-13","venue":"Oval Office exchange with reporters, the White House","era":"term-2","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"A day after his February 12, 2025 call with Putin, a reporter asked Trump whether he wanted to add Russia back to the G7. He said he would, adding, \"I think Putin would love to be back.\" The Group of Eight expelled Russia in 2014 after it invaded parts of eastern Ukraine and annexed Crimea. Trump said \"Obama and a couple of other people made a mistake\" and that it was \"very possible that if that was the G-8, you wouldn't have had the problem with Ukraine.\" He repeated the point at the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Canada, on June 16, 2025, calling the expulsion \"a big mistake\" while saying of readmission, \"I'm not saying he should at this point, because too much water has gone over the dam.\"","sources":[{"title":"Remarks on Signing a Memorandum on Reciprocal Trade and Tariffs and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-signing-memorandum-reciprocal-trade-and-tariffs-and-exchange-with-reporters","date":"2025-02-13"},{"title":"Russia should be readmitted into G7, Trump says","outlet":"The Kyiv Independent","url":"https://kyivindependent.com/russia-should-be-readmitted-into-g7-trump-says/","date":"2025-02-13"},{"title":"Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada and an Exchange With Reporters in Kananaskis, Canada","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-prior-meeting-with-prime-minister-mark-carney-canada-and-exchange-with-reporters","date":"2025-06-16"},{"title":"WATCH: Trump says 'not a bad idea' to include China in G7, removing Russia 'a mistake'","outlet":"PBS News","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/watch-trump-says-not-a-bad-idea-to-include-china-in-g7-removing-russia-a-mistake","date":"2025-06-16"}],"tag_label":"NATO and allies","tag_short":"Alliances","tag_tone":"green","tag_list":["alliances"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/russia-g7-readmission-mistake-2025/","sort_key":"2025-02-13","number":91},{"id":"russia-ukraine-nato-not-practical-2025","kind":"russia","tag":"ukraine","subject":"Ukraine NATO membership","title":"Said NATO membership for Ukraine was not practical on the day of his first call with Putin","quote":"I don't think it's practical to have it, personally. I know that our new Secretary of Defense, who is excellent, Pete, made a statement today saying that he thinks it's unlikely or impractical. I think probably that's true.","date":"2025-02-12","venue":"Oval Office exchange with reporters, the White House","era":"term-2","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"On February 12, 2025, Trump announced a \"lengthy and highly productive\" phone call with Putin and said the two had agreed to have their teams start negotiations immediately. The same day Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told a meeting of Ukraine's allies that Kyiv should not expect to get all its territory back and would not be allowed to join NATO. Asked in the Oval Office whether Ukraine could return to its pre-2014 borders, Trump said that \"certainly would seem to be unlikely.\" When a reporter said both points were demands Russia had made in the past, he answered, \"I'm just here to try and get peace.\" Germany's defense minister, Boris Pistorius, said the United States should not have made concessions to Russia before negotiations began. Trump repeated the position at a Cabinet meeting on February 26, saying, \"NATO, you can forget about.\"","sources":[{"title":"Remarks During a Swearing-in Ceremony for Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence and an Exchange with Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-during-swearing-ceremony-for-tulsi-gabbard-director-national-intelligence-and","date":"2025-02-12"},{"title":"Statement on the President's Telephone Conversation With President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin of Russia","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-the-presidents-telephone-conversation-with-president-vladimir-vladimirovich","date":"2025-02-12"},{"title":"In phone call with Putin, Trump abruptly ends U.S. efforts to isolate Russia","outlet":"PBS News","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/in-phone-call-with-putin-trump-abruptly-ends-u-s-efforts-to-isolate-russia","date":"2025-02-13"},{"title":"US should not have made concessions to Russia over Ukraine, says German minister","outlet":"The Guardian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/13/us-should-not-have-made-concessions-to-russia-over-ukraine-german-minister-says","date":"2025-02-13"},{"title":"Remarks Prior to and during a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-prior-and-during-cabinet-meeting-and-exchange-with-reporters","date":"2025-02-26"}],"tag_label":"Ukraine","tag_short":"Ukraine","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["ukraine"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/russia-ukraine-nato-not-practical-2025/","sort_key":"2025-02-12","number":90},{"id":"fix-anwr-nobody-could-do-it","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"ANWR oil drilling","title":"Got ANWR drilling approved when 'nobody could do it'","quote":"I got ANWR approved—nobody could do it, including Ronald Reagan—in Alaska. It's the largest site—potentially the largest site in the world—larger than Saudi Arabia. And I got it done. Ronald Reagan couldn't get it; nobody could get it done. They tried, but they couldn't get it done. I got it done.","date":"2025-01-27","venue":"House Republican Conference dinner, Trump National Doral, Miami","era":"term-2","category":"environment","what_happened":"The 2017 tax law he signed did open the refuge to leasing. But the January 6, 2021 sale drew bids on only 11 of 22 tracts, none from oil companies, and raised about $14.4 million against a CBO estimate of $1.8 billion; the two small winning firms gave back their leases in 2022 and the Biden administration cancelled the rest on September 6, 2023. A second auction in December 2024 and January 2025 again drew no bids from oil companies. He signed an executive order on January 20, 2025 declaring the refuge open for exploration.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks at a House Republican Conference Dinner in Miami, Florida","outlet":"Government Publishing Office (Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents)","url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/DCPD-202500185/pdf/DCPD-202500185.pdf","date":"2025-01-27"},{"title":"Arctic Refuge drilling controversy","outlet":"Wikipedia","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Refuge_drilling_controversy","date":"2026-09-25"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/fix-anwr-nobody-could-do-it/","sort_key":"2025-01-27","number":44},{"id":"know-interest-rates","kind":"knows-better","subject":"interest rates","title":"Knows interest rates 'much better' than the Fed and its chairman","quote":"I think I know interest rates much better than they do, and I think I know it certainly much better than the one who's primarily in charge of making that decision.","date":"2025-01-23","venue":"Remarks to reporters in the Oval Office after his Davos video address","era":"term-2","category":"economy","what_happened":"He had previewed the claim at an August 2024 Mar-a-Lago news conference: 'I made a lot of money. I was very successful. And I think I have a better instinct than, in many cases, people that would be on the Federal Reserve or the chairman.' On April 29, 2025 in Macomb County, Michigan he said of Chair Jerome Powell, 'I know much more than he does about interest rates, believe me,' and on September 13, 2026 at Doonbeg, Ireland, 'I know more about formulas than anybody, and we're the best credit in the world.' As of September 15, 2026, with Trump's nominee Kevin Warsh as chair, inflation was running at 3.4 percent against the Fed's 2 percent target and markets priced a better-than-90-percent chance of a rate increase rather than a cut.","sources":[{"title":"Trump Says He Knows Interest Rates Better Than Fed Chief Powell","outlet":"Bloomberg via Yahoo News","url":"https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-says-knows-interest-rates-213829328.html","date":"2025-01-23"},{"title":"Trump at Davos: oil, Russia, debanking","outlet":"Fortune","url":"https://fortune.com/2025/01/24/davos-trump-oil-russia-debanking","date":"2025-01-24"},{"title":"How Trump's wish for more Fed control could impact economy","outlet":"PBS News Hour","url":"https://www.pbs.org/video/money-power-1723586368/","date":"2024-08-13"},{"title":"Trump Says He Knows 'Much More' Than Fed Chair About Interest Rates in 100-Day Speech","outlet":"Newsweek","url":"https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-says-he-knows-much-more-fed-chair-about-interest-rates-2065922","date":"2025-04-29"},{"title":"Press Gaggle: Donald Trump Speaks to Reporters at the Irish Open in Doonbeg - September 13, 2026","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-press-gaggle-irish-open-doonbeg-september-13-2026","date":"2026-09-13"},{"title":"Trump and the Federal Reserve are on a collision course over interest rates","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trump-federal-reserve-warsh-interest-rates-rcna597896","date":"2026-09-15"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/know-interest-rates/","sort_key":"2025-01-23","number":49},{"id":"china-operating-panama-canal-2025","kind":"china","threat":"military","subject":"Panama Canal","title":"Said in his inaugural address that China was operating the Panama Canal","quote":"And above all, China is operating the Panama Canal. And we didn't give it to China. We gave it to Panama, and we're taking it back.","date":"2025-01-20","venue":"Inaugural address, U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.","era":"term-2","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"Panama's government and the canal authority said China has no influence over the canal's operations; a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison had run the Balboa and Cristobal port terminals at either end of the canal since 1997. After Trump's statements, CK Hutchison negotiated a $23 billion sale of its non-Chinese port assets to a BlackRock-led consortium, which stalled after Beijing objected. Panama's Supreme Court ruled the port concession unconstitutional on January 29, 2026, and on February 23, 2026 Panama annulled the contracts and handed interim operation of the two terminals to units of Maersk and MSC. On July 8, 2026 Trump said, \"China's tried to take over the Panama Canal, and that's not going to happen.\"","sources":[{"title":"Inaugural Address","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/inaugural-address-54","date":"2025-01-20"},{"title":"Hong Kong company's concession to operate Panama Canal ports is ruled unconstitutional","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/30/world/hong-kong-panama-canal-ports-intl-hnk","date":"2026-01-30"},{"title":"Panama cancels China-linked port deal, hands canal terminals to Maersk, MSC","outlet":"CNBC","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/24/panama-officially-voids-annuls-ck-hutchison-contracts-interim-control-maersk-msc-canal-dispute.html","date":"2026-02-23"},{"title":"Remarks During a Greeting With Secretary General Mark Rutte of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and an Exchange With Reporters in Ankara, Turkey","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-during-greeting-with-secretary-general-mark-rutte-the-north-atlantic-treaty","date":"2026-07-08"}],"tag":"military","tag_label":"Military threat","tag_short":"Military","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["military"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/china-operating-panama-canal-2025/","sort_key":"2025-01-20","number":103},{"id":"autocrats-tahnoon-world-liberty-stake-2025","kind":"autocrats","tag":"crypto","subject":"United Arab Emirates","country":"United Arab Emirates","beneficiary":"World Liberty Financial and Trump family entities","amount":"$500 million","freedom_house":"Not Free (2025)","title":"Firm backed by UAE's Sheikh Tahnoon agrees to buy 49% of World Liberty Financial for $500 million","quote":"Neither President Trump nor Steve Witkoff had any involvement whatsoever in this transaction and have had no involvement in World Liberty Financial since taking office","speaker":"David Wachsman, World Liberty Financial spokesperson","date":"2025-01-16","venue":"Reported by The Wall Street Journal on January 31, 2026; statement to CNN","era":"campaign-2024","category":"ethics","what_happened":"The Wall Street Journal reported on January 31, 2026 that Aryam Investment, a company backed by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE's national security adviser and manager of its largest wealth fund, took a 49% stake in World Liberty Financial for $500 million in a deal signed by Eric Trump four days before Trump's second inauguration on January 20, 2025. According to the Journal's account as relayed by CNBC and CNN, about $187 million went to Trump family entities and at least $31 million to Witkoff family entities; CNBC later reported, citing Trump's 2025 financial disclosure, that the deal directed $263 million to Trump family entities. A World Liberty spokesperson confirmed the investment to CNN and said any claim that it was connected to the administration's actions on chips was \"100% false.\" In May 2025 the United States agreed to allow the UAE to buy hundreds of thousands of advanced Nvidia AI chips, with a fifth going to G42, Tahnoon's AI company, CNBC reported. White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said the president's assets are in a trust managed by his children and that \"There are no conflicts of interest.\" Senator Elizabeth Warren called for the chip decision to be reversed and for officials to testify before Congress.","featured":true,"sources":[{"title":"United Arab Emirates' 'Spy Sheikh' bought secret stake in Trump crypto company: WSJ","outlet":"CNBC","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/01/spy-sheikh-stake-trump-crypto.html","date":"2026-02-01"},{"title":"UAE-linked firm bought major stake in Trump family crypto company, Wall Street Journal reports","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/01/politics/trump-family-crypto-world-liberty-financial-uae","date":"2026-02-01"},{"title":"UAE 'spy sheikh' takes 49% stake in Trump family crypto bank venture","outlet":"CNBC","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/27/uae-spy-sheikh-trump-family-crypto-bank.html","date":"2026-08-27"},{"title":"United Arab Emirates: Freedom in the World 2025 Country Report","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/country/united-arab-emirates/freedom-world/2025","date":"2025"}],"tag_label":"Crypto","tag_short":"Crypto","tag_tone":"green","tag_list":["crypto"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/autocrats-tahnoon-world-liberty-stake-2025/","sort_key":"2025-01-16","number":44},{"id":"fix-gaza-ceasefire-only-my-victory","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"the Gaza ceasefire","title":"Gaza ceasefire 'could have only happened' because he won","quote":"This EPIC ceasefire agreement could have only happened as a result of our Historic Victory in November, as it signaled to the entire World that my Administration would seek Peace","date":"2025-01-15","venue":"Post on Truth Social","era":"campaign-2024","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"The ceasefire took effect January 19, 2025 with three 42-day phases; Hamas released 33 hostages in phase one. Israel halted aid on March 2 after the phase-one extension dispute and on March 18, 2025 launched surprise airstrikes, with Netanyahu saying Israel had \"resumed combat in full force.\" A new ceasefire took effect October 10, 2025, but phase-two talks were deadlocked as of May 2026, more than 1,060 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks after the truce began, and Hamas dissolved its civil administration on July 6, 2026.","sources":[{"title":"Truth Social Posts of January 15, 2025","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/truth-social-posts-january-15-2025","date":"2025-01-15"},{"title":"January 2025 Gaza war ceasefire","outlet":"Wikipedia","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_2025_Gaza_war_ceasefire","date":"2026-09-25"},{"title":"October 2025 Gaza war ceasefire","outlet":"Wikipedia","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2025_Gaza_war_ceasefire","date":"2026-09-25"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/fix-gaza-ceasefire-only-my-victory/","sort_key":"2025-01-15","number":43},{"id":"russia-nato-doorstep-2025","kind":"russia","tag":"ukraine","subject":"NATO on Russia's doorstep","title":"Said he could 'understand' Russia's feeling about NATO membership for Ukraine, 13 days before taking office","quote":"So, you know, a big part of the problem was Russia for many, many years, long before Putin, said, you could never have NATO involved with Ukraine. Now they've said that -- that's been like written in stone. And somewhere along the line Biden said no, they should be able to join NATO. Well, then Russia has somebody right on their doorstep and I could understand their feeling about that.","date":"2025-01-07","venue":"News conference at Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida","era":"campaign-2024","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"Asked at a January 7, 2025 news conference whether he would commit to a security guarantee for Ukraine under a ceasefire, Trump said Russia had insisted 'for many, many years' that Ukraine could never be in NATO, that Biden had said it should be able to join, and that he could 'understand their feeling about that.' He said he believed 'they had a deal and then Biden broke it.' Asked earlier whether he would keep supporting Ukraine during negotiations to preserve leverage, he said, 'I wouldn't tell you if that were the case.' Al Jazeera noted that NATO members have officially supported Ukraine's eventual membership since the 2008 Bucharest summit and that the Biden administration continued to support it.","sources":[{"title":"Press Conference: Donald Trump Holds a Media Event at Mar-a-Lago - January 7, 2025","outlet":"Roll Call / Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-press-conference-mar-a-lago-january-7-2025/","date":"2025-01-07"},{"title":"NATO, Gaza and Greenland: Key takeaways from Trump's news conference","outlet":"Al Jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/8/nato-gaza-and-greenland-key-takeaways-from-trumps-news-conference","date":"2025-01-08"},{"title":"Ukraine war briefing: Trump sympathises with Russian stance against Ukraine joining Nato","outlet":"The Guardian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/08/ukraine-war-briefing-trump-sympathises-with-russian-stance-against-ukraine-joining-nato","date":"2025-01-08"}],"tag_label":"Ukraine","tag_short":"Ukraine","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["ukraine"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/russia-nato-doorstep-2025/","sort_key":"2025-01-07","number":89},{"id":"autocrats-oman-aida-licensing-income-2025","kind":"autocrats","tag":"real-estate","subject":"Oman","country":"Oman","beneficiary":"Donald Trump (Trump Organization)","amount":"nearly $1 million","freedom_house":"Not Free (2025)","title":"Trump reports licensing income from Oman resort being built with state tourism company","quote":"","date":"2025","venue":"Trump's annual financial disclosure, as analyzed by CNBC","era":"term-2","category":"ethics","what_happened":"Trump's financial disclosure covering 2025 reported nearly $1 million in licensing income tied to Aida, a development near Muscat being built through a joint venture between Dar Global and Omran Group, the Omani government's tourism development arm, according to a CNBC analysis published on August 10, 2026. The Trump Organization first signed the Oman licensing deal in 2022, and AFP described the project as sitting on Omani state-owned land. Newsweek reported in July 2025 that Trump International Oman, a $500 million resort with a 140-room hotel and golf course, was expected to open by December 2028, and that Oman was acting as a mediator between the United States and Iran on nuclear talks. CNBC noted that the Trump Organization's ethics policy bars only direct agreements with foreign governments and said it found no evidence that any licensing payment influenced an administration decision. The Trump Organization told CNBC it operates \"completely separate from the presidency\"; the Omani government and Omran Group did not respond to CNBC's questions.","sources":[{"title":"Trump's foreign licensing business booms to $59.5 million as Gulf developers pay","outlet":"CNBC","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/10/trump-foreign-real-estate-licensing-income-gulf-deals.html","date":"2026-08-10"},{"title":"Satellite Images Show New Trump Resort Emerge","outlet":"Newsweek","url":"https://www.newsweek.com/satellite-images-show-new-trump-resort-emerge-middle-east-2100572","date":"2025-07-18"},{"title":"As Trump family's Gulf empire grows, rulers seek influence, arms, tech","outlet":"AFP via Malay Mail","url":"https://malaymail.com/news/world/2025/05/11/as-trump-familys-gulf-empire-grows-rulers-seek-influence-arms-tech/176357","date":"2025-05-11"},{"title":"Luxury skyscrapers, golf courses and cryptocurrency: Trump's rapidly expanding Middle East business","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/13/politics/trump-middle-east-business-invs","date":"2025-05-13"},{"title":"Inside Trump's Decades-Long Relationship With The United Arab Emirates","outlet":"Forbes (via Internet Archive)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/2id_/https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2025/10/27/this-gulf-nation-is-powering-trumps-moneymaking-machine/","date":"2025-10-27"},{"title":"Oman: Freedom in the World 2025 Country Report","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/country/oman/freedom-world/2025","date":"2025"}],"tag_label":"Real estate and licensing","tag_short":"Real estate","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["real-estate"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2025,"url":"/claims/autocrats-oman-aida-licensing-income-2025/","sort_key":"2025","number":43},{"id":"china-panama-canal-soldiers-2024","kind":"china","threat":"military","subject":"Panama Canal","title":"Says soldiers of China are illegally operating the Panama Canal","quote":"Merry Christmas to all, including to the wonderful soldiers of China, who are lovingly, but illegally, operating the Panama Canal (where we lost 38,000 people in its building 110 years ago), always making certain that the United States puts in Billions of Dollars in “repair” money, but will have absolutely nothing to say about “anything.”","date":"2024-12-25","venue":"Post on Truth Social (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"campaign-2024","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"Panama's president, José Raúl Mulino, said the next day: \"There are no Chinese soldiers in the canal, for the love of God.\" On Jan. 7, 2025, Trump said \"China is running the Panama Canal\" and declined to rule out military force to take control of it. A subsidiary of Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison had operated ports at both ends of the canal since 1997. Panama's Supreme Court ruled that concession unconstitutional on Jan. 29, 2026, and on Feb. 23, 2026, Panama transferred interim operation of the two terminals to units of Maersk and MSC.","sources":[{"title":"Donald J. Trump: \"Merry Christmas to all, including to the wonderful soldiers of China, who ar...","outlet":"Trump's Truth (Truth Social archive)","url":"https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/28795","date":"2024-12-25"},{"title":"Panama’s president rejects Trump’s claim of Chinese interference at canal","outlet":"FreightWaves","url":"https://www.freightwaves.com/news/panamas-president-rejects-trumps-claim-of-chinese-interference-at-canal","date":"2024-12-27"},{"title":"Press Conference: Donald Trump Holds a Media Event at Mar-a-Lago - January 7, 2025","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-press-conference-mar-a-lago-january-7-2025/","date":"2025-01-07"},{"title":"Hong Kong company’s concession to operate Panama Canal ports is ruled unconstitutional","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/30/world/hong-kong-panama-canal-ports-intl-hnk","date":"2026-01-30"},{"title":"Panama cancels China-linked port deal, hands canal terminals to Maersk, MSC","outlet":"CNBC","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/24/panama-officially-voids-annuls-ck-hutchison-contracts-interim-control-maersk-msc-canal-dispute.html","date":"2026-02-24"}],"tag":"military","tag_label":"Military threat","tag_short":"Military","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["military"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/china-panama-canal-soldiers-2024/","sort_key":"2024-12-25","number":102},{"id":"russia-time-missiles-2024","kind":"russia","tag":"ukraine","subject":"Strikes inside Russia","title":"Disagreed 'very vehemently' with Ukraine firing U.S. missiles into Russia; the Kremlin said it was impressed","quote":"I disagree very vehemently with sending missiles hundreds of miles into Russia. Why are we doing that? We're just escalating this war and making it worse. That should not have been allowed to be done.","date":"2024-12-12","venue":"TIME Person of the Year interview, conducted at Mar-a-Lago November 25, published December 12, 2024","era":"campaign-2024","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"In November 2024 President Biden lifted the ban on Ukraine using U.S.-supplied longer-range missiles for strikes deep inside Russia. In his TIME interview, published December 12, Trump said he disagreed 'very vehemently' with the decision and that it 'should not have been allowed to be done.' Asked whether he would abandon Ukraine, he said 'the only way you're going to reach an agreement is not to abandon.' The next day Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Trump's criticism of the Ukrainian strikes 'impresses us,' as Russia launched a large missile and drone attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure. The Guardian wrote that 'the alignment on the strikes between Trump and the Kremlin will cause alarm in Ukraine.'","sources":[{"title":"Read the Full Transcript of Donald Trump's 2024 Person of the Year Interview With TIME","outlet":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/7201565/person-of-the-year-2024-donald-trump-transcript/","date":"2024-12-12"},{"title":"Interview: Time Magazine Interviews Donald Trump as Their 2024 Person of the Year - December 12, 2024","outlet":"Roll Call / Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-time-magazine-person-of-the-year-december-12-2024/","date":"2024-12-12"},{"title":"Trump frowns on U.S. missiles being used inside Russia, raising questions about future Ukraine policy","outlet":"CBC News (Reuters)","url":"https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-criticism-us-weapons-russian-border-ukraine-1.7409043","date":"2024-12-12"},{"title":"Russia launches huge missile attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure","outlet":"The Guardian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/13/russia-launches-huge-attack-on-ukraine-with-dozens-of-cruise-missiles-and-drones","date":"2024-12-13"}],"tag_label":"Ukraine","tag_short":"Ukraine","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["ukraine"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/russia-time-missiles-2024/","sort_key":"2024-12-12","number":88},{"id":"offensive-canada-governor-trudeau-2024","kind":"offensive","target":"countries","subject":"Canada and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau","place":"Canada","title":"Began calling Canada's prime minister 'Governor Justin Trudeau of the Great State of Canada'","quote":"It was a pleasure to have dinner the other night with Governor Justin Trudeau of the Great State of Canada. I look forward to seeing the Governor again soon so that we may continue our in depth talks on Tariffs and Trade, the results of which will be truly spectacular for all! DJT","date":"2024-12-10","venue":"Truth Social","era":"campaign-2024","category":"trade","what_happened":"The post followed a Mar-a-Lago dinner with Trudeau amid Trump's threat of 25 percent tariffs. Canadian Immigration Minister Marc Miller said 'It sounds like we're living in an episode of South Park,' The Globe and Mail reported. On January 6, 2025, after Trudeau announced his resignation, Trump posted 'Many people in Canada LOVE being the 51st State,' and on January 9, 2025 he said, 'I called him Governor Trudeau because they should be the 51st state really.' He kept repeating both lines in 2025 interviews (Time, April 25; NBC, May 4).","sources":[{"title":"Donald J. Trump post, December 10, 2024","outlet":"Trump's Truth (Truth Social archive)","url":"https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/28547","date":"2024-12-10"},{"title":"Trump mocks ‘Governor’ Trudeau of ‘Great State of Canada’","outlet":"The Globe and Mail","url":"https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-trump-mocks-governor-trudeau-of-great-state-of-canada/","date":"2024-12-10"},{"title":"Donald J. Trump post, January 6, 2025","outlet":"Trump's Truth (Truth Social archive)","url":"https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/28930","date":"2025-01-06"}],"tag":"countries","tag_label":"Other countries","tag_short":"Countries","tag_tone":"green","tag_list":["countries"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/offensive-canada-governor-trudeau-2024/","sort_key":"2024-12-10","number":130},{"id":"russia-mtp-less-aid-2024","kind":"russia","tag":"ukraine","subject":"'Probably' less aid","title":"As president-elect, said Ukraine should 'probably' prepare for less U.S. aid","quote":"Possibly. ... Yeah. Probably. Sure.","date":"2024-12-08","venue":"NBC's Meet the Press, interview with Kristen Welker","era":"campaign-2024","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"Kristen Welker asked Trump whether Ukraine should prepare for less aid from the United States after he took office. He answered 'Possibly,' then 'Yeah. Probably. Sure,' and said Europe should 'equalize' because 'war with Russia is more important for Europe than it is for us. ... We have a little thing called an ocean in between us.' He said he was 'actively' trying to end the war before his inauguration. The interview came a day after he met Zelensky and French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris. In the same interview he declined to say whether he had spoken with Putin since the election.","sources":[{"title":"Read the full transcript: Donald Trump interviewed by Kristen Welker on 'Meet the Press'","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-interview-meet-press-kristen-welker-election-president-rcna182857","date":"2024-12-08"},{"title":"Interview: Kristen Welker Interviews Donald Trump for Meet the Press on NBC - December 8, 2024","outlet":"Roll Call / Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-kristen-welker-nbc-meet-the-press-december-8-2024/","date":"2024-12-08"},{"title":"Trump frowns on U.S. missiles being used inside Russia, raising questions about future Ukraine policy","outlet":"CBC News (Reuters)","url":"https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-criticism-us-weapons-russian-border-ukraine-1.7409043","date":"2024-12-12"}],"tag_label":"Ukraine","tag_short":"Ukraine","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["ukraine"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/russia-mtp-less-aid-2024/","sort_key":"2024-12-08","number":87},{"id":"autocrats-qia-lunate-affinity-2024","kind":"autocrats","tag":"investment","subject":"Qatar","country":"Qatar","beneficiary":"Jared Kushner (Affinity Partners)","amount":"$1.5 billion","freedom_house":"Not Free (2024)","title":"Qatar's sovereign wealth fund and Abu Dhabi's Lunate add $1.5 billion to Kushner's firm","quote":"I made very clear to them that in the event that Trump was elected, they should not expect anything from me","speaker":"Jared Kushner","date":"2024-12","venue":"Invest Like the Best podcast, as reported by Bloomberg and AGBI","era":"campaign-2024","category":"ethics","what_happened":"Jared Kushner said in a podcast interview reported in December 2024 that Affinity Partners had secured an additional $1.5 billion from the Qatar Investment Authority and Lunate, an Abu Dhabi-based investment firm, both existing investors. He said talks began in February 2024 and concluded before the November election, and that investors agreed to the commitments regardless of the outcome. He said the firm had raised the money early so that it would not need to raise capital during the next four years. Reuters reported that the injection helped lift Affinity's assets under management to $4.8 billion at the end of 2024, from $3 billion a year earlier, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission that list Kushner as sole owner.","sources":[{"title":"Kushner's Affinity raises new capital from QIA and Lunate","outlet":"AGBI","url":"https://www.agbi.com/finance/2024/12/kushners-affinity-raises-new-capital-from-qia-and-lunate/","date":"2024-12-22"},{"title":"Kushner's Affinity's assets jump to $4.8 billion after Gulf cash injection","outlet":"Reuters (via Yahoo Finance)","url":"https://finance.yahoo.com/news/kushners-affinitys-assets-jump-4-163548585.html","date":"2025-03-28"},{"title":"Qatar: Freedom in the World 2024 Country Report","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/country/qatar/freedom-world/2024","date":"2024"},{"title":"United Arab Emirates: Freedom in the World 2024 Country Report","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/country/united-arab-emirates/freedom-world/2024","date":"2024"}],"tag_label":"Investments and funds","tag_short":"Investment","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["investment"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/autocrats-qia-lunate-affinity-2024/","sort_key":"2024-12","number":42},{"id":"china-fentanyl-tariff-2024","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"fentanyl tariff","title":"Announces an additional 10% tariff on China over fentanyl","quote":"Representatives of China told me that they would institute their maximum penalty, that of death, for any drug dealers caught doing this but, unfortunately, they never followed through, and drugs are pouring into our Country, mostly through Mexico, at levels never seen before. Until such time as they stop, we will be charging China an additional 10% Tariff, above any additional Tariffs, on all of their many products coming into the United States of America.","date":"2024-11-25","venue":"Post on Truth Social (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"campaign-2024","category":"trade","what_happened":"In early 2025 he imposed fentanyl-related tariffs on Chinese goods that totaled 20% by the time of the May 12, 2025 truce, which left them in place. After meeting Xi Jinping on Oct. 30, 2025, he cut them to 10%, effective Nov. 10, 2025, and the White House said China would stop shipments of certain designated chemicals to North America. On Feb. 20, 2026, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Learning Resources v. Trump that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the law used for those tariffs, does not authorize the president to impose tariffs.","sources":[{"title":"Donald J. Trump: \"I have had many talks with China about the massive amounts of drugs, in part...","outlet":"Trump's Truth (Truth Social archive)","url":"https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/28356","date":"2024-11-25"},{"title":"U.S. and China announce deal to temporarily cut tariffs","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://www.npr.org/2025/05/12/nx-s1-5395027/us-china-tariffs-deal-trade-war-beijing-washington","date":"2025-05-12"},{"title":"Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Strikes Deal on Economic and Trade Relations with China","outlet":"The White House","url":"https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/11/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-strikes-deal-on-economic-and-trade-relations-with-china/","date":"2025-11-01"},{"title":"Supreme Court strikes down tariffs","outlet":"SCOTUSblog","url":"https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/02/supreme-court-strikes-down-tariffs/","date":"2026-02-20"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/china-fentanyl-tariff-2024/","sort_key":"2024-11-25","number":101},{"id":"offensive-liz-cheney-nine-barrels-2024","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Liz Cheney","title":"Called Liz Cheney 'very dumb' and said to put her 'with a rifle standing there with nine-barrel shooting at her'","quote":"His daughter is a very dumb individual, very dumb. She's a radical war hawk. Let's put her with a rifle standing there with nine-barrel shooting at her.","date":"2024-10-31","venue":"Town hall with Tucker Carlson, Glendale, Arizona","era":"campaign-2024","category":"elections","what_happened":"Cheney, a former Republican congresswoman campaigning for Harris, responded that would-be dictators threaten those who speak against them with death, NPR reported. The Trump campaign said he was 'clearly describing a combat zone,' not a firing squad. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said her office would review whether the remark met the state's definition of a death threat. On February 6, 2026, Trump called her 'Wacky Liz Cheney' on Truth Social.","sources":[{"title":"Interview: Donald Trump Attends a Town-Hall Style Event with Tucker Carlson in Arizona - October 31, 2024","outlet":"Factba.se (Roll Call)","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-town-hall-tucker-carlson-glendale-arizona-october-31-2024/#141","date":"2024-10-31"},{"title":"Trump, using violent language, attacks 'war hawk' Liz Cheney","outlet":"GPB (NPR)","url":"https://www.gpb.org/news/2024/11/01/trump-using-violent-language-attacks-war-hawk-liz-cheney","date":"2024-11-01"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/offensive-liz-cheney-nine-barrels-2024/","sort_key":"2024-10-31","number":129},{"id":"offensive-protect-women-like-it-or-not-2024","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Women voters","title":"Said he would protect women 'whether the women like it or not' at a Wisconsin rally","quote":"I said, \"Well, I'm going to do it whether the women like it or not. I'm going to protect them. I'm going to protect them from migrants coming in. I'm going to protect them from foreign countries that want to hit us with missiles and lots of other things.\"","date":"2024-10-30","venue":"Rally, Green Bay, Wisconsin","era":"campaign-2024","category":"elections","what_happened":"Trump said aides had told him to stop saying he would be women's 'protector.' Harris called the remark 'offensive to everybody' and said it showed he did not understand women's 'agency, their authority, their right and their ability to make decisions about their own lives.' Trump campaign spokesperson Karoline Leavitt replied that Harris's policies had left women 'worse off financially and far less safe.'","sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Holds a Campaign Rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin - October 30, 2024","outlet":"Factba.se (Roll Call)","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-campaign-rally-green-bay-wisconsin-october-30-2024/#102","date":"2024-10-30"},{"title":"WATCH: Harris responds to Trump saying he will protect women 'whether they like it or not'","outlet":"PBS NewsHour (AP)","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-harris-responds-to-trump-saying-he-will-protect-women-whether-they-like-it-or-not","date":"2024-10-31"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/offensive-protect-women-like-it-or-not-2024/","sort_key":"2024-10-30","number":128},{"id":"russia-zelensky-blame-2024","kind":"russia","tag":"ukraine","subject":"Blaming Zelensky","title":"Said Zelensky 'should never have let that war start' and called the war 'a loser'","quote":"I think Zelenskyy is one of the greatest salesman I've ever seen. Every time he comes in, we give him $100 billion. Who else got that kind of money in history? There's never been. And that doesn't mean I don't want to help him because I feel very badly for those people, but he should never have let that war start. That war is loser.","date":"2024-10-17","venue":"The PBD Podcast with Patrick Bet-David (recorded October 16, released October 17, 2024)","era":"campaign-2024","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"Three weeks before the election, Trump told Patrick Bet-David that Zelensky 'should never have let that war start,' that 'Ukraine, remember, is not Ukraine anymore' and that 'this should have been settled before it started.' He said he 'largely' blamed Biden for instigating the war and added, 'there's no angel in Putin.' USA Today reported that he had told a North Carolina rally earlier in the month that the United States kept giving 'billions of dollars to a man who refuses to make a deal.' Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022; Zelensky, at his September 27 meeting with Trump, had said 'Putin can't win, and Ukraine has to prevail.' The Biden administration announced a further $425 million aid package for Ukraine on October 16.","sources":[{"title":"Interview: Patrick Bet-David Interviews Donald Trump on the PBD Podcast - October 16, 2024","outlet":"Roll Call / Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-patrick-bet-david-pbd-podcast-october-16-2024/","date":"2024-10-16"},{"title":"'That war is a loser': Donald Trump blames Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy for Russia's invasion","outlet":"USA Today","url":"https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/10/17/trump-blames-ukraine-russia-putin-war/75720547007/","date":"2024-10-17"},{"title":"Trump vows to resolve Ukraine-Russia war 'very quickly' as he meets Zelenskyy","outlet":"The Guardian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/27/trump-zelenskyy-meet-high-stakes-ukraine-talks-new-york","date":"2024-09-27"}],"tag_label":"Ukraine","tag_short":"Ukraine","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["ukraine"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/russia-zelensky-blame-2024/","sort_key":"2024-10-17","number":86},{"id":"russia-woodward-calls-2024","kind":"russia","tag":"praise","subject":"Reported calls with Putin","title":"Would not deny reported calls with Putin since leaving office: 'if I did, it's a smart thing'","quote":"Well, I don't comment on that, but I will tell you that if I did, it's a smart thing. If I'm friendly with people, if I can have a relationship with people, that's a good thing, not a bad thing in terms of a country. He's got 2,000 nuclear weapons, and so do we.","date":"2024-10-15","venue":"Interview with Bloomberg's John Micklethwait at the Economic Club of Chicago","era":"campaign-2024","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"Bob Woodward's book 'War,' published October 15, 2024, reported that an unnamed Trump aide said Trump and Putin had spoken 'as many as seven' times since Trump left office, including a call in early 2024 while Trump was urging Republicans to block Ukraine aid, and that Trump had secretly sent Putin COVID-19 test machines in 2020. Trump campaign communications director Steven Cheung said 'none of these made up stories by Bob Woodward are true.' Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the claim about the calls was 'not true' but confirmed that 'testers came from America' in 2020. CBS News noted that Woodward wrote he could not verify the calls with Trump, Putin or intelligence sources. Asked on October 15 whether he had talked to Putin since leaving office, Trump said he did not comment on it but 'if I did, it's a smart thing.'","sources":[{"title":"Interview: John Micklethwait of Bloomberg Interviews Donald Trump in Chicago - October 15, 2024","outlet":"Roll Call / Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-john-micklethwait-bloomberg-detroit-economic-club-october-15-2024/","date":"2024-10-15"},{"title":"Trump won't confirm he talked with Putin, and says there was 'love and peace' on Jan. 6","outlet":"Los Angeles Times","url":"https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-10-15/2024-election-trump-putin-tariffs-jan-6","date":"2024-10-15"},{"title":"Trump secretly sent Putin COVID-19 tests during pandemic shortage, a new book reports","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://www.npr.org/2024/10/08/nx-s1-5146501/trump-putin-covid-tests","date":"2024-10-08"},{"title":"Trump gave Putin COVID test machine for personal use early in pandemic, new book reveals","outlet":"CBS News","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-putin-covid-test-machine-bob-woodward-book-war/","date":"2024-10-08"},{"title":"Kremlin backs up Woodward story that Trump sent COVID tests to Putin","outlet":"NY1 (AP)","url":"https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2024/10/09/kremlin-response-bob-woodward-book-donald-trump-vladimir-putin-covid-19-tests","date":"2024-10-09"}],"tag_label":"Praise and deference","tag_short":"Praise","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["praise"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/russia-woodward-calls-2024/","sort_key":"2024-10-15","number":85},{"id":"offensive-dungeons-third-world-2024","kind":"offensive","target":"immigrants","subject":"Venezuelan and other migrants in Aurora, Colorado","title":"Said in Aurora that Harris imported migrant criminals 'from the dungeons of the third world'","quote":"They come from the dungeons, think of that, the dungeons of the third world, from prisons and jails, insane asylums, and mental institutions. And she has had them resettled beautifully into your community to prey upon innocent, American citizens.","date":"2024-10-11","venue":"Campaign rally, Aurora, Colorado","era":"campaign-2024","category":"immigration","what_happened":"At the rally Trump promised 'Operation Aurora,' a nationwide deportation effort under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act. He repeated his claim that Tren de Aragua had taken over apartment complexes in the city. Aurora's police chief said the city remained very safe, and local officials disputed the takeover claim, NPR and NBC News reported. He had used the 'dungeons of the third world' line since at least June 6, 2024, in Phoenix. In March 2025, as president, he invoked the Alien Enemies Act against Tren de Aragua.","sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Holds a Campaign Rally in Aurora, Colorado - October 11, 2024","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-campaign-rally-aurora-colorado-october-11-2024/","date":"2024-10-11"},{"title":"Trump rallies in Aurora — a city he has demonized as overrun by migrant crime","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://www.npr.org/2024/10/11/nx-s1-5147400/donald-trump-aurora-colorado-rally","date":"2024-10-11"}],"tag":"immigrants","tag_label":"Immigrants","tag_short":"Immigrants","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["immigrants"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/offensive-dungeons-third-world-2024/","sort_key":"2024-10-11","number":127},{"id":"china-800-billion-deficit-2024","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"trade deficit","title":"Says the U.S. had deficits of up to $800 billion with China and now has its highest ever","quote":"We had five, six, seven -- 800 billion deficit with China, just alone with China. And today, it was announced. We have the highest deficit we've ever had, almost $2 trillion. Think of that. We have almost two -- and we have the highest deficit we've ever had with -- with China, and that won't last long.","date":"2024-10-10","venue":"Speech at the Detroit Economic Club, Detroit, Michigan","era":"campaign-2024","category":"trade","what_happened":"Census Bureau data show the annual U.S. goods trade deficit with China peaked at $418.2 billion in 2018. It was $279.6 billion in 2023 and $297.0 billion in 2024, the year of the speech. In the same speech he called China \"the biggest abuser\" on trade and also said, \"I think we'll get along with China.\" The deficit was $202.7 billion in 2025, and $91.2 billion for the first seven months of 2026.","sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Addresses the Detroit Economic Club - October 10, 2024","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-detroit-economic-club-october-10-2024/","date":"2024-10-10"},{"title":"Trade in Goods with China","outlet":"U.S. Census Bureau","url":"https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html","date":"2026-09-28"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/china-800-billion-deficit-2024/","sort_key":"2024-10-10","number":100},{"id":"offensive-detroit-mess-2024","kind":"offensive","target":"cities","subject":"Detroit","place":"Detroit","title":"Speaking in Detroit, warned the whole country 'will end up being like Detroit' if Harris won","quote":"It'll be like Detroit. Our whole country will end up being like Detroit if she's your president. You're going to have a mess on your hands.","date":"2024-10-10","venue":"Detroit Economic Club, Detroit","era":"campaign-2024","category":"other","what_happened":"Trump made the remark to a Detroit business audience while campaigning in Michigan. Mayor Mike Duggan pointed to falling crime and a rising population and wrote that 'lots of cities' should be like Detroit. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called Trump 'totally out of touch,' and Detroit Economic Club CEO Steve Grigorian said there are 'really, really great things happening here.'","sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Addresses the Detroit Economic Club - October 10, 2024","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-detroit-economic-club-october-10-2024/#156","date":"2024-10-10"},{"title":"Trump takes jab at Detroit while campaigning in the city","outlet":"CBS Detroit","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/detroit/news/trump-insults-detroit-while-campaigning-in-the-city","date":"2024-10-10"}],"tag":"cities","tag_label":"American cities","tag_short":"Cities","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["cities"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/offensive-detroit-mess-2024/","sort_key":"2024-10-10","number":126},{"id":"offensive-bad-genes-2024","kind":"offensive","target":"immigrants","subject":"Immigrants convicted of murder","title":"Said of immigrant murderers 'it's in their genes' and 'we've got a lot of bad genes in our country'","quote":"You know, now, a murderer, I believe this, it's in their genes. And we've got a lot of bad genes in our country right now.","date":"2024-10-07","venue":"The Hugh Hewitt Show (radio interview)","era":"campaign-2024","category":"immigration","what_happened":"Trump appeared to be citing ICE data showing 13,099 noncitizens convicted of homicide on its non-detained docket. Many of them were in prison, and some of the convictions dated back decades, Reuters and AP reported. Campaign press secretary Karoline Leavitt said he 'was clearly referring to murderers, not migrants.' White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre called the language 'hateful' and 'disgusting.'","sources":[{"title":"Interview: Hugh Hewitt Interviews Donald Trump on His Radio and Podcast Show - October 7, 2024","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-hugh-hewitt-radio-october-7-2024/","date":"2024-10-07"},{"title":"Trump says there are migrants in the U.S. with 'bad genes' in chilling rant","outlet":"Mediaite","url":"https://www.mediaite.com/trump/trump-says-there-are-migrants-in-the-u-s-with-bad-genes-in-chilling-rant/","date":"2024-10-08"},{"title":"A 'lot of bad genes' among immigrants in the US: Trump","outlet":"AAP","url":"https://aapnews.aap.com.au/news/a-lot-of-bad-genes-among-immigrants-in-the-us-trump","date":"2024-10-08"}],"tag":"immigrants","tag_label":"Immigrants","tag_short":"Immigrants","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["immigrants"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/offensive-bad-genes-2024/","sort_key":"2024-10-07","number":125},{"id":"offensive-harris-mentally-disabled-2024","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Kamala Harris","title":"Said at a Wisconsin rally that Biden 'became mentally impaired' while Kamala Harris 'was born that way'","quote":"Joe Biden became mentally impaired. Kamala was born that way. Yeah, she was born that way. And if you think about it, only a mentally disabled person could have allowed this to happen to our country.","date":"2024-09-28","venue":"Rally, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin","era":"campaign-2024","category":"elections","what_happened":"The rally was billed as a response to Harris's visit to the border in Douglas, Arizona. Maria Town of the American Association of People with Disabilities criticized the suggestion that having a disability means poor performance as president. Sen. Lindsey Graham said Harris 'is not crazy... her policies are.'","sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Holds a Campaign Rally in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin - September 28, 2024","outlet":"Factba.se (Roll Call)","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-campaign-rally-prairie-du-chien-wisconsin-september-28-2024/#26","date":"2024-09-28"},{"title":"Dark Trump: Former president calls Harris \"mentally disabled\"","outlet":"Axios","url":"https://www.axios.com/2024/09/29/trump-harris-mentally-disabled-wisconsin-rally","date":"2024-09-29"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/offensive-harris-mentally-disabled-2024/","sort_key":"2024-09-28","number":124},{"id":"russia-zelensky-meeting-putin-2024","kind":"russia","tag":"praise","subject":"Trump Tower with Zelensky","title":"Standing beside Zelensky, said he also has 'a very good relationship' with Putin and 'it takes two to tango'","quote":"So, we have a very good relationship, and I also have a very good relationship, as you know, with President Putin.","date":"2024-09-27","venue":"Remarks to reporters with Volodymyr Zelensky at Trump Tower, New York","era":"campaign-2024","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"Before a September 27, 2024 meeting at Trump Tower, Trump told reporters he had 'a very good relationship' with Zelensky and 'also' with Putin, and that if he won 'we're going to get it resolved very quickly.' Zelensky interjected, 'I hope we have more good relations between us'; Trump replied, 'it takes two to tango.' Zelensky said the two shared a 'common view that the war in Ukraine has to be stopped, and Putin can't win, and Ukraine has to prevail.' Two days earlier, at a rally in Mint Hill, North Carolina, Trump had said the United States continued 'to give billions of dollars to a man who refuses to make a deal, Zelenskyy.'","sources":[{"title":"Press Gaggle: Donald Trump Holds a Media Event with Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine - September 27, 2024","outlet":"Roll Call / Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-press-gaggle-volodymyr-zelenskyy-ukraine-new-york-september-27-2024/","date":"2024-09-27"},{"title":"Trump vows to resolve Ukraine-Russia war 'very quickly' as he meets Zelenskyy","outlet":"The Guardian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/27/trump-zelenskyy-meet-high-stakes-ukraine-talks-new-york","date":"2024-09-27"},{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Holds a Campaign Rally in Mint Hill, North Carolina - September 25, 2024","outlet":"Roll Call / Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-campaign-rally-mint-hill-north-carolina-september-25-2024/","date":"2024-09-25"}],"tag_label":"Praise and deference","tag_short":"Praise","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["praise"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/russia-zelensky-meeting-putin-2024/","sort_key":"2024-09-27","number":84},{"id":"autocrats-vietnam-hung-yen-agreement-2024","kind":"autocrats","tag":"real-estate","subject":"Vietnam","country":"Vietnam","beneficiary":"Trump Organization","amount":"","freedom_house":"Not Free (2024)","title":"Hung Yen's provincial government signed with a Trump Organization consortium for a $1.5 billion golf resort","quote":"","date":"2024-09-25","venue":"Kinh Bac City press release, reported by Viet Nam News and The Investor","era":"campaign-2024","category":"ethics","what_happened":"On September 25, 2024, during Vietnamese party chief and president To Lam's visit to the United States, the People's Committee of Hung Yen province signed a memorandum with a consortium selected by the Trump Organization, made up of Hung Yen Investment and Development Group (a Kinh Bac City unit) and the investment funds IDG and Horitus, for a roughly $1.5 billion complex of hotels, a 54-hole golf course and villas; the Trump Organization separately signed a partnership agreement with Kinh Bac City's Hung Yen Hotel Services subsidiary, according to a Kinh Bac City release reported by Viet Nam News. Photographs released by Kinh Bac City show Donald Trump, Eric Trump and chairman Dang Thanh Tam at the signing ceremony; Viet Nam News placed it in Florida and The Investor in New York. A Trump Organization delegation had met Hung Yen provincial leaders on September 16, 2024, when chairman Tran Quoc Van asked agencies to move the administrative procedures quickly. Eric Trump said the company was \"thrilled to make our official entry into this vibrant market.\" Reuters later reported, from regulatory filings, that Kinh Bac City and its partners paid the Trump Organization $5 million for brand licensing rights. Freedom House rated Vietnam Not Free in its 2024 report.","sources":[{"title":"Trump organisation pours $1.5 billion in Hung Yen","outlet":"Viet Nam News","url":"https://vietnamnews.vn/economy/1664625/trump-organisation-pours-1-5-billion-in-hung-yen.html","date":"2024-10-10"},{"title":"Vietnam IP builder KBC, The Trump Organization to build $1.5 bln golf-hotel complex","outlet":"The Investor (Vietnam)","url":"https://theinvestor.vn/vietnam-ip-builder-kbc-the-trump-organization-to-build-15-bln-golf-hotel-complex-d12688.html","date":"2024-10-08"},{"title":"The Trump Organization eyes golf course-hotel investment in northern Vietnam","outlet":"The Investor (Vietnam)","url":"https://theinvestor.vn/the-trump-organization-eyes-golf-course-hotel-investment-in-northern-vietnam-d12298.html","date":"2024-09-18"},{"title":"Displaced Vietnamese farmers to get fistful of dollars, rice at $1.5 billion Trump golf club","outlet":"Reuters via Yahoo News","url":"https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/displaced-vietnamese-farmers-fistful-dollars-170020403.html","date":"2025-08-11"},{"title":"Vietnam: Freedom in the World 2024 Country Report","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/country/vietnam/freedom-world/2024","date":"2024"}],"tag_label":"Real estate and licensing","tag_short":"Real estate","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["real-estate"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/autocrats-vietnam-hung-yen-agreement-2024/","sort_key":"2024-09-25","number":41},{"id":"autocrats-affinity-fees-senate-2024","kind":"autocrats","tag":"investment","subject":"Saudi Arabia","country":"Saudi Arabia","beneficiary":"Jared Kushner (Affinity Partners)","amount":"as much as $157 million in fees, including $87 million from Saudi Arabia","freedom_house":"Not Free (2024)","title":"Senate inquiry finds Kushner's firm collected up to $157 million in fees from foreign clients","quote":"Partisan politics aside, Affinity Partners is an SEC-registered investment firm that has always acted appropriately and any suggestion to the contrary is false","speaker":"Chad Mizelle, chief legal officer of Affinity Partners","date":"2024-09-24","venue":"Statement to The New York Times in response to a letter from Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden","era":"campaign-2024","category":"ethics","what_happened":"Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden wrote to Affinity Partners on September 24, 2024 that the firm had received as much as $157 million in fees from foreign clients since 2021, including $87 million from the Saudi government, and had not distributed earnings to its investors as of July 2024. His committee said Affinity disclosed a 1.25 percent annual fee on the Saudi Public Investment Fund's $2 billion commitment. The New York Times put the fees paid by Saudi Arabia and other foreign investors at no less than $112 million and reported that the rest of the firm's roughly $3 billion came mostly from the sovereign wealth funds of Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. Affinity called the letter a political move, said it had followed all laws and ethics rules, and said a delay in returning profits was not unusual for a private equity firm. On October 24, 2024 Wyden and Rep. Jamie Raskin asked Attorney General Merrick Garland to appoint a special counsel to examine whether Kushner should have registered as a foreign agent.","featured":true,"sources":[{"title":"Wyden Investigation of Kushner Firm Continues; New Letter Outlines Affinity Partners' Fee Structure, Lack of Return to Investors, Questionable Deals with Foreign Governments","outlet":"U.S. Senate Committee on Finance","url":"https://www.finance.senate.gov/chairmans-news/wyden-investigation-of-kushner-firm-continues-new-letter-outlines-affinity-partners-fee-structure-lack-of-return-to-investors-questionable-deals-with-foreign-governments","date":"2024-09-25"},{"title":"Jared Kushner's Saudi-backed fund paid millions in fees, makes no profit","outlet":"The New York Times (via The Seattle Times)","url":"https://www.seattletimes.com/business/jared-kushners-saudi-backed-fund-paid-millions-in-fees-makes-no-profit/","date":"2024-09-26"},{"title":"Jared Kushner's private equity firm faces inquiry as it fails to return profits","outlet":"The Guardian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/25/jared-kushner-affinity-partners-firm-senate-inquiry","date":"2024-09-25"},{"title":"Wyden, Raskin Call for Department of Justice to Appoint a Special Counsel to Investigate Jared Kushner for Acting as an Unregistered Foreign Agent","outlet":"U.S. Senate Committee on Finance","url":"https://www.finance.senate.gov/chairmans-news/wyden-raskin-call-for-department-of-justice-to-appoint-a-special-counsel-to-investigate-jared-kushner-for-acting-as-an-unregistered-foreign-agent","date":"2024-10-24"},{"title":"Saudi Arabia: Freedom in the World 2024 Country Report","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/country/saudi-arabia/freedom-world/2024","date":"2024"}],"tag_label":"Investments and funds","tag_short":"Investment","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["investment"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/autocrats-affinity-fees-senate-2024/","sort_key":"2024-09-24","number":40},{"id":"offensive-hannibal-lecter-2024","kind":"offensive","target":"immigrants","subject":"Migrants","title":"Repeatedly invoked the fictional cannibal Hannibal Lecter as 'representative' of people entering the U.S.","quote":"When I mentioned Dr. Hannibal Lecter, I'm using that as an example of people that are coming in from \"Silence of the Lambs,\" I use it.","date":"2024-09-17","venue":"Town hall, Flint, Michigan","era":"campaign-2024","category":"immigration","what_happened":"Trump tied the 'Silence of the Lambs' character to his claims about 'insane asylums' starting in October 2023 (Waterloo, Iowa, October 7, 2023). He made it a running line in 2024. In Mosinee, Wisconsin, on September 7, 2024, he said Lecter is 'a representative of people that are coming into our country.' After the election he credited the line with winning votes, saying on March 26, 2025, 'We got a lot of votes because of Hannibal Lecter.'","sources":[{"title":"Interview: Donald Trump Holds a Town Hall Q&A Session in Flint, Michigan - September 17, 2024","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-town-hall-sarah-huckabee-sanders-flint-michigan-september-17-2024/","date":"2024-09-17"},{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Holds a Campaign Rally in Mosinee, Wisconsin - September 7, 2024","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-political-rally-mosinee-wisconsin-september-7-2024/","date":"2024-09-07"},{"title":"Remarks: Donald Trump Attends a Women's History Month Event at The White House - March 26, 2025","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-remarks-womens-history-month-white-house-march-26-2025/","date":"2025-03-26"}],"tag":"immigrants","tag_label":"Immigrants","tag_short":"Immigrants","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["immigrants"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/offensive-hannibal-lecter-2024/","sort_key":"2024-09-17","number":123},{"id":"offensive-taylor-swift-hate-2024","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Taylor Swift","title":"Posted 'I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!' after the singer endorsed Kamala Harris","quote":"I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!","date":"2024-09-15","venue":"Truth Social","era":"campaign-2024","category":"elections","what_happened":"Swift endorsed Harris on Instagram after the September 10, 2024 debate, signing as a 'childless cat lady.' Trump first told Fox News he was 'not a Taylor fan,' then posted the all-caps message on September 15. On May 16, 2025, he posted: 'Has anyone noticed that, since I said \"I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT,\" she's no longer \"HOT?\"' He had earlier shared AI-generated images suggesting Swift and her fans supported him.","sources":[{"title":"Truth Social post, September 15, 2024","outlet":"Trump's Truth (Truth Social archive)","url":"https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/26247","date":"2024-09-15"},{"title":"Truth Social post, May 16, 2025","outlet":"Trump's Truth (Truth Social archive)","url":"https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/31120","date":"2025-05-16"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/offensive-taylor-swift-hate-2024/","sort_key":"2024-09-15","number":122},{"id":"russia-debate-ukraine-win-2024","kind":"russia","tag":"ukraine","subject":"Debate with Harris","title":"Twice declined at the presidential debate to say he wants Ukraine to win","quote":"I want the war to stop. I want to save lives that are being uselessly -- people being killed by the millions. It's the millions. It's so much worse than the numbers that you're getting, which are fake numbers.","date":"2024-09-10","venue":"ABC News presidential debate, National Constitution Center, Philadelphia","era":"campaign-2024","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"Moderator David Muir asked Trump, 'Do you want Ukraine to win this war?' Trump said he wanted the war to stop, that Europe should 'equalize' its contributions, and that 'I know Zelenskyy very well, and I know Putin very well. I have a good relationship, and they respect your president.' Asked again, 'yes or no,' whether it was in the U.S. interest for Ukraine to win, he answered: 'I think it's the U.S. best interest to get this war finished and just get it done.' Harris responded that Trump 'would just give it up.' He had given the same non-answer at the May 2023 CNN town hall.","sources":[{"title":"READ: Harris-Trump presidential debate transcript","outlet":"ABC News","url":"https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/harris-trump-presidential-debate-transcript/story?id=113560542","date":"2024-09-10"},{"title":"Debate: ABC Hosts a Presidential Debate with Donald Trump and Kamala Harris - September 10, 2024","outlet":"Roll Call / Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-debate-first-presidential-kamala-harris-philadelphia-september-10-2024/","date":"2024-09-10"}],"tag_label":"Ukraine","tag_short":"Ukraine","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["ukraine"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/russia-debate-ukraine-win-2024/","sort_key":"2024-09-10","number":83},{"id":"offensive-springfield-pets-2024","kind":"offensive","target":"immigrants","subject":"Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio","title":"Falsely claimed in a presidential debate that Haitian immigrants in Springfield were 'eating the dogs'","quote":"In Springfield, they're eating the dogs. The people that came in, they're eating the cats. They're eating the pets of the people that live there. And this is what's happening in our country, and it's a shame.","date":"2024-09-10","venue":"ABC presidential debate, Philadelphia","era":"campaign-2024","category":"immigration","what_happened":"The claim spread from social media posts amplified by running mate JD Vance. Springfield's city manager said there were 'no credible reports or specific claims of pets being harmed, injured or abused' by members of the immigrant community, and moderator David Muir cited that on air. At a Youngstown, Ohio, rally on October 12, 2026, Trump said the Haitians in Springfield were 'being taken out,' added 'I was right,' and said 'they're getting their town back.'","featured":true,"sources":[{"title":"Debate: ABC Hosts a Presidential Debate with Donald Trump and Kamala Harris - September 10, 2024","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-debate-first-presidential-kamala-harris-philadelphia-september-10-2024/","date":"2024-09-10"},{"title":"Trump falsely claims migrants in Ohio are eating pets","outlet":"FOX 29 (AP)","url":"https://fox29.com/news/trump-false-claims-migrants-eating-pets","date":"2024-09-10"},{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Holds a Midterm Political Rally in Youngstown, Ohio - October 12, 2026","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-midterm-political-rally-youngstown-ohio-october-12-2026/","date":"2026-10-12"}],"tag":"immigrants","tag_label":"Immigrants","tag_short":"Immigrants","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["immigrants"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/offensive-springfield-pets-2024/","sort_key":"2024-09-10","number":121},{"id":"fix-israel-cease-to-exist-if-not-president","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"Israel's survival","title":"Israel would cease to exist if he lost","quote":"You are not going to have an Israel … if she becomes president. Israel will no longer exist.","date":"2024-09-05","venue":"Republican Jewish Coalition summit, Las Vegas (remote address)","era":"campaign-2024","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"On September 19, 2024 he told the Israeli-American Council that if he lost, \"Israel, in my opinion, will cease to exist within two years.\" He won, so the prediction was never tested. A Gaza ceasefire took effect October 10, 2025 and Hamas released 20 living hostages on October 13; phase-two talks opened January 14, 2026 but were deadlocked as of May 2026, and on July 6, 2026 Hamas announced the resignation of its civil administration. Israel and the U.S. began a war with Iran on February 28, 2026, whose ceasefire collapsed July 8, 2026.","sources":[{"title":"Israel will cease to exist if Harris becomes president, Trump claims","outlet":"Al Jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/6/israel-will-cease-to-exist-if-harris-becomes-president-trump-claims","date":"2024-09-06"},{"title":"Trump suggests if he loses election, Jewish Americans would 'have a lot to do with that'","outlet":"ABC News","url":"https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-israel-eradicated-win/story?id=113853150","date":"2024-09-20"},{"title":"October 2025 Gaza war ceasefire","outlet":"Wikipedia","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2025_Gaza_war_ceasefire","date":"2026-09-25"},{"title":"2026 Iran war ceasefire","outlet":"Wikipedia","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war_ceasefire","date":"2026-09-25"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/fix-israel-cease-to-exist-if-not-president/","sort_key":"2024-09-05","number":42},{"id":"know-military-weapons","kind":"knows-better","subject":"military weapons","title":"Knows the weapons 'better than anybody because I'm the one that bought them'","quote":"I know the weapons better than anybody because I'm the one that bought them","date":"2024-09-04","venue":"Fox News town hall with Sean Hannity, New Holland Arena, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania","era":"campaign-2024","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"The claim introduced his statement that he understands the nuclear program 'maybe better than anybody' because his uncle taught at MIT. As president he told the UN General Assembly on September 23, 2025, 'I know, and I get to view it all the time: \"Sir, would you like to see?\" And I look at weapons that are so powerful that we just can't ever use them.'","sources":[{"title":"Trump says US heading into 'World War III territory' under Biden-Harris administration: 'Clowns'","outlet":"Fox News","url":"https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-warns-us-approaching-world-war-iii-territory-under-biden-harris-admin-clowns","date":"2024-09-04"},{"title":"Remarks to the United Nations General Assembly in New York City","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-united-nations-general-assembly-new-york-city-20","date":"2025-09-23"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/know-military-weapons/","sort_key":"2024-09-04","number":48},{"id":"know-nuclear-uncle-mit","kind":"knows-better","subject":"nuclear weapons","title":"Understands nuclear 'maybe better than anybody' because his uncle taught at MIT","quote":"the one program I hated to upgrade, hated it, was the nuclear program. And I understand it maybe better than anybody. My uncle was at MIT, a professor, the longest serving professor in the history of MIT.","date":"2024-09-04","venue":"Fox News town hall with Sean Hannity, New Holland Arena, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania","era":"campaign-2024","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"Snopes found that John Trump was one of MIT's longest-serving professors but not the longest, and that his degrees were in electrical engineering and physics rather than 'nuclear, chemical, and math.' Trump himself later put his uncle's tenure at 41 years (July 24, 2026). He repeated the family-credential argument on June 12, 2025 ('my uncle is a big shot at MIT, the smartest guy'), on March 13, 2026 in Hebron, Kentucky ('That means I have much better blood'), and on July 24, 2026 ('My uncle was very big into nuclear for 41 years at MIT, but they've advanced somewhat since those days').","sources":[{"title":"Trump says US heading into 'World War III territory' under Biden-Harris administration: 'Clowns'","outlet":"Fox News","url":"https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-warns-us-approaching-world-war-iii-territory-under-biden-harris-admin-clowns","date":"2024-09-04"},{"title":"Trump's Bizarre Flex On His Smarts Has Critics Howling","outlet":"HuffPost","url":"https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-smart-comment-hannity_n_66d9996be4b00f05eae4ab1f","date":"2024-09-05"},{"title":"Was Donald Trump's Uncle a Professor at MIT?","outlet":"Snopes","url":"https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-uncle-mit-professor/","date":"2024-09-06"},{"title":"Remarks on Signing Legislation Regarding Congressional Disapproval of EPA Rules Relating to Vehicle Fuel Efficiency Standards in California","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-signing-legislation-regarding-congressional-disapproval-environmental-protection","date":"2025-06-12"},{"title":"Donald Trump Claims 'Much Better Blood' Because His Uncle Was an MIT Professor","outlet":"Yahoo News","url":"https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/donald-trump-claims-much-better-084416194.html","date":"2026-03-13"},{"title":"Remarks on United States Nuclear Innovation and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-united-states-nuclear-innovation-and-exchange-with-reporters","date":"2026-07-24"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/know-nuclear-uncle-mit/","sort_key":"2024-09-04","number":47},{"id":"offensive-harris-better-looking-2024","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Kamala Harris","title":"Told a Pennsylvania rally he was 'much better looking' than Kamala Harris, repeating it three times","quote":"I'm not saying he's -- but I'd say that I am much better looking than her. I think I'm much better. Much better. I'm a better-looking person than Kamala.","date":"2024-08-17","venue":"Rally, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania","era":"campaign-2024","category":"elections","what_happened":"Trump was reacting to a Time magazine cover image of Harris, which he compared to Sophia Loren and Elizabeth Taylor. The rally was billed as an economic speech, and Republican allies had urged him to focus on policy rather than personal attacks, AP reported. A Harris campaign spokesperson said Trump 'resorts to lies, name-calling, and confused rants.'","sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Holds a Political Rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania - August 17, 2024","outlet":"Factba.se (Roll Call)","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-political-rally-wilkes-barre-pennsylvania-august-17-2024/#123","date":"2024-08-17"},{"title":"Trump makes economic remarks, personal insults at Wilkes-Barre rally","outlet":"Press Enterprise (AP)","url":"https://www.pressenterpriseonline.com/node/1253245","date":"2024-08-18"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/offensive-harris-better-looking-2024/","sort_key":"2024-08-17","number":120},{"id":"russia-congratulate-putin-swap-2024","kind":"russia","tag":"praise","subject":"Prisoner swap","title":"Congratulated Putin on 'yet another great deal' after the swap that freed Evan Gershkovich","quote":"I'd like to congratulate Vladimir Putin for having made yet another great deal.","date":"2024-08-03","venue":"Campaign rally with J.D. Vance, Atlanta, Georgia","era":"campaign-2024","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"On August 1, 2024, a 26-person exchange negotiated by the Biden administration with Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Norway and Turkey freed 16 people held in Russia, including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and Vladimir Kara-Murza. Two days later Trump told an Atlanta rally he would 'like to congratulate Vladimir Putin for having made yet another great deal,' said Russia had 'released some of the greatest killers anywhere in the world' and asked whether the swap 'set a bad precedent.' On May 23, 2024, he had posted that Putin 'will do that for me, but not for anyone else' regarding Gershkovich's release and that the United States 'WILL BE PAYING NOTHING'; Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said then that 'there aren't any contacts with Donald Trump' on the matter.","sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Holds a Political Rally with J.D. Vance in Atlanta - August 3, 2024","outlet":"Roll Call / Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-political-rally-atlanta-georgia-august-3-2024/","date":"2024-08-03"},{"title":"Trump congratulates Putin for Russia-US prisoner exchange","outlet":"The Kyiv Independent","url":"https://kyivindependent.com/trump-congratulates-putin-for-russia-us-prisoner-exchange/","date":"2024-08-04"},{"title":"Russia denies Trump's claim he can free US journalist if he wins election","outlet":"The Guardian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/23/russia-denies-trump-claim-us-journalist","date":"2024-05-23"}],"tag_label":"Praise and deference","tag_short":"Praise","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["praise"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/russia-congratulate-putin-swap-2024/","sort_key":"2024-08-03","number":82},{"id":"offensive-atlanta-killing-field-2024","kind":"offensive","target":"cities","subject":"Atlanta","place":"Atlanta","title":"At an Atlanta rally, said 'Atlanta is like a killing field' and told Georgia's governor to 'get off his ass'","quote":"Under these kinds of woke radical-left policies, Atlanta is like a killing field, and your governor ought to get off his ass and do something about it.","date":"2024-08-03","venue":"Campaign rally with J.D. Vance, Georgia State University Convocation Center, Atlanta","era":"campaign-2024","category":"justice","what_happened":"The line was part of a broader attack on Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, whom Trump called 'a bad guy' and 'disloyal.' Kemp replied that he was focused on beating Kamala Harris, 'not engaging in petty personal insults,' and told Trump to 'leave my family out of it.'","sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Holds a Political Rally with J.D. Vance in Atlanta - August 3, 2024","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-political-rally-atlanta-georgia-august-3-2024/#105","date":"2024-08-03"},{"title":"Trump reignites feuds with top Georgia Republicans at Atlanta rally","outlet":"Axios","url":"https://www.axios.com/2024/08/04/trump-vance-atlanta-rally-kemp-raffensperger","date":"2024-08-04"}],"tag":"cities","tag_label":"American cities","tag_short":"Cities","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["cities"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/offensive-atlanta-killing-field-2024/","sort_key":"2024-08-03","number":119},{"id":"fix-ukraine-settled-before-office-2024","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"settling the Russia-Ukraine war","title":"Only he could promise to settle the Ukraine war before taking office","quote":"Before I even arrive at the Oval Office, shortly after we win the presidency, and it's we win the presidency, I mean that, I will have the horrible war between Russia and Ukraine settled. [...] And I am the only one that can say that. I know all the players, and they respect us, they respect me.","date":"2024-07-31","venue":"Campaign rally at the New Holland Arena, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania","era":"campaign-2024","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"The war was not settled before his January 20, 2025 inauguration. PolitiFact wrote on February 28, 2025 that \"Trump broke his campaign promise to end the war within 24 hours.\" On August 18, 2025, three days after meeting Putin in Alaska, he hosted Zelenskyy and European leaders to discuss possible peace terms, saying \"there needs to be concessions on both sides\"; the war continued.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks at a Campaign Rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-campaign-rally-harrisburg-pennsylvania","date":"2024-07-31"},{"title":"Fact-checking Trump, Vance and Zelenskyy's tense Oval Office meeting","outlet":"PolitiFact","url":"https://politifact.com/article/2025/feb/28/trump-vance-and-zelenskyys-tense-oval-office-meeti/","date":"2025-02-28"},{"title":"Fact-checking Trump and Zelenskyy on a Ukraine-Russia deal","outlet":"PolitiFact","url":"https://politifact.com/article/2025/aug/18/trump-zelenskyy-fact-check-ukraine-russia-deal/","date":"2025-08-18"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/fix-ukraine-settled-before-office-2024/","sort_key":"2024-07-31","number":41},{"id":"offensive-harris-turn-black-2024","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Kamala Harris","title":"Told the National Association of Black Journalists that Kamala Harris 'happened to turn Black' a few years ago","quote":"She was always of Indian heritage, and she was only promoting Indian heritage. I didn't know she was Black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn Black, and now she wants to be known as Black.","date":"2024-07-31","venue":"NABJ convention, Chicago","era":"campaign-2024","category":"elections","what_happened":"Harris, whose mother was from India and father from Jamaica, attended historically Black Howard University. She called the remarks 'the same old show' of 'divisiveness and disrespect.' White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre called them 'repulsive.' Asked about it at the September 10, 2024 debate, Trump said, 'I read where she was not Black... And then I read that she was Black, and that's OK.'","sources":[{"title":"Interview: Donald Trump Sits for Questions at the NABJ Convention in Chicago - July 31, 2024","outlet":"Factba.se (Roll Call)","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-national-association-black-journalists-nabj-chicago-july-31-2024/#23","date":"2024-07-31"},{"title":"Trump questions Harris' race at Black journalists convention","outlet":"Axios","url":"https://www.axios.com/2024/07/31/trump-harris-nabj-convention","date":"2024-07-31"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/offensive-harris-turn-black-2024/","sort_key":"2024-07-31","number":118},{"id":"know-china-better-than-navarro","kind":"knows-better","subject":"China","title":"Navarro 'understood China better than anybody but me'","quote":"He understood China better than anybody but me. I understood him better now. We both understood.","date":"2024-07-27","venue":"Turning Point USA summit, West Palm Beach, Florida","era":"campaign-2024","category":"trade","what_happened":"The tariff program Trump and Peter Navarro designed began March 4, 2025 with duties on Canada, Mexico and China; the Tax Foundation put the 2025 average effective tariff rate at 7.7 percent, the highest since 1947, with an estimated cost of about $1,000 per household. On February 20, 2026 the Supreme Court ruled in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump that the president could not impose tariffs under IEEPA, requiring refunds with interest. On June 3, 2026 Trump revised the ranking: Navarro 'Knows more about China than any human being on Earth except for—I would say President Xi knows a lot more.'","sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Addresses a Turning Point Summit in West Palm Beach, Florida - July 27, 2024","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-turning-point-summit-west-palm-beach-florida-july-27-2024/","date":"2024-07-27"},{"title":"Trump Tariffs Tracker: Rates, Revenue, and Impact","outlet":"Tax Foundation","url":"https://taxfoundation.org/research/all/federal/trump-tariffs-trade-war/","date":"2026-09-01"},{"title":"Remarks at an Executive Order Signing Ceremony and an Exchange With Reporters (June 3, 2026)","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-executive-order-signing-ceremony-and-exchange-with-reporters-2","date":"2026-06-03"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/know-china-better-than-navarro/","sort_key":"2024-07-27","number":46},{"id":"fix-wwiii-if-not-president-2024","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"World War III","title":"Nobody else would prevent World War III; war if he lost","quote":"I will prevent World War III, nobody else is going to say that, we are closer today to World War III than we've been since the Second World War.","date":"2024-07-26","venue":"Turning Point Action Believers' Summit, West Palm Beach, Florida","era":"campaign-2024","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"The same day, meeting Benjamin Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago, he warned of a \"third world war\" if he did not win in November. He won. On February 28, 2026 the U.S. and Israel began striking Iran; ceasefires were declared April 8 and extended April 21 and June 12, and the Islamabad Memorandum was signed June 17, but the ceasefire collapsed on July 8, 2026. Axios reported in March 2026 that no modern president had ordered strikes on as many countries, seven, and that he authorized more individual airstrikes in 2025 than Biden did in four years.","sources":[{"title":"Donald Trump Issues World War III Warning if He Isn't President","outlet":"Newsweek","url":"https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-issues-world-war-iii-warning-isnt-president-1931064","date":"2024-07-27"},{"title":"Trump says only he will 'prevent World War III,' but his record suggests the opposite","outlet":"The Philadelphia Inquirer","url":"https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/trump-world-war-3-foreign-policy-putin-xi-china-russia-north-korea-20241027.html","date":"2024-10-27"},{"title":"2026 Iran war ceasefire","outlet":"Wikipedia","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war_ceasefire","date":"2026-09-25"},{"title":"Trump's lethal presidency","outlet":"Axios","url":"https://axios.com/2026/03/02/trump-iran-war-military-strikes-maga","date":"2026-03-02"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/fix-wwiii-if-not-president-2024/","sort_key":"2024-07-26","number":40},{"id":"offensive-harris-dumb-as-a-rock-2024","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Kamala Harris","title":"Called Kamala Harris 'Dumb as a Rock' the day after Biden withdrew and endorsed her","quote":"Wow, just watching the Fake News, and they're doing their very best to turn the Worst President in the History of our Country into a \"Brilliant and Heroic Leader\" (He was heroic because he quit!), and to turn \"Dumb as a Rock\" Kamala Harris from a totally failed and insignificant Vice President into a future \"Great\" President.","date":"2024-07-22","venue":"Truth Social","era":"campaign-2024","category":"elections","what_happened":"Fox Business host Stuart Varney called the attack a 'profound mistake,' saying women react to that kind of thing. Trump repeated 'dumb as a rock' and 'low IQ' about Harris through the campaign (for example Truth Social, October 21, 2024; Raleigh rally, November 4, 2024), and again on September 24, 2025, attacking her memoir.","sources":[{"title":"Truth Social post, July 22, 2024","outlet":"Trump's Truth (Truth Social archive)","url":"https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/23965","date":"2024-07-22"},{"title":"Fox's Stuart Varney torches Trump for calling Kamala Harris dumb","outlet":"Mediaite","url":"https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/foxs-stuart-varney-torches-trump-for-calling-kamala-harris-dumb-women-react-to-that-kind-of-thing-and-so-they-should/","date":"2024-07-22"},{"title":"Truth Social post, September 24, 2025","outlet":"Trump's Truth (Truth Social archive)","url":"https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/33075","date":"2025-09-24"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/offensive-harris-dumb-as-a-rock-2024/","sort_key":"2024-07-22","number":117},{"id":"china-going-to-own-us-2024","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"trade deficit","title":"Says in debate that China is going to own the United States","quote":"But he's got the largest deficit in the history of our country and he's got the worst situation with China. China is going to own us if you keep allowing them to do what they're doing to us as a country. They are killing us as a country, Joe, and you can't let that happen.","date":"2024-06-27","venue":"CNN presidential debate with Joe Biden, Atlanta, Georgia","era":"campaign-2024","category":"trade","what_happened":"Moments earlier he said \"we have the largest deficit with China.\" Census Bureau data show the U.S. goods trade deficit with China was $279.6 billion in 2023, the smallest since 2010 and below the $418.2 billion peak of 2018. It was $297.0 billion in 2024 and $202.7 billion in 2025. In September 2026 he hosted Xi Jinping for a state visit, and the two governments extended their trade truce into January 2027.","sources":[{"title":"Presidential Debate in Atlanta, Georgia","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/presidential-debate-atlanta-georgia","date":"2024-06-27"},{"title":"Trade in Goods with China","outlet":"U.S. Census Bureau","url":"https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html","date":"2026-09-28"},{"title":"U.S. and China release product lists for tariff cuts after Trump-Xi meeting","outlet":"PBS News (Associated Press)","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/u-s-and-china-release-product-lists-for-tariff-cuts-after-trump-xi-meeting","date":"2026-09-28"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/china-going-to-own-us-2024/","sort_key":"2024-06-27","number":99},{"id":"offensive-biden-migrant-crime-2024","kind":"offensive","target":"immigrants","subject":"Migrants","title":"Branded crimes by migrants a new category, 'Biden migrant crime,' including in a presidential debate","quote":"I call it Biden migrant crime. They're killing our citizens at a level that we've never seen before.","date":"2024-06-27","venue":"CNN presidential debate, Atlanta","era":"campaign-2024","category":"immigration","what_happened":"Trump introduced the label at a Waterford Township, Michigan, rally on February 17, 2024: 'we will call it from now on, Biden migrant crime.' After Harris replaced Biden as the nominee he said in Charlotte (July 24, 2024) that he might rename it after her. Researchers cited by AP and Reuters have found that immigrants in the U.S. illegally do not commit crimes at higher rates than U.S.-born citizens.","sources":[{"title":"Debate: CNN Hosts the First 2024 Presidential Debate with Joe Biden and Donald Trump - June 27, 2024","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-debate-first-presidential-joe-biden-june-27-2024/","date":"2024-06-27"},{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Holds a Political Rally in Waterford Township, Michigan - February 17, 2024","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-political-rally-waterford-township-michigan-february-17-2024/","date":"2024-02-17"}],"tag":"immigrants","tag_label":"Immigrants","tag_short":"Immigrants","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["immigrants"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/offensive-biden-migrant-crime-2024/","sort_key":"2024-06-27","number":116},{"id":"china-could-bombard-taiwan-2024","kind":"china","threat":"military","subject":"Taiwan defense","title":"Says China could bombard Taiwan and Taiwan should pay the U.S. for defense","quote":"I think, Taiwan should pay us for defense. You know, we're no different than an insurance company. Taiwan doesn't give us anything. Taiwan is 9,500 miles away. It's 68 miles away from China. A slight advantage, and China's a massive piece of land, they could just bombard it.","date":"2024-06-25","venue":"Interview with Bloomberg Businessweek at Mar-a-Lago (published July 16, 2024)","era":"campaign-2024","category":"veterans","what_happened":"He was asked whether he would defend Taiwan against China. In the same answer he said China had been \"very aggressive\" since he left office and had \"ships all over the place,\" and that Taiwan \"took our chip business from us.\" NBC News reported in September 2026 that he had described a pending $14 billion U.S. arms package for Taiwan as a potential \"negotiating chip\" with Xi Jinping, whom he hosted for a state visit that month.","sources":[{"title":"Interview: Bloomberg Businessweek Editors and Reporters Interview Donald Trump - July 16, 2024","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-bloomberg-businessweek-july-16-2024/","date":"2024-07-16"},{"title":"Trump-Xi summit: Leaders meet at White House amid tensions over Taiwan, trade and AI","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/trump-xi-summit-meet-white-house-tensions-taiwan-trade-ai-rcna598073","date":"2026-09-23"}],"tag":"military","tag_label":"Military threat","tag_short":"Military","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["military"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/china-could-bombard-taiwan-2024/","sort_key":"2024-06-25","number":98},{"id":"russia-nato-cause-of-war-2024","kind":"russia","tag":"ukraine","subject":"NATO membership as cause","title":"Said talk of Ukraine joining NATO is 'really why this war started'","quote":"So, for 20 years, I heard that NATO -- if Ukraine goes into NATO, it's a real problem for Russia. I've heard that for a long time. And I think that's really why this war started. I'm not sure that this war would have started. Biden was saying all of the wrong things. And one of the wrong things he was saying, \"No, Ukraine will go into NATO.\"","date":"2024-06-20","venue":"The All-In Podcast, interview with David Sacks, Chamath Palihapitiya, Jason Calacanis and David Friedberg","era":"campaign-2024","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"Asked by David Sacks whether he would take NATO expansion 'off the table' to get a peace deal, Trump said the prospect of Ukraine joining NATO was 'really why this war started' and that Biden 'was saying all of the wrong things.' Moscow has long opposed NATO enlargement; NATO members have formally supported Ukraine's eventual membership since the 2008 Bucharest summit. Trump also said he had assumed Putin's troop build-up in 2021 was 'for negotiation purposes' and called Putin 'a good negotiator.' He made the same argument at his January 7, 2025 news conference, saying he could 'understand' Russia's feeling about NATO on its doorstep.","sources":[{"title":"Interview: The All-In Podcast Hosts Donald Trump For a Team Interview - June 20, 2024","outlet":"Roll Call / Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-all-in-podcast-sacks-friedberg-june-20-2024/","date":"2024-06-20"},{"title":"NATO, Gaza and Greenland: Key takeaways from Trump's news conference","outlet":"Al Jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/8/nato-gaza-and-greenland-key-takeaways-from-trumps-news-conference","date":"2025-01-08"}],"tag_label":"Ukraine","tag_short":"Ukraine","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["ukraine"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/russia-nato-cause-of-war-2024/","sort_key":"2024-06-20","number":81},{"id":"offensive-milwaukee-horrible-city-2024","kind":"offensive","target":"cities","subject":"Milwaukee, host of the 2024 Republican convention","place":"Milwaukee","title":"Reportedly told House Republicans that Milwaukee, the Republican convention host, 'is a horrible city'","quote":"Milwaukee, where we are having our convention, is a horrible city.","date":"2024-06-13","venue":"Closed-door meeting with House Republicans, Washington (as reported by Punchbowl News)","era":"campaign-2024","category":"other","what_happened":"Punchbowl News' Jake Sherman reported the remark from the private meeting, a month before Milwaukee hosted the Republican National Convention. Rep. Bryan Steil first posted that Trump did not say it, then said he was talking about specific challenges in the city; Rep. Derrick Van Orden said Trump meant crime. Trump told Fox News, 'It was very clear what I meant. We're very concerned with crime,' and said he loves Milwaukee. Milwaukee leaders and Democrats criticized the remark.","sources":[{"title":"Trump's Milwaukee 'horrible city' controversy; leaders respond","outlet":"FOX6 Milwaukee","url":"https://fox6now.com/news/report-trump-criticized-milwaukee-horrible-city-gop-refutes","date":"2024-06-13"},{"title":"House Republicans From Wisconsin Scramble to Clean Up Trump's 'Horrible City' Insult","outlet":"Mediaite","url":"https://www.mediaite.com/politics/trump/house-republicans-from-wisconsin-scramble-to-clean-up-trumps-horrible-city-insult/","date":"2024-06-13"}],"tag":"cities","tag_label":"American cities","tag_short":"Cities","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["cities"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/offensive-milwaukee-horrible-city-2024/","sort_key":"2024-06-13","number":115},{"id":"china-migrants-building-army-2024","kind":"china","threat":"military","subject":"Chinese migrants","title":"Says Chinese migrants crossing the border are probably building an army","quote":"No, they're probably building an army. They're probably building an army from within. I mean, you look at what's happening, because they're very healthy young men for the most part. And it's up to over 30,000 now.","date":"2024-04-04","venue":"Interview on The Hugh Hewitt Show (radio)","era":"campaign-2024","category":"immigration","what_happened":"U.S. authorities arrested more than 37,000 Chinese nationals at the U.S.-Mexico border in 2023. The Associated Press reported in May 2024 that there was no evidence the migrants had tried to mount a military force, and that Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell called them \"economic migrants.\" PolitiFact found that Customs and Border Protection does not release age or gender data on migrants and found no evidence they were coming at the direction of China's military. He repeated the claim on Oct. 22, 2024, in Greensboro, North Carolina, saying 70,000 Chinese migrants was \"getting to be army territory.\"","sources":[{"title":"Interview: Hugh Hewitt Interviews Donald Trump on His Syndicated Radio Show - April 4, 2024","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-hugh-hewitt-radio-april-4-2024/","date":"2024-04-04"},{"title":"Trump suggests Chinese migrants are in the US to build an ‘army,’ but they tell another story","outlet":"BorderReport (Associated Press)","url":"https://www.borderreport.com/news/politics/trump-suggests-chinese-migrants-are-in-the-us-to-build-an-army-but-they-tell-another-story/","date":"2024-05-13"},{"title":"As Chinese immigration to U.S. rises, Republicans and Trump use ‘military age men’ scare tactic","outlet":"PolitiFact","url":"https://www.politifact.com/article/2024/feb/07/as-chinese-immigration-to-us-rises-republicans-and/","date":"2024-02-07"},{"title":"Remarks at a Campaign Rally in Greensboro, North Carolina","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-campaign-rally-greensboro-north-carolina-0","date":"2024-10-22"}],"tag":"military","tag_label":"Military threat","tag_short":"Military","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["military"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/china-migrants-building-army-2024/","sort_key":"2024-04-04","number":97},{"id":"offensive-letitia-james-ugly-mouth-2024","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"New York Attorney General Letitia James","title":"Wrote of the 'big, nasty, and ugly mouth' of New York Attorney General Letitia James, calling her 'Low IQ'","quote":"Arthur Engoron is a Rogue Judge who was intimidated by the big, nasty, and ugly mouth of Leticia James, considered by many to be the WORST Attorney General in the U.S. She is a Low IQ individual who campaigned for Governor, using my name, and got TROUNCED.","date":"2024-03-22","venue":"Truth Social","era":"campaign-2024","category":"justice","what_happened":"James had won a civil fraud judgment against Trump and his company before Justice Arthur Engoron in February 2024; the post came days before a deadline to post bond on the judgment. Trump had called James 'a whack job' and 'a racist attorney general' in a September 22, 2022 radio interview.","sources":[{"title":"Truth Social post, March 22, 2024","outlet":"Trump's Truth (Truth Social archive)","url":"https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/674","date":"2024-03-22"},{"title":"Interview: Todd Starnes Interviews Donald Trump on His Radio Show - September 22, 2022","outlet":"Factba.se (Roll Call)","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-todd-starnes-podcast-september-22-2022/#39","date":"2022-09-22"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/offensive-letitia-james-ugly-mouth-2024/","sort_key":"2024-03-22","number":114},{"id":"fix-bloodbath-auto-industry","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"the auto industry","title":"A 'bloodbath' for the auto industry if he lost","quote":"If I don't get elected, it's gonna be a bloodbath for the whole, that's going to be the least of it.","date":"2024-03-16","venue":"Rally in Vandalia, Ohio","era":"campaign-2024","category":"economy","what_happened":"The remark came while he pledged tariffs on imported cars. He won and imposed auto tariffs. A July 2026 fact-check of his claim that the auto industry is \"back\" found Michigan lost about 4,000 auto-parts manufacturing jobs (3.5%) in the year to June 2026, added only about 500 vehicle-manufacturing jobs, and shed roughly 7,000 manufacturing jobs overall (1.2%), citing Bureau of Labor Statistics data. GM said in June 2025 it expected $4 to $5 billion in tariff costs.","sources":[{"title":"In context: What Trump said about a 'bloodbath' and Biden's actions on the car industry","outlet":"PolitiFact","url":"https://www.politifact.com/article/2024/mar/18/in-context-what-trump-said-about-a-bloodbath-and-b/","date":"2024-03-18"},{"title":"Trump says there will be a 'bloodbath' if he loses the election","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-bloodbath-loses-election-2024-rcna143746","date":"2024-03-16"},{"title":"Fact check: President Donald Trump says Michigan 'thriving,' auto industry 'back'","outlet":"Bridge Michigan","url":"https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/fact-check-president-trump-says-michigan-thriving-auto-industry-back/","date":"2026-07-27"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/fix-bloodbath-auto-industry/","sort_key":"2024-03-16","number":39},{"id":"china-mexico-car-plants-2024","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"Chinese car plants in Mexico","title":"Threatens 100% tariff on cars from Chinese plants in Mexico","quote":"Let me tell you something to China. If you're listening, President Xi, and you and I are friends, but he understands the way I deal, those big monster car manufacturing plants that you're building in Mexico right now, and you think you're going to get that, you're going to not hire Americans and you're going to sell the cars to us, we're going to put a 100% tariff on every single car that comes across the line, and you're not going to be able to sell those cars if I get elected.","date":"2024-03-16","venue":"Rally in Vandalia, Ohio","era":"campaign-2024","category":"trade","what_happened":"His next words were: \"Now, if I don't get elected, it's going to be a bloodbath.\" He added that Chinese companies could build plants in Michigan, Ohio or South Carolina using American workers. BYD, which said in February 2024 it was considering a factory in Mexico, halted its site search later that year and put the plan on hold in July 2025, citing geopolitical uncertainty. In January 2026 Trump said at the Detroit Economic Club that he would welcome Chinese automakers manufacturing in the U.S.; as of May 2026 Chinese automakers faced 100% U.S. tariffs and had no retail presence in the country, CNBC reported.","sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Holds a Political Rally in Vandalia, Ohio - March 16, 2024","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-political-rally-vandalia-ohio-march-16-2024/","date":"2024-03-16"},{"title":"BYD suspends plans to build major car plant in Mexico over geopolitical tensions, report says","outlet":"CnEVPost","url":"https://cnevpost.com/2025/07/03/byd-suspends-plans-car-plant-mexico/","date":"2025-07-03"},{"title":"Chinese parts are already in U.S. cars as lawmakers warn Trump against China auto deal","outlet":"CNBC","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/14/trump-china-chinese-autos.html","date":"2026-05-14"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/china-mexico-car-plants-2024/","sort_key":"2024-03-16","number":96},{"id":"offensive-venezuela-sent-criminals-2024","kind":"offensive","target":"countries","subject":"Venezuela","place":"Venezuela","title":"Claimed Venezuela's crime fell because it 'sent us their criminals'; fact-checkers found no source","quote":"Because they sent us their criminals. That's why. It's true. It's true. Do you know Venezuela is down 66%? Because they sent us their gang members and their gangsters. They sent us their drug dealers and their murderers.","date":"2024-03-16","venue":"Political rally, Vandalia, Ohio","era":"campaign-2024","category":"immigration","what_happened":"The figure shifted between 66, 67, 72 and 74 percent over later speeches (e.g. Mosinee, Wisconsin, September 7, 2024; the post-inaugural rally on January 20, 2025). WLRN reported that fact-checkers could not trace the figures to a reliable source and that criminologists said homicides had fallen, but not by those amounts or because of migration to the U.S. As president he said Venezuela 'emptied their prisons into our country' (Fox News, May 15, 2026).","sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Holds a Political Rally in Vandalia, Ohio - March 16, 2024","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-political-rally-vandalia-ohio-march-16-2024/#29","date":"2024-03-16"},{"title":"Donald Trump exaggerates Venezuelan crime drop and misleads causes","outlet":"WLRN","url":"https://www.wlrn.org/immigration/2024-04-10/donald-trump-venezuelan-crime-drop","date":"2024-04-10"}],"tag":"countries","tag_label":"Other countries","tag_short":"Countries","tag_tone":"green","tag_list":["countries"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/offensive-venezuela-sent-criminals-2024/","sort_key":"2024-03-16","number":113},{"id":"offensive-not-people-vandalia-2024","kind":"offensive","target":"immigrants","subject":"Migrants accused of crimes","title":"Said of some migrants 'In some cases, they're not people, in my opinion'","quote":"I don't know if you call them people. In some cases, they're not people, in my opinion. But I'm not allowed to say that because the radical left says that's a terrible thing to say.","date":"2024-03-16","venue":"Rally for Senate candidate Bernie Moreno, Vandalia, Ohio","era":"campaign-2024","category":"immigration","what_happened":"Later in the same speech Trump called migrants 'animals.' It was also the speech in which he warned of a 'bloodbath' if he lost. AP and NPR covered the remarks. He repeated the idea through 2024, telling a Detroit audience on June 15, 2024, 'I said, no, they're not human beings. These are animals.'","sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Holds a Political Rally in Vandalia, Ohio - March 16, 2024","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-political-rally-vandalia-ohio-march-16-2024/","date":"2024-03-16"},{"title":"Trump says some migrants are 'not people' and warns of 'bloodbath' if he loses","outlet":"WBUR / NPR","url":"https://www.wbur.org/npr/1239019225/trump-says-some-migrants-are-not-people-and-warns-of-bloodbath-if-he-loses","date":"2024-03-17"},{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Addresses the Turning Point Action Convention in Detroit - June 15, 2024","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-turning-point-action-convention-detroit-june-15-2024/","date":"2024-06-15"}],"tag":"immigrants","tag_label":"Immigrants","tag_short":"Immigrants","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["immigrants"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/offensive-not-people-vandalia-2024/","sort_key":"2024-03-16","number":112},{"id":"china-is-our-boss-2024","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"economic leverage","title":"Says China is the boss of the United States","quote":"China is, right now, our boss. They are the boss of the United States, almost like we're a subsidiary of China.","date":"2024-03-11","venue":"Interview on CNBC, Squawk Box","era":"campaign-2024","category":"trade","what_happened":"He made the remark while arguing that tariffs give the U.S. power in dealing with other countries. In October 2025, after China announced export controls on rare earths, he threatened to raise tariffs on China by 100%; he dropped the threat after meeting Xi Jinping in Busan on Oct. 30, when China agreed to pause the controls for one year. Before that meeting he called Xi \"an old friend,\" and afterward he rated it a 12 out of 10. In September 2026, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the two countries had agreed to extend their trade truce through Jan. 10.","sources":[{"title":"Interview: Joe Kernen of CNBC Interviews Donald Trump on 'Squawk Box' - March 11, 2024","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-joe-kernen-cnbc-squawk-box-march-11-2024/","date":"2024-03-11"},{"title":"Trump cuts fentanyl tariffs on China to 10% as Beijing delays latest rare earths curbs by a year","outlet":"CNBC","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/30/trump-cuts-fentanyl-tariffs-on-china-to-10percent-says-us-reached-rare-earths-deal-.html","date":"2025-10-30"},{"title":"Trump-Xi summit: Leaders meet at White House amid tensions over Taiwan, trade and AI","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/trump-xi-summit-meet-white-house-tensions-taiwan-trade-ai-rcna598073","date":"2026-09-23"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/china-is-our-boss-2024/","sort_key":"2024-03-11","number":95},{"id":"russia-navalny-response-2024","kind":"russia","tag":"praise","subject":"Navalny's death","title":"Responded to Alexei Navalny's death without mentioning Putin, comparing it to his own legal cases","quote":"The sudden death of Alexei Navalny has made me more and more aware of what is happening in our Country. It is a slow, steady progression, with CROOKED, Radical Left Politicians, Prosecutors, and Judges leading us down a path to destruction. Open Borders, Rigged Elections, and Grossly Unfair Courtroom Decisions are DESTROYING AMERICA. WE ARE A NATION IN DECLINE, A FAILING NATION! MAGA2024","date":"2024-02-19","venue":"Truth Social post","era":"campaign-2024","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in a Russian prison in February 2024. President Biden said 'what has happened to Navalny is yet more proof of Putin's brutality.' CNN reported that Trump's campaign, asked for a response in the hours after the news broke, pointed to a Truth Social post that did not mention Navalny or Putin; that Trump spoke for about 90 minutes at a Michigan rally that weekend without mentioning Navalny; and that his first mention was sharing an editorial headlined 'Biden:Trump::Putin:Navalny' on February 18. His February 19 post used the death to describe prosecutors and judges in his own cases. At a Fox News town hall with Laura Ingraham broadcast February 20 he called the $355 million New York fraud judgment against him 'a form of Navalny' and, despite prompts from Ingraham, did not mention Putin when asked about Navalny, saying Navalny 'was a very brave guy because he went back.' Rival Nikki Haley said Trump 'needs to answer' whether Putin killed Navalny.","sources":[{"title":"Donald J. Trump Truth Social post, February 19, 2024, 8:04 AM","outlet":"Trump's Truth (Truth Social archive)","url":"https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/4717","date":"2024-02-19"},{"title":"Trump avoids condemning Russia for Navalny's death","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/19/politics/trump-navalny-death-response/index.html","date":"2024-02-19"},{"title":"Trump uses brief comment on Navalny's death to claim his own political persecution","outlet":"ABC News","url":"https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-brief-comment-navalnys-death-claim-political-persecution/story?id=107341883","date":"2024-02-19"},{"title":"Trump compares his legal troubles to the persecution of Alexei Navalny","outlet":"The Guardian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/21/trump-compares-fraud-trial-alexei-navalny-death-russian-opposition-leader-vladimir-putin-fox-town-hall","date":"2024-02-21"}],"tag_label":"Praise and deference","tag_short":"Praise","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["praise"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/russia-navalny-response-2024/","sort_key":"2024-02-19","number":80},{"id":"russia-nato-whatever-they-want-2024","kind":"russia","tag":"alliances","subject":"'Whatever the hell they want'","title":"Said he would 'encourage' Russia to do 'whatever the hell they want' to NATO allies that do not pay","quote":"One of the presidents of a big country stood up, said, \"Well, sir, if we don't pay and we're attacked by Russia, will you protect us?\" I said, \"You didn't pay. You're delinquent?\" He said, \"Yes, let's say that happened.\" \"No, I would not protect you. In fact, I would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want.","date":"2024-02-10","venue":"Campaign rally, Conway, South Carolina","era":"campaign-2024","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"Recounting a conversation with an unnamed NATO leader, Trump told the Conway rally that he would not protect an ally that was 'delinquent' and would 'encourage' Russia to do 'whatever the hell they want.' NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the next day that 'any suggestion that allies will not defend each other undermines all of our security, including that of the U.S., and puts American and European soldiers at increased risk.' President Biden called the remarks 'appalling and dangerous' and said Trump intended 'to give Putin a green light for more war and violence.' NATO members do not owe dues; the 2 percent of GDP guideline refers to each country's own defense spending. Trump senior adviser Jason Miller said Trump would more effectively force allies to spend more. Trump posted on February 12 that 'I MADE NATO STRONG' and that allies 'are at it again.'","featured":true,"sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Holds a Political Rally in Conway, South Carolina - February 10, 2024","outlet":"Roll Call / Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-political-rally-conway-south-carolina-february-10-2024/","date":"2024-02-10"},{"title":"NATO secretary-general says Trump puts allies at risk by encouraging Russian aggression","outlet":"PBS NewsHour (AP)","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/nato-secretary-general-says-trump-puts-allies-at-risk-by-encouraging-russian-aggression","date":"2024-02-11"},{"title":"Fact-checking Trump's comments urging Russia to invade 'delinquent' NATO members","outlet":"PBS NewsHour (AP)","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/fact-checking-trumps-comments-urging-russia-to-invade-delinquent-nato-members","date":"2024-02-12"},{"title":"Donald J. Trump Truth Social post, February 12, 2024","outlet":"Trump's Truth (Truth Social archive)","url":"https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/5036","date":"2024-02-12"}],"tag_label":"NATO and allies","tag_short":"Alliances","tag_tone":"green","tag_list":["alliances"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/russia-nato-whatever-they-want-2024/","sort_key":"2024-02-10","number":79},{"id":"russia-aid-as-loan-2024","kind":"russia","tag":"ukraine","subject":"Aid 'as a loan'","title":"Told the Senate no more foreign aid 'unless it is done as a loan' on the eve of the Ukraine aid vote","quote":"FROM THIS POINT FORWARD, ARE YOU LISTENING U.S. SENATE(?), NO MONEY IN THE FORM OF FOREIGN AID SHOULD BE GIVEN TO ANY COUNTRY UNLESS IT IS DONE AS A LOAN, NOT JUST A GIVEAWAY.","date":"2024-02-10","venue":"Truth Social post","era":"campaign-2024","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"The day before the Senate began voting on a $95.3 billion foreign aid package with about $60 billion for Ukraine, Trump posted that foreign aid should only be given as a loan, 'contingent' on the recipient never turning against the United States. The Senate passed the bill 70-29 on February 13, 2024, over what Defense News described as 'Trump-fueled opposition'; Speaker Mike Johnson said the House would 'work its own will' and did not take it up for more than two months. On April 20 the House passed a version that designated about $10 billion of the Ukraine funding as a repayable loan 'to appease some Republican members,' as The Guardian put it; PBS reported that more than $9 billion of Ukraine's economic assistance took the form of 'forgivable loans.' Biden signed the package on April 24, 2024, 'overcoming months of opposition by Republicans in Congress,' according to NPR.","sources":[{"title":"Donald J. Trump Truth Social post, February 10, 2024, 1:44 PM","outlet":"Trump's Truth (Truth Social archive)","url":"https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/5062","date":"2024-02-10"},{"title":"Trump says US should no longer provide foreign aid unless it's structured as a loan","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/10/politics/trump-foreign-aid-loan-senate-package","date":"2024-02-10"},{"title":"Senate passes Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan aid amid Trump-fueled opposition","outlet":"Defense News","url":"https://www.defensenews.com/congress/2024/02/13/senate-passes-ukraine-israel-taiwan-aid-amid-trump-fueled-opposition/","date":"2024-02-13"},{"title":"A breakdown of what's in the $95 billion foreign aid package passed by the House","outlet":"PBS NewsHour (AP)","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/a-breakdown-of-whats-in-the-95-billion-foreign-aid-package-passed-by-the-house","date":"2024-04-21"},{"title":"US House approves $61bn in military aid for Ukraine after months of stalling","outlet":"The Guardian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/20/us-house-approves-61bn-aid-ukraine","date":"2024-04-20"},{"title":"Biden signs $95 billion military aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://www.npr.org/2024/04/24/1246839045/biden-signs-95-billion-military-aid-package-for-ukraine-israel-and-taiwan","date":"2024-04-24"}],"tag_label":"Ukraine","tag_short":"Ukraine","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["ukraine"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/russia-aid-as-loan-2024/","sort_key":"2024-02-10","number":78},{"id":"offensive-congo-emptied-prisons-2024","kind":"offensive","target":"countries","subject":"Congo","place":"Democratic Republic of the Congo","title":"Began claiming that 'the Congo' empties its jails into the United States; fact-checkers found no evidence","quote":"They're emptying out jails all over the world, in Africa, the Congo. The Congo, they empty out their jails.","date":"2024-01-14","venue":"Remarks to campaign volunteers, Des Moines, Iowa","era":"campaign-2024","category":"immigration","what_happened":"He first made a version of the claim in a January 13, 2024 interview with Lou Dobbs and repeated it at rallies through at least October 12, 2026 (Youngstown, Ohio: 'From the Congo to South America, the prisons were all emptied out'). PolitiFact rated it Pants on Fire, finding no evidence that Congo released prisoners to send them to the U.S. CNN reported that both the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Congo denied the claim.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks: Donald Trump Meets with Iowa Campaign Volunteers in Des Moines - January 14, 2024","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-remarks-campaign-volunteers-des-moines-iowa-january-14-2024/#52","date":"2024-01-14"},{"title":"No evidence for Donald Trump’s claim that Congo is emptying its prisons (fact-check)","outlet":"PolitiFact","url":"https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jun/12/donald-trump/no-evidence-for-donald-trumps-claim-that-congo-is/","date":"2024-06-12"}],"tag":"countries","tag_label":"Other countries","tag_short":"Countries","tag_tone":"green","tag_list":["countries"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2024,"url":"/claims/offensive-congo-emptied-prisons-2024/","sort_key":"2024-01-14","number":111},{"id":"fix-depression-if-i-dont-win","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"a 1929-style depression","title":"A 1929-style depression if he did not win","quote":"I think if I don't win, we're going to have a depression like 1929.","date":"2023-12-30","venue":"Interview at Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach","era":"campaign-2024","category":"economy","what_happened":"He repeated the warning through 2024, posting on Truth Social about \"a 1929-style depression\" and \"THE KAMALA CRASH & GREAT DEPRESSION OF 2024,\" and attributing the 1929 prediction to Scott Bessent at a Wilkes-Barre rally. He won. As of January 2026 annual inflation was 2.7%, the White House cited 4.4% Q3 2025 GDP growth, and a Senate analysis put tariff-driven 2025 household costs at $2,120. By September 2026 the Fed had raised rates for the first time since 2023 and the debt was growing by more than $2 trillion in the year, with interest costs of about $1.2 trillion.","sources":[{"title":"Exclusive — Donald Trump: 'Depression Like 1929' Looms if 'I Don't Win'","outlet":"Breitbart","url":"https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/12/30/exclusive-donald-trump-depression-like-1929-looms-if-i-dont-win/","date":"2023-12-30"},{"title":"Apocalypse delayed: Trump keeps promising doom that never comes","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/apocalypse-delayed-trump-promising-doom-never-comes-rcna170151","date":"2024-09-20"},{"title":"Trump promised to end inflation; a Warren report says prices are up","outlet":"Fortune","url":"https://fortune.com/2026/01/30/trump-promise-end-inflation-warren-report-prices","date":"2026-01-30"},{"title":"Trump's Debt Crisis Will Be Easy to Fix","outlet":"The American Prospect","url":"https://prospect.org/2026/09/18/trump-debt-crisis-fix-taxes-tariffs-inflation-deficit/","date":"2026-09-18"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2023,"url":"/claims/fix-depression-if-i-dont-win/","sort_key":"2023-12-30","number":38},{"id":"know-banking-industry","kind":"knows-better","subject":"the banking industry","title":"'Nobody knows the banking industry better than me'","quote":"Nobody knows the banking industry better than me, and I'm not going to let them take advantage of you any longer.","date":"2023-12-16","venue":"Rally in Durham, New Hampshire","era":"campaign-2024","category":"economy","what_happened":"Trump was accusing banks of discriminating against conservatives and religious groups. At Davos on January 23, 2025 he accused Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan and JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon of refusing to bank conservatives; both banks denied the claims to Fortune. At a March 7, 2025 White House digital-assets summit he told crypto executives who described regulators pressuring banks, 'I know that feeling also. Maybe better than you do.'","sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Holds a Political Rally in Durham, New Hampshire - December 16, 2023","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-political-rally-durham-new-hampshire-december-16-2023/","date":"2023-12-16"},{"title":"Trump at Davos: oil, Russia, debanking","outlet":"Fortune","url":"https://fortune.com/2025/01/24/davos-trump-oil-russia-debanking","date":"2025-01-24"},{"title":"Remarks at the White House Digital Assets Summit","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-white-house-digital-assets-summit","date":"2025-03-07"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2023,"url":"/claims/know-banking-industry/","sort_key":"2023-12-16","number":45},{"id":"russia-durham-putin-quote-2023","kind":"russia","tag":"praise","subject":"Quoting Putin on 'rottenness'","title":"Cited Putin's claim that his prosecution shows 'the rottenness of the American political system'","quote":"But even Vladimir Putin, has anybody ever heard of Vladimir Putin of Russia, says that Biden's, and this is a quote, politically motivated persecution of his political rival, is very good for Russia, because it shows the rottenness of the American political system, which cannot pretend to teach others about democracy.","date":"2023-12-16","venue":"Campaign rally, Durham, New Hampshire","era":"campaign-2024","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"At a December 16, 2023 rally, Trump called Biden 'a threat to democracy' and quoted Putin's September 2023 remarks that the criminal cases against Trump exposed 'the rottenness of the American political system.' Trump faced 91 felony charges in four cases at the time and had pleaded not guilty to all of them; prosecutors rejected his claim that the cases were politically motivated. At the same rally he praised Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán and said immigrants were 'poisoning the blood of our country.' The Biden campaign said Trump 'parroted Adolf Hitler, praised Kim Jong Un, and quoted Vladimir Putin.'","sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Holds a Political Rally in Durham, New Hampshire - December 16, 2023","outlet":"Roll Call / Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-political-rally-durham-new-hampshire-december-16-2023/","date":"2023-12-16"},{"title":"Trump, again, praises dictators and rails against immigrants -- again sparking backlash","outlet":"ABC News","url":"https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-praises-dictators-rails-immigrants-sparking-backlash/story?id=105725220","date":"2023-12-17"},{"title":"Donald Trump echoes Vladimir Putin's attack on 'rottenness' of America's democracy","outlet":"USA Today","url":"https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2023/12/17/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-rottenness-american-democracy/71951245007/","date":"2023-12-17"}],"tag_label":"Praise and deference","tag_short":"Praise","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["praise"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2023,"url":"/claims/russia-durham-putin-quote-2023/","sort_key":"2023-12-16","number":77},{"id":"offensive-poisoning-the-blood-2023","kind":"offensive","target":"immigrants","subject":"Immigrants","title":"Told a rally that immigrants are 'poisoning the blood of our country'","quote":"When they let, I think the real number is 15, 16 million people into our country, when they do that, we got a lot of work to do. They're poisoning the blood of our country.","date":"2023-12-16","venue":"Campaign rally, Durham, New Hampshire","era":"campaign-2024","category":"immigration","what_happened":"Trump had used the phrase about immigrants in a September 2023 interview with The National Pulse. The Biden campaign and historians noted that Adolf Hitler used similar 'blood poisoning' language in 'Mein Kampf.' The Anti-Defamation League called earlier uses 'racist, xenophobic and despicable.' Trump doubled down in a Hugh Hewitt interview on December 22, 2023: 'They are poisoning the blood of our country. And I'm not talking about a specific group, and I never read Mein Kampf.'","featured":true,"sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Holds a Political Rally in Durham, New Hampshire - December 16, 2023","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-political-rally-durham-new-hampshire-december-16-2023/","date":"2023-12-16"},{"title":"Meet the Press Blog","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/shows/meetthepress/blog/rcna130208","date":"2023-12-16"},{"title":"Interview: Hugh Hewitt Interviews Donald Trump on His Radio and Podcast Show - December 22, 2023","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-hugh-hewitt-radio-december-22-2023/","date":"2023-12-22"}],"tag":"immigrants","tag_label":"Immigrants","tag_short":"Immigrants","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["immigrants"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2023,"url":"/claims/offensive-poisoning-the-blood-2023/","sort_key":"2023-12-16","number":110},{"id":"autocrats-liv-golf-doral-deal-2023","kind":"autocrats","tag":"payments","subject":"Saudi Arabia","country":"Saudi Arabia","beneficiary":"Donald Trump (Trump National Doral Miami)","amount":"","freedom_house":"Not Free (2023)","title":"Trump announces Doral has signed with LIV Golf for an April 2024 tournament","quote":"TRUMP NATIONAL DORAL, in Miami, has just signed with LIV GOLF to host a Championship Tournament in April, 2024. The event they had at Doral in October was a major success!","date":"2023-12-15","venue":"Truth Social post","era":"campaign-2024","category":"ethics","what_happened":"Trump announced the agreement on Truth Social on December 15, 2023, while campaigning for the Republican nomination. The New York Times reported in July 2024 that the Saudi sovereign wealth fund, which backs LIV Golf, \"paid the Trump family to host one of its tournaments at the Trump National Doral near Miami earlier this year\"; the amount was not reported. A House Oversight Democratic staff report noted that in an April 2023 deposition Trump said he believed he \"could sell that to LIV Golf for a fortune, Saudi Arabia,\" referring to his Turnberry course in Scotland. The report said Trump courses had hosted LIV events in 2022 and 2023 and that neither side had revealed the terms.","sources":[{"title":"Truth Social post of December 15, 2023, 8:08 AM","outlet":"Trump's Truth (Truth Social archive)","url":"https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/7651","date":"2023-12-15"},{"title":"Trump Organization Signs Contract for New Saudi Tower","outlet":"The New York Times (via Internet Archive)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20240702195330/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/01/us/politics/trump-organization-saudi-arabia-tower.html","date":"2024-07-01"},{"title":"White House for Sale: How Princes, Prime Ministers, and Premiers Paid Off President Trump","outlet":"House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Democratic staff report","url":"https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU00/20240110/116733/HMKP-118-JU00-20240110-SD004.pdf","date":"2024-01-04"},{"title":"Saudi Arabia: Freedom in the World 2023 Country Report","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/country/saudi-arabia/freedom-world/2023","date":"2023"}],"tag_label":"Gifts and payments","tag_short":"Payments","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["payments"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2023,"url":"/claims/autocrats-liv-golf-doral-deal-2023/","sort_key":"2023-12-15","number":39},{"id":"offensive-haley-birdbrain-2023","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Nikki Haley","title":"Began calling primary rival Nikki Haley 'Birdbrain' after the second Republican debate","quote":"Anyway, Birdbrain doesn't have the TALENT or TEMPERAMENT to do the job.","date":"2023-09-29","venue":"Truth Social","era":"campaign-2024","category":"elections","what_happened":"Trump introduced the nickname in a Truth Social post after the September 27, 2023 debate and used it at rallies through the primaries ('Birdbrain, Nikki Birdbrain,' Fort Dodge, Iowa, November 18, 2023). On October 1, 2023, Haley posted a photo of a birdcage and birdseed left at her Des Moines hotel room; reporter Marc Caputo said the Trump campaign sent him the photo.","sources":[{"title":"Truth Social post, September 29, 2023","outlet":"Trump's Truth (Truth Social archive)","url":"https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/10094","date":"2023-09-29"},{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Holds a Campaign Event in Fort Dodge, Iowa - November 18, 2023","outlet":"Factba.se (Roll Call)","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-campaign-event-fort-dodge-iowa-november-18-2023/#140","date":"2023-11-18"},{"title":"Nikki Haley Accuses Trump Campaign of Leaving Birdcage at Her Door Following the 2nd GOP Debate","outlet":"TheWrap","url":"https://www.thewrap.com/nikki-haley-trump-campaign-birdcage-gop-debate/","date":"2023-10-01"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2023,"url":"/claims/offensive-haley-birdbrain-2023/","sort_key":"2023-09-29","number":109},{"id":"china-auto-industry-evs-2023","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"electric vehicles","title":"Says the entire U.S. car industry will be shipped to China under electric vehicle rules","quote":"under Biden's mandate, the entire car industry will be packed up and shipped to China, which controls over 80% of the supply chain for electric vehicle batteries. They control the whole thing.","date":"2023-09-27","venue":"Speech to auto workers in Clinton Township, Michigan","era":"campaign-2024","category":"economy","what_happened":"As of May 2026, major Chinese automakers such as BYD, Geely and SAIC had no retail presence in the United States, where they faced 100% tariffs, CNBC reported. At the Detroit Economic Club in January 2026, Trump said he would welcome Chinese automakers manufacturing in the U.S.; CNBC reported the remarks were later walked back. In September 2026, more than two dozen Democratic lawmakers urged him to maintain the effective ban on Chinese automakers in the U.S. market, NBC News reported.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks to Auto Workers in Clinton Township, Michigan","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-auto-workers-clinton-township-michigan","date":"2023-09-27"},{"title":"Chinese parts are already in U.S. cars as lawmakers warn Trump against China auto deal","outlet":"CNBC","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/14/trump-china-chinese-autos.html","date":"2026-05-14"},{"title":"Trump-Xi summit: Leaders meet at White House amid tensions over Taiwan, trade and AI","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/trump-xi-summit-meet-white-house-tensions-taiwan-trade-ai-rcna598073","date":"2026-09-23"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2023,"url":"/claims/china-auto-industry-evs-2023/","sort_key":"2023-09-27","number":94},{"id":"russia-mtp-crimea-deal-2023","kind":"russia","tag":"ukraine","subject":"Meet the Press territory","title":"Said a deal ceding Crimea 'and other parts of the country' could have been made, and welcomed Putin's praise","quote":"You know, that's something that could have been negotiated. Because there were certain parts, Crimea and other parts of the country, that a lot of people expected could happen. You could have made a deal. So they could have made a deal where there's lesser territory right now than Russia's already taken, to be honest.","date":"2023-09-17","venue":"NBC's Meet the Press, interview with Kristen Welker at Bedminster, New Jersey","era":"campaign-2024","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"In an interview taped at Bedminster, New Jersey and aired September 17, 2023, Kristen Welker's first show as Meet the Press moderator, Trump was asked whether ending the war in 24 hours would mean Putin keeps territory he had 'unlawfully claimed.' He said he would 'make a fair deal for everybody,' then said a deal ceding Crimea and 'other parts of the country' could have been negotiated before the invasion. Welker also read Putin's remark that week that 'we cannot help but feel happy' about Trump's promise to resolve the war within days; Trump replied, 'Well, I like that he said that. Because that means what I'm saying is right.' Asked about Russian attacks on maternity wards and the deportation of Ukrainian children, he said 'It's all terrible' and added that 'nobody was tougher on Russia than me.'","sources":[{"title":"Interview: Kristen Welker Interviews Donald Trump for Meet the Press on NBC - September 17, 2023","outlet":"Roll Call / Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-kristen-welker-nbc-meet-the-press-september-17-2023/","date":"2023-09-17"},{"title":"Trump says he's pleased by Putin's praise: 'I like that he said that'","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-pleased-putins-praise-ukraine-russia-meet-the-press-rcna105298","date":"2023-09-17"}],"tag_label":"Ukraine","tag_short":"Ukraine","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["ukraine"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2023,"url":"/claims/russia-mtp-crimea-deal-2023/","sort_key":"2023-09-17","number":76},{"id":"offensive-dc-filthy-embarrassment-2023","kind":"offensive","target":"cities","subject":"Washington, D.C.","place":"Washington, D.C.","title":"Called for a 'federal takeover' of Washington, D.C., 'this filthy and crime ridden embarrassment to our nation'","quote":"I AM CALLING FOR A FEDERAL TAKEOVER OF THIS FILTHY AND CRIME RIDDEN EMBARRASSMENT TO OUR NATION, WHERE MURDERS HAVE JUST SHATTERED THE ALL TIME RECORD, OTHER VIOLENT CRIMES HAVE NEVER NEEN WORSE, AND TOURISTS HAVE FLED.","date":"2023-08-06","venue":"Truth Social","era":"campaign-2024","category":"justice","what_happened":"He made the post days after his federal indictment in Washington over the 2020 election, arguing he could not get a fair trial there; the post itself said the takeover 'is very unpopular with potential area jurors.' He repeated the theme often: on Oct. 22, 2023 he posted that D.C. 'has become a dirty, crime ridden death trap'; on Nov. 11, 2023 he said 'It's dirty. It's filthy. It's crime-ridden'; and on June 14, 2024 he called it 'a hellhole.' He carried out a version of the takeover in August 2025.","sources":[{"title":"Truth Social post, August 6, 2023","outlet":"Trump's Truth (archive)","url":"https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/12256","date":"2023-08-06"},{"title":"As violent crime soars in Washington, D.C., Trump vows a 'federal takeover'","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/violent-crime-soars-washington-dc-trump-vows-federal-takeover-rcna136936","date":"2024-02-04"},{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Holds a Political Rally in Claremont, New Hampshire - November 11, 2023","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-political-rally-claremont-new-hampshire-november-11-2023/#223","date":"2023-11-11"}],"tag":"cities","tag_label":"American cities","tag_short":"Cities","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["cities"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2023,"url":"/claims/offensive-dc-filthy-embarrassment-2023/","sort_key":"2023-08-06","number":108},{"id":"russia-erie-aid-condition-2023","kind":"russia","tag":"ukraine","subject":"Aid conditioned on Biden probe","title":"Told Congress to refuse further weapons for Ukraine until agencies turned over evidence on the Bidens","quote":"In light of this information, the U.S. Congress should refuse to authorize a single additional payment of our depleted stockpiles ... the weapons stockpiles to Ukraine until the FBI, DOJ and IRS hand over every scrap of evidence they have on the Biden crime family's corrupt business dealings.","date":"2023-07-29","venue":"Campaign rally, Erie, Pennsylvania","era":"campaign-2024","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"At a July 29, 2023 rally in Erie, Trump said Joe Biden was 'compromised' by his family's dealings in Ukraine and called on Congress to refuse further shipments of weapons to Ukraine until the FBI, Justice Department and IRS handed over evidence about the Biden family to congressional investigators. The Washington Post reported that he said Republican lawmakers who did not join the effort should face primary challenges, and noted that the demand echoed the conduct at issue in his 2019 impeachment, when he withheld military aid from Ukraine while pressing its president to announce an investigation of Biden. Congress continued to fund Ukraine assistance; a new $61 billion package was delayed for months in the House but passed in April 2024.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks at a Campaign Rally in Erie, Pennsylvania","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-campaign-rally-erie-pennsylvania","date":"2023-07-29"},{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Holds a Political Rally in Erie, Pennsylvania - July 29, 2023","outlet":"Roll Call / Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-political-rally-erie-pennsylvania-july-29-2023/","date":"2023-07-29"},{"title":"Trump calls for conditioning Ukraine aid on congressional Biden probes","outlet":"The Washington Post (Internet Archive copy)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20231227183448/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/29/trump-ukraine-congress-hunter-biden/","date":"2023-07-29"}],"tag_label":"Ukraine","tag_short":"Ukraine","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["ukraine"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2023,"url":"/claims/russia-erie-aid-condition-2023/","sort_key":"2023-07-29","number":75},{"id":"fix-only-one-candidate-save-america-2023","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"saving America","title":"Only one candidate could save America in 2024","quote":"The 2024 election is our last shot to save America, and there's only one candidate","date":"2023-07-28","venue":"Iowa GOP Lincoln Dinner, Des Moines","era":"campaign-2024","category":"other","what_happened":"Trump won the November 5, 2024 election, 312 electoral votes to 226 and 49.8% to 48.3% in the popular vote. A year into the term, annual inflation stood at 2.7% (January 2026) and a Senate analysis attributed $2,120 in added 2025 household costs to tariffs, while the White House cited 4.4% GDP growth in Q3 2025. By September 2026 the Federal Reserve had raised rates for the first time since 2023, government-bond yields were at roughly 20-year highs, and the deficit was adding over $2 trillion to the debt in a single year.","sources":[{"title":"Donald Trump casts himself as best bet against Joe Biden at Iowa dinner","outlet":"Gulf News","url":"https://gulfnews.com/world/americas/donald-trump-casts-himself-as-best-bet-against-joe-biden-at-iowa-dinner-1.1690619369101","date":"2023-07-29"},{"title":"2024 United States presidential election","outlet":"Wikipedia","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election","date":"2026-09-25"},{"title":"Trump promised to end inflation; a Warren report says prices are up","outlet":"Fortune","url":"https://fortune.com/2026/01/30/trump-promise-end-inflation-warren-report-prices","date":"2026-01-30"},{"title":"Trump's Debt Crisis Will Be Easy to Fix","outlet":"The American Prospect","url":"https://prospect.org/2026/09/18/trump-debt-crisis-fix-taxes-tariffs-inflation-deficit/","date":"2026-09-18"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2023,"url":"/claims/fix-only-one-candidate-save-america-2023/","sort_key":"2023-07-28","number":37},{"id":"china-cuba-48-hours-2023","kind":"china","threat":"military","subject":"military sites in Cuba","title":"Says he would give China 48 hours to remove military and spy equipment from Cuba","quote":"I will inform China that they have 48 hours to get any military and spy equipment out of Cuba, or we will drop the hammer and there will be tariffs and taxes unlike anything they've ever seen.","date":"2023-06-25","venue":"Speech at the Oakland County Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner, Novi, Michigan","era":"campaign-2024","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"A Biden administration official said in June 2023 that China had operated a spy base in Cuba since at least 2019 and had upgraded its operation there that year, which was during Trump's first term. The Center for Strategic and International Studies reported on June 18, 2026, that a new antenna array at the Bejucal signals-intelligence site near Havana appeared complete and had \"very likely begun operations,\" while noting that no clear publicly available evidence proves China's involvement there. Fox News reported in May 2026 that the Trump administration had expanded sanctions on Cuba and that Secretary of State Marco Rubio had acknowledged a Russian and Chinese intelligence presence on the island.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks at the Oakland Country Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner in Novi, Michigan","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-oakland-country-republican-party-lincoln-day-dinner-novi-michigan","date":"2023-06-25"},{"title":"China has had a spy base in Cuba since at least 2019, US confirms","outlet":"Air Force Times (Associated Press)","url":"https://www.airforcetimes.com/flashpoints/2023/06/11/china-has-had-a-spy-base-in-cuba-since-at-least-2019-us-confirms/","date":"2023-06-11"},{"title":"New Activity at Possible Chinese Intelligence Facilities in Cuba","outlet":"Center for Strategic and International Studies","url":"https://www.csis.org/analysis/new-activity-possible-chinese-intelligence-facilities-cuba","date":"2026-06-18"},{"title":"Pressure on Cuba grows as China, Russia expand spy sites near Florida","outlet":"Fox News","url":"https://www.foxnews.com/politics/china-linked-spy-site-expansion-cuba-raises-alarms-near-key-us-military-bases","date":"2026-05-28"}],"tag":"military","tag_label":"Military threat","tag_short":"Military","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["military"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2023,"url":"/claims/china-cuba-48-hours-2023/","sort_key":"2023-06-25","number":93},{"id":"fix-corrupt-system-only-candidate-2023","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"the corrupt system and the swamp","title":"Only candidate with what it takes to smash the corrupt system","quote":"I stand before you today as the only candidate who has what it takes to smash this corrupt system and to truly drain the swamp. And I'm the only one that they don't want to do it.","date":"2023-06-10","venue":"North Carolina Republican Convention, Koury Convention Center, Greensboro","era":"campaign-2024","category":"ethics","what_happened":"In the same speech he said \"we are the only ones who can stop them\" about the \"deep state.\" On January 20, 2025, he signed Executive Order 14171, which reinstated his 2020 Schedule F order \"with full force and effect,\" placing policy-influencing career employees in a category where failure to implement administration policies \"is grounds for dismissal.\" This entry is a later restatement of the 2016 \"I alone can fix it\" claim about the rigged system.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks at the North Carolina Republican Convention in Greensboro","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-north-carolina-republican-convention-greensboro","date":"2023-06-10"},{"title":"Executive Order 14171—Restoring Accountability to Policy-Influencing Positions Within the Federal Workforce","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-14171-restoring-accountability-policy-influencing-positions-within-the","date":"2025-01-20"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2023,"url":"/claims/fix-corrupt-system-only-candidate-2023/","sort_key":"2023-06-10","number":36},{"id":"russia-cnn-town-hall-2023","kind":"russia","tag":"ukraine","subject":"CNN town hall","title":"Would not say he wants Ukraine to win and would not call Putin a war criminal","quote":"I don't think in terms of winning and losing. I think in terms of getting it settled, so stop killing all these people","date":"2023-05-10","venue":"CNN Republican presidential town hall, Saint Anselm College, New Hampshire, moderated by Kaitlan Collins","era":"campaign-2024","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"Asked by Kaitlan Collins whether he wanted Ukraine to win the war, Trump said he did not 'think in terms of winning and losing'; asked again whether he wanted Ukraine or Russia to win, he said 'I want everybody to stop dying. They're dying. Russians and Ukrainians, I want them to stop dying.' He said he would have the war 'settled in one day, 24 hours' and that Europe should 'put up more money.' Asked whether Putin, for whom the International Criminal Court had issued an arrest warrant in March 2023, was a war criminal, he said it 'should be discussed later' because 'if you say he's a war criminal, it's going to be a lot tougher to make a deal to get this thing stop.' He called Putin 'a smart guy' who 'made a tremendous mistake.' The United States had provided about $36.9 billion in military aid to Ukraine since February 2022, according to CNN.","sources":[{"title":"CNN Live Event/Special: Kaitlan Collins Interviews Former President Donald Trump in CNN's Republican Presidential Town Hall (transcript)","outlet":"CNN Transcripts","url":"https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/se/date/2023-05-10/segment/01","date":"2023-05-10"},{"title":"Ukraine: Trump won't commit to backing ally in war with Russia","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/10/politics/ukraine-russia-putin-trump-town-hall","date":"2023-05-10"}],"tag_label":"Ukraine","tag_short":"Ukraine","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["ukraine"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2023,"url":"/claims/russia-cnn-town-hall-2023/","sort_key":"2023-05-10","number":74},{"id":"offensive-carroll-whack-job-town-hall-2023","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"E. Jean Carroll","title":"Called E. Jean Carroll a 'whack job' on CNN a day after a jury found him liable for sexually abusing her","quote":"She wasn't raped, OK? ... And I didn't do anything else either, OK, because I don't know who the hell she is.","date":"2023-05-10","venue":"CNN town hall, Manchester, New Hampshire","era":"campaign-2024","category":"justice","what_happened":"The remarks came the day after a federal jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation and awarded Carroll about $5 million. He called her a 'whack job,' called her story 'fake' and 'made up' and the trial 'rigged,' drawing laughter from the audience while moderator Kaitlan Collins tried to interject. Carroll then sought additional damages over the town hall remarks. On January 26, 2024, a jury awarded her $83.3 million in her separate suit over his 2019 statements.","sources":[{"title":"Trump CNN town hall highlights include comments on E. 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Jean Carroll seeks $10 million in damages from Trump over post-verdict statements","outlet":"News24 (AFP)","url":"https://www.news24.com/world/e-jean-carroll-seeks-10-million-in-damages-from-trump-over-post-verdict-statements-20230523","date":"2023-05-23"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2023,"url":"/claims/offensive-carroll-whack-job-town-hall-2023/","sort_key":"2023-05-10","number":107},{"id":"autocrats-uae-fund-affinity-2023","kind":"autocrats","tag":"investment","subject":"United Arab Emirates","country":"United Arab Emirates","beneficiary":"Jared Kushner (Affinity Partners)","amount":"more than $200 million","freedom_house":"Not Free (2023)","title":"Emirati sovereign wealth fund invests more than $200 million with Kushner's Affinity Partners","quote":"","date":"2023-03-30","venue":"Reported by The New York Times","era":"campaign-2024","category":"ethics","what_happened":"The New York Times reported on March 30, 2023 that a sovereign wealth fund in the United Arab Emirates had invested more than $200 million with Affinity Partners, the private equity firm Jared Kushner founded after leaving the White House, citing two people told about the transaction. The date of the investment was not reported. The UAE embassy in Washington declined to comment and an Affinity official did not respond to the Times. The Times reported that Emirati officials were at first reluctant to invest, in part because of the political risks. As a White House adviser Kushner helped orchestrate the Abraham Accords, which normalized relations between Israel and the UAE in 2020. In June 2024 Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden opened an investigation of the firm's payments from Gulf funds; Affinity's chief legal officer said the firm \"has always acted appropriately.\"","sources":[{"title":"Kushner Firm Got Hundreds of Millions From 2 Persian Gulf Nations","outlet":"The New York Times (via Internet Archive)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20230331232251/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/30/us/politics/jared-kushner-qatar-united-arab-emirates.html","date":"2023-03-30"},{"title":"White House for Sale: How Princes, Prime Ministers, and Premiers Paid Off President Trump","outlet":"House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Democratic staff report","url":"https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU00/20240110/116733/HMKP-118-JU00-20240110-SD004.pdf","date":"2024-01-04"},{"title":"Jared Kushner's Saudi-backed fund paid millions in fees, makes no profit","outlet":"The New York Times (via The Seattle Times)","url":"https://www.seattletimes.com/business/jared-kushners-saudi-backed-fund-paid-millions-in-fees-makes-no-profit/","date":"2024-09-26"},{"title":"United Arab Emirates: Freedom in the World 2023 Country Report","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/country/united-arab-emirates/freedom-world/2023","date":"2023"}],"tag_label":"Investments and funds","tag_short":"Investment","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["investment"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2023,"url":"/claims/autocrats-uae-fund-affinity-2023/","sort_key":"2023-03-30","number":38},{"id":"autocrats-qatar-fund-affinity-2023","kind":"autocrats","tag":"investment","subject":"Qatar","country":"Qatar","beneficiary":"Jared Kushner (Affinity Partners)","amount":"about $200 million","freedom_house":"Not Free (2023)","title":"Qatari entity invests about $200 million with Kushner's Affinity Partners","quote":"","date":"2023-03-30","venue":"Reported by The New York Times","era":"campaign-2024","category":"ethics","what_happened":"The New York Times reported on March 30, 2023 that a Qatari entity had invested a sum similar to the more than $200 million that an Emirati fund placed with Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners, citing two people with knowledge of the deal; the Times said the identity of the Qatari investor was unclear. In September 2024 the Times reported that the firm's money included investments from the sovereign wealth funds of Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. A spokesman for the Qatari embassy declined to comment. The Times had earlier reported that Qatari officials feared unfavorable treatment if they turned Kushner down and Trump returned to power. During the final days of the Trump presidency Kushner took part in talks that helped lift the blockade of Qatar by its neighbors, which Trump had backed when it began in 2017. The date of the investment was not reported.","sources":[{"title":"Kushner Firm Got Hundreds of Millions From 2 Persian Gulf Nations","outlet":"The New York Times (via Internet Archive)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20230331232251/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/30/us/politics/jared-kushner-qatar-united-arab-emirates.html","date":"2023-03-30"},{"title":"White House for Sale: How Princes, Prime Ministers, and Premiers Paid Off President Trump","outlet":"House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Democratic staff report","url":"https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU00/20240110/116733/HMKP-118-JU00-20240110-SD004.pdf","date":"2024-01-04"},{"title":"Jared Kushner's Saudi-backed fund paid millions in fees, makes no profit","outlet":"The New York Times (via The Seattle Times)","url":"https://www.seattletimes.com/business/jared-kushners-saudi-backed-fund-paid-millions-in-fees-makes-no-profit/","date":"2024-09-26"},{"title":"Qatar: Freedom in the World 2023 Country Report","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/country/qatar/freedom-world/2023","date":"2023"}],"tag_label":"Investments and funds","tag_short":"Investment","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["investment"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2023,"url":"/claims/autocrats-qatar-fund-affinity-2023/","sort_key":"2023-03-30","number":37},{"id":"russia-agenda47-nato-2023","kind":"russia","tag":"alliances","subject":"Agenda47 NATO video","title":"Campaign video pledged to 'fundamentally' re-evaluate NATO and said Russia is not the West's greatest threat","quote":"Finally, we have to finish the process we began under my administration of fundamentally reevaluating NATO's purpose and NATO's mission. Our foreign policy establishment keeps trying to pull the world into conflict with a nuclear-armed Russia based on the lie that Russia represents our greatest threat. But the greatest threat to Western civilization today is not Russia.","date":"2023-03-16","venue":"Agenda47 campaign video, 'Preventing World War III'","era":"campaign-2024","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"In a campaign policy video released March 16, 2023, Trump said the 'proxy battle in Ukraine' risked global war, that the objective must be 'a total cessation of hostilities' and that the State Department, defense bureaucracy and intelligence services should be 'completely overhauled and reconstituted.' He pledged to finish 'fundamentally reevaluating NATO's purpose and NATO's mission' and said the greatest threat to Western civilization was 'ourselves' rather than Russia. The video was released three weeks after the first anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion. He returned to the NATO theme at a February 10, 2024 rally in South Carolina, saying he would 'encourage' Russia to do 'whatever the hell they want' to allies that did not meet spending targets.","sources":[{"title":"Donald Trump Vlog: Preventing World War III (Agenda47) - March 16, 2023","outlet":"Roll Call / Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-vlog-preventing-world-war-iii-agenda47-march-16-2023/","date":"2023-03-16"},{"title":"Agenda47: Preventing World War III","outlet":"Donald J. Trump campaign (Internet Archive copy)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20240101013607/https://www.donaldjtrump.com/agenda47/agenda47-preventing-world-war-iii","date":"2023-03-16"},{"title":"Trump says biggest threat to America is not Russia but 'USA-hating people,' including 'godless' Marxists","outlet":"Fox News","url":"https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-biggest-threat-america-not-russia-but-usa-hating-people-godless-marxists","date":"2023-03-17"}],"tag_label":"NATO and allies","tag_short":"Alliances","tag_tone":"green","tag_list":["alliances"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2023,"url":"/claims/russia-agenda47-nato-2023/","sort_key":"2023-03-16","number":73},{"id":"fix-wwiii-only-candidate-2023","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"World War III","title":"Only candidate who could prevent World War III","quote":"Standing before you today, I am the only candidate who can make this promise: I will prevent World War III","date":"2023-03-13","venue":"Campaign event in Davenport, Iowa","era":"campaign-2024","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"He repeated the pledge through the campaign, including at a Hannity town hall in Harrisburg, Pa. on September 4, 2024 (\"We won't have World War III when I'm elected\") and in Georgia on September 25, 2024. On February 28, 2026 the United States and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, opening a war that saw a Pakistan-mediated ceasefire on April 8, 2026, an Islamabad Memorandum on June 17, and a collapse of the ceasefire on July 8, 2026. Addressing the UN on September 22, 2026, in the war's seventh month, Trump said he could \"annihilate the Islamic Republic\" or make a deal after the midterms. The Russia-Ukraine war also continued into its fifth year as of September 2026.","sources":[{"title":"Trump Vows to Prevent World War III, Says He's the Only One Who Can","outlet":"Newsweek","url":"https://www.newsweek.com/trump-vows-prevent-world-war-iii-says-hes-only-one-who-can-1787490","date":"2023-03-13"},{"title":"Risk of World War III still looms, only I can prevent it: Trump","outlet":"The Tribune (India)","url":"https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/world/risk-of-world-war-iii-still-looms-only-i-can-prevent-it-trump","date":"2024-09-05"},{"title":"'I will prevent World War 3', Trump says","outlet":"Al Jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2024/9/25/i-will-prevent-world-war-3-trump-says","date":"2024-09-25"},{"title":"2026 Iran war ceasefire","outlet":"Wikipedia","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war_ceasefire","date":"2026-09-25"},{"title":"Trump tells U.N. he could 'annihilate' Iran but expects a deal after the midterm elections","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-address-united-nations-general-assembly-iran-war-rcna599085","date":"2026-09-22"},{"title":"US envoys arrive in Kyiv for Ukraine war talks after meeting Putin","outlet":"Al Jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/5/russias-putin-meets-us-envoys-to-discuss-trump-proposal-to-end-ukraine-war","date":"2026-09-05"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2023,"url":"/claims/fix-wwiii-only-candidate-2023/","sort_key":"2023-03-13","number":35},{"id":"russia-hannity-take-over-2023","kind":"russia","tag":"ukraine","subject":"Russian-speaking areas","title":"Said he could have made a deal letting Russia 'take over' Russian-speaking areas of Ukraine","quote":"At worst, I could've made a deal to take over something, there are certain areas that are Russian-speaking areas, frankly, but you could've worked a deal.","date":"2023-03-06","venue":"Radio interview with Sean Hannity","era":"campaign-2024","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"In a Monday, March 6, 2023 radio interview with Sean Hannity, Trump said Russia 'took over nothing' while he was in office, that Putin 'would have never done it' had he remained president, and that even 'without even negotiating a deal' he could have averted the invasion; 'at worst,' he said, he could have made a deal for Russia to 'take over' Russian-speaking areas. The Daily Beast reported, and Salon and Mother Jones noted, that the excerpt Hannity aired on his Fox News program that evening cut away before the 'take over' remark. Mother Jones noted that the deal he described resembled the 2016 'peace plan' for an autonomous republic in eastern Ukraine that Konstantin Kilimnik, described by the Senate Intelligence Committee as a Russian intelligence officer, pressed on Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.","sources":[{"title":"Fox News caught editing out Trump's brag that he would have let Putin \"take over\" parts of Ukraine","outlet":"Salon","url":"https://www.salon.com/2023/03/08/fox-news-caught-editing-out-trumps-brag-that-he-would-have-let-putin-take-over-parts-of-ukraine/","date":"2023-03-08"},{"title":"Trump said he might have let Russia \"take over\" parts of Ukraine. Fox News edited it out.","outlet":"Mother Jones","url":"https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/03/trump-ukraine-hannity-fox-news-russia-take-over/","date":"2023-03-12"}],"tag_label":"Ukraine","tag_short":"Ukraine","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["ukraine"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2023,"url":"/claims/russia-hannity-take-over-2023/","sort_key":"2023-03-06","number":72},{"id":"china-deficit-funds-military-2023","kind":"china","threat":"both","subject":"trade deficit and military","title":"Says China uses U.S. trade dollars to buy American assets and build its military","quote":"We foolishly send China hundreds of billions of dollars and China uses those dollars to buy up our real estate, our factories, and our wealth-creating industries. And they also use all that money to build up their military and they're doing it rapidly.","date":"2023-02-28","venue":"Agenda47 campaign video on trade deficits","era":"campaign-2024","category":"trade","what_happened":"He had used a similar line at 2022 rallies, saying in Warren, Michigan, on Oct. 1, 2022, that the country was allowing China to use \"the trillions of dollars it has taken from us, to build a military to rival our own.\" The U.S. goods trade deficit with China was $382.3 billion in 2022 and $202.7 billion in 2025, according to Census Bureau data. On Dec. 8, 2025, he said Nvidia would be allowed to ship its H200 artificial intelligence chips to approved customers in China on the condition that the U.S. government receives a 25% cut.","sources":[{"title":"Reclaiming America’s Independence by Slashing Biden’s Disastrous Trade Deficits | Agenda47 | Donald J. 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U.S. goods imports from China were $308.7 billion in 2025, down from $440.3 billion in 2024, according to Census Bureau data. After Xi Jinping's state visit in September 2026, the two governments released lists of products for tariff cuts; China's commerce ministry said more than 90% of them would be subject to \"most-favored-nation\" rates, the Associated Press reported.","sources":[{"title":"Agenda47: President Trump’s New Trade Plan to Protect American Workers | Agenda47 | Donald J. 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An F-22 shot it down off the South Carolina coast on Feb. 4, 2023. A senior Pentagon official then said Chinese surveillance balloons had \"transited the continental United States briefly at least three times during the prior administration.\" Trump wrote on Feb. 5 that this \"NEVER\" happened while he was president; a defense official said the earlier flights were discovered after his administration left office.","sources":[{"title":"Donald J. Trump: \"SHOOT DOWN THE BALLOON!\"","outlet":"Trump's Truth (Truth Social archive)","url":"https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/17021","date":"2023-02-03"},{"title":"February 3, 2023 Suspected Chinese spy balloon flies over the US","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/suspected-chinese-balloon-us#h_a92744d40ca489a5be8b20e6b84fe335","date":"2023-02-03"},{"title":"U.S. shoots down suspected Chinese spy balloon off the Carolina coast","outlet":"PBS News","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/u-s-prepares-to-shoot-down-chinese-balloon-over-atlantic-ocean","date":"2023-02-04"},{"title":"Trump seethes on Truth Social after Pentagon says Chinese spy balloons flew over US on his watch","outlet":"Salon","url":"https://www.salon.com/2023/02/06/seethes-on-truth-social-after-pentagon-says-chinese-spy-balloons-flew-over-us-on-his-watch/","date":"2023-02-06"}],"tag":"military","tag_label":"Military threat","tag_short":"Military","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["military"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2023,"url":"/claims/china-spy-balloon-2023/","sort_key":"2023-02-03","number":90},{"id":"china-thousands-of-spies-2023","kind":"china","threat":"military","subject":"espionage","title":"Says China has many thousands of spies working in the United States","quote":"It’s rarely even mentioned that China has many thousands of SPIES working in the United States—in business, finance, academia, technology, media, and likely even government, very sadly.","date":"2023-02-03","venue":"Agenda47 campaign video, \"Stopping Chinese Espionage\"","era":"campaign-2024","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"In the same video he pledged visa sanctions and travel restrictions \"to shut off Chinese access to American secrets.\" On May 28, 2025, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the U.S. would \"aggressively revoke\" visas for Chinese students, including those with Communist Party connections or studying in critical fields. On Aug. 25, 2025, Trump told reporters of Chinese students: \"We're going to allow it. It's very important, 600,000 students.\"","sources":[{"title":"Stopping Chinese Espionage | Agenda47 | Donald J. 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My instinct at the time was that we had really bad people in the form of James Comey, McCabe (whose wife was being helped out by Crooked Hillary while Crooked was under investigation!), Brennan, Peter Strzok (whose wife is at the SEC) & his lover, Lisa Page. Now add McGonigal & other slime to the list. Who would you choose, Putin or these Misfits?","date":"2023-01-30","venue":"Truth Social post","era":"campaign-2024","category":"elections","what_happened":"On January 23, 2023, the Justice Department unsealed an indictment charging Charles McGonigal, who had led the FBI's counterintelligence division in New York from 2016 to 2018, with working for sanctioned Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska in violation of U.S. sanctions. On January 30 Trump reposted a message about the case and returned to the July 2018 Helsinki news conference, at which he had said he did not 'see any reason' why Russia would have interfered in the 2016 election despite the U.S. intelligence assessment that it had. He listed former FBI and CIA officials by name, added McGonigal to the list and asked readers whether they would choose Putin or 'these Misfits.' Newsweek and The Independent reported the post as Trump again suggesting he trusted Putin over U.S. intelligence.","sources":[{"title":"Donald J. Trump Truth Social post, January 30, 2023, 8:18 AM","outlet":"Trump's Truth (Truth Social archive)","url":"https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/17221","date":"2023-01-30"},{"title":"Donald Trump Says He Trusts Putin More Than U.S. Intelligence 'Lowlifes'","outlet":"Newsweek","url":"https://www.newsweek.com/trump-trusts-putin-intelligence-lowlife-1777537","date":"2023-01-30"},{"title":"Trump makes shocking comments about trusting Putin over US 'intelligence lowlifes'","outlet":"The Independent","url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-putin-fbi-nsa-lowlifes-b2272343.html","date":"2023-01-31"},{"title":"Former FBI agent charged with aiding Russian oligarch","outlet":"PBS NewsHour (AP)","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/former-fbi-agent-charged-with-aiding-russian-oligarch","date":"2023-01-23"}],"tag_label":"Intelligence and security","tag_short":"Intelligence","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["intelligence"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2023,"url":"/claims/russia-helsinki-lowlifes-2023/","sort_key":"2023-01-30","number":71},{"id":"russia-tanks-nukes-2023","kind":"russia","tag":"ukraine","subject":"Abrams tanks","title":"Answered the U.S. and German decision to send tanks to Ukraine with 'FIRST COME THE TANKS, THEN COME THE NUKES'","quote":"FIRST COME THE TANKS, THEN COME THE NUKES. Get this crazy war ended, NOW. So easy to do!","date":"2023-01-26","venue":"Truth Social post","era":"campaign-2024","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"On January 25, 2023, President Biden announced the United States would send 31 M1A1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced Germany would send 14 Leopard 2 A6 tanks and allow other countries to re-export theirs. Russia's ambassador to Germany called the Leopard decision 'extremely dangerous.' The next morning Trump posted that tanks would be followed by 'nukes' and demanded the war be ended 'NOW.' He repeated the line in a campaign video on February 1, 2023: 'First comes the tanks, and then come the nukes. Get this crazy war ended now.' The tank deliveries went ahead.","sources":[{"title":"Donald J. Trump Truth Social post, January 26, 2023, 5:44 AM","outlet":"Trump's Truth (Truth Social archive)","url":"https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/17333","date":"2023-01-26"},{"title":"Trump Warns of Nuclear War Over West Sending Tanks to Ukraine","outlet":"Newsweek","url":"https://www.newsweek.com/trump-warns-nuclear-war-over-west-sending-tanks-ukraine-1776855","date":"2023-01-26"}],"tag_label":"Ukraine","tag_short":"Ukraine","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["ukraine"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2023,"url":"/claims/russia-tanks-nukes-2023/","sort_key":"2023-01-26","number":70},{"id":"autocrats-oman-aida-resort-2022","kind":"autocrats","tag":"real-estate","subject":"Oman","country":"Oman","beneficiary":"Donald Trump (Trump Organization)","amount":"at least $5 million","freedom_house":"Not Free (2022)","title":"Trump Organization signs licensing deal for resort on Omani government land","quote":"It is an honor to work with Dar Al Arkan, who share our vision for superior quality and excellence","speaker":"Trump Organization statement","date":"2022-11-14","venue":"Statement to The New York Times","era":"between-terms","category":"ethics","what_happened":"On November 14, 2022, the day before Trump announced his 2024 candidacy, the Trump Organization confirmed that it had signed a deal with the Saudi developer Dar Al Arkan to put the Trump name on a golf course, hotel and villas in the Aida project near Muscat, Oman. Dar Al Arkan said the project would be developed with the support of Omran Group, which it described as the Sultanate of Oman's executive arm for tourism development. The New York Times reported in June 2023 that Oman's government is providing the land, investing in infrastructure and will take a cut of the profits, that the Trump Organization had already received at least $5 million, and that it would be paid to manage the hotel and golf club for up to 30 years. The Times described Dar Al Arkan as closely intertwined with the Saudi government. Neither company would say how much the Trump family would be paid in total. The Times noted that Trump sent Jared Kushner to meet Oman's sultan in 2019 and later called the new sultan to discuss the two countries' economic partnership.","featured":true,"sources":[{"title":"Trump Family Signs Deal With Saudi Real Estate Developer","outlet":"The New York Times (via Internet Archive)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20221116002308/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/14/us/politics/trump-organization-oman-saudi.html","date":"2022-11-14"},{"title":"Trump Real Estate Deal in Oman Underscores Ethics Concerns","outlet":"The New York Times (via Internet Archive)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20230621233648/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/20/us/politics/trump-real-estate-deal-oman.html","date":"2023-06-20"},{"title":"Dar Al Arkan introduces Trump signature villas, hotel, and golf course at its hilltop project 'AIDA' in Muscat, Oman","outlet":"Dar Al Arkan (via PR Newswire)","url":"https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dar-al-arkan-introduces-trump-signature-villas-hotel-and-golf-course-at-its-hilltop-project-aida-in-muscat-oman-301683347.html","date":"2022-11-20"},{"title":"Trump's business deal with Oman raises new ethical questions","outlet":"PBS News","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/trumps-business-deal-with-oman-raises-new-ethical-questions","date":"2023-06-21"},{"title":"Oman: Freedom in the World 2022 Country Report","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/country/oman/freedom-world/2022","date":"2022"}],"tag_label":"Real estate and licensing","tag_short":"Real estate","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["real-estate"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2022,"url":"/claims/autocrats-oman-aida-resort-2022/","sort_key":"2022-11-14","number":36},{"id":"china-raped-and-pillaged-2022","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"trade abuse","title":"Says China raped and pillaged the United States on trade","quote":"And I stood up to China like no president in history, taking in billions and billions and billions of dollars and tariffs and taxes. No other president took in 10 cents. They never did anything. They came in and they raped and pillaged our country, and we never did anything.","date":"2022-09-23","venue":"Rally in Wilmington, North Carolina","era":"between-terms","category":"trade","what_happened":"The U.S. goods trade deficit with China was $382.3 billion in 2022, the year of the speech, and $202.7 billion in 2025, according to Census Bureau data. In his second term, tariffs on Chinese goods reached at least 145% in 2025 before a truce announced on May 12, 2025, cut them to 30%. After Xi Jinping's state visit to Washington in September 2026, the two governments released lists of products for tariff cuts covering about $30 billion of trade on each side. The Associated Press reported an analyst estimate that the average U.S. tariff rate on Chinese goods would drop from around 22% to roughly 20.5%, compared with roughly 11% before his return to office.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks at a Rally in Wilmington, North Carolina","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-rally-wilmington-north-carolina","date":"2022-09-23"},{"title":"Trade in Goods with China","outlet":"U.S. Census Bureau","url":"https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html","date":"2026-09-28"},{"title":"U.S. and China announce deal to temporarily cut tariffs","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://www.npr.org/2025/05/12/nx-s1-5395027/us-china-tariffs-deal-trade-war-beijing-washington","date":"2025-05-12"},{"title":"U.S. and China release product lists for tariff cuts after Trump-Xi meeting","outlet":"PBS News (Associated Press)","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/u-s-and-china-release-product-lists-for-tariff-cuts-after-trump-xi-meeting","date":"2026-09-28"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2022,"url":"/claims/china-raped-and-pillaged-2022/","sort_key":"2022-09-23","number":88},{"id":"offensive-philadelphia-killing-field-2022","kind":"offensive","target":"cities","subject":"Philadelphia","place":"Philadelphia","title":"Told a Pennsylvania rally that Philadelphia 'has become a killing field'","quote":"So Philadelphia has become, as you heard, many times over the last short period of time, worse than it's ever been, it's become a killing field.","date":"2022-09-03","venue":"Political rally, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania","era":"between-terms","category":"justice","what_happened":"In the same speech he called for the death penalty for drug dealers. He used 'killing field' for other places as well: on Oct. 1, 2022 in Warren, Michigan, he told the crowd 'Your cities and towns have become an absolute killing field' before describing a shooting in Detroit, and on Aug. 3, 2024 he said Atlanta was 'like a killing field.'","sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Holds a Political Rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania - September 3, 2022","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-political-rally-wilkes-barre-pennsylvania-september-3-2022/#129","date":"2022-09-03"},{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Holds a Political Rally in Warren, Michigan - October 1, 2022","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-political-rally-warren-michigan-october-1-2022/#137","date":"2022-10-01"}],"tag":"cities","tag_label":"American cities","tag_short":"Cities","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["cities"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2022,"url":"/claims/offensive-philadelphia-killing-field-2022/","sort_key":"2022-09-03","number":106},{"id":"china-taiwan-is-next-2022","kind":"china","threat":"military","subject":"Taiwan","title":"Says China will move on Taiwan next and faults Pelosi's trip there","quote":"And China, with Taiwan is next. Just watch what's happening. You see it happening before you. How stupid it was that she went.","date":"2022-08-05","venue":"Rally in Waukesha, Wisconsin","era":"between-terms","category":"veterans","what_happened":"Earlier in the speech he said of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trip to Taiwan that she \"gave them an excuse.\" He used the line \"China with Taiwan is next\" at rallies through 2024, including in Rome, Georgia, on March 9, 2024. In his second term he held three face-to-face summits with Xi Jinping between October 2025 and September 2026. NBC News reported in September 2026 that Xi had ramped up military pressure on Taiwan, which remained self-ruling, and that Trump had described a pending $14 billion U.S. arms package for Taiwan as a potential \"negotiating chip\" with Xi.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks at a Rally in Waukesha, Wisconsin","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-rally-waukesha-wisconsin","date":"2022-08-05"},{"title":"Remarks at a Campaign Rally in Rome, Georgia","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-campaign-rally-rome-georgia","date":"2024-03-09"},{"title":"Trump-Xi summit: Leaders meet at White House amid tensions over Taiwan, trade and AI","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/trump-xi-summit-meet-white-house-tensions-taiwan-trade-ai-rcna598073","date":"2026-09-23"},{"title":"US, China list goods recommended for tariff cuts following Trump-Xi summit","outlet":"Al Jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/9/28/us-china-list-goods-recommended-for-tariff-cuts-following-trump-xi-summit","date":"2026-09-28"}],"tag":"military","tag_label":"Military threat","tag_short":"Military","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["military"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2022,"url":"/claims/china-taiwan-is-next-2022/","sort_key":"2022-08-05","number":87},{"id":"autocrats-liv-golf-bedminster-2022","kind":"autocrats","tag":"payments","subject":"Saudi Arabia","country":"Saudi Arabia","beneficiary":"Donald Trump (Trump National Golf Club Bedminster)","amount":"","freedom_house":"Not Free (2022)","title":"Saudi-funded LIV Golf holds tournament at Trump's Bedminster club","quote":"","date":"2022-07-29","venue":"LIV Golf Invitational, Trump National Golf Club Bedminster, New Jersey","era":"between-terms","category":"ethics","what_happened":"LIV Golf, which Reuters described as bankrolled by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, held the third event of its first season at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster from July 29 to 31, 2022, with a $25 million purse. Trump played in the pro-am on July 28 with his son Eric and urged golfers on Truth Social to \"take the money\" and join the series. The event went ahead despite condemnation from families of victims of the September 11 attacks, CNBC reported. The PGA of America had moved the 2022 PGA Championship away from Bedminster after January 6, 2021. What LIV paid to use the course has not been disclosed; a House Oversight Democratic staff report, quoting The Washington Post, said hosting was \"believed to be a lucrative arrangement for Trump, though neither side has revealed details.\" The New York Times reported in 2023 that federal prosecutors had issued subpoenas for information about the agreements with LIV Golf.","featured":true,"sources":[{"title":"Trump to play LIV Golf pro-am with Johnson and DeChambeau","outlet":"Reuters (via Malay Mail)","url":"https://www.malaymail.com/news/sports/2022/07/28/trump-to-play-liv-golf-pro-am-with-johnson-and-dechambeau/19689","date":"2022-07-28"},{"title":"Donald Trump tees off at LIV Golf pro-am event","outlet":"Fox News","url":"https://www.foxnews.com/sports/donald-trump-tees-off-liv-golf-pro-am-event","date":"2022-07-28"},{"title":"Trump criticizes PGA Tour, says Saudis have done fantastic job with LIV","outlet":"CNBC","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/27/trump-criticizes-pga-tour-praises-saudis-liv.html","date":"2022-10-27"},{"title":"White House for Sale: How Princes, Prime Ministers, and Premiers Paid Off President Trump","outlet":"House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Democratic staff report","url":"https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU00/20240110/116733/HMKP-118-JU00-20240110-SD004.pdf","date":"2024-01-04"},{"title":"Trump Real Estate Deal in Oman Underscores Ethics Concerns","outlet":"The New York Times (via Internet Archive)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20230621233648/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/20/us/politics/trump-real-estate-deal-oman.html","date":"2023-06-20"},{"title":"Saudi Arabia: Freedom in the World 2022 Country Report","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/country/saudi-arabia/freedom-world/2022","date":"2022"}],"tag_label":"Gifts and payments","tag_short":"Payments","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["payments"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2022,"url":"/claims/autocrats-liv-golf-bedminster-2022/","sort_key":"2022-07-29","number":35},{"id":"know-drug-problem","kind":"knows-better","subject":"the drug problem","title":"'Perhaps nobody is more aware of the drug problem' than he is","quote":"Perhaps nobody is more aware of the drug problem in our country than I am. I worked very hard on it for four years plus.","date":"2022-07-08","venue":"America First Policy Institute event, Las Vegas","era":"between-terms","category":"healthcare","what_happened":"In the same speech Trump claimed 'We got drug use down 18% in the White House.' CDC provisional data show U.S. drug-overdose deaths peaked at roughly 111,000 in a 12-month period spanning 2022-2023, after rising through his first term; the CDC updates the provisional counts monthly. The speech offered no source for the 18 percent figure.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks at the America First Institute in Las Vegas, Nevada","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-america-first-institute-las-vegas-nevada","date":"2022-07-08"},{"title":"Provisional Drug Overdose Death Counts","outlet":"CDC National Center for Health Statistics","url":"https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/drug-overdose-data.htm","date":"2026-09-06"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2022,"url":"/claims/know-drug-problem/","sort_key":"2022-07-08","number":44},{"id":"offensive-prisons-insane-asylums-2022","kind":"offensive","target":"immigrants","subject":"Migrants arriving at the southern border","title":"Began claiming migrants were coming 'from prisons' and 'mental institutions and insane asylums' worldwide","quote":"I realized they didn't want to build security. They wanted to have an open border so that people can come in from other prisons, from prisons all over the world, from mental institutions and insane asylums all over the world.","date":"2022-06-18","venue":"Political rally, Southaven, Mississippi","era":"between-terms","category":"immigration","what_happened":"This is the earliest instance found in the Factba.se archive. The line became a fixture of his 2024 campaign and second term. At CPAC on March 4, 2023, he said other countries were 'emptying out their prisons, insane asylums and mental institutions.' In the final days of the 2024 race he added 'from Venezuela to the Congo.' He was still using it at 2026 midterm rallies (e.g. Vandalia, Ohio, October 3, 2026). The Factba.se search returns hundreds of instances.","sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Holds a Political Rally in Southaven, Mississippi - June 18, 2022","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-political-rally-southaven-mississippi-june-18-2022/","date":"2022-06-18"},{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Delivers a Speech at the 2023 CPAC Convention in Maryland - March 4, 2023","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-2023-cpac-convention-national-harbor-maryland-march-4-2023/","date":"2023-03-04"}],"tag":"immigrants","tag_label":"Immigrants","tag_short":"Immigrants","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["immigrants"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2022,"url":"/claims/offensive-prisons-insane-asylums-2022/","sort_key":"2022-06-18","number":105},{"id":"china-bagram-air-base-2022","kind":"china","threat":"military","subject":"Bagram air base","title":"Says the Afghanistan withdrawal surrendered Bagram air base to China","quote":"surrendering Bagram air base to China, China has it. We were going to keep it. It costs billions and billions of dollars to build many years ago, one hour away from where China makes their nuclear weapons, and we gave it away.","date":"2022-04-09","venue":"Rally in Selma, North Carolina","era":"between-terms","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"The Taliban took over Bagram along with the rest of Afghanistan in 2021 and held a military parade at the base in August 2024, CBS News reported. Nuclear experts told CBS that China manufactures its nuclear weapons deeper inside the country and that the old Lop Nur test range is about 1,200 miles from Bagram. He repeated the claim through the 2024 campaign, saying in Wilkes-Barre on Aug. 17, 2024, that \"China occupies it right now.\" In September 2025 he said the U.S. was \"trying to get\" the base back; the Taliban rejected any handover.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks at a Rally in Selma, North Carolina","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-rally-selma-north-carolina","date":"2022-04-09"},{"title":"Trump's push to reclaim Bagram Air Base cites proximity to China's nuclear program","outlet":"CBS News","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-bagram-afghanistan-china/","date":"2025-09-25"},{"title":"Why Trump wants the U.S. to 'get back' the Bagram Airfield from the Taliban","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/world/afghanistan/trump-bagram-air-base-taliban-afghanistan-china-rcna232352","date":"2025-09-19"},{"title":"Remarks at Campaign Rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-campaign-rally-wilkes-barre-pennsylvania","date":"2024-08-17"}],"tag":"military","tag_label":"Military threat","tag_short":"Military","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["military"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2022,"url":"/claims/china-bagram-air-base-2022/","sort_key":"2022-04-09","number":86},{"id":"russia-putin-hunter-biden-2022","kind":"russia","tag":"intelligence","subject":"Hunter Biden request","title":"Five weeks into the invasion, asked Putin to release information about Hunter Biden","quote":"She gave them $3.5 million. So, now I would think Putin would know the answer to that. I think he should release it. I think we should know that answer.","date":"2022-03-29","venue":"Interview with John Solomon for Just the News on Real America's Voice, taped at Mar-a-Lago","era":"between-terms","category":"elections","what_happened":"In an interview taped at Mar-a-Lago on March 28, 2022, and aired March 29, Trump cited a 2020 Senate report that Yelena Baturina, wife of Moscow's then-mayor, had paid $3.5 million to a firm co-founded by Hunter Biden, and said Putin 'should release' whatever he knew about it. Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine was then in its fifth week. CNN reported that it was not clear any such material existed or that the Kremlin had access to it, that no evidence had emerged that the Bidens engaged in corruption or influenced U.S. policy for personal gain, and that Hunter Biden, then under a Justice Department investigation into his business dealings, had denied wrongdoing. The request echoed Trump's July 2016 'Russia, if you're listening' appeal for Hillary Clinton's emails.","sources":[{"title":"Exclusive: Trump calls on Putin to release info on Hunter Biden's dealings with oligarchs","outlet":"Just the News","url":"https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/all-things-trump/trump-calls-putin-release-info-hunter-bidens-dealings-oligarchs","date":"2022-03-29"},{"title":"Trump brazenly asks Putin to release dirt about Biden's family","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/29/politics/trump-putin-hunter-biden/","date":"2022-03-29"},{"title":"Interview: John Solomon and Amanda Head Interview Donald Trump on Their Podcast - March 30, 2022","outlet":"Roll Call / Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-john-solomon-reports-podcast-march-30-2022/","date":"2022-03-30"}],"tag_label":"Intelligence and security","tag_short":"Intelligence","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["intelligence"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2022,"url":"/claims/russia-putin-hunter-biden-2022/","sort_key":"2022-03-29","number":69},{"id":"russia-two-dollars-sanctions-2022","kind":"russia","tag":"praise","subject":"Invasion eve fundraiser","title":"Hours before the invasion, said Putin was 'pretty smart' to take 'a country for $2 worth of sanctions'","quote":"'Oh, Trump said Putin's smart.' I mean, he's taken over a country for $2 worth of sanctions. I'd say that's pretty smart.","date":"2022-02-23","venue":"Fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida","era":"between-terms","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"Speaking at a Mar-a-Lago fundraiser on the evening of February 23, 2022, Trump repeated his praise of Putin from the previous day, saying Putin was 'taking over a country, really a vast, vast location, a great piece of land with a lot of people and just walking right in,' and that he knew Putin 'very well' and 'almost as well as anybody in this room.' Video of the remarks was circulated by the Democratic group American Bridge. Russia's full-scale assault on Ukraine began about 5 a.m. Kyiv time on February 24, roughly 10 p.m. in Palm Beach. At CPAC in Orlando on February 26 Trump called the attack 'appalling' and 'an outrage and an atrocity that should never have been allowed to occur,' while defending the earlier remarks: 'The problem is not that Putin is smart, which of course he's smart, but the real problem is that our leaders are dumb.'","sources":[{"title":"Donald Trump Praises 'Very Smart' Putin During Mar-a-Lago Fundraiser","outlet":"Newsweek","url":"https://www.newsweek.com/trump-praise-putin-smart-war-ukraine-invasion-1682182","date":"2022-02-24"},{"title":"Trump's response to Putin's invasion of Ukraine reveals divisions among Republicans","outlet":"CBS News","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-putin-russia-ukraine-invasion-republican-response/","date":"2022-02-24"},{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Delivers a Speech at the 2022 CPAC Convention in Orlando - February 26, 2022","outlet":"Roll Call / Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-cpac-convention-orlando-florida-february-26-2022/","date":"2022-02-26"},{"title":"Donald Trump defends calling Putin 'smart', hints at 2024 presidential bid","outlet":"The Guardian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/27/donald-trump-defends-calling-putin-smart-hints-at-2024-presidential-bid","date":"2022-02-27"}],"tag_label":"Praise and deference","tag_short":"Praise","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["praise"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2022,"url":"/claims/russia-two-dollars-sanctions-2022/","sort_key":"2022-02-23","number":68},{"id":"know-putin-2022","kind":"knows-better","subject":"Vladimir Putin","title":"'Nobody probably knows him better' than Trump, days before the invasion","quote":"I think nobody probably knows him better in terms of the discussions that we have or that we're having this morning. So, I knew him very well. I got to know him.","date":"2022-02-22","venue":"Interview on the Clay Travis and Buck Sexton radio show","era":"between-terms","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"In the same interview Trump called Putin's recognition of breakaway Ukrainian regions 'pretty savvy'; Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine began on February 24, 2022. In his second term Trump said on March 30, 2025, 'I've known him for a long time. We've always gotten along well,' then on May 25, 2025 wrote that Putin 'has gone absolutely CRAZY!' and on July 8, 2025 said 'We get a lot of bull--t thrown at us by Putin.' The August 15, 2025 Alaska summit ended with Trump saying 'There's no deal until there's a deal,' and on September 23, 2025 he called Russia 'a paper tiger.'","sources":[{"title":"Interview: Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Interview Donald Trump on Syndicated Radio - February 22, 2022","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-clay-travis-buck-sexton-show-radio-february-22-2022/","date":"2022-02-22"},{"title":"How Trump's rhetoric about Zelenskyy and Putin has evolved, in his own words","outlet":"PBS News","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/how-trumps-rhetoric-about-zelenskyy-and-putin-has-evolved-in-his-own-words","date":"2025-09-23"},{"title":"Press Conference: Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin Hold a Joint Press Event - August 15, 2025","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-press-conference-vladimir-putin-russia-alaska-august-15-2025/","date":"2025-08-15"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2022,"url":"/claims/know-putin-2022/","sort_key":"2022-02-22","number":43},{"id":"russia-putin-genius-2022","kind":"russia","tag":"praise","subject":"Donbas recognition","title":"Called Putin's recognition of Donetsk and Luhansk and dispatch of 'peacekeepers' 'genius' and 'savvy'","quote":"I went in yesterday and there was a television screen, and I said, \"This is genius.\" Putin declares a big portion of the Ukraine -- of Ukraine. Putin declares it as independent. Oh, that's wonderful. So, Putin is now saying, \"It's independent,\" a large section of Ukraine. I said, \"How smart is that?\" And he's gonna go in and be a peacekeeper.","date":"2022-02-22","venue":"The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, syndicated radio, by phone from Palm Beach, Florida","era":"between-terms","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"On February 21, 2022, Putin recognized the self-declared Donetsk and Luhansk republics in eastern Ukraine and ordered Russian troops into them as 'peacekeepers.' The next day Trump told the radio hosts the move was 'genius,' called Putin 'a guy who's very savvy' and said 'I know him very well. Very, very well.' He added that it 'never would have happened' had he been in office. The same day Biden called Russia's moves 'the beginning of a Russian invasion of Ukraine' and announced sanctions on two Russian banks, Russian sovereign debt and members of the Russian elite. White House press secretary Jen Psaki responded: 'As a matter of policy, we try not to take advice from anyone who praises President Putin and his military strategy.' Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24.","sources":[{"title":"Interview: Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Interview Donald Trump on Syndicated Radio - February 22, 2022","outlet":"Roll Call / Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-clay-travis-buck-sexton-show-radio-february-22-2022/","date":"2022-02-22"},{"title":"As Putin eyes Ukraine invasion, Trump praises his actions as 'genius'","outlet":"ABC News","url":"https://abcnews.com/Politics/putin-eyes-ukraine-invasion-trump-praises-actions-genius/story?id=83062704","date":"2022-02-23"},{"title":"Trump praises Putin's moves as 'savvy'","outlet":"NPR (via VPM)","url":"https://www.vpm.org/npr-news/2022-02-23/trump-praises-putins-moves-as-savvy","date":"2022-02-23"}],"tag_label":"Praise and deference","tag_short":"Praise","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["praise"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2022,"url":"/claims/russia-putin-genius-2022/","sort_key":"2022-02-22","number":67},{"id":"china-500-billion-ripoff-2021","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"trade deficit","title":"Says China was ripping off the United States for $500 billion a year","quote":"China was ripping us off $500 billion a year. Europe, they sound nice, but they rip us. They're almost as bad as China.","date":"2021-12-02","venue":"Interview on Fox News, Fox & Friends","era":"between-terms","category":"trade","what_happened":"Census Bureau data show the U.S. goods trade deficit with China was $346.8 billion in 2016, the year before he took office, and peaked at $418.2 billion in 2018, during his first term. It was $352.8 billion in 2021, the year of the interview. He repeated the figure in a CNBC interview on March 11, 2024, putting it at \"$507 billion a year.\" In 2025, the first year of his second term, the deficit was $202.7 billion.","sources":[{"title":"Donald Trump Interview with Brian Kilmeade, Steve Doocy, and Ainsley Earhardt of \"Fox and Friends\"","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/donald-trump-interview-with-brian-kilmeade-steve-doocy-and-ainsley-earhardt-fox-and","date":"2021-12-02"},{"title":"Trade in Goods with China","outlet":"U.S. Census Bureau","url":"https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html","date":"2026-09-28"},{"title":"Interview: Joe Kernen of CNBC Interviews Donald Trump on 'Squawk Box' - March 11, 2024","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-joe-kernen-cnbc-squawk-box-march-11-2024/","date":"2024-03-11"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2021,"url":"/claims/china-500-billion-ripoff-2021/","sort_key":"2021-12-02","number":85},{"id":"autocrats-pif-affinity-investment-2021","kind":"autocrats","tag":"investment","subject":"Saudi Arabia","country":"Saudi Arabia","beneficiary":"Jared Kushner (Affinity Partners)","amount":"$2 billion","freedom_house":"Not Free (2021)","title":"Saudi sovereign wealth fund commits $2 billion to Kushner's firm over its advisers' objections","quote":"Affinity, like many other top investment firms, is proud to have PIF and other leading organizations that have careful screening criteria, as investors.","speaker":"Affinity Partners spokesman","date":"2021-07","venue":"Statement to The New York Times, published April 10, 2022","era":"between-terms","category":"ethics","what_happened":"Six months after Jared Kushner left the White House, Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund agreed to invest $2 billion in his new firm, Affinity Partners, The New York Times reported on April 10, 2022 from internal fund documents. Minutes of a June 30, 2021 meeting show that the fund's screening panel cited \"the inexperience of the Affinity Fund management,\" due diligence that found operations \"unsatisfactory in all aspects\" and a fee that \"seems excessive\"; days later the board, led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, overruled the panel. The documents indicated a 1.25 percent annual management fee, or $25 million a year, and a Saudi stake of at least 28 percent in Kushner's main investment vehicle. The Times reported that as a White House adviser Kushner helped broker $110 billion in weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and defended the crown prince after the killing of Jamal Khashoggi. House Oversight chair Carolyn Maloney opened an investigation in 2022, which Republicans closed after taking control of the House; a Kushner spokesman said he \"fully abided by all legal and ethical guidelines both during and after his government service.\"","featured":true,"sources":[{"title":"Before Giving Billions to Jared Kushner, Saudi Investment Fund Had Big Doubts","outlet":"The New York Times (via Internet Archive)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20220411225240/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/10/us/jared-kushner-saudi-investment-fund.html","date":"2022-04-10"},{"title":"Kushner Firm Got Hundreds of Millions From 2 Persian Gulf Nations","outlet":"The New York Times (via Internet Archive)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20230331232251/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/30/us/politics/jared-kushner-qatar-united-arab-emirates.html","date":"2023-03-30"},{"title":"White House for Sale: How Princes, Prime Ministers, and Premiers Paid Off President Trump","outlet":"House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Democratic staff report","url":"https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU00/20240110/116733/HMKP-118-JU00-20240110-SD004.pdf","date":"2024-01-04"},{"title":"Saudi Arabia: Freedom in the World 2021 Country Report","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/country/saudi-arabia/freedom-world/2021","date":"2021"}],"tag_label":"Investments and funds","tag_short":"Investment","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["investment"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2021,"url":"/claims/autocrats-pif-affinity-investment-2021/","sort_key":"2021-07","number":34},{"id":"russia-helsinki-statement-2021","kind":"russia","tag":"intelligence","subject":"Geneva summit statement","title":"Days before Biden met Putin, said whether he trusts Russia or U.S. intelligence 'should be obvious'","quote":"As to who do I trust, they asked, Russia or our \"Intelligence\" from the Obama era, meaning people like Comey, McCabe, the two lovers, Brennan, Clapper, and numerous other sleezebags, or Russia, the answer, after all that has been found out and written, should be obvious. Our government has rarely had such lowlifes as these working for it. Good luck to Biden in dealing with President Putin—don't fall asleep during the meeting, and please give him my warmest regards!","date":"2021-06-10","venue":"Written statement issued through his Save America political operation","era":"between-terms","category":"elections","what_happened":"On June 10, 2021, six days before President Biden's June 16 summit with Vladimir Putin in Geneva, Trump issued a statement praising his own 2018 Helsinki summit as 'a great and very productive meeting' and saying the United States 'won much, including the respect of President Putin and Russia.' He revisited the Helsinki question of whether he trusted Russia or U.S. intelligence agencies on 2016 election interference, called the Obama-era officials 'lowlifes' and said the answer 'should be obvious.' The Guardian reported that Trump 'repeated that he had more faith in Putin than in US intelligence.' Biden went into the Geneva meeting saying the United States would 'respond in a robust and meaningful way' if Russia engaged in harmful activities.","sources":[{"title":"Trump praises his own 'great and very productive meeting in Helsinki' ahead of Biden-Putin meeting","outlet":"Just the News","url":"https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/all-things-trump/trump-praises-his-own-great-and-very-productive-meeting-helsinki","date":"2021-06-10"},{"title":"Trump tells Biden to send Putin his 'warmest regards' and not to fall asleep during Summit","outlet":"The Independent","url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-biden-putin-geneva-summit-b1864038.html","date":"2021-06-11"},{"title":"No sign of thaw between Russia and US ahead of Geneva summit","outlet":"The Guardian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/15/no-sign-of-thaw-between-russia-and-us-ahead-of-geneva-summit","date":"2021-06-15"}],"tag_label":"Intelligence and security","tag_short":"Intelligence","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["intelligence"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2021,"url":"/claims/russia-helsinki-statement-2021/","sort_key":"2021-06-10","number":66},{"id":"china-covid-reparations-2021","kind":"china","threat":"other","subject":"COVID-19 reparations","title":"Demands reparations from China for COVID-19 and a 100% tariff on Chinese goods","quote":"The time has come for America and the world to demand reparations and accountability from the Communist Party of China. We should all declare within one unified voice that China must pay. They must pay. The United States should immediately take steps to phase in a firm 100% tariff on all goods made in China.","date":"2021-06-05","venue":"Speech at the North Carolina Republican Party convention, Greenville, North Carolina","era":"between-terms","category":"covid","what_happened":"Later in the same speech he said all nations should present China \"a bill for a minimum of $10 trillion\" and cancel debts owed to China as a down payment. In his second term, U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods reached as high as 145% in 2025 and were then reduced in a series of truces that began with a joint statement in Geneva on May 12, 2025. The Geneva statement and the White House fact sheet on the deal reached after his Oct. 30, 2025 meeting with Xi Jinping set out terms on tariffs, fentanyl precursors, rare earths and soybean purchases; neither includes compensation for the pandemic. In late September 2026 the average U.S. tariff rate on Chinese goods was estimated at about 22%, the Associated Press reported.","sources":[{"title":"Trump at NC GOP Convention Speech Transcript","outlet":"Rev","url":"https://www.rev.com/transcripts/donald-trump-speech-transcript-at-north-carolina-gop-convention-dinner-june-5","date":"2021-06-05"},{"title":"Joint Statement on U.S.-China Economic and Trade Meeting in Geneva","outlet":"The White House","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/joint-statement-between-the-united-states-and-china-trade-negotiations-geneva-switzerland","date":"2025-05-12"},{"title":"Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Strikes Deal on Economic and Trade Relations with China","outlet":"The White House","url":"https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/11/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-strikes-deal-on-economic-and-trade-relations-with-china/","date":"2025-11-01"},{"title":"U.S. and China release product lists for tariff cuts after Trump-Xi meeting","outlet":"PBS News (Associated Press)","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/u-s-and-china-release-product-lists-for-tariff-cuts-after-trump-xi-meeting","date":"2026-09-28"}],"tag":"other","tag_label":"Other","tag_short":"Other","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["other"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2021,"url":"/claims/china-covid-reparations-2021/","sort_key":"2021-06-05","number":84},{"id":"china-economic-threat-cpac-2021","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"economic threat","title":"Calls China a tremendous economic threat in first post-presidency speech","quote":"But of course, as you know, they have a very close, personal relationship with China, so I don't expect much to happen. It's a shame, because it really is a threat. It's a tremendous economic threat. Thank God we've rebuilt our military, but it's a tremendous economic threat. Never forget it.","date":"2021-02-28","venue":"Speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Orlando, Florida","era":"between-terms","category":"trade","what_happened":"In the same speech he said companies that create jobs in China should be \"tariffed, fined and punished.\" In his second term, U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods reached at least 145% in 2025 and were cut to 30% for 90 days under a truce announced on May 12, 2025. After meeting Xi Jinping in Busan on Oct. 30, 2025, he halved the fentanyl-related tariff to 10% and said overall duties on Chinese goods would fall to 47%. The U.S. goods trade deficit with China was $202.7 billion in 2025, down from $297.0 billion in 2024, according to Census Bureau data. In September 2026 he hosted Xi for a state visit in Washington; NBC News reported that he refers to Xi as his \"good friend\" and to the two countries as the \"G2.\"","sources":[{"title":"Trump's Speech at CPAC 2021 Transcript","outlet":"Rev","url":"https://www.rev.com/transcripts/donald-trump-cpac-2021-speech-transcript","date":"2021-02-28"},{"title":"U.S. and China announce deal to temporarily cut tariffs","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://www.npr.org/2025/05/12/nx-s1-5395027/us-china-tariffs-deal-trade-war-beijing-washington","date":"2025-05-12"},{"title":"Trump cuts fentanyl tariffs on China to 10% as Beijing delays latest rare earths curbs by a year","outlet":"CNBC","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/30/trump-cuts-fentanyl-tariffs-on-china-to-10percent-says-us-reached-rare-earths-deal-.html","date":"2025-10-30"},{"title":"Trade in Goods with China","outlet":"U.S. Census Bureau","url":"https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html","date":"2026-09-28"},{"title":"Trump-Xi summit: Leaders meet at White House amid tensions over Taiwan, trade and AI","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/trump-xi-summit-meet-white-house-tensions-taiwan-trade-ai-rcna598073","date":"2026-09-23"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2021,"url":"/claims/china-economic-threat-cpac-2021/","sort_key":"2021-02-28","number":83},{"id":"fix-covid-vaccine-nobody-else-2021","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"the COVID-19 vaccines","title":"Nobody else would have delivered the COVID vaccines","quote":"We're rounding the turn because of, the turn because of what we did with the vaccines. And nobody else would have done it, it would have taken so long.","date":"2021-01-04","venue":"Campaign rally before the Georgia Senate runoffs, Dalton Municipal Airport, Dalton, Georgia","era":"term-1","category":"covid","what_happened":"In the same speech he said of the vaccine, \"Nobody else would have done that.\" PolitiFact reported that Pfizer did not take federal research money through Operation Warp Speed (\"The U.S. government did not fund the companies' research and development\"); the government signed a purchase agreement, and Pfizer's CEO said he wanted \"to liberate our scientists from any bureaucracy.\" Moderna did receive up to $955 million in federal development funding. On January 20, 2021, the day he left office, 4,383 COVID-19 deaths were recorded in the U.S., with the country averaging just under 3,100 deaths a day.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks at a Campaign Rally Prior to the Georgia State Senate Election Runoff in Dalton, Georgia","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-campaign-rally-prior-the-georgia-state-senate-election-runoff-dalton-georgia","date":"2021-01-04"},{"title":"Pfizer, Moderna COVID-19 vaccines and Operation Warp Speed: what's the connection?","outlet":"PolitiFact","url":"https://politifact.com/article/2020/nov/19/pfizer-moderna-covid-19-vaccines-and-operation-war/","date":"2020-11-19"},{"title":"ISIS, drug prices and COVID-19 deaths: How viral posts mislead on Biden's first days","outlet":"PolitiFact","url":"https://politifact.com/article/2021/jan/26/isis-drug-prices-and-covid-19-deaths-how-viral-pos/","date":"2021-01-26"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2021,"url":"/claims/fix-covid-vaccine-nobody-else-2021/","sort_key":"2021-01-04","number":34},{"id":"china-solarwinds-may-be-china-2020","kind":"china","threat":"military","subject":"SolarWinds cyberattack","title":"Suggested China, not Russia, may have been behind the SolarWinds hack","quote":"The Cyber Hack is far greater in the Fake News Media than in actuality. I have been fully briefed and everything is well under control. Russia, Russia, Russia is the priority chant when anything happens because Lamestream is, for mostly financial reasons, petrified of.... ....discussing the possibility that it may be China (it may!).","date":"2020-12-19","venue":"Posts on Twitter (@realDonaldTrump), two-part thread","era":"term-1","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"On January 5, 2021 the FBI, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the National Security Agency said in a joint statement that the work of their task force 'indicates that an Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actor, likely Russian in origin, is responsible for most or all of the recently discovered, ongoing cyber compromises of both government and non-governmental networks.' The agencies described it as 'an intelligence gathering effort.' The statement did not name China.","sources":[{"title":"Tweet by @realDonaldTrump, December 19, 2020 (part 1)","outlet":"Twitter","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1340333618691002368","date":"2020-12-19"},{"title":"Tweet by @realDonaldTrump, December 19, 2020 (part 2)","outlet":"Twitter","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1340333619299147781","date":"2020-12-19"},{"title":"Tweets of December 19, 2020","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-december-19-2020","date":"2020-12-19"},{"title":"Joint Statement by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), and the National Security Agency (NSA)","outlet":"Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency","url":"https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/news/joint-statement-federal-bureau-investigation-fbi-cybersecurity-and-infrastructure-security-agency-0","date":"2021-01-05"}],"tag":"military","tag_label":"Military threat","tag_short":"Military","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["military"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/china-solarwinds-may-be-china-2020/","sort_key":"2020-12-19","number":82},{"id":"russia-solarwinds-china-tweet-2020","kind":"russia","tag":"intelligence","subject":"SolarWinds hack","title":"Suggested China, not Russia, might be behind the SolarWinds hack, contradicting Pompeo","quote":"The Cyber Hack is far greater in the Fake News Media than in actuality. I have been fully briefed and everything is well under control. Russia, Russia, Russia is the priority chant when anything happens because Lamestream is, for mostly financial reasons, petrified of.... ....discussing the possibility that it may be China (it may!).","date":"2020-12-19","venue":"Twitter","era":"term-1","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"SolarWinds said nearly 18,000 customers had received a software update tainted with malicious code, and the breach reportedly reached the State, Treasury, Homeland Security and Defense departments. On December 18, 2020 Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, \"we can say pretty clearly that it was the Russians that engaged in this activity.\" The next day, in his first public comments on the breach, Trump said it was under control and suggested China might be responsible. Attorney General William Barr said on December 21 that the hack \"certainly appears to be\" the work of Russia. Russia denied involvement.","sources":[{"title":"Tweets of December 19, 2020","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-december-19-2020","date":"2020-12-19"},{"title":"Pompeo Says Russia 'Pretty Clearly' Behind Cyberattack, Prompting Pushback From Trump","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://text.npr.org/948318197","date":"2020-12-19"},{"title":"Trump downplays Russian hack in first comments on massive breach, implicates China","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-downplays-russia-hack-first-comments-massive-breach-implicates-china-n1251813","date":"2020-12-19"},{"title":"Attorney General Barr breaks with Trump, says SolarWinds hack ‘certainly appears to be the Russians’","outlet":"CNBC","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/21/barr-says-solarwinds-hack-certainly-appears-to-be-the-russians-.html","date":"2020-12-21"}],"tag_label":"Intelligence and security","tag_short":"Intelligence","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["intelligence"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/russia-solarwinds-china-tweet-2020/","sort_key":"2020-12-19","number":65},{"id":"china-defense-bill-biggest-winner-2020","kind":"china","threat":"military","subject":"defense bill veto","title":"Said China was the biggest winner of the annual defense bill and vetoed it","quote":"THE BIGGEST WINNER OF OUR NEW DEFENSE BILL IS CHINA!. I WILL VETO!","date":"2020-12-13","venue":"Post on Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"term-1","category":"veterans","what_happened":"He vetoed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 on December 23, 2020, calling it 'a \"gift\" to China and Russia.' The objections listed in his veto message were the bill's failure to repeal Section 230, the renaming of military installations, limits on military construction funds, a 5G provision and restrictions on withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, Germany and South Korea. The House voted to override the veto on December 28, 2020 and the Senate followed, 81-13, on January 1, 2021. Al Jazeera reported that the law identified China as the top U.S. strategic threat and created a Pacific Deterrence Initiative, under which the Pentagon planned to invest more than $18.5 billion over five years.","sources":[{"title":"Tweet by @realDonaldTrump, December 13, 2020","outlet":"Twitter","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1338149139205550086","date":"2020-12-13"},{"title":"Tweets of December 13, 2020","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-december-13-2020","date":"2020-12-13"},{"title":"Message to the House of Representatives Returning Without Approval Legislation Approving the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/message-the-house-representatives-returning-without-approval-legislation-approving-the","date":"2020-12-23"},{"title":"In blow to Trump, US Congress overrides defence bill veto","outlet":"Al Jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/1/us-congress-overrides-trumps-veto-of-defence-bill","date":"2021-01-01"}],"tag":"military","tag_label":"Military threat","tag_short":"Military","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["military"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/china-defense-bill-biggest-winner-2020/","sort_key":"2020-12-13","number":81},{"id":"china-military-companies-order-2020","kind":"china","threat":"both","subject":"military-linked companies","title":"Declared that China was using US capital to build a military that threatens the homeland","quote":"I, Donald J. Trump, President of the United States of America, find that the People's Republic of China (PRC) is increasingly exploiting United States capital to resource and to enable the development and modernization of its military, intelligence, and other security apparatuses, which continues to allow the PRC to directly threaten the United States homeland and United States forces overseas, including by developing and deploying weapons of mass destruction, advanced conventional weapons, and malicious cyber-enabled actions against the United States and its people.","date":"2020-11-12","venue":"Executive Order 13959, signed by Trump","era":"term-1","category":"veterans","what_happened":"The order barred U.S. persons from trading securities of firms the Defense Department designated as Communist Chinese military companies. Xiaomi, designated on January 14, 2021, sued; on March 12, 2021 U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras preliminarily enjoined the prohibitions against it, the government did not appeal, and an order removing Xiaomi from the list was signed on May 25, 2021. On June 3, 2021 President Biden issued an order that replaced sections 1 through 5 of Executive Order 13959 and applied the investment prohibition to companies listed in its annex beginning August 2, 2021.","sources":[{"title":"Executive Order 13959—Addressing the Threat From Securities Investments That Finance Communist Chinese Military Companies","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-13959-addressing-the-threat-from-securities-investments-that-finance","date":"2020-11-12"},{"title":"U.S. Removes Xiaomi from List of Banned Chinese Companies","outlet":"Holland & Knight","url":"https://www.hklaw.com/en/insights/publications/2021/05/us-removes-xiaomi-from-list-of-banned-chinese-companies","date":"2021-05-27"},{"title":"Executive Order on Addressing the Threat from Securities Investments that Finance Certain Companies of the People's Republic of China","outlet":"The White House (Biden administration archive)","url":"https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/06/03/executive-order-on-addressing-the-threat-from-securities-investments-that-finance-certain-companies-of-the-peoples-republic-of-china/","date":"2021-06-03"}],"tag":"both","tag_label":"Economic and military","tag_short":"Economic + military","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["economic","military"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/china-military-companies-order-2020/","sort_key":"2020-11-12","number":80},{"id":"know-wind-2020-debate","kind":"knows-better","subject":"wind power","title":"'I know more about wind than you do' in the final 2020 debate","quote":"I know more about wind than you do. It's extremely expensive, kills all the birds, it's very intermittent, got a lot of problems.","date":"2020-10-22","venue":"Presidential debate with Joe Biden, Belmont University, Nashville","era":"term-1","category":"environment","what_happened":"CBS News' fact check put wind-turbine bird deaths at roughly 234,000 a year versus about 2.4 billion killed by cats and 599 million by building-glass collisions; the Energy Department said turbine kills were less than 0.02 percent of songbird populations. Trump kept the theme up in his second term: in Scotland in July 2025 he called wind 'the worst form of energy, the most expensive form of energy' and 'a con job'; at an August 26, 2025 Cabinet meeting he said, 'I'm trying to have people learn about wind real fast and I think I've done a good job'; and at the July 24, 2026 White House Correspondents' dinner he said, 'I really do know that subject well.' IRENA data cited by Euronews showed wind 53 percent cheaper than the cheapest fossil alternative.","sources":[{"title":"Fact check: Trump says wind power 'kills all the birds'","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/live-blog/2020-10-22-trump-biden-election-n1244210/ncrd1244464","date":"2020-10-22"},{"title":"Trump claims wind energy 'kills all the birds.' Cats and windows are actually much more to blame.","outlet":"CBS News","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-wind-energy-kills-birds-presidential-debate-joe-biden/","date":"2020-10-23"},{"title":"Presidential Debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/presidential-debate-belmont-university-nashville-tennessee-0","date":"2020-10-22"},{"title":"Trump calls wind energy a 'con job': Here's what the data actually says about his tirade on turbines","outlet":"Euronews","url":"https://www.euronews.com/2025/07/30/trump-calls-wind-energy-a-con-job-heres-what-the-data-actually-says-about-his-tirade-on-tu","date":"2025-07-30"},{"title":"Remarks During a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters (August 26, 2025)","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-during-cabinet-meeting-and-exchange-with-reporters-3","date":"2025-08-26"},{"title":"Remarks at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-white-house-correspondents-association-dinner-21","date":"2026-07-24"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/know-wind-2020-debate/","sort_key":"2020-10-22","number":42},{"id":"fix-medicare-benefits-standing-between-2020","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"Medicare and Social Security benefits","title":"Only he stood between voters and losing their health benefits","quote":"I'm the only one standing between their open borders and extremism and the health care benefits that you've earned and paid for—all your life you paid for.","date":"2020-10-16","venue":"Rally at the Caloosa Sound Convention Center, Fort Myers, Florida","era":"term-1","category":"healthcare","what_happened":"In the same speech he pledged that \"as long as I'm President, no one will lay a hand on your Medicare or your Social Security\" and warned Democrats would \"destroy your Social Security.\" He lost the election; Medicare and Social Security benefits were not cut under President Biden. On January 5, 2025, Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act, which he said extends benefits to millions of teachers, nurses and other public employees, with about 2.5 million people receiving lump-sum payments and an average monthly increase of $360.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks in Fort Myers, Florida","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-fort-myers-florida-0","date":"2020-10-16"},{"title":"Remarks on Signing the Social Security Fairness Act of 2023","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-signing-the-social-security-fairness-act-2023-0","date":"2025-01-05"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/fix-medicare-benefits-standing-between-2020/","sort_key":"2020-10-16","number":33},{"id":"offensive-philadelphia-bad-things-2020","kind":"offensive","target":"cities","subject":"Philadelphia","place":"Philadelphia","title":"Told a presidential debate that 'bad things happen in Philadelphia' while urging supporters to watch polls","quote":"Because bad things happen in Philadelphia, bad things. And I am urging my people. I hope it's going to be a fair election.","date":"2020-09-29","venue":"First presidential debate, Cleveland","era":"term-1","category":"elections","what_happened":"Trump claimed his poll watchers had been 'thrown out' in Philadelphia. PolitiFact rated the claim False: the sites were new satellite election offices, not polling places, and Pennsylvania had not yet certified any poll watchers. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that city officials began preparing for possible voter intimidation on Election Day.","sources":[{"title":"Debate: First Presidential Debate in Cleveland - September 29, 2020","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-first-debate-cleveland-trump-biden-september-29-2020/#767","date":"2020-09-29"},{"title":"Fact-checking Trump's debate comment on poll watchers","outlet":"PolitiFact","url":"https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/01/donald-trump/fact-checking-trumps-debate-comment-poll-watchers-/","date":"2020-10-01"},{"title":"Fact check: Trump's debate claim about Philadelphia poll watchers","outlet":"The Philadelphia Inquirer","url":"https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/trump-debate-philadelphia-poll-watchers-fact-check-20200930.html","date":"2020-09-30"}],"tag":"cities","tag_label":"American cities","tag_short":"Cities","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["cities"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/offensive-philadelphia-bad-things-2020/","sort_key":"2020-09-29","number":104},{"id":"know-black-americans","kind":"knows-better","subject":"Black Americans","title":"Biden 'doesn't know Black Americans like I do'","quote":"He doesn't know Black Americans like I do.","date":"2020-09-25","venue":"'Black Voices for Trump' rally, Atlanta","era":"term-1","category":"other","what_happened":"Six weeks later, Pew Research Center's validated-voter study of the 2020 election found Black voters backed Biden 92 percent to 8 percent for Trump. Trump repeated a version of the claim on April 17, 2026, telling a Turning Point USA audience in Phoenix, 'I did great with the Black vote, the African American vote, and they understand this better than anybody.'","sources":[{"title":"Remarks at a 'Black Voices for Trump' Rally in Atlanta, Georgia","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-black-voices-for-trump-rally-atlanta-georgia","date":"2020-09-25"},{"title":"Behind Biden's 2020 Victory","outlet":"Pew Research Center","url":"https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2021/06/30/behind-bidens-2020-victory/","date":"2021-06-30"},{"title":"Remarks at a Turning Point, U.S.A., Event in Phoenix, Arizona","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-turning-point-usa-event-phoenix-arizona","date":"2026-04-17"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/know-black-americans/","sort_key":"2020-09-25","number":41},{"id":"offensive-democrat-run-monstrosities-2020","kind":"offensive","target":"cities","subject":"Democratic-led cities","place":"Democratic-led cities (nationwide)","title":"At a Black economic empowerment event in Atlanta, called Democratic-run cities 'monstrosities' worse than Afghanistan","quote":"Every year thousands of African-Americans are murdered as a result of violent crime. And again, in these Democrat run monstrosities. The way they run them, it's worse than Afghanistan. It's worse than -- we are at war.","date":"2020-09-25","venue":"Black economic empowerment event, Atlanta","era":"term-1","category":"justice","what_happened":"'Democrat-run cities' was a regular line for him: Factba.se transcripts record the phrase more than 200 times from June 2019 on. On Sept. 21, 2020 he called Portland, Chicago, New York, Oakland and Baltimore 'a crime mess' and said 'all of these Democrat-run areas are a disaster.'","sources":[{"title":"Remarks: Donald Trump Discusses Black Empowerment at an Event in Atlanta - September 25, 2020","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-remarks-black-economic-empowerment-atlanta-georgia-september-25-2020/#88","date":"2020-09-25"},{"title":"Interview: Jim Otte of WHIO TV 7 Dayton Interviews Donald Trump - September 21, 2020","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-jim-otte-whio-dayton-september-21-2020/#14","date":"2020-09-21"}],"tag":"cities","tag_label":"American cities","tag_short":"Cities","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["cities"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/offensive-democrat-run-monstrosities-2020/","sort_key":"2020-09-25","number":103},{"id":"china-unga-hold-accountable-2020","kind":"china","threat":"other","subject":"COVID-19 accountability","title":"Told the UN General Assembly that China must be held accountable for the pandemic","quote":"As we pursue this bright future, we must hold accountable the nation which unleashed this plague onto the world: China. In the earliest days of the virus, China locked down travel domestically, while allowing flights to leave China and infect the world.","date":"2020-09-22","venue":"Videotaped remarks to the United Nations General Assembly","era":"term-1","category":"covid","what_happened":"On January 24, 2020 he had tweeted that the United States 'greatly appreciates' China's 'efforts and transparency' on the virus and thanked President Xi. In the same UN speech he said the World Health Organization was 'virtually controlled by China'; the withdrawal notice his administration gave on July 6, 2020 was retracted on January 20, 2021, and he ordered withdrawal again on January 20, 2025. After meeting Xi on October 30, 2025 he rated the meeting 'a 12' on a scale of 0 to 10. The White House fact sheet on the resulting deal lists commitments on fentanyl precursors, rare earths, soybeans and tariffs.","sources":[{"title":"Videotaped Remarks to the United Nations General Assembly","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/videotaped-remarks-the-united-nations-general-assembly","date":"2020-09-22"},{"title":"Tweets of January 24, 2020","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-january-24-2020","date":"2020-01-24"},{"title":"Executive Order 14155—Withdrawing the United States From the World Health Organization","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-14155-withdrawing-the-united-states-from-the-world-health-organization","date":"2025-01-20"},{"title":"Remarks and an Exchange With Reporters Aboard Air Force One En Route to Anchorage, Alaska","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-and-exchange-with-reporters-aboard-air-force-one-en-route-anchorage-alaska","date":"2025-10-30"},{"title":"White House Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Strikes Deal on Economic and Trade Relations with China","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/white-house-fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-strikes-deal-economic-and-trade-relations","date":"2025-11-01"}],"tag":"other","tag_label":"Other","tag_short":"Other","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["other"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/china-unga-hold-accountable-2020/","sort_key":"2020-09-22","number":79},{"id":"offensive-minnesota-refugee-camp-2020","kind":"offensive","target":"immigrants","subject":"Somali refugees in Minnesota","title":"Told a Minnesota rally that Biden would turn the state into 'a refugee camp,' citing Somalia","quote":"And speaking about stupidity, Sleepy Joe will turn Minnesota into a refugee camp.","date":"2020-09-18","venue":"Campaign rally, Bemidji, Minnesota","era":"term-1","category":"immigration","what_happened":"CBS News reported that Trump warned of Biden's plan to 'flood your state with an influx of refugees from Somalia' and questioned how Ilhan Omar won reelection. He repeated the line in Duluth (September 30, 2020), saying of Biden, 'This guy loves Somalia.' In Lansing, Michigan (October 27, 2020) he said, 'when I think of Somalia I think of Omar.' A year earlier, at a Minneapolis rally on October 10, 2019, he had criticized leaders who 'brought large numbers of refugees to your state from Somalia.' Muslim civil rights groups and Minnesota Democrats condemned the 2020 remarks.","sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Holds a Campaign Rally in Bemidji, Minnesota - September 18, 2020","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-campaign-rally-bedmidji-minnesota-september-18-2020/","date":"2020-09-18"},{"title":"Trump tells supporters Biden will flood Minnesota with \"an influx of refugees\"","outlet":"CBS News","url":"https://cbsnews.com/news/trump-tells-supporters-biden-will-flood-minnesota-with-refugees","date":"2020-09-18"},{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Holds a Campaign Rally in Duluth, Minnesota - September 30, 2020","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-campaign-rally-duluth-minnesota-september-30-2020/","date":"2020-09-30"}],"tag":"immigrants","tag_label":"Immigrants","tag_short":"Immigrants","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["immigrants"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/offensive-minnesota-refugee-camp-2020/","sort_key":"2020-09-18","number":102},{"id":"russia-wray-china-greater-threat-2020","kind":"russia","tag":"intelligence","subject":"Wray election testimony","title":"Rebuked FBI Director Wray after he testified that Russia was working to damage Biden","quote":"But Chris, you don't see any activity from China, even though it is a FAR greater threat than Russia, Russia, Russia. They will both, plus others, be able to interfere in our 2020 Election with our totally vulnerable Unsolicited (Counterfeit?) Ballot Scam. Check it out!","date":"2020-09-17","venue":"Twitter","era":"term-1","category":"elections","what_happened":"FBI Director Christopher Wray told the House Homeland Security Committee on September 17, 2020 that Russia was making \"very active efforts\" to interfere in the election, primarily by working to damage Joe Biden through social media, proxies and state media. Politico reported that his account affirmed the findings the Office of the Director of National Intelligence had published the previous month. Trump responded on Twitter that evening. Bloomberg reported that Wray had in fact testified that China was among the adversaries trying to interfere in the campaign. Wray also said the FBI had not seen Russia trying to break into election infrastructure as it did in 2016.","sources":[{"title":"Tweets of September 18, 2020","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-september-18-2020","date":"2020-09-18"},{"title":"Wray says Russia engaged in 'very active efforts' to interfere in election, damage Biden","outlet":"Politico (Internet Archive)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20201230140249id_/https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/17/fbi-director-russia-election-meddling-416839","date":"2020-09-17"},{"title":"Trump Chides FBI Chief for Saying Russia Seeks to Defeat Biden","outlet":"Bloomberg (Internet Archive)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210110113828id_/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-17/wray-warns-of-ample-opportunity-for-foreign-election-meddling","date":"2020-09-17"}],"tag_label":"Intelligence and security","tag_short":"Intelligence","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["intelligence"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/russia-wray-china-greater-threat-2020/","sort_key":"2020-09-17","number":64},{"id":"fix-suburbs-if-i-dont-win-2020","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"the suburbs","title":"If he didn't win, the suburbs would be 'overrun'","quote":"The Democrats never even mentioned the words LAW & ORDER at their National Convention. That's where they are coming from. If I don't win, America's Suburbs will be OVERRUN with Low Income Projects, Anarchists, Agitators, Looters and, of course, \"Friendly Protesters\".","date":"2020-09-10","venue":"Post on Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"term-1","category":"other","what_happened":"The claim referred to his administration's replacement of the Obama-era Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule with a narrower 'Preserving Neighborhood and Community Choice' policy. He lost the election, 306-232. On June 10, 2021 HUD restored the AFFH requirement through an interim final rule effective July 31, 2021, requiring grantees to certify they are addressing segregation and unequal housing access; the rule regulates local fair-housing planning, not the construction of housing projects in particular neighborhoods.","sources":[{"title":"Tweet: 'If I don't win, America's Suburbs will be OVERRUN...'","outlet":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1304060630656311296","date":"2020-09-10"},{"title":"2020 Presidential Election statistics","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/statistics/elections/2020","date":"2020-11-03"},{"title":"HUD Restores Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Requirement","outlet":"U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development","url":"https://archives.hud.gov/news/2021/pr21-098.cfm","date":"2021-06-10"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/fix-suburbs-if-i-dont-win-2020/","sort_key":"2020-09-10","number":32},{"id":"china-michigan-jobs-pillaging-2020","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"Michigan jobs and tariffs","title":"Accused China of 'rampant theft of Michigan jobs' and said Biden would let it 'resume its pillaging'","quote":"I also took the toughest ever action to stand up to China's rampant theft of Michigan jobs. Biden has vowed to remove these tariffs and allow China to resume its pillaging.","date":"2020-09-10","venue":"Rally in Freeland, Michigan","era":"term-1","category":"trade","what_happened":"At the same rally he said 'If Biden wins, China wins' and 'If Biden's elected, China will own America,' lines he repeated in tweets into November 2020. As president, Biden did not remove the tariffs: on May 14, 2024 he directed increases in Section 301 tariffs on $18 billion of Chinese imports, raising the rate on electric vehicles from 25% to 100% and on certain steel and aluminum products to 25%. In Trump's second term, a May 12, 2025 agreement had the United States and China 'each lower tariffs by 115%,' and a deal announced November 1, 2025 cut U.S. fentanyl-related tariffs on Chinese goods by 10 percentage points.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks at a \"Make America Great Again\" Rally in Freeland, Michigan","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-make-america-great-again-rally-freeland-michigan","date":"2020-09-10"},{"title":"FACT SHEET: President Biden Takes Action to Protect American Workers and Businesses from China's Unfair Trade Practices","outlet":"The White House (Biden administration archive)","url":"https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/05/14/fact-sheet-president-biden-takes-action-to-protect-american-workers-and-businesses-from-chinas-unfair-trade-practices/","date":"2024-05-14"},{"title":"White House Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Secures a Historic Trade Win for the United States","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/white-house-fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-secures-historic-trade-win-for-the-united","date":"2025-05-12"},{"title":"White House Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Strikes Deal on Economic and Trade Relations with China","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/white-house-fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-strikes-deal-economic-and-trade-relations","date":"2025-11-01"},{"title":"Tweet by @realDonaldTrump, November 2, 2020","outlet":"Twitter","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1323330770199408640","date":"2020-11-02"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/china-michigan-jobs-pillaging-2020/","sort_key":"2020-09-10","number":78},{"id":"china-labor-day-decoupling-military-2020","kind":"china","threat":"both","subject":"decoupling and military","title":"Said China used money from US trade to build its military and raised 'decoupling'","quote":"there's been no country anywhere, at any time, that's ripped us off like China has. We lose billions and billions of dollars for years and years, decades. ... And they take that money, and they build their military. And you see they're building up a powerful military. ... So we lose billions of dollars, and if we didn't do business with them, we wouldn't lose billions of dollars. It's called \"decoupling.\"","date":"2020-09-07","venue":"Labor Day news conference, White House North Portico","era":"term-1","category":"trade","what_happened":"In the same news conference he said 'I made a great trade deal with China' and that China was making record purchases of corn and soybeans. The Peterson Institute for International Economics found China bought 58 percent of what it had committed to purchase over 2020-21. Census Bureau figures show two-way goods trade with China rose from $557.1 billion in 2020 to $690.3 billion in 2022. Under a deal announced November 1, 2025, the United States cut its fentanyl-related tariffs on Chinese imports by 10 percentage points and suspended an export-control rule for one year, while China agreed to buy U.S. soybeans and issue general licenses for rare earth exports.","sources":[{"title":"The President's News Conference","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/the-presidents-news-conference-1260","date":"2020-09-07"},{"title":"China bought none of the extra $200 billion of US exports in Trump's trade deal","outlet":"Peterson Institute for International Economics","url":"https://www.piie.com/blogs/realtime-economics/2022/china-bought-none-extra-200-billion-us-exports-trumps-trade-deal","date":"2022-07-19"},{"title":"Trade in Goods with China","outlet":"U.S. Census Bureau","url":"https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html","date":"2026-09-28"},{"title":"White House Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Strikes Deal on Economic and Trade Relations with China","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/white-house-fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-strikes-deal-economic-and-trade-relations","date":"2025-11-01"}],"tag":"both","tag_label":"Economic and military","tag_short":"Economic + military","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["economic","military"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/china-labor-day-decoupling-military-2020/","sort_key":"2020-09-07","number":77},{"id":"russia-navalny-no-proof-2020","kind":"russia","tag":"intelligence","subject":"Navalny poisoning","title":"Said the U.S. had no proof yet that Navalny was poisoned after Germany and NATO said he was","quote":"So I don't know exactly what happened. I think it's tragic. It's terrible. It shouldn't happen. We haven't had any proof yet, but I will take a look.","date":"2020-09-04","venue":"News conference, White House","era":"term-1","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny fell ill on a flight in Siberia in August 2020 and was evacuated to Germany, which said he had been poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent. On September 4 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said there was \"proof beyond doubt,\" and the State Department said Deputy Secretary Stephen Biegun had told Russia's ambassador that use of the chemical weapon would violate the Chemical Weapons Convention. Trump said the same day that the United States had not seen proof and that reporters should be asking about China more than Russia; asked whether he doubted Germany's findings, he said he did not. On September 21, asked who he thought poisoned Navalny, he said, \"We'll talk about that at another time.\" The European Union sanctioned six senior Russian officials over the poisoning on October 15, 2020.","sources":[{"title":"The President's News Conference","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/the-presidents-news-conference-1259","date":"2020-09-04"},{"title":"US has no proof yet of ‘tragic’ Navalny poisoning: Trump","outlet":"Al Jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/9/5/us-has-no-proof-yet-of-tragic-navalny-poisoning-trump","date":"2020-09-05"},{"title":"Remarks and an Exchange With Reporters Prior to Departure for Dayton, Ohio","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-and-exchange-with-reporters-prior-departure-for-dayton-ohio","date":"2020-09-21"},{"title":"Navalny Novichok poisoning: EU sanctions hit top Russians","outlet":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54552480","date":"2020-10-15"}],"tag_label":"Intelligence and security","tag_short":"Intelligence","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["intelligence"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/russia-navalny-no-proof-2020/","sort_key":"2020-09-04","number":63},{"id":"offensive-anarchist-jurisdictions-2020","kind":"offensive","target":"cities","subject":"Portland, Seattle, New York City and Washington, D.C.","place":"New York City, Portland, Seattle","title":"Signed a memo to cut funds to 'anarchist jurisdictions,' naming Portland, Seattle and New York","quote":"persistent and outrageous acts of violence and destruction have continued unabated in many of America's cities, such as Portland, Seattle, and New York","date":"2020-09-02","venue":"Presidential memorandum","era":"term-1","category":"justice","what_happened":"The memo directed the attorney general to list jurisdictions that 'have refused to undertake reasonable measures to counteract these criminal activities (anarchist jurisdictions)' and told agencies to review their federal funding. It also said Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser 'allowed rioters and anarchists to engage in violence and destruction.' On Sept. 21, 2020 the Justice Department named New York City, Portland and Seattle. Gov. Jay Inslee called it 'baseless, petty and divisive'; Wheeler called it 'dangerous, destructive and divisive.'","sources":[{"title":"Memorandum on Reviewing Funding to State and Local Government Recipients That Are Permitting Anarchy, Violence, and Destruction in American Cities","outlet":"Trump White House Archives","url":"https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/memorandum-reviewing-funding-state-local-government-recipients-permitting-anarchy-violence-destruction-american-cities/","date":"2020-09-02"},{"title":"New York City, Portland, and Seattle deemed by DOJ as 'anarchist jurisdictions'","outlet":"ABC7","url":"https://abc7.com/department-of-justice-doj-new-york-city-portland/6480586/","date":"2020-09-21"}],"tag":"cities","tag_label":"American cities","tag_short":"Cities","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["cities"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/offensive-anarchist-jurisdictions-2020/","sort_key":"2020-09-02","number":101},{"id":"china-robbing-country-blind-rnc-2020","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"jobs and trade","title":"Said in his convention speech that China was 'robbing our country blind'","quote":"Washington insiders asked me not to stand up to China. They pleaded with me to let China continue stealing our jobs, ripping us off, and robbing our country blind. But I kept my word to the American people. We took the toughest, boldest, strongest and hardest-hitting action against China in American history by far.","date":"2020-08-27","venue":"Address accepting the Republican presidential nomination, at the White House","era":"term-1","category":"trade","what_happened":"The Phase One agreement he signed on January 15, 2020 committed China to buy $200 billion of additional U.S. exports by the end of 2021. The Peterson Institute for International Economics found China bought 58 percent of the total it had committed to purchase and none of the additional $200 billion; by the end of June 2020 its purchases were at 55 percent of the pro-rated target. Census Bureau figures show the U.S. goods deficit with China was $342.6 billion in 2019, $308.0 billion in 2020 and $352.8 billion in 2021.","sources":[{"title":"Address Accepting the Republican Presidential Nomination","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/address-accepting-the-republican-presidential-nomination-2","date":"2020-08-27"},{"title":"China bought none of the extra $200 billion of US exports in Trump's trade deal","outlet":"Peterson Institute for International Economics","url":"https://www.piie.com/blogs/realtime-economics/2022/china-bought-none-extra-200-billion-us-exports-trumps-trade-deal","date":"2022-07-19"},{"title":"Trade in Goods with China","outlet":"U.S. Census Bureau","url":"https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html","date":"2026-09-28"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/china-robbing-country-blind-rnc-2020/","sort_key":"2020-08-27","number":76},{"id":"fix-drug-prices-no-other-president-2020","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"prescription drug prices","title":"'No other President would do this' on drug prices","quote":"A \"Favored Nations Clause\" against Big Pharma, which I signed last week, means that the USA gets a price on Prescription Drugs that matches the price of the Country that pays the lowest price anywhere in the World. 50%, 60%, maybe 70% reduction. No other President would do this!","date":"2020-08-23","venue":"Post on Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"term-1","category":"healthcare","what_happened":"He repeated the framing on July 28, 2020 (\"What I have done will lead to a 50% REDUCTION in prices, at least... No other President would....\") and at the RNC in Charlotte on Aug. 24, 2020 (\"your numbers are gonna come down 60, 70%... nobody but me would ever do it\"). The Most Favored Nation rule was not published until Nov. 27, 2020, as an interim final rule; a federal court issued a nationwide preliminary injunction on Dec. 28, 2020, before its Jan. 1, 2021 start date, and the model never took effect. CMS formally rescinded it on Dec. 27, 2021.","sources":[{"title":"Tweet: 'A \"Favored Nations Clause\" against Big Pharma... 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No other President would....'","outlet":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1288109090061705222","date":"2020-07-28"},{"title":"Remarks to the Republican National Committee in Charlotte, North Carolina","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-republican-national-committee-charlotte-north-carolina","date":"2020-08-24"},{"title":"Most Favored Nation Model","outlet":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","url":"https://www.cms.gov/priorities/innovation/innovation-models/most-favored-nation-model","date":"2021-12-27"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/fix-drug-prices-no-other-president-2020/","sort_key":"2020-08-23","number":31},{"id":"fix-anarchy-only-thing-standing-2020","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"anarchy and chaos","title":"'The only thing standing between the American Dream and total anarchy'","quote":"I'm the only thing standing between the American Dream and total anarchy, madness, and chaos. And that's what it is. I'm representing you.","date":"2020-08-21","venue":"Remarks to the Council for National Policy, Arlington, Virginia","era":"term-1","category":"justice","what_happened":"He lost the Nov. 3, 2020 election to Joe Biden, 306 electoral votes to 232 (81,268,773 to 74,216,728 in the popular vote). The rise in violent crime he warned of occurred on his own watch: according to FBI data compiled by FactCheck.org, murders in 2020 rose to their highest level since 1997, 4,157 more homicides than in 2016.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks by President Trump at the 2020 Council for National Policy Meeting","outlet":"White House (archived)","url":"https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-2020-council-national-policy-meeting/","date":"2020-08-21"},{"title":"Trump: 'I'm the only thing standing between the American dream and total anarchy'","outlet":"The Washington Post","url":"https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/trump-im-the-only-thing-standing-between-the-american-dream-and-total-anarchy/2020/08/21/d6764f66-a959-4278-a361-9c30a8f2582a_video.html","date":"2020-08-21"},{"title":"2020 Presidential Election statistics","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/statistics/elections/2020","date":"2020-11-03"},{"title":"Trump's Final Numbers","outlet":"FactCheck.org","url":"https://www.factcheck.org/2021/10/trumps-final-numbers/","date":"2021-10-08"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/fix-anarchy-only-thing-standing-2020/","sort_key":"2020-08-21","number":30},{"id":"fix-appliance-rules-nobody-else-2020","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"showerhead and dishwasher water rules","title":"Nobody else would have fixed the showerheads and dishwashers","quote":"Not so easy to do. I don't think anybody else coulda done it. Nobody else would have thought to do things like that, but nobody else would have done it.","date":"2020-08-20","venue":"\"Make America Great Again\" rally at Mariotti Building Products, Old Forge, Pennsylvania","era":"term-1","category":"other","what_happened":"His 2020 changes did not last. An April 9, 2025 White House fact sheet said that \"twice in the last 12 years\" administrations had put out \"massive regulations\" on showerheads, called the Biden-era definition \"a staggering 13,000 words,\" and announced a new order directing the Energy Secretary to rescind the rule and return to the 1992 statute's meaning of \"showerhead.\" On May 9, 2025, he issued a memorandum titled \"Rescission of Useless Water Pressure Standards.\"","sources":[{"title":"Remarks at a \"Make America Great Again\" Rally in Old Forge, Pennsylvania","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-make-america-great-again-rally-old-forge-pennsylvania","date":"2020-08-20"},{"title":"White House Fact Sheet: President Donald J. 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I know so much about energy.","date":"2020-08-20","venue":"Rally in Old Forge, Pennsylvania","era":"term-1","category":"environment","what_happened":"In the same speech he argued that 'our new forms of alternative energy just aren't powerful enough' and blamed California blackouts on renewables. Industry data cited by Euronews in July 2025 showed global wind power was 53 percent cheaper than the lowest-cost fossil-fuel alternative, with onshore wind costs down 56 percent since 2010, and wind supplied 28 percent of Germany's electricity in 2024. CBS News reported in October 2020 that building new wind or solar was cheaper than keeping an existing coal plant running.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks at a 'Make America Great Again' Rally in Old Forge, Pennsylvania","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-make-america-great-again-rally-old-forge-pennsylvania","date":"2020-08-20"},{"title":"Trump calls wind energy a 'con job': Here's what the data actually says about his tirade on turbines","outlet":"Euronews","url":"https://www.euronews.com/2025/07/30/trump-calls-wind-energy-a-con-job-heres-what-the-data-actually-says-about-his-tirade-on-tu","date":"2025-07-30"},{"title":"Trump claims wind energy 'kills all the birds.' Cats and windows are actually much more to blame.","outlet":"CBS News","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-wind-energy-kills-birds-presidential-debate-joe-biden/","date":"2020-10-23"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/know-energy-everything/","sort_key":"2020-08-20","number":40},{"id":"china-postponed-trade-talks-2020","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"trade talks","title":"Said he postponed trade talks because he did not want to talk to China","quote":"I postponed talks with China. You know why? I don't want to deal with them now. I don't want to deal with them now. With what they did to this country and to the world, I don't want to talk to China right now. Okay?","date":"2020-08-18","venue":"Exchange with reporters at a border wall briefing in Yuma, Arizona","era":"term-1","category":"trade","what_happened":"Six days later, on August 24, 2020, the U.S. Trade Representative said Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin had held a call with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He on the Phase One agreement and that 'Both sides see progress and are committed to taking the steps necessary to ensure the success of the agreement.' The Peterson Institute for International Economics later found China bought 58 percent of the U.S. exports it had committed to purchase over 2020-21. On October 30, 2025, after meeting Xi Jinping in Busan, Trump called him 'a great leader' and rated the meeting 'a 12' on a scale of 0 to 10.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks in a Briefing on Border Wall Construction in Yuma, Arizona","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-briefing-border-wall-construction-yuma-arizona","date":"2020-08-18"},{"title":"Statement on Call Between the United States and China","outlet":"Office of the United States Trade Representative","url":"https://ustr.gov/about-us/policy-offices/press-office/press-releases/2020/august/statement-call-between-united-states-and-china","date":"2020-08-24"},{"title":"China bought none of the extra $200 billion of US exports in Trump's trade deal","outlet":"Peterson Institute for International Economics","url":"https://www.piie.com/blogs/realtime-economics/2022/china-bought-none-extra-200-billion-us-exports-trumps-trade-deal","date":"2022-07-19"},{"title":"Remarks and an Exchange With Reporters Aboard Air Force One En Route to Anchorage, Alaska","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-and-exchange-with-reporters-aboard-air-force-one-en-route-anchorage-alaska","date":"2025-10-30"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/china-postponed-trade-talks-2020/","sort_key":"2020-08-18","number":75},{"id":"know-stimulus-deal","kind":"knows-better","subject":"the coronavirus relief deal","title":"'Nobody knows the deal better than I do' on stalled COVID relief","quote":"When it's right—nobody knows the deal better than I do. When it's right, I'll meet. But right now it's not right.","date":"2020-08-15","venue":"News conference, Trump National Golf Club, Bedminster, New Jersey","era":"term-1","category":"economy","what_happened":"Trump was explaining why he would not meet Speaker Pelosi and Senator Schumer on a second relief package, saying Democrats wanted 'a trillion dollars to bail out badly run States.' No deal was reached until Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 in late December 2020 with $600 payments per adult. On December 27, 2020 Trump said he would sign it while demanding $2,000 checks and promising 'Much more money is coming'; the payments stayed at $600.","sources":[{"title":"The President's News Conference in Bedminster, New Jersey (August 15, 2020)","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/the-presidents-news-conference-bedminster-new-jersey-1","date":"2020-08-15"},{"title":"Statement on the President's Intention to Sign the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-the-presidents-intention-sign-the-consolidated-appropriations-act-2021","date":"2020-12-27"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/know-stimulus-deal/","sort_key":"2020-08-15","number":39},{"id":"china-learn-to-speak-chinese-2020","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"China owning the US","title":"Said China would own the United States and Americans would have to learn Chinese if he lost","quote":"China will own the United States if this election is lost by Donald Trump. If I don't win the election, China will own the United States. You're going to have to learn to speak Chinese, you want to know the truth.","date":"2020-08-11","venue":"Radio interview with Hugh Hewitt","era":"term-1","category":"economy","what_happened":"In the same interview he said of Xi Jinping, 'He's a great gentleman.' He repeated the claim in an August 26, 2020 tweet ('China would own our Country'), in his August 27 convention speech and at a September 7 news conference. Biden won the election, kept the Section 301 tariffs on Chinese goods and on May 14, 2024 raised them on $18 billion of imports, including an increase from 25% to 100% on electric vehicles. Census Bureau figures show the U.S. goods deficit with China was $352.8 billion in 2021, $382.3 billion in 2022, $279.6 billion in 2023 and $297.0 billion in 2024.","sources":[{"title":"Trump says Americans will have to learn Chinese if Biden wins but offers little condemnation of Beijing","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/11/politics/trump-china-biden-learn-chinese/index.html","date":"2020-08-11"},{"title":"Tweets of August 26, 2020","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-august-26-2020","date":"2020-08-26"},{"title":"Address Accepting the Republican Presidential Nomination","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/address-accepting-the-republican-presidential-nomination-2","date":"2020-08-27"},{"title":"The President's News Conference","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/the-presidents-news-conference-1260","date":"2020-09-07"},{"title":"FACT SHEET: President Biden Takes Action to Protect American Workers and Businesses from China's Unfair Trade Practices","outlet":"The White House (Biden administration archive)","url":"https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/05/14/fact-sheet-president-biden-takes-action-to-protect-american-workers-and-businesses-from-chinas-unfair-trade-practices/","date":"2024-05-14"},{"title":"Trade in Goods with China","outlet":"U.S. Census Bureau","url":"https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html","date":"2026-09-28"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/china-learn-to-speak-chinese-2020/","sort_key":"2020-08-11","number":74},{"id":"offensive-harris-nasty-2020","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Kamala Harris","title":"Called Kamala Harris 'very, very nasty' and 'nastier than even Pocahontas' the day Biden named her his running mate","quote":"Plus, she was very, very nasty to -- one of the reasons it surprised me, she was very -- she was probably nastier than even Pocahontas to Joe Biden. She was very disrespectful to Joe Biden.","date":"2020-08-11","venue":"White House coronavirus briefing","era":"term-1","category":"elections","what_happened":"Trump was asked about Harris hours after Biden announced her as his vice-presidential pick. He called her 'nasty' repeatedly over following days. After the October 7, 2020 vice-presidential debate he called her 'this monster' on Fox Business ('And this monster that was on stage with Mike Pence... but this monster, she says, no, no, there won't be fracking').","sources":[{"title":"Press Conference: Donald Trump Holds a Coronavirus Pandemic Briefing - August 11, 2020","outlet":"Factba.se (Roll Call)","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-press-conference-coronavirus-briefing-august-11-2020/#76","date":"2020-08-11"},{"title":"Interview: Maria Bartiromo Interviews Donald Trump on Fox Business - October 8, 2020","outlet":"Factba.se (Roll Call)","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-fox-business-maria-bartiromo-october-8-2020/#303","date":"2020-10-08"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/offensive-harris-nasty-2020/","sort_key":"2020-08-11","number":100},{"id":"russia-last-person-russia-wants-2020","kind":"russia","tag":"intelligence","subject":"2020 election interference","title":"Dismissed intelligence statement that Russia was working to undercut Biden in the 2020 election","quote":"I think that the last person Russia wants to see in office is Donald Trump because nobody has been tougher on Russia than I have, ever.","date":"2020-08-07","venue":"News conference, Bedminster, New Jersey","era":"term-1","category":"elections","what_happened":"On August 7, 2020 William Evanina, director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, said in a public statement that Russia was \"using a range of measures to primarily denigrate former Vice President Biden\" and that some Kremlin-linked actors were seeking to boost Trump's candidacy, while China preferred that Trump not win reelection. Asked that day whether he believed the intelligence, Trump said \"It could be\" and then said Russia did not want him in office. Told that this was not what the intelligence showed, he said, \"Well, I don't care what anybody says.\" On September 10 the Treasury Department sanctioned Andriy Derkach, a Ukrainian lawmaker it described as an active Russian agent, for attempting to influence the election. On September 15 Trump said on Fox & Friends that Russia \"probably\" wanted Biden to win.","sources":[{"title":"The President's News Conference in Bedminster, New Jersey","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/the-presidents-news-conference-bedminster-new-jersey","date":"2020-08-07"},{"title":"Statement by NCSC Director William Evanina: Election Threat Update for the American Public","outlet":"Office of the Director of National Intelligence (Internet Archive)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200809043153id_/https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/item/2139-statement-by-ncsc-director-william-evanina-election-threat-update-for-the-american-public","date":"2020-08-07"},{"title":"Trump's Baseless Claim of Russian Support for Biden","outlet":"FactCheck.org","url":"https://www.factcheck.org/2020/09/trumps-baseless-claim-of-russian-support-for-biden/","date":"2020-09-15"}],"tag_label":"Intelligence and security","tag_short":"Intelligence","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["intelligence"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/russia-last-person-russia-wants-2020/","sort_key":"2020-08-07","number":62},{"id":"china-tiktok-threat-order-2020","kind":"china","threat":"both","subject":"TikTok","title":"Declared Chinese-owned apps, TikTok in particular, a threat to US national security and the economy","quote":"Specifically, the spread in the United States of mobile applications developed and owned by companies in the People's Republic of China (China) continues to threaten the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States. At this time, action must be taken to address the threat posed by one mobile application in particular, TikTok.","date":"2020-08-06","venue":"Executive Order 13942, signed by Trump","era":"term-1","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"On September 27, 2020 U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols halted the ban, writing that Trump likely exceeded his authority; another federal judge had paused the parallel WeChat ban, finding 'scant evidence' for the national security claims. President Biden revoked both orders on June 9, 2021. Trump joined TikTok in June 2024, saying 'It's my honor.' On January 20, 2025 he ordered the Justice Department not to enforce the 2024 divest-or-ban law for 75 days, then extended the delay three more times. On September 25, 2025 he approved a joint venture; CNBC reported in February 2026 that ByteDance retains a 19.9% stake in TikTok's U.S. operations.","sources":[{"title":"Executive Order 13942—Addressing the Threat Posed by TikTok, and Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-13942-addressing-the-threat-posed-tiktok-and-taking-additional-steps","date":"2020-08-06"},{"title":"U.S. Judge Halts Trump's TikTok Ban, Hours Before It's Set To Start","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://www.npr.org/2020/09/27/917452668/u-s-judge-halts-trumps-tiktok-ban-the-2nd-court-ruling-against-trumps-app-bans","date":"2020-09-27"},{"title":"Executive Order on Protecting Americans' Sensitive Data from Foreign Adversaries","outlet":"The White House (Biden administration archive)","url":"https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/06/09/executive-order-on-protecting-americans-sensitive-data-from-foreign-adversaries/","date":"2021-06-09"},{"title":"Trump joins TikTok after previously trying to ban the app","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://www.npr.org/2024/06/02/nx-s1-4989327/trump-tiktok-ban","date":"2024-06-02"},{"title":"Executive Order 14166—Application of Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act to TikTok","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-14166-application-protecting-americans-from-foreign-adversary-controlled","date":"2025-01-20"},{"title":"Executive Order 14352—Saving TikTok While Protecting National Security","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-14352-saving-tiktok-while-protecting-national-security","date":"2025-09-25"},{"title":"Much ado about nothing? TikTok's U.S. usership steadies after turbulent start","outlet":"CNBC","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/16/tiktok-us-joint-venture-user-data-no-mass-exodus-oracle-mgx-silver-lake-larry-ellison-trump.html","date":"2026-02-16"}],"tag":"both","tag_label":"Economic and military","tag_short":"Economic + military","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["economic","military"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/china-tiktok-threat-order-2020/","sort_key":"2020-08-06","number":73},{"id":"russia-germany-troop-cut-2020","kind":"russia","tag":"alliances","subject":"U.S. troops in Germany","title":"Ordered nearly 12,000 U.S. troops out of Germany, saying Berlin was 'delinquent'","quote":"So we're reducing the force because they're not paying their bill. It's very simple: They're delinquent.","date":"2020-07-29","venue":"South Lawn, White House, remarks to reporters","era":"term-1","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"Trump announced in June 2020 that he would cut U.S. forces in Germany. On July 29 Defense Secretary Mark Esper said almost 12,000 troops, roughly a third of the force, would leave, with nearly 5,600 moving to other NATO countries and about 6,400 returning to the United States. Esper said the plan would enhance deterrence of Russia, while Trump told reporters the same day that the reduction was because Germany had not met NATO's spending target of 2 percent of GDP. Some Republicans in Congress said the withdrawal would be a gift to Russia, RFE/RL reported. Trump had signed sanctions on companies building Russia's Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to Germany in December 2019. President Biden said on February 4, 2021 that he was stopping any planned troop withdrawals from Germany.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks and an Exchange With Reporters Prior to Departure for Midland, Texas","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-and-exchange-with-reporters-prior-departure-for-midland-texas","date":"2020-07-29"},{"title":"Defense Secretary Esper Says U.S. Plans To Cut Troops In Germany By A Third","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://text.npr.org/896804140","date":"2020-07-29"},{"title":"U.S. To Move Troops From Germany, In Shift That Esper Says Will Strengthen NATO Against Russia","outlet":"Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty","url":"https://www.rferl.org/a/u-s-to-move-troops-from-germany-in-shift-that-esper-says-will-strengthen-nato-against-russia/30755461.html","date":"2020-07-29"},{"title":"Nord Stream 2: Trump approves sanctions on Russia gas pipeline","outlet":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50875935","date":"2019-12-21"},{"title":"Remarks by President Biden on America's Place in the World","outlet":"The White House (National Archives)","url":"https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/02/04/remarks-by-president-biden-on-americas-place-in-the-world/","date":"2021-02-04"}],"tag_label":"NATO and allies","tag_short":"Alliances","tag_tone":"green","tag_list":["alliances"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/russia-germany-troop-cut-2020/","sort_key":"2020-07-29","number":61},{"id":"russia-bounties-not-raised-putin-2020","kind":"russia","tag":"intelligence","subject":"Bounties and Putin call","title":"Said he had never raised reported Russian bounties on U.S. troops with Putin","quote":"I have never discussed it with him. No. I would. I'd have no problem with it.","date":"2020-07-28","venue":"Interview with Jonathan Swan, Axios on HBO","era":"term-1","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"Trump spoke with Putin by phone on July 23, 2020. In an interview recorded on July 28 for Axios on HBO, he said he had not raised the reported bounties on that call, which he said was about other subjects including nuclear proliferation, and that he had never discussed them with Putin. He said the matter was \"an issue that many people said was fake news.\" The next day he told reporters he would be \"very angry\" if the intelligence were true. In April 2021 the Biden administration said the intelligence community had only \"low to moderate confidence\" in the bounty reports.","sources":[{"title":"Interview with Jonathan Swan of Axios","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/interview-with-jonathan-swan-axios","date":"2020-08-03"},{"title":"Trump says he never discussed alleged Russian bounties in calls with Putin","outlet":"CBS News","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-says-did-not-question-putin-russian-bounties/","date":"2020-07-29"},{"title":"Trump says he didn’t bring up bounties against US troops in recent call with Putin","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/29/politics/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-russian-bounties/index.html","date":"2020-07-29"},{"title":"Trump Says He Never Questioned Putin About Reports That Russia Paid Taliban To Kill U.S. Troops","outlet":"Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty","url":"https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-says-he-never-questioned-putin-about-reports-that-russia-paid-taliban-to-kill-u-s-troops/30755635.html","date":"2020-07-29"},{"title":"Remember those Russian bounties for dead U.S. troops? Biden admin says the CIA intel is not conclusive","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/remember-those-russian-bounties-dead-u-s-troops-biden-admin-n1264215","date":"2021-04-15"}],"tag_label":"Intelligence and security","tag_short":"Intelligence","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["intelligence"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/russia-bounties-not-raised-putin-2020/","sort_key":"2020-07-28","number":60},{"id":"offensive-portland-anarchists-2020","kind":"offensive","target":"cities","subject":"Portland, Oregon, and its protesters","place":"Portland","title":"Sent federal agents to Portland, saying its leaders had 'lost control of the anarchists and agitators'","quote":"We are trying to help Portland, not hurt it. Their leadership has, for months, lost control of the anarchists and agitators. They are missing in action. We must protect Federal property, AND OUR PEOPLE. These were not merely protesters, these are the real deal!","date":"2020-07-19","venue":"Twitter","era":"term-1","category":"justice","what_happened":"Federal officers in unmarked vehicles had begun detaining protesters near Portland's federal courthouse. Mayor Ted Wheeler said the administration was violating the Constitution and told it to 'Keep your troops in your own buildings, or have them leave our city.' On July 20 Trump said 'These are anarchists. These are not protestors... These are people that hate our country.' On Aug. 30, 2020 he tweeted that 'Portland will never recover with a fool for a Mayor.'","sources":[{"title":"Tweets of July 19, 2020","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-july-19-2020","date":"2020-07-19"},{"title":"Portland mayor accuses federal agents of violating civil rights","outlet":"Axios","url":"https://www.axios.com/2020/07/19/portland-mayor-federal-agents-protests","date":"2020-07-19"},{"title":"Remarks: Donald Trump Discusses Pandemic Plans at The White House - July 20, 2020","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-remarks-pandemic-planning-july-20-2020/#59","date":"2020-07-20"}],"tag":"cities","tag_label":"American cities","tag_short":"Cities","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["cities"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/offensive-portland-anarchists-2020/","sort_key":"2020-07-19","number":99},{"id":"china-huawei-security-risk-2020","kind":"china","threat":"military","subject":"Huawei","title":"Said he talked many countries out of using Huawei because it is 'a big security risk'","quote":"We confronted untrustworthy Chinese technology and telecom providers. We convinced many countries—many countries—and I did this myself, for the most part—not to use Huawei, because we think it's an unsafe security risk. It's a big security risk. I talked many countries out of using it. If they want to do business with us, they can't use it.","date":"2020-07-14","venue":"News conference in the White House Rose Garden on signing the Hong Kong Autonomy Act","era":"term-1","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"A year earlier, on June 29, 2019, after meeting Xi Jinping in Osaka, he said he had agreed 'pretty easily' to let American companies keep selling products to Huawei. In May 2020 the United States introduced sanctions aimed at Huawei's chip supply. On July 14, 2020 the United Kingdom said its mobile providers could not buy new Huawei 5G equipment after December 31 and had to remove Huawei 5G kit by 2027; the BBC reported the decision followed the U.S. sanctions. Huawei denies that it poses a national security threat.","sources":[{"title":"The President's News Conference","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/the-presidents-news-conference-1242","date":"2020-07-14"},{"title":"The President's News Conference in Osaka, Japan","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/the-presidents-news-conference-osaka-japan","date":"2019-06-29"},{"title":"Huawei 5G kit must be removed from UK by 2027","outlet":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53403793","date":"2020-07-14"}],"tag":"military","tag_label":"Military threat","tag_short":"Military","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["military"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/china-huawei-security-risk-2020/","sort_key":"2020-07-14","number":72},{"id":"offensive-nyc-hellhole-2020","kind":"offensive","target":"cities","subject":"New York City","place":"New York City","title":"Said his hometown of New York had 'turned out to be a hellhole' and later 'a ghost town'","quote":"And you know what's going on in New York: Everyone is leaving. It's turned out to be a hellhole.","date":"2020-07-09","venue":"Roundtable with Hispanic leaders, White House","era":"term-1","category":"other","what_happened":"On Sept. 12, 2020 he told Fox News New York was 'like a ghost town,' and at the Sept. 29, 2020 debate he said 'It's almost like a ghost town and I'm not sure it can ever recover.' In September 2020 the Justice Department designated New York City an 'anarchist jurisdiction.'","sources":[{"title":"Remarks: Donald Trump Holds a Roundtable With Hispanic Leaders - July 9, 2020","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-remarks-hispanic-leaders-roundtable-july-9-2020/#119","date":"2020-07-09"},{"title":"Debate: First Presidential Debate in Cleveland - September 29, 2020","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-first-debate-cleveland-trump-biden-september-29-2020/#305","date":"2020-09-29"}],"tag":"cities","tag_label":"American cities","tag_short":"Cities","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["cities"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/offensive-nyc-hellhole-2020/","sort_key":"2020-07-09","number":98},{"id":"russia-bounties-hoax-tweet-2020","kind":"russia","tag":"intelligence","subject":"Russian bounty reports","title":"Called reports of Russian bounties on U.S. troops in Afghanistan a 'hoax'","quote":"The Russia Bounty story is just another made up by Fake News tale that is told only to damage me and the Republican Party. The secret source probably does not even exist, just like the story itself. If the discredited @nytimes has a source, reveal it. Just another HOAX!","date":"2020-07-01","venue":"Twitter","era":"term-1","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"News organizations reported in June 2020 that U.S. intelligence assessments said a Russian military intelligence unit had offered cash to Taliban-linked militants for attacks on coalition forces in Afghanistan, and that officials had been weighing a response since at least March. Trump tweeted on June 28 that nobody had briefed him, Vice President Mike Pence or chief of staff Mark Meadows, and on July 1 called the story a hoax. National security adviser Robert O'Brien said the president's CIA briefer had not briefed him verbally because the intelligence was unverified. In April 2021 the Biden administration said the intelligence community had only \"low to moderate confidence\" in the reports, in part because they relied on detainee interrogations, and it did not sanction Russia over them.","sources":[{"title":"Tweets of July 1, 2020","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-july-1-2020","date":"2020-07-01"},{"title":"Tweets of June 28, 2020","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-june-28-2020","date":"2020-06-28"},{"title":"Trump: I was not told about 'Russian bounties' plot because it was not credible","outlet":"The Guardian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/28/trump-denies-knowledge-of-russian-bounties-us-troops","date":"2020-06-28"},{"title":"O'Brien says top CIA official decided against briefing Trump on Russia bounty intel","outlet":"CBS News","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-russian-bounties-briefing-cia-officials-decided-against/","date":"2020-07-01"},{"title":"Remember those Russian bounties for dead U.S. troops? Biden admin says the CIA intel is not conclusive","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/remember-those-russian-bounties-dead-u-s-troops-biden-admin-n1264215","date":"2021-04-15"},{"title":"Afghanistan war: US spies doubt reports of Russian 'bounties' for troops","outlet":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56775660","date":"2021-04-16"}],"tag_label":"Intelligence and security","tag_short":"Intelligence","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["intelligence"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/russia-bounties-hoax-tweet-2020/","sort_key":"2020-07-01","number":59},{"id":"offensive-oakland-living-in-hell-2020","kind":"offensive","target":"cities","subject":"Oakland, Detroit and Baltimore","place":"Oakland","title":"Said Detroit, Oakland and Baltimore were worse than Honduras and Guatemala and 'like living in hell'","quote":"We have cities that are worse -- in some cases, far worse. Take a look at Detroit. Take a look at what's happening in Oakland. Take a look at what's happening in Baltimore. And everyone gets upset when I say it. ... These cities, it's like living in hell.","date":"2020-06-25","venue":"Fox News town hall with Sean Hannity, Wisconsin","era":"term-1","category":"justice","what_happened":"In the same answer he said Chicago was 'like, worse than Afghanistan.' Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf replied on Twitter: 'Hell is another four years of this racist in the White House.' On Aug. 11, 2025, announcing the D.C. deployment, he said of Baltimore and Oakland, 'We don't even mention that anymore... they're so far gone.'","sources":[{"title":"Interview: Sean Hannity Hosts a Town Hall With Donald Trump - June 25, 2020","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-town-hall-hannity-fox-news-marinette-wisconsin-june-25-2020/#39","date":"2020-06-25"},{"title":"Oakland officials fire back after Trump says city is like 'living in hell'","outlet":"KTVU","url":"https://www.ktvu.com/news/oakland-officials-fire-back-after-trump-says-city-is-like-living-in-hell","date":"2020-06-26"},{"title":"Press Conference: Donald Trump Announces Military Deployment in Washington - August 11, 2025","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-press-conference-law-enforcement-washington-dc-august-11-2025/#14","date":"2025-08-11"}],"tag":"cities","tag_label":"American cities","tag_short":"Cities","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["cities"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/offensive-oakland-living-in-hell-2020/","sort_key":"2020-06-25","number":97},{"id":"china-kung-flu-tulsa-2020","kind":"china","threat":"other","subject":"COVID-19 naming","title":"Called COVID-19 'Kung flu' at the Tulsa rally","quote":"By the way, it's a disease without question, has more names than any disease in history. I can name, \"Kung flu.\"","date":"2020-06-20","venue":"Rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma","era":"term-1","category":"covid","what_happened":"Three days later, at a Students for Trump rally in Phoenix on June 23, 2020, he repeated the term after audience members shouted it. At the Tulsa rally he also said the virus 'should have been stopped where it originated, which was China' and that 'China sent us the plague.' On January 24, 2020 he had tweeted that the United States 'greatly appreciates' China's 'efforts and transparency' on the virus, and on March 23, 2020 he had tweeted that its spread was not the fault of Asian Americans 'in any way, shape, or form.'","sources":[{"title":"Remarks at a \"Make America Great Again\" Rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-make-america-great-again-rally-tulsa-oklahoma","date":"2020-06-20"},{"title":"Remarks at a Turning Point Action Students for Trump Rally in Phoenix, Arizona","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-turning-point-action-students-for-trump-rally-phoenix-arizona","date":"2020-06-23"},{"title":"Tweets of January 24, 2020","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-january-24-2020","date":"2020-01-24"},{"title":"Tweets of March 23, 2020","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-march-23-2020","date":"2020-03-23"}],"tag":"other","tag_label":"Other","tag_short":"Other","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["other"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/china-kung-flu-tulsa-2020/","sort_key":"2020-06-20","number":71},{"id":"china-complete-decoupling-tweet-2020","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"decoupling","title":"Said a 'complete decoupling from China' remained a policy option","quote":"It was not Ambassador Lighthizer's fault (yesterday in Committee) in that perhaps I didn't make myself clear, but the U.S. certainly does maintain a policy option, under various conditions, of a complete decoupling from China. Thank you!","date":"2020-06-18","venue":"Post on Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"term-1","category":"trade","what_happened":"The day before, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer had told a congressional hearing: 'Do I think that you can sit down and decouple the United States economy from the Chinese economy? No. I think that was a policy option years ago. I don't think it's a reasonable policy option at this point.' Four days after the tweet, Trump wrote that 'The China Trade Deal is fully intact.' Census Bureau figures show two-way goods trade with China rose from $557.1 billion in 2020 to $690.3 billion in 2022, and stood at $414.6 billion in 2025.","sources":[{"title":"Tweet by @realDonaldTrump, June 18, 2020","outlet":"Twitter","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1273706102023237633","date":"2020-06-18"},{"title":"Tweets of June 18, 2020","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-june-18-2020","date":"2020-06-18"},{"title":"Where do the U.S. and China stand on trade?","outlet":"Marketplace","url":"https://www.marketplace.org/story/2020/06/19/us-china-trade-trump-decoupling-lighthizer-farm-goods","date":"2020-06-19"},{"title":"Tweets of June 23, 2020","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-june-23-2020","date":"2020-06-23"},{"title":"Trade in Goods with China","outlet":"U.S. Census Bureau","url":"https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html","date":"2026-09-28"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/china-complete-decoupling-tweet-2020/","sort_key":"2020-06-18","number":70},{"id":"offensive-seattle-domestic-terrorists-2020","kind":"offensive","target":"cities","subject":"Seattle and its Capitol Hill protest zone","place":"Seattle","title":"Tweeted that 'Domestic Terrorists have taken over Seattle' and called protesters 'ugly Anarchists'","quote":"Domestic Terrorists have taken over Seattle, run by Radical Left Democrats, of course. LAW & ORDER!","date":"2020-06-10","venue":"Twitter","era":"term-1","category":"justice","what_happened":"Late on June 10, 2020 (Eastern time), after police pulled back from the East Precinct and protesters set up the 'CHAZ' zone, Trump told Gov. Jay Inslee and Mayor Jenny Durkan to 'Take back your city NOW. If you don't do it, I will' and called protesters 'ugly Anarchists.' Durkan replied 'Make us all safe. Go back to your bunker.' Inslee said a man 'totally incapable of governing should stay out of Washington state's business.' In September the Justice Department listed Seattle as an 'anarchist jurisdiction.'","sources":[{"title":"Tweets of June 11, 2020 (UTC)","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-june-11-2020","date":"2020-06-10"},{"title":"'Go Back To Your Bunker,' Seattle Mayor Tells Trump In Spat Over Protests","outlet":"NPR (via GBH)","url":"https://wgbh.org/news/politics/2020-06-11/go-back-to-your-bunker-seattle-mayor-tells-trump-in-spat-over-protests","date":"2020-06-11"}],"tag":"cities","tag_label":"American cities","tag_short":"Cities","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["cities"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/offensive-seattle-domestic-terrorists-2020/","sort_key":"2020-06-10","number":96},{"id":"russia-g7-expansion-invite-2020","kind":"russia","tag":"alliances","subject":"G7 invitation to Russia","title":"Postponed the G7 summit and said he wanted to invite Russia to an expanded meeting","quote":"I'm postponing it because I don't feel that as a G7 it properly represents what's going on in the world.","date":"2020-05-30","venue":"Remarks to reporters aboard Air Force One","era":"term-1","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"On May 30, 2020 Trump postponed the G7 summit he was due to host and said he planned to invite Russia, Australia, South Korea and India, calling the G7 a \"very outdated group of countries.\" Russia was expelled from the group in 2014 after annexing Crimea and still holds the territory. The Kremlin said on June 1 that Trump had told Putin of the idea by phone. A spokesperson for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Britain would not support readmitting Russia as a member, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Russia \"will continue to remain out.\" The House had passed a bipartisan resolution in December 2019 supporting Russia's exclusion. On August 10 Trump said he \"certainly would invite\" Putin to a summit held after the election.","sources":[{"title":"Trump postpones the G-7 summit and seeks to add countries to the invitation list","outlet":"CNBC (Reuters)","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/31/trump-postpones-the-g-7-summit-and-seeks-to-add-countries-to-the-invitation-list.html","date":"2020-05-31"},{"title":"Trump postpones G7 meeting, seeks expansion of members","outlet":"PBS News (Associated Press)","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-postpones-g7-meeting-seeks-expansion-of-members","date":"2020-05-30"},{"title":"Canada, Britain not interested in Russia attending G7 despite another Trump trial balloon","outlet":"CBC News (Thomson Reuters)","url":"https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/britain-russia-reaction-g7-trump-1.5592933","date":"2020-06-01"},{"title":"The President's News Conference","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/the-presidents-news-conference-1252","date":"2020-08-10"}],"tag_label":"NATO and allies","tag_short":"Alliances","tag_tone":"green","tag_list":["alliances"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/russia-g7-expansion-invite-2020/","sort_key":"2020-05-30","number":58},{"id":"china-pattern-of-misconduct-2020","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"trade and IP theft","title":"Said China had 'ripped off the United States like no one has ever done before'","quote":"China's pattern of misconduct is well known. For decades, they've ripped off the United States like no one has ever done before. Hundreds of billions of dollars a year were lost dealing with China, especially over the years during the prior administration. China raided our factories, offshored our jobs, gutted our industries, stole our intellectual property, and violated their commitments under the World Trade Organization.","date":"2020-05-29","venue":"Remarks on United States actions against China, White House Rose Garden","era":"term-1","category":"trade","what_happened":"The Phase One trade agreement he had signed with China in January 2020 stayed in force. The Peterson Institute for International Economics found that China bought 58 percent of the U.S. exports it had committed to purchase over 2020-21 and none of the additional $200 billion. Census Bureau figures show the U.S. goods deficit with China was $308.0 billion in 2020, $352.8 billion in 2021 and $382.3 billion in 2022.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks on United States Actions Against China","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-united-states-actions-against-china","date":"2020-05-29"},{"title":"China bought none of the extra $200 billion of US exports in Trump's trade deal","outlet":"Peterson Institute for International Economics","url":"https://www.piie.com/blogs/realtime-economics/2022/china-bought-none-extra-200-billion-us-exports-trumps-trade-deal","date":"2022-07-19"},{"title":"Trade in Goods with China","outlet":"U.S. Census Bureau","url":"https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html","date":"2026-09-28"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/china-pattern-of-misconduct-2020/","sort_key":"2020-05-29","number":69},{"id":"china-espionage-industrial-secrets-2020","kind":"china","threat":"military","subject":"espionage and students","title":"Said China conducted 'illicit espionage' and suspended entry of some Chinese students","quote":"For years, the Government of China has conducted illicit espionage to steal our industrial secrets, of which there are many. Today I will issue a proclamation to better secure our Nation's vital university research and to suspend the entry of certain foreign nationals from China who we have identified as potential security risks.","date":"2020-05-29","venue":"Remarks on United States actions against China, White House Rose Garden","era":"term-1","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"Proclamation 10043, signed the same day, said China used some graduate students and researchers 'to operate as non-traditional collectors of intellectual property' to modernize its military. By September 2020 the State Department said it had revoked the visas of more than 1,000 Chinese students and researchers, out of nearly 370,000 Chinese students enrolled at U.S. universities in 2018-19. Eleven months before the Rose Garden remarks, on June 29, 2019, he had said in Osaka: 'We want to have Chinese students come and use our great schools, our great universities.' On August 25, 2025 he told reporters, 'We're going to allow, it's very important, 600,000 students' from China.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks on United States Actions Against China","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-united-states-actions-against-china","date":"2020-05-29"},{"title":"Proclamation 10043—Suspension of Entry as Nonimmigrants of Certain Students and Researchers From the People's Republic of China","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/proclamation-10043-suspension-entry-nonimmigrants-certain-students-and-researchers-from","date":"2020-05-29"},{"title":"US revokes visas for 1,000 Chinese students deemed security risk","outlet":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54097437","date":"2020-09-10"},{"title":"The President's News Conference in Osaka, Japan","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/the-presidents-news-conference-osaka-japan","date":"2019-06-29"},{"title":"Trump says US will accept 600,000 Chinese students as part of trade deal","outlet":"Washington Examiner","url":"https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3781400/trump-us-accept-600000-students-china-trade-deal/","date":"2025-08-25"}],"tag":"military","tag_label":"Military threat","tag_short":"Military","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["military"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/china-espionage-industrial-secrets-2020/","sort_key":"2020-05-29","number":68},{"id":"offensive-minneapolis-thugs-2020","kind":"offensive","target":"cities","subject":"Minneapolis protesters after George Floyd's killing","place":"Minneapolis","title":"Called Minneapolis protesters 'THUGS' and warned 'when the looting starts, the shooting starts'","quote":"....These THUGS are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd, and I won't let that happen. Just spoke to Governor Tim Walz and told him that the Military is with him all the way. Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts. Thank you!","date":"2020-05-29","venue":"Twitter","era":"term-1","category":"justice","what_happened":"Shortly after midnight on May 29, 2020, after protesters burned a Minneapolis police precinct, Trump tweeted that he 'can't stand back & watch this happen to a great American City, Minneapolis,' called Mayor Jacob Frey 'very weak' and threatened to 'send in the National Guard,' then posted the 'THUGS' tweet. Twitter labeled it for 'glorifying violence' but left it up. The White House said he 'did not glorify violence'; later that day he tweeted that 'Looting leads to shooting' and that the phrase 'was spoken as a fact, not as a statement.'","sources":[{"title":"Twitter Hides Trump Tweet For 'Glorifying Violence'","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://www.npr.org/2020/05/29/864818368/twitter-hides-trump-tweet-for-glorifying-violence","date":"2020-05-29"},{"title":"Twitter Flags Trump's Tweet As 'Glorifying Violence' After Threat To MN Protesters","outlet":"Talking Points Memo","url":"https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1311408","date":"2020-05-29"},{"title":"Trump calls Minneapolis protesters 'thugs,' vows action","outlet":"Associated Press (via ABC57)","url":"https://www.abc57.com/news/trump-calls-minneapolis-protesters-thugs-vows-action","date":"2020-05-29"}],"tag":"cities","tag_label":"American cities","tag_short":"Cities","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["cities"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/offensive-minneapolis-thugs-2020/","sort_key":"2020-05-29","number":95},{"id":"fix-price-transparency-nobody-else-2020","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"health care price transparency","title":"Nobody else would have gotten health care price transparency","quote":"But nobody else would have gotten it but this administration: price transparency.","date":"2020-05-26","venue":"Rose Garden remarks on reducing insulin costs for Medicare beneficiaries","era":"term-1","category":"healthcare","what_happened":"He made the same claim in Des Moines on January 30, 2020 (\"Nobody else would have gotten it done, that I can tell you\"). In August 2022 PolitiFact rated Half True a claim that \"Nobody's enforcing\" the hospital price transparency law. On February 25, 2025, he signed a new executive order on price transparency; the White House fact sheet said \"the prior Administration failed to prioritize further implementation and enforcement of these requirements\" and that the Biden administration \"was sued in 2023 for not enforcing the prescription drug transparency requirements.\"","sources":[{"title":"Remarks on Efforts To Reduce Insulin Costs for Medicare Beneficiaries and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-efforts-reduce-insulin-costs-for-medicare-beneficiaries-and-exchange-with","date":"2020-05-26"},{"title":"Remarks at a \"Keep America Great\" Rally in Des Moines, Iowa","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-keep-america-great-rally-des-moines-iowa","date":"2020-01-30"},{"title":"Rapper Fat Joe says no one is making sure hospitals post prices. Is that right?","outlet":"PolitiFact","url":"https://politifact.com/factchecks/2022/aug/09/power-patients/rapper-fat-joe-says-no-one-making-sure-hospitals-p/","date":"2022-08-09"},{"title":"White House Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Announces Actions to Make Healthcare Prices Transparent","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/white-house-fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-announces-actions-make-healthcare-prices","date":"2025-02-25"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/fix-price-transparency-nobody-else-2020/","sort_key":"2020-05-26","number":28},{"id":"china-disinformation-biden-2020","kind":"china","threat":"other","subject":"election interference","title":"Said China was running a disinformation campaign to elect Biden so it could keep ripping off the US","quote":"China is on a massive disinformation campaign because they are desperate to have Sleepy Joe Biden win the presidential race so they can continue to rip-off the United States, as they have done for decades, until I came along!","date":"2020-05-20","venue":"Post on Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"term-1","category":"elections","what_happened":"A declassified Intelligence Community Assessment dated March 10, 2021 stated: 'We assess that China did not deploy interference efforts and considered but did not deploy influence efforts intended to change the outcome of the US Presidential election,' a judgment held with high confidence. It said China 'did not view either election outcome as being advantageous enough for China to risk getting caught meddling.' The National Intelligence Officer for Cyber dissented in part, assessing that China 'did take some steps to try to undermine former President Trump's reelection.' The same assessment found that Russia's president authorized influence operations aimed at denigrating Biden's candidacy, NPR reported.","sources":[{"title":"Tweet by @realDonaldTrump, May 20, 2020","outlet":"Twitter","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1263282623939477511","date":"2020-05-20"},{"title":"Tweets of May 21, 2020","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-may-21-2020","date":"2020-05-21"},{"title":"Foreign Threats to the 2020 US Federal Elections","outlet":"Office of the Director of National Intelligence","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20211231171930/https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/ICA-declass-16MAR21.pdf","date":"2021-03-10"},{"title":"Intelligence Report Says Russia Tried To Help Trump In 2020 Election","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://www.npr.org/2021/03/16/977958302/intelligence-report-russia-tried-to-help-trump-in-2020-election","date":"2021-03-16"}],"tag":"other","tag_label":"Other","tag_short":"Other","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["other"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/china-disinformation-biden-2020/","sort_key":"2020-05-20","number":67},{"id":"know-permitting-process","kind":"knows-better","subject":"the permitting process","title":"Knows the permitting process 'better than anybody'","quote":"I lived with it in the private sector, so I know it better than anybody, where you'd go years and years","date":"2020-05-19","venue":"Cabinet meeting and exchange with reporters, White House","era":"term-1","category":"infrastructure","what_happened":"Trump made the claim while promoting regulatory relief for construction permitting, citing his years as a developer. He returned to the theme on April 8, 2025 at a coal-production event, saying, 'I was the king of zoning. I got—I did well.' The claim rests on his private-sector experience rather than any comparison with permitting experts.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks in a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters (May 19, 2020)","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-cabinet-meeting-and-exchange-with-reporters-11","date":"2020-05-19"},{"title":"Remarks on Domestic Coal Production","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-domestic-coal-production","date":"2025-04-08"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/know-permitting-process/","sort_key":"2020-05-19","number":38},{"id":"offensive-pelosi-sick-woman-2020","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Speaker Nancy Pelosi","title":"Called House Speaker Nancy Pelosi 'a sick woman' with 'a lot of mental problems'","quote":"These people are sick. Pelosi is a sick woman. She's got a lot of problems, a lot of mental problems.","date":"2020-05-19","venue":"Press gaggle after lunch with GOP senators, U.S. Capitol","era":"term-1","category":"covid","what_happened":"Trump was responding to Pelosi's comment that he was 'morbidly obese' and should not take hydroxychloroquine, which he had said he was taking against COVID-19. He used variations of the line about Pelosi's mental state repeatedly through 2020.","sources":[{"title":"Press Gaggle: Donald Trump Speaks to the Press After Lunch with GOP Senators - May 19, 2020","outlet":"Factba.se (Roll Call)","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-press-gaggle-gop-senators-lunch-capitol-may-19-2020/#31","date":"2020-05-19"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/offensive-pelosi-sick-woman-2020/","sort_key":"2020-05-19","number":94},{"id":"china-super-duper-missile-2020","kind":"china","threat":"military","subject":"hypersonic missiles","title":"Said a US 'super-duper missile' was far faster than what China was working on","quote":"We have no choice. We have to do it with the adversaries we have out there. We have a—I call it the \"super-duper missile.\" And I heard the other night, 17 times faster than what they have right now. ... And you take the fastest missile we have right now—you've heard Russia has five times, and China is working on five or six times. We have one 17 times.","date":"2020-05-15","venue":"Remarks on the presentation of the United States Space Force flag, Oval Office","era":"term-1","category":"veterans","what_happened":"On July 16, 2020 a senior defense official told CNN the '17 times' figure came from a March 2020 test of a hypersonic glide body 'where we flew 17 times the speed of sound.' CNN reported that the U.S. military was 'still several years away from fielding a hypersonic weapon,' with a target date of 2023 at the earliest, while Russia and China said they had already fielded such weapons and China had displayed its DF-17 at a military parade. On March 20, 2026, Stars and Stripes reported that the Army's Dark Eagle hypersonic battery had not yet received its first operational missiles and that the $12 billion program had faced development and testing delays.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks on the Presentation of the United States Space Force Flag and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-presentation-the-united-states-space-force-flag-and-exchange-with-reporters","date":"2020-05-15"},{"title":"Pentagon reveals some details of Trump's 'super duper' hypersonic missile","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/16/politics/pentagon-hypersonic-missile","date":"2020-07-16"},{"title":"Army hypersonic missile battery approaches operational readiness at JBLM","outlet":"Stars and Stripes","url":"https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2026-03-20/army-hypersonic-weapons-battery-jblm-21131808.html","date":"2026-03-20"}],"tag":"military","tag_label":"Military threat","tag_short":"Military","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["military"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/china-super-duper-missile-2020/","sort_key":"2020-05-15","number":66},{"id":"china-cut-off-whole-relationship-2020","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"cutting off relations","title":"Said the US could cut off the whole relationship with China and save $500 billion","quote":"There are many things we could do. We could cut off the whole relationship. ... Now, if you did, what would happen? You'd save $500 billion if you cut off the whole relationship.","date":"2020-05-14","venue":"Interview with Maria Bartiromo, Fox Business 'Mornings with Maria'","era":"term-1","category":"trade","what_happened":"Census Bureau figures put U.S. goods imports from China at $449.1 billion in 2019 and the goods deficit at $342.6 billion. The relationship was not cut off: on June 22, 2020 he tweeted 'The China Trade Deal is fully intact.' Two-way goods trade was $557.1 billion in 2020, $655.7 billion in 2021 and $690.3 billion in 2022. In his second term, a May 12, 2025 agreement had the United States and China 'each lower tariffs by 115%,' and after meeting Xi Jinping on October 30, 2025 he rated the meeting 'a 12' on a scale of 0 to 10.","sources":[{"title":"Trump on China: 'We could cut off the whole relationship'","outlet":"Fox Business","url":"https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/trump-on-china-we-could-cut-off-the-whole-relationship","date":"2020-05-14"},{"title":"Trade in Goods with China","outlet":"U.S. Census Bureau","url":"https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html","date":"2026-09-28"},{"title":"Tweets of June 23, 2020","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-june-23-2020","date":"2020-06-23"},{"title":"White House Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Secures a Historic Trade Win for the United States","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/white-house-fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-secures-historic-trade-win-for-the-united","date":"2025-05-12"},{"title":"Remarks and an Exchange With Reporters Aboard Air Force One En Route to Anchorage, Alaska","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-and-exchange-with-reporters-aboard-air-force-one-en-route-anchorage-alaska","date":"2025-10-30"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/china-cut-off-whole-relationship-2020/","sort_key":"2020-05-14","number":65},{"id":"fix-covid-response-nobody-else-2020","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"the coronavirus response","title":"Nobody else could have done what his administration did on COVID","quote":"And the rest of the world is watching, and they respect what we've done, because I don't think anybody else—I know nobody else could have done what we've done. And we started with garbage.","date":"2020-04-18","venue":"White House Coronavirus Task Force press briefing, James S. Brady Press Briefing Room","era":"term-1","category":"covid","what_happened":"He repeated the claim on August 12, 2020: \"making ventilators that nobody else could have done. We are the ventilator king of the world.\" PolitiFact named \"coronavirus downplay and denial\" its 2020 Lie of the Year. By the time he left office on January 20, 2021, the U.S. was averaging just under 3,100 COVID-19 deaths a day, with 4,383 deaths recorded on inauguration day.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks at a White House Coronavirus Task Force Press Briefing","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-white-house-coronavirus-task-force-press-briefing-31","date":"2020-04-18"},{"title":"The President's News Conference","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/the-presidents-news-conference-1251","date":"2020-08-12"},{"title":"Lie of the Year: Coronavirus downplay and denial","outlet":"PolitiFact","url":"https://politifact.com/article/2020/dec/16/lie-year-coronavirus-downplay-and-denial/","date":"2020-12-16"},{"title":"ISIS, drug prices and COVID-19 deaths: How viral posts mislead on Biden's first days","outlet":"PolitiFact","url":"https://politifact.com/article/2021/jan/26/isis-drug-prices-and-covid-19-deaths-how-viral-pos/","date":"2021-01-26"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/fix-covid-response-nobody-else-2020/","sort_key":"2020-04-18","number":27},{"id":"know-south-korea-2020","kind":"knows-better","subject":"South Korea","title":"Knew South Korea better than anybody; put Seoul at 38 million","quote":"I know South Korea better than anybody. It's a—very tight. Do you know how many people are in Seoul? Do you know how big the city of Seoul is?","date":"2020-03-30","venue":"White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing","era":"term-1","category":"covid","what_happened":"Asked why the U.S. was testing fewer people per capita than South Korea, he answered his own question: \"Thirty-eight million people. That's bigger than anything we have.\" Seoul's population is about 10 million according to the city government, so the figure was off by roughly 28 million.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks at a White House Coronavirus Task Force Press Briefing","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-white-house-coronavirus-task-force-press-briefing-15","date":"2020-03-30"},{"title":"Trump tried to flex by asking a reporter about the population of Seoul. Then he got it wrong by 28 million.","outlet":"Business Insider","url":"https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-trump-got-the-population-of-seoul-wrong-by-millions-2020-3","date":"2020-03-30"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/know-south-korea-2020/","sort_key":"2020-03-30","number":37},{"id":"know-insurance-companies","kind":"knows-better","subject":"insurance companies","title":"Knows insurance companies 'better than anybody'","quote":"I know insurance companies better than anybody. They just don't do that. But now there's a spirit like I have not seen.","date":"2020-03-29","venue":"White House Coronavirus Task Force press briefing","era":"term-1","category":"healthcare","what_happened":"The remark answered a question about whether insurers beyond Humana and Cigna would waive co-pays for COVID-19 treatment. Trump said he would 'love to have them do it' and that insurers historically 'just don't do that,' while offering no data on how many insurers had agreed. The claim of unmatched knowledge of the industry was not accompanied by a policy commitment in the briefing.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks at a White House Coronavirus Task Force Press Briefing (March 29, 2020)","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-white-house-coronavirus-task-force-press-briefing-14","date":"2020-03-29"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/know-insurance-companies/","sort_key":"2020-03-29","number":36},{"id":"china-chinese-virus-tweet-2020","kind":"china","threat":"other","subject":"COVID-19 naming","title":"Called COVID-19 the 'Chinese Virus' in a tweet","quote":"The United States will be powerfully supporting those industries, like Airlines and others, that are particularly affected by the Chinese Virus. We will be stronger than ever before!","date":"2020-03-16","venue":"Post on Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"term-1","category":"covid","what_happened":"On January 24, 2020 he had tweeted that China 'has been working very hard to contain the Coronavirus' and that the United States 'greatly appreciates their efforts and transparency,' adding 'I want to thank President Xi!' On February 7, 2020 he tweeted that Xi was 'strong, sharp and powerfully focused on leading the counterattack on the Coronavirus.' On March 23, 2020 he tweeted that the spread of the virus 'is NOT' the fault of Asian Americans 'in any way, shape, or form.' He went on using the term 'China Virus' in tweets through January 3, 2021.","sources":[{"title":"Tweet by @realDonaldTrump, March 16, 2020","outlet":"Twitter","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1239685852093169664","date":"2020-03-16"},{"title":"Tweets of March 16, 2020","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-march-16-2020","date":"2020-03-16"},{"title":"Tweets of January 24, 2020","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-january-24-2020","date":"2020-01-24"},{"title":"Tweets of February 7, 2020","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-february-7-2020","date":"2020-02-07"},{"title":"Tweets of March 23, 2020","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-march-23-2020","date":"2020-03-23"},{"title":"Tweets of January 3, 2021","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-january-3-2021","date":"2021-01-03"}],"tag":"other","tag_label":"Other","tag_short":"Other","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["other"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/china-chinese-virus-tweet-2020/","sort_key":"2020-03-16","number":64},{"id":"know-covid-natural-ability","kind":"knows-better","subject":"the coronavirus","title":"Doctors ask how he knows so much about the virus; 'maybe I have a natural ability'","quote":"Every one of these doctors said, 'How do you know so much about this?' Maybe I have a natural ability.","date":"2020-03-06","venue":"Remarks after touring the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta","era":"term-1","category":"covid","what_happened":"At the same CDC visit he said, 'I like this stuff. I really get it. People are surprised that I understand it.' Recorded interviews with Bob Woodward later showed that on February 7, 2020 he had privately called the virus 'deadly stuff' and 'more deadly than even your strenuous flu,' and on March 19, 2020 said, 'I wanted to always play it down.' By the time those tapes were published on September 9, 2020, more than 190,000 Americans had died of COVID-19.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks by President Trump After Tour of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention","outlet":"White House (archived)","url":"https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-tour-centers-disease-control-prevention-atlanta-ga/","date":"2020-03-06"},{"title":"'Maybe I have a natural ability': Trump plays medical expert on coronavirus by second-guessing the professionals","outlet":"The Washington Post","url":"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/maybe-i-have-a-natural-ability-trump-plays-medical-expert-on-coronavirus-by-second-guessing-the-professionals/2020/03/06/3ee0574c-5ffb-11ea-9055-5fa12981bbbf_story.html","date":"2020-03-06"},{"title":"Trump told Bob Woodward he knew in February that COVID-19 was 'deadly stuff' but wanted to 'play it down'","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-told-bob-woodward-he-knew-february-covid-19-was-n1239658","date":"2020-09-09"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/know-covid-natural-ability/","sort_key":"2020-03-06","number":35},{"id":"russia-election-briefing-hoax-2020","kind":"russia","tag":"intelligence","subject":"2020 election briefing","title":"Called reports that Russia preferred him in the 2020 election a 'misinformation campaign'","quote":"Another misinformation campaign is being launched by Democrats in Congress saying that Russia prefers me to any of the Do Nothing Democrat candidates who still have been unable to, after two weeks, count their votes in Iowa. Hoax number 7!","date":"2020-02-21","venue":"Twitter","era":"term-1","category":"elections","what_happened":"On February 13, 2020 Shelby Pierson, the intelligence community's election threats executive, briefed the House Intelligence Committee, and news reports said the briefing included a finding that Russia had a preference for Trump. CNN reported, citing a White House official, that Trump became irate at acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire over the briefing; Richard Grenell, the ambassador to Germany, was named that week to replace Maguire. On February 24 a senior official in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence disputed some accounts of the briefing. Sources told CBS News that Pierson had not said Russia was actively aiding Trump's reelection, and that the assessment she delivered indicated the Russian government had established a preference for him.","sources":[{"title":"Tweets of February 21, 2020","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-february-21-2020","date":"2020-02-21"},{"title":"News Of Election Interference Briefing Sets Off National Intelligence Shakeup","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://text.npr.org/808275106","date":"2020-02-21"},{"title":"Heated Intelligence briefing relayed to Trump by House Republican allies","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/21/politics/intelligence-briefing-republican-behind-the-scenes/index.html","date":"2020-02-21"},{"title":"Intelligence agency pushes back on reports that it said Russia is actively aiding Trump","outlet":"CBS News","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/intelligence-agency-pushes-back-on-reports-that-it-said-russia-is-actively-aiding-trump-2020-02-24","date":"2020-02-24"}],"tag_label":"Intelligence and security","tag_short":"Intelligence","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["intelligence"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/russia-election-briefing-hoax-2020/","sort_key":"2020-02-21","number":57},{"id":"fix-trade-deals-nobody-else-2020","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"trade deals","title":"'Nobody else could have pulled this off' on trade deals","quote":"Republicans in Iowa, go out and Caucus today. Your great Trade Deals with China, Mexico, Canada, Japan, South Korea and more, are DONE. Great times are coming, after waiting for decades, for our Farmers, Ranchers, Manufacturers and ALL. Nobody else could have pulled this off!","date":"2020-02-03","venue":"Post on Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"term-1","category":"trade","what_happened":"At the Jan. 15, 2020 signing of the U.S.-China Phase One agreement he said of the deal, \"Nobody else could have done that, right?\" Under Phase One, China committed to buy an additional $200 billion of U.S. goods and services over 2020-2021; it purchased only 58% of what it committed to, according to the Peterson Institute for International Economics. The overall U.S. trade deficit rose 36.3% between 2016 and 2020, to nearly $654 billion.","sources":[{"title":"Tweet: 'Your great Trade Deals... are DONE... Nobody else could have pulled this off!'","outlet":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1224374908710420480","date":"2020-02-03"},{"title":"Remarks With Vice Premier Liu He of China on Signing the United States-China Phase One Trade Agreement","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-with-vice-premier-liu-he-china-signing-the-united-states-china-phase-one-trade","date":"2020-01-15"},{"title":"US-China phase one tracker: China's purchases of US goods","outlet":"Peterson Institute for International Economics","url":"https://www.piie.com/research/piie-charts/us-china-phase-one-tracker-chinas-purchases-us-goods","date":"2022-07-19"},{"title":"Trump's Final Numbers","outlet":"FactCheck.org","url":"https://www.factcheck.org/2021/10/trumps-final-numbers/","date":"2021-10-08"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/fix-trade-deals-nobody-else-2020/","sort_key":"2020-02-03","number":26},{"id":"fix-border-wall-nobody-else-2020","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"building the border wall","title":"Nobody else could have built the border wall","quote":"Honestly I don't wanna brag, nobody else could have done it. Nobody else could have done it.","date":"2020-01-30","venue":"\"Keep America Great\" rally at the Knapp Center, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa","era":"term-1","category":"immigration","what_happened":"PolitiFact's August 2023 review of U.S. Customs and Border Protection data found the Trump administration built 458 miles of primary and secondary barrier, of which 52 miles were new primary barrier where none existed before; 351 miles of primary and 22 miles of secondary barrier replaced smaller, dilapidated barriers. PolitiFact rated his \"nearly 500 miles\" claim Half True, noting the amount of new wall was about ten times smaller than his count.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks at a \"Keep America Great\" Rally in Des Moines, Iowa","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-keep-america-great-rally-des-moines-iowa","date":"2020-01-30"},{"title":"How many miles of border wall did Donald Trump build?","outlet":"PolitiFact","url":"https://politifact.com/factchecks/2023/aug/09/donald-trump/how-many-miles-of-border-wall-did-donald-trump-bui/","date":"2023-08-09"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/fix-border-wall-nobody-else-2020/","sort_key":"2020-01-30","number":25},{"id":"fix-qualcomm-merger-nobody-else-2020","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"Qualcomm's NXP merger approval","title":"Nobody else could have gotten China to approve Qualcomm's merger","quote":"I called up President Xi, and I—they rejected it. Remember? And then, they accepted it. By that time, you were off to another deal. You didn't even want it. But nobody else could have done that, right?","date":"2020-01-15","venue":"Signing of the U.S.-China Phase One trade agreement, East Room of the White House","era":"term-1","category":"trade","what_happened":"Qualcomm announced its $44 billion bid for NXP Semiconductors on October 27, 2016. The deal required approval from China's Ministry of Commerce, which never came, and Qualcomm cancelled the acquisition on July 26, 2018. There is no public record of a later Chinese approval; Trump was addressing Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf in the audience when he made the claim.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks With Vice Premier Liu He of China on Signing the United States-China Phase One Trade Agreement","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-with-vice-premier-liu-he-china-signing-the-united-states-china-phase-one-trade","date":"2020-01-15"},{"title":"NXP Semiconductors","outlet":"Wikipedia","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NXP_Semiconductors","date":"2026-09"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2020,"url":"/claims/fix-qualcomm-merger-nobody-else-2020/","sort_key":"2020-01-15","number":24},{"id":"know-windmills","kind":"knows-better","subject":"wind power","title":"Studied windmills better than anybody he knew","quote":"We'll have an economy based on wind. I never understood wind. You know, I know windmills very much. I've studied it better than anybody I know. It's very expensive. They're made in China and Germany mostly; very few made here, almost none. But they're manufactured tremendous—if you're into this—tremendous fumes. Gases are spewing into the atmosphere.","date":"2019-12-21","venue":"Turning Point USA Student Action Summit, West Palm Beach, Florida","era":"term-1","category":"environment","what_happened":"Slate's fact-check found no evidence that turbine manufacturing produces more emissions than other energy sources, that wind has a particularly small carbon footprint, that fossil-fuel plants and glass buildings kill far more birds than turbines, and that the maximum sentence for killing a bald eagle in California is two years, not the ten he claimed. PolitiFact had rated his March 2019 claim that \"when the wind stops blowing, that's the end of your electric\" Mostly False.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks at the Turning Point U.S.A. Student Action Summit in West Palm Beach, Florida","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-turning-point-usa-student-action-summit-west-palm-beach-florida","date":"2019-12-21"},{"title":"Fact-checking Trump's rant against windmills, fumes, and eagle deaths","outlet":"Slate","url":"https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/12/trump-windmills-fumes-fact-check.html","date":"2019-12-23"},{"title":"Fact-checking Donald Trump's take on wind energy","outlet":"PolitiFact","url":"https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/03/donald-trump/fact-checking-donald-trumps-take-wind-energy/","date":"2019-04-03"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2019,"url":"/claims/know-windmills/","sort_key":"2019-12-21","number":34},{"id":"offensive-greta-thunberg-chill-2019","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Greta Thunberg","title":"Mocked 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg's Time Person of the Year selection: 'Chill Greta, Chill!'","quote":"So ridiculous. Greta must work on her Anger Management problem, then go to a good old fashioned movie with a friend! Chill Greta, Chill!","date":"2019-12-12","venue":"Twitter","era":"term-1","category":"environment","what_happened":"Trump posted the tweet after Time named Thunberg, then 16, its 2019 Person of the Year.","sources":[{"title":"Tweets of December 12, 2019","outlet":"American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-december-12-2019","date":"2019-12-12"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2019,"url":"/claims/offensive-greta-thunberg-chill-2019/","sort_key":"2019-12-12","number":93},{"id":"china-cookie-cutter-nato-2019","kind":"china","threat":"both","subject":"China's rise","title":"Said China became powerful with U.S. money after it was allowed to \"steal the cookie cutter\"","quote":"Well, China has become very powerful and much more so than in the past. They've done it, largely, with United States money, because our past Presidents allowed them to steal the cookie cutter. And that's okay—I don't begrudge China for that.","date":"2019-12-03","venue":"Exchange with reporters after meeting NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, London","era":"term-1","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"Trump was answering a question about what threat China posed to NATO. In the same exchange he said, \"China has been ripping off the United States for many, many years,\" and, \"I like the idea of waiting until after the election for the China deal.\" Ten days later, on December 13, 2019, he announced a Phase One deal, which he signed on January 15, 2020.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks Following a Meeting With Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and an Exchange With Reporters in London, United Kingdom","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-following-meeting-with-secretary-general-jens-stoltenberg-the-north-atlantic-1","date":"2019-12-03"},{"title":"Tweet: 'We have agreed to a very large Phase One Deal with China.'","outlet":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1205509125788098560","date":"2019-12-13"},{"title":"Remarks With Vice Premier Liu He of China on Signing the United States-China Phase One Trade Agreement","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-with-vice-premier-liu-he-china-signing-the-united-states-china-phase-one-trade","date":"2020-01-15"}],"tag":"both","tag_label":"Economic and military","tag_short":"Economic + military","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["economic","military"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2019,"url":"/claims/china-cookie-cutter-nato-2019/","sort_key":"2019-12-03","number":63},{"id":"russia-crowdstrike-ukraine-theory-2019","kind":"russia","tag":"intelligence","subject":"CrowdStrike server theory","title":"Repeated theory that Ukraine held a DNC server a day after an ex-aide called it a Russian narrative","quote":"They gave the server to Crowd Strike or whatever it's called, which is a company owned by a very wealthy Ukrainian. And I still want to see that server.","date":"2019-11-22","venue":"Phone interview, Fox & Friends, Fox News","era":"term-1","category":"elections","what_happened":"On November 21, 2019 Fiona Hill, a former Russia adviser on the National Security Council, testified in the House impeachment inquiry that the idea that Ukraine rather than Russia interfered in the 2016 election was \"a fictional narrative that has been perpetrated and propagated by the Russian security services themselves.\" Trump repeated the claim on Fox & Friends the next morning. CrowdStrike is a California-based security firm that investigated the 2016 hack of the Democratic National Committee and traced it to two groups connected to a Russian intelligence service, PBS reported, and its co-founder Dmitri Alperovitch is a Russian-born U.S. citizen. Trump had raised CrowdStrike and the server with Ukraine's president on their July 25, 2019 call. PBS reported that the theory had been discredited by intelligence agencies and by Trump's own advisers.","sources":[{"title":"Interview: Donald Trump Calls In to Fox and Friends for An Interview - November 22, 2019","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-fox-and-friends-november-22-2019/","date":"2019-11-22"},{"title":"Trump doubles down on debunked Ukraine conspiracy theory","outlet":"PBS News","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-doubles-down-on-debunked-ukraine-conspiracy-theory","date":"2019-11-22"},{"title":"Former White House aide Fiona Hill tangles with GOP lawmakers over Ukraine meddling claims","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-impeachment-inquiry/fiona-hill-say-partisan-politics-drove-fictional-narrative-ukraine-n1088221","date":"2019-11-21"},{"title":"Remarks: Donald Trump Calls Volodymyr Zelensky of the Ukraine on July 25, 2019","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-remarks-declassified-phone-call-ukraine-zelensky-september-25-2019/","date":"2019-09-25"}],"tag_label":"Intelligence and security","tag_short":"Intelligence","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["intelligence"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2019,"url":"/claims/russia-crowdstrike-ukraine-theory-2019/","sort_key":"2019-11-22","number":56},{"id":"fix-north-korea-only-one-2019","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"North Korea","title":"Only he could get Kim Jong Un 'where you have to be'","quote":"Mr. Chairman, Joe Biden may be Sleepy and Very Slow, but he is not a \"rabid dog.\" He is actually somewhat better than that, but I am the only one who can get you where you have to be. You should act quickly, get the deal done. See you soon!","date":"2019-11-17","venue":"Post on Twitter addressed to Kim Jong Un","era":"term-1","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"He had made similar claims after the June 2018 Singapore summit (Nov. 7, 2018: \"nobody else could have done what I've done\") and on Feb. 15, 2019 (\"Nobody else would have done that. The Obama administration couldn't have done it\"). The February 2019 Hanoi summit produced little progress on denuclearization, and no deal was reached before he left office. North Korea carried out no denuclearization, resumed missile testing in 2019 and expanded its arsenal, according to the Arms Control Association's chronology.","sources":[{"title":"Tweets of November 17, 2019","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-november-17-2019","date":"2019-11-17"},{"title":"Tweet: 'I am the only one who can get you where you have to be'","outlet":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1196080086686011398","date":"2019-11-17"},{"title":"The President's News Conference in Washington, D.C.","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/the-presidents-news-conference-washington-dc","date":"2018-11-07"},{"title":"Remarks by President Trump on the National Security and Humanitarian Crisis on our Southern Border","outlet":"White House (archived)","url":"https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-national-security-humanitarian-crisis-southern-border/","date":"2019-02-15"},{"title":"Chronology of U.S.-North Korean Nuclear and Missile Diplomacy","outlet":"Arms Control Association","url":"https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/dprkchron","date":"2022-01-01"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2019,"url":"/claims/fix-north-korea-only-one-2019/","sort_key":"2019-11-17","number":23},{"id":"fix-swamp-caught-nobody-else-2019","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"catching the swamp","title":"Nobody else could have caught the swamp","quote":"I caught the swamp. I caught them all. Let's see what happens. Nobody else could have done that but me. I caught all of this corruption that was going on, and nobody else could have done it.","date":"2019-11-08","venue":"Remarks to reporters on the South Lawn before departing for Atlanta","era":"term-1","category":"justice","what_happened":"The Justice Department review he pointed to, led by special counsel John Durham from 2019, lasted four years and produced one guilty plea (a former FBI lawyer who altered an email used in a surveillance application) and two acquittals. Durham's May 2023 report said the FBI \"acted on unanalyzed, unconfirmed intelligence to move too quickly to open a full investigation,\" but also that the FBI \"had an affirmative obligation to closely examine\" the Australian tip that triggered it. No senior official was charged.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks and an Exchange With Reporters Prior to Departure for Atlanta, Georgia","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-and-exchange-with-reporters-prior-departure-for-atlanta-georgia","date":"2019-11-08"},{"title":"Durham report criticized elements of FBI's investigation into Trump's 2016 campaign","outlet":"PolitiFact","url":"https://politifact.com/article/2023/may/17/durham-report-criticized-elements-of-fbis-investig/","date":"2023-05-17"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2019,"url":"/claims/fix-swamp-caught-nobody-else-2019/","sort_key":"2019-11-08","number":22},{"id":"offensive-sf-pelosi-district-2019","kind":"offensive","target":"cities","subject":"San Francisco and Nancy Pelosi's district","place":"San Francisco","title":"Said Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco district 'is going to hell' with tents, needles and homeless people","quote":"If you look at what's happening to her district -- her district is going to hell, with homeless, with -- that they're not taking care of; with needles all over the street; with tents; with people; with sanitation; with horrible things being washed into the ocean, into the Pacific Ocean.","date":"2019-11-03","venue":"Press gaggle after Marine One arrival","era":"term-1","category":"other","what_happened":"The remarks came during the House impeachment inquiry led by Pelosi. Two days earlier, at a Nov. 1, 2019 rally in Tupelo, Mississippi, he described 'the great city, once, of San Francisco' as 'thousands and thousands of tents and drugs and needles.' On Oct. 2 he had called her district 'tent city.'","sources":[{"title":"Press Gaggle: Donald Trump After Marine One Arrival - November 3, 2019","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-press-gaggle-marine-one-arrival-november-3-2019/#61","date":"2019-11-03"},{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Holds a Political Rally in Tupelo, Mississippi - November 1, 2019","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-kag-rally-tupelo-mississippi-november-1-2019/#140","date":"2019-11-01"}],"tag":"cities","tag_label":"American cities","tag_short":"Cities","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["cities"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2019,"url":"/claims/offensive-sf-pelosi-district-2019/","sort_key":"2019-11-03","number":92},{"id":"offensive-chicago-iacp-afghanistan-2019","kind":"offensive","target":"cities","subject":"Chicago","place":"Chicago","title":"Told police chiefs in Chicago the city was 'embarrassing to us as a nation' and Afghanistan 'a safe place by comparison'","quote":"It's embarrassing to us as a nation. All over the world, they're talking about Chicago. Afghanistan is a safe place by comparison.","date":"2019-10-28","venue":"International Association of Chiefs of Police conference, Chicago","era":"term-1","category":"justice","what_happened":"Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson skipped the speech, saying it did not line up with the city's 'core values.' Trump called that 'very insulting' and attacked him from the stage. Reporting at the time noted murders and shootings in Chicago were at a four-year low, according to police data.","sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Addresses the International Association of Chiefs of Police - October 28, 2019","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-international-police-chiefs-chicago-october-28-2019/#24","date":"2019-10-28"},{"title":"Trump slams Chicago for crime problems at police conference","outlet":"PBS NewsHour","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/watch-live-trump-slams-chicago-for-crime-problems-at-police-conference","date":"2019-10-28"}],"tag":"cities","tag_label":"American cities","tag_short":"Cities","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["cities"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2019,"url":"/claims/offensive-chicago-iacp-afghanistan-2019/","sort_key":"2019-10-28","number":91},{"id":"know-isis-captives-2019","kind":"knows-better","subject":"ISIS prisoners in Syria","title":"Knew more about ISIS captives than the pundits","quote":"So I'm the one that did the capturing. I'm the one that knows more about it than you people or the fake pundits.","date":"2019-10-21","venue":"Cabinet meeting, the White House","era":"term-1","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"He was answering questions about ISIS detainees after the U.S. pullback from northern Syria and Turkey's offensive. On October 13, 2019, Reuters reported that around 100 people—women affiliated with Islamic State and their children—had escaped from the Ain Issa camp guarded by Kurdish-led forces after it was shelled, with the Syrian Observatory describing \"anarchy\" inside.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks During a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-during-cabinet-meeting-and-exchange-with-reporters-0","date":"2019-10-21"},{"title":"Syrian Observatory: 100 people escape camp holding Islamic State relatives","outlet":"Reuters","url":"https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey-camp-report/syrian-observatory-100-people-escape-camp-holding-islamic-state-relatives-idUSKBN1WS06L","date":"2019-10-13"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2019,"url":"/claims/know-isis-captives-2019/","sort_key":"2019-10-21","number":33},{"id":"fix-endless-wars-only-person-2019","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"the endless wars","title":"Only he could bring the troops home from the endless wars","quote":"I am the only person who can fight for the safety of our troops & bring them home from the ridiculous & costly Endless Wars, and be scorned. Democrats always liked that position, until I took it. Democrats always liked Walls, until I built them. Do you see what's happening here?","date":"2019-10-16","venue":"Post on Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"term-1","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"He had said at a Jan. 2, 2019 Cabinet meeting, of withdrawing from Syria, \"I'm the only one that can do that and get bad publicity.\" His administration signed the Feb. 29, 2020 Doha agreement with the Taliban, and on Nov. 17, 2020 acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller announced the Afghanistan force would be halved to 2,500 by mid-January 2021. The war did not end on his watch: about 2,500 U.S. troops remained in Afghanistan when he left office, and the withdrawal was completed under Biden on Aug. 30, 2021.","sources":[{"title":"Tweet: 'I am the only person who can fight for the safety of our troops & bring them home'","outlet":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1184690356027297793","date":"2019-10-16"},{"title":"Remarks in a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-cabinet-meeting-and-exchange-with-reporters-8","date":"2019-01-02"},{"title":"The U.S. War in Afghanistan (timeline)","outlet":"Council on Foreign Relations","url":"https://www.cfr.org/timeline/us-war-afghanistan","date":"2021-08-30"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2019,"url":"/claims/fix-endless-wars-only-person-2019/","sort_key":"2019-10-16","number":21},{"id":"russia-syria-withdrawal-sand-2019","kind":"russia","tag":"alliances","subject":"Northern Syria withdrawal","title":"Said Russian help for Syria was 'fine' as Russian troops moved into areas U.S. forces had left","quote":"Syria may have some help with Russia, and that's fine. It's a lot of sand. They've got a lot of sand over there. So there's a lot of sand that they can play with.","date":"2019-10-16","venue":"Oval Office, remarks with President Sergio Mattarella of Italy","era":"term-1","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"After Trump ordered U.S. forces out of northeastern Syria in October 2019, Turkey launched an offensive against Kurdish fighters who had been allied with the United States, and the Kurdish administration struck a deal with the Russia-backed Syrian government. By October 15 U.S. troops had completed their pullout from Manbij, Russia said its forces were patrolling near the town, and video from Russian journalists showed what appeared to be an abandoned U.S. outpost. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft said Washington was \"deeply concerned\" about the Russian patrols. About 1,000 U.S. troops were being withdrawn from northern Syria. Trump announced sanctions on Turkey on October 14. The House voted 354-60 on October 16 for a resolution opposing the withdrawal.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Sergio Mattarella of Italy and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-prior-meeting-with-president-sergio-mattarella-italy-and-exchange-with-reporters","date":"2019-10-16"},{"title":"Russian troops rush to fill void left by U.S. troops in northern Syria","outlet":"CBS News (Associated Press)","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-in-syria-russian-troops-fill-void-left-by-trumps-troop-withdrawal-in-northern-syria/","date":"2019-10-15"},{"title":"Russian and Syrian troops fill void as US pulls troops out of Syria","outlet":"Air Force Times","url":"https://www.airforcetimes.com/flashpoints/2019/10/15/russian-and-syrian-troops-fill-void-as-us-pulls-troops-out-of-manbij-syria/","date":"2019-10-15"},{"title":"House overwhelmingly votes bipartisan condemnation of Trump withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria","outlet":"NBC News (Associated Press)","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-overwhelmingly-votes-bipartisan-condemnation-trump-withdrawal-u-s-troops-n1067586","date":"2019-10-16"}],"tag_label":"NATO and allies","tag_short":"Alliances","tag_tone":"green","tag_list":["alliances"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2019,"url":"/claims/russia-syria-withdrawal-sand-2019/","sort_key":"2019-10-16","number":55},{"id":"china-wto-theft-unga-2019","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"WTO and trade practices","title":"Told the UN that China engages in IP theft \"on a grand scale\"","quote":"Not only has China declined to adopt promised reforms, it has embraced an economic model dependent on massive market barriers, heavy state subsidies, currency manipulation, product dumping, forced technology transfers, and the theft of intellectual property and also trade secrets on a grand scale.","date":"2019-09-24","venue":"Address to the United Nations General Assembly, New York City","era":"term-1","category":"trade","what_happened":"Later in the same speech Trump said, \"We are all counting on President Xi as a great leader.\" On January 13, 2020, the Treasury Department reported that no major U.S. trading partner met the legal criteria for currency manipulation, and two days later Trump signed the Phase One agreement, calling Xi \"a very, very good friend of mine.\" China ultimately bought 58 percent of the U.S. exports it had committed to purchase under that agreement, according to the Peterson Institute for International Economics.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks to the United Nations General Assembly in New York City","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-united-nations-general-assembly-new-york-city-15","date":"2019-09-24"},{"title":"Treasury Releases Report on Macroeconomic and Foreign Exchange Policies of Major Trading Partners of the United States","outlet":"U.S. Department of the Treasury","url":"https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm873","date":"2020-01-13"},{"title":"Remarks With Vice Premier Liu He of China on Signing the United States-China Phase One Trade Agreement","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-with-vice-premier-liu-he-china-signing-the-united-states-china-phase-one-trade","date":"2020-01-15"},{"title":"China bought none of the extra $200 billion of US exports in Trump's trade deal","outlet":"Peterson Institute for International Economics","url":"https://www.piie.com/blogs/realtime-economics/china-bought-none-extra-200-billion-us-exports-trumps-trade-deal","date":"2022-07-19"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2019,"url":"/claims/china-wto-theft-unga-2019/","sort_key":"2019-09-24","number":62},{"id":"fix-poland-visa-waiver-nobody-else-2019","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"Poland's entry into the Visa Waiver Program","title":"Nobody else could get Poland into the Visa Waiver Program","quote":"President Trump got it done, and nobody else could for a long time, as you know.","date":"2019-09-23","venue":"Signing ceremony with President Andrzej Duda of Poland, InterContinental New York Barclay, New York City","era":"term-1","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"Delivered. Poland was admitted to the Visa Waiver Program in November 2019; on November 25, 2019, a reporter noted to Trump, \"You recently signed Poland into the Visa Waiver Program,\" and a June 24, 2020 White House fact sheet stated, \"Last year, Poland entered the Visa Waiver Program.\"","sources":[{"title":"Remarks on Signing a Joint Declaration on Advancing Defense Cooperation With President Andrzej Duda of Poland in New York City","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-signing-joint-declaration-advancing-defense-cooperation-with-president-andrzej","date":"2019-09-23"},{"title":"Remarks on Welcoming Prime Minister Boyko Borisov of Bulgaria to the White House and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-welcoming-prime-minister-boyko-borisov-bulgaria-the-white-house-and-exchange-with","date":"2019-11-25"},{"title":"Fact Sheet - President Donald J. Trump Is Strengthening Our Nation's Enduring Partnership With Poland","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-strengthening-our-nations-enduring-partnership-with","date":"2020-06-24"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2019,"url":"/claims/fix-poland-visa-waiver-nobody-else-2019/","sort_key":"2019-09-23","number":20},{"id":"china-threat-to-world-military-2019","kind":"china","threat":"both","subject":"military buildup","title":"Called China \"a threat to the world\" for building its military with \"U.S. money\"","quote":"Well, obviously, China is a threat to the world in a sense, because they're building a military faster than anybody. And frankly, they're using U.S. money. Presidents before me have allowed China to take out $500 billion a year, and it's really more than that. They've allowed China to steal our intellectual property and property rights. And I'm not doing that.","date":"2019-09-20","venue":"Exchange with reporters before a meeting with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, the White House","era":"term-1","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"Trump was answering a question on whether he saw China as a strategic threat; later in the same exchange he said, \"I view China in many different ways, but right now I'm thinking about trade.\" He announced a Phase One trade deal on December 13, 2019. At Davos on January 21, 2020, he said, \"Our relationship with China right now has probably never been better,\" and said of Xi Jinping, \"we love each other.\" Census Bureau figures show the annual U.S. goods deficit with China peaked at $418.2 billion in 2018 and has never reached $500 billion.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-prior-meeting-with-prime-minister-scott-morrison-australia-and-exchange-with","date":"2019-09-20"},{"title":"Tweet: 'We have agreed to a very large Phase One Deal with China.'","outlet":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1205509125788098560","date":"2019-12-13"},{"title":"Remarks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-world-economic-forum-davos-switzerland","date":"2020-01-21"},{"title":"Trade in Goods with China","outlet":"U.S. Census Bureau","url":"https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html","date":"2026-09-28"}],"tag":"both","tag_label":"Economic and military","tag_short":"Economic + military","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["economic","military"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2019,"url":"/claims/china-threat-to-world-military-2019/","sort_key":"2019-09-20","number":61},{"id":"offensive-la-sf-homeless-2019","kind":"offensive","target":"cities","subject":"Los Angeles and San Francisco, over homelessness","place":"Los Angeles and San Francisco","title":"Said Los Angeles and San Francisco must not 'destroy themselves' over homelessness, citing 'needles' in the ocean","quote":"We can't let Los Angeles, San Francisco and numerous other cities destroy themselves by allowing what's happening.","date":"2019-09-17","venue":"Press gaggle aboard Air Force One","era":"term-1","category":"other","what_happened":"Trump spoke on his way to California fundraisers and said he was considering an 'individual task force'; AP reported he gave no specifics. The next day, Sept. 18, he said 'there are needles. There are other things' flowing into the ocean from Los Angeles and San Francisco and that San Francisco would get a violation notice. On Oct. 2, 2019 he said 'we just sent a violation to the city of San Francisco' through the EPA.","sources":[{"title":"Press Gaggle: Donald Trump Aboard Air Force One - September 17, 2019","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-press-gaggle-aboard-air-force-one-september-17-2019/#8","date":"2019-09-17"},{"title":"Press Gaggle: Donald Trump Aboard Air Force One - September 18, 2019","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-press-gaggle-air-force-one-september-18-2019/#54","date":"2019-09-18"},{"title":"During his California visit, Trump says he will do 'something' about homelessness","outlet":"Associated Press (via KTVU)","url":"https://www.ktvu.com/news/during-his-california-visit-trump-says-he-will-do-something-about-homelessness","date":"2019-09-17"}],"tag":"cities","tag_label":"American cities","tag_short":"Cities","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["cities"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2019,"url":"/claims/offensive-la-sf-homeless-2019/","sort_key":"2019-09-17","number":90},{"id":"know-environment-2019","kind":"knows-better","subject":"the environment","title":"Knew more about the environment than most people","quote":"And I'm an environmentalist. You—a lot of people don't understand that. I have done more environmental impact statements, probably, than anybody that's—I guess I can say definitely, because I have done many, many, many of them. More than anybody that's ever been President or Vice President or anything even close to President. And I think I know more about the environment than most people.","date":"2019-08-26","venue":"News conference with President Emmanuel Macron at the G-7 summit, Biarritz, France","era":"term-1","category":"environment","what_happened":"A New York Times analysis updated January 20, 2021 counted 112 environmental rollbacks under the administration (98 completed, 14 in progress) covering climate, clean air, water, wildlife and toxic chemicals. On January 9, 2020 he proposed rewriting NEPA regulations to set a presumptive two-year limit on environmental impact statements, citing a Council on Environmental Quality finding that the average statement took 4½ years.","sources":[{"title":"The President's News Conference With President Emmanuel Macron of France in Biarritz, France","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/the-presidents-news-conference-with-president-emmanuel-macron-france-biarritz-france","date":"2019-08-26"},{"title":"The Trump Administration Rolled Back More Than 100 Environmental Rules. Here's the Full List.","outlet":"The New York Times","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/climate/trump-environment-rollbacks-list.html","date":"2021-01-20"},{"title":"Remarks on Proposed National Environmental Policy Act Regulations and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-proposed-national-environmental-policy-act-regulations-and-exchange-with-reporters","date":"2020-01-09"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2019,"url":"/claims/know-environment-2019/","sort_key":"2019-08-26","number":32},{"id":"russia-g7-readmission-biarritz-2019","kind":"russia","tag":"alliances","subject":"G7 readmission of Russia","title":"Called for Russia to return to the G7 and said Putin 'outsmarted' Obama over Crimea","quote":"President Putin outsmarted President Obama. ... I think it would be better to have Russia inside the tent than outside the tent.","date":"2019-08-26","venue":"News conference with President Emmanuel Macron, G7 summit, Biarritz, France","era":"term-1","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"Russia was suspended from the G8 in 2014 after it annexed Crimea from Ukraine. On August 20, 2019 Trump said in the Oval Office that it was \"much more appropriate to have Russia in,\" and at the G7 summit in Biarritz on August 26 he said his inclination was that Russia should be in and attributed its exclusion to Obama having been outsmarted. European Council President Donald Tusk said on August 24, \"Under no condition can we agree with this logic,\" and Germany, France and Britain rejected the idea that week, RFE/RL reported. A senior administration official told CNN that French President Emmanuel Macron had agreed with Trump by phone that Russia should be invited in 2020. PolitiFact rated Trump's account of the expulsion Mostly False, saying it ignored the decision by the other six members and that Crimea was taken from Ukraine.","sources":[{"title":"The President's News Conference With President Emmanuel Macron of France in Biarritz, France","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/the-presidents-news-conference-with-president-emmanuel-macron-france-biarritz-france","date":"2019-08-26"},{"title":"Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Klaus Iohannis of Romania and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-prior-meeting-with-president-klaus-iohannis-romania-and-exchange-with-reporters-0","date":"2019-08-20"},{"title":"Trump and Macron agree that Russia should be invited to next year's G7 conference, senior admin official says","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/20/politics/donald-trump-russia-g8-g7/index.html","date":"2019-08-20"},{"title":"Tusk Says G7 Has More Reasons Than Ever To Keep Russia Out","outlet":"Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty","url":"https://www.rferl.org/a/g7-macron-trump-france-us-iran-nuclear-russia-kashmir/30126526.html","date":"2019-08-24"},{"title":"Donald Trump misleads on Russia, Crimea, Obama and the G-8","outlet":"PolitiFact","url":"https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/aug/27/donald-trump/donald-trump-misleads-russia-crimea-obama/","date":"2019-08-27"}],"tag_label":"NATO and allies","tag_short":"Alliances","tag_tone":"green","tag_list":["alliances"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2019,"url":"/claims/russia-g7-readmission-biarritz-2019/","sort_key":"2019-08-26","number":54},{"id":"china-bigger-enemy-xi-2019","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"Xi Jinping as enemy","title":"Asked whether Fed chair Powell or \"Chairman Xi\" was the \"bigger enemy\"","quote":"....My only question is, who is our bigger enemy, Jay Powell or Chairman Xi?","date":"2019-08-23","venue":"Post on Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"term-1","category":"economy","what_happened":"Three days later, at the G7 summit in Biarritz, France, Trump said, \"President Xi is a great leader, who happens to be a brilliant man,\" and, \"I have great respect, and I like him too.\" Asked at the closing news conference whether it was a strategy \"to call President Xi an enemy one day\" and say relations were very good the next, Trump replied, \"It's the way I negotiate.\" At the Phase One signing on January 15, 2020, Trump called Xi \"a very, very good friend of mine.\"","sources":[{"title":"Tweet: '....My only question is, who is our bigger enemy, Jay Powell or Chairman Xi?'","outlet":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1164914610836783104","date":"2019-08-23"},{"title":"The President's News Conference With President Emmanuel Macron of France in Biarritz, France","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/the-presidents-news-conference-with-president-emmanuel-macron-france-biarritz-france","date":"2019-08-26"},{"title":"Remarks With Vice Premier Liu He of China on Signing the United States-China Phase One Trade Agreement","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-with-vice-premier-liu-he-china-signing-the-united-states-china-phase-one-trade","date":"2020-01-15"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2019,"url":"/claims/china-bigger-enemy-xi-2019/","sort_key":"2019-08-23","number":60},{"id":"china-hereby-ordered-2019","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"leaving China","title":"Said U.S. companies were \"hereby ordered\" to look for alternatives to China","quote":"Our Country has lost, stupidly, Trillions of Dollars with China over many years. They have stolen our Intellectual Property at a rate of Hundreds of Billions of Dollars a year, & they want to continue. I won’t let that happen! We don’t need China and, frankly, would be far.... ....better off without them. The vast amounts of money made and stolen by China from the United States, year after year, for decades, will and must STOP. Our great American companies are hereby ordered to immediately start looking for an alternative to China, including bringing.. ....your companies HOME and making your products in the USA.","date":"2019-08-23","venue":"Three consecutive posts on Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"term-1","category":"trade","what_happened":"That night Trump tweeted that reporters questioning his authority should \"try looking at the Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977. Case closed!\" Two days later he said he had \"no plan right now\" to invoke a national emergency, and White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said, \"we do have such authority, but it is not going to be exercised presently,\" FactCheck.org reported. FactCheck.org cited a Congressional Research Service report stating that no president had used the law \"to enact a policy that was primarily domestic in effect.\" On December 13, 2019, Trump announced a Phase One trade deal with China.","sources":[{"title":"Tweet: 'Our Country has lost, stupidly, Trillions of Dollars with China over many years.'","outlet":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1164914959131848705","date":"2019-08-23"},{"title":"Tweet: 'Our great American companies are hereby ordered to immediately start looking for an alternative to China'","outlet":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1164914960046133249","date":"2019-08-23"},{"title":"Tweet: '....your companies HOME and making your products in the USA.'","outlet":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1164914962529247232","date":"2019-08-23"},{"title":"Tweet: 'try looking at the Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977. Case closed!'","outlet":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1165111122510237696","date":"2019-08-23"},{"title":"Can Trump 'Order' U.S. Companies to Leave China?","outlet":"FactCheck.org","url":"https://www.factcheck.org/2019/08/can-trump-order-u-s-companies-to-leave-china/","date":"2019-08-27"},{"title":"Tweet: 'We have agreed to a very large Phase One Deal with China.'","outlet":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1205509125788098560","date":"2019-12-13"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2019,"url":"/claims/china-hereby-ordered-2019/","sort_key":"2019-08-23","number":59},{"id":"china-chosen-one-2019","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"trade war","title":"Said \"I am the chosen one\" to take on China over trade","quote":"Over the last 5 or 6 years, China has made $500 billion—$500 billion. Ripped it out of the United States. And not only that—if you take a look, intellectual property theft. Add that to it. And add a lot of other things to it. ... Somebody had to do it. I am the chosen one. Somebody had to do it. So I'm taking on China. I'm taking on China on trade. And you know what? We're winning.","date":"2019-08-21","venue":"Exchange with reporters at the White House before departing for Louisville, Kentucky","era":"term-1","category":"trade","what_happened":"Three days later Trump tweeted that he had been \"kidding, being sarcastic\" when he used the phrase. He announced a Phase One deal with China on December 13, 2019, and signed it on January 15, 2020. China ultimately bought 58 percent of the U.S. exports it had committed to purchase under the agreement, according to the Peterson Institute for International Economics. The U.S. goods deficit with China was $342.6 billion in 2019 and $352.8 billion in 2021.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks in an Exchange With Reporters Prior to Departure for Louisville, Kentucky","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-exchange-with-reporters-prior-departure-for-louisville-kentucky","date":"2019-08-21"},{"title":"Tweet: 'When I looked up to the sky and jokingly said \"I am the chosen one,\"'","outlet":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1165277725541765120","date":"2019-08-24"},{"title":"Tweet: 'We have agreed to a very large Phase One Deal with China.'","outlet":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1205509125788098560","date":"2019-12-13"},{"title":"Remarks With Vice Premier Liu He of China on Signing the United States-China Phase One Trade Agreement","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-with-vice-premier-liu-he-china-signing-the-united-states-china-phase-one-trade","date":"2020-01-15"},{"title":"China bought none of the extra $200 billion of US exports in Trump's trade deal","outlet":"Peterson Institute for International Economics","url":"https://www.piie.com/blogs/realtime-economics/china-bought-none-extra-200-billion-us-exports-trumps-trade-deal","date":"2022-07-19"},{"title":"Trade in Goods with China","outlet":"U.S. Census Bureau","url":"https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html","date":"2026-09-28"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2019,"url":"/claims/china-chosen-one-2019/","sort_key":"2019-08-21","number":58},{"id":"offensive-denmark-nasty-greenland-2019","kind":"offensive","target":"countries","subject":"Denmark and Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen","place":"Denmark","title":"Called Denmark's rejection of his Greenland purchase idea 'nasty' after canceling a state visit","quote":"Denmark, I looked forward to going, but I thought that the Prime Minister's statement -- that it was absurd; that it was an absurd idea -- it was nasty. I thought it was an inappropriate statement. All she had to do is say, \"No, we wouldn't be interested.\" But we can't treat the United States of America the way they treated us under President Obama.","date":"2019-08-21","venue":"Press gaggle before Marine One departure, White House","era":"term-1","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"On August 20, 2019 Trump canceled a September 2-3 state visit to Denmark after Frederiksen called the idea of selling Greenland 'an absurd discussion.' Frederiksen said she was 'disappointed and surprised' by the cancellation and told broadcaster DR she did not think she had been 'blunt or harsh,' Fortune reported.","sources":[{"title":"Press Gaggle: Donald Trump Speaks to the Press Before Marine One Departure - August 21, 2019","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-press-gaggle-marine-one-departure-august-21-2019/#25","date":"2019-08-21"},{"title":"Danish PM Attempts to Smooth Over Greenland Crisis After Trump Labels Her 'Nasty'","outlet":"Fortune","url":"https://fortune.com/2019/08/22/greenland-denmark-trump-nasty","date":"2019-08-22"}],"tag":"countries","tag_label":"Other countries","tag_short":"Countries","tag_tone":"green","tag_list":["countries"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2019,"url":"/claims/offensive-denmark-nasty-greenland-2019/","sort_key":"2019-08-21","number":89},{"id":"china-currency-manipulation-2019","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"currency manipulation","title":"Accused China of \"currency manipulation\" after the yuan fell","quote":"China dropped the price of their currency to an almost a historic low. It’s called “currency manipulation.” Are you listening Federal Reserve? This is a major violation which will greatly weaken China over time!","date":"2019-08-05","venue":"Post on Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"term-1","category":"economy","what_happened":"The Treasury Department designated China a currency manipulator the same day, stating that Secretary Steven Mnuchin acted \"under the auspices of President Trump.\" On January 13, 2020, two days before the Phase One agreement was signed, Treasury's report to Congress concluded that no major U.S. trading partner met the legal criteria for currency manipulation and placed China on its monitoring list. In April 2017 Trump had declined to apply the label, tweeting, \"Why would I call China a currency manipulator when they are working with us on the North Korean problem?\"","sources":[{"title":"Tweet: 'China dropped the price of their currency to an almost a historic low. It's called \"currency manipulation.\"'","outlet":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1158350120649408513","date":"2019-08-05"},{"title":"Treasury Designates China as a Currency Manipulator","outlet":"U.S. Department of the Treasury","url":"https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm751","date":"2019-08-05"},{"title":"Treasury Releases Report on Macroeconomic and Foreign Exchange Policies of Major Trading Partners of the United States","outlet":"U.S. Department of the Treasury","url":"https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm873","date":"2020-01-13"},{"title":"Remarks With Vice Premier Liu He of China on Signing the United States-China Phase One Trade Agreement","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-with-vice-premier-liu-he-china-signing-the-united-states-china-phase-one-trade","date":"2020-01-15"},{"title":"Tweet: 'Why would I call China a currency manipulator when they are working with us on the North Korean problem?'","outlet":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/853583417916755968","date":"2017-04-16"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2019,"url":"/claims/china-currency-manipulation-2019/","sort_key":"2019-08-05","number":57},{"id":"offensive-baltimore-rodent-infested-2019","kind":"offensive","target":"cities","subject":"Baltimore and Rep. Elijah Cummings's district","place":"Baltimore","title":"Called Elijah Cummings's Baltimore district 'a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess'","quote":"Cumming District is a disgusting rat and rodent infested mess. If he spent more time in Baltimore maybe he could help clean up this very dangerous & filthy place","date":"2019-07-27","venue":"Twitter","era":"term-1","category":"other","what_happened":"In a string of tweets on July 27, 2019, Trump attacked Cummings, who had criticized conditions at border detention facilities at a July 18 hearing. He also wrote that the district was 'the worst run and most dangerous anywhere in the United States. No human being would want to live there.' The tweets followed a Fox News segment on the district. Cummings replied that he goes home to his district daily; Mayor Jack Young and Maryland leaders condemned the remarks. Trump doubled down on July 28, calling Cummings 'racist' and saying 'There is nothing racist in stating plainly what most people already know,' and on Aug. 1 told reporters 'what happened in Baltimore is disgraceful. And it's not only Baltimore, it's other Democrat-run cities.'","featured":true,"sources":[{"title":"Tweets of July 27, 2019","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-july-27-2019","date":"2019-07-27"},{"title":"Tweets of July 28, 2019","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-july-28-2019","date":"2019-07-28"},{"title":"Reactions are swift after Trump calls Baltimore 'rodent infested'","outlet":"CBS News","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/baltimore-reactions-are-swift-after-trump-calls-city-rodent-infested","date":"2019-07-27"}],"tag":"cities","tag_label":"American cities","tag_short":"Cities","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["cities"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2019,"url":"/claims/offensive-baltimore-rodent-infested-2019/","sort_key":"2019-07-27","number":88},{"id":"russia-ukraine-aid-hold-zelensky-call-2019","kind":"russia","tag":"ukraine","subject":"Ukraine military aid hold","title":"Asked Zelensky for 'a favor' while about $391 million in U.S. security aid to Ukraine was on hold","quote":"I would like you to do us a favor though because our country has been through a lot and Ukraine knows a lot about it.","date":"2019-07-25","venue":"Phone call with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine (White House memorandum)","era":"term-1","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"In the summer of 2019 the Office of Management and Budget withheld security assistance that Congress had appropriated for Ukraine. On a July 25 call, after Zelensky said Ukraine was almost ready to buy more Javelin anti-tank missiles, Trump asked him to look into CrowdStrike and, later in the call, the Bidens, according to the White House memorandum. The hold was extended nine times before a decision on September 11, 2019 to release the roughly $391 million. The Government Accountability Office concluded on January 16, 2020 that the withholding was for a policy reason and violated the Impoundment Control Act. The House impeached Trump on December 18, 2019, and the Senate acquitted him on February 5, 2020 by 52-48 and 53-47. Trump denied wrongdoing.","sources":[{"title":"Memorandum of Telephone Conversation: Telephone Conversation with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine","outlet":"The White House (National Archives)","url":"https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Unclassified09.2019.pdf","date":"2019-07-25"},{"title":"Remarks: Donald Trump Calls Volodymyr Zelensky of the Ukraine on July 25, 2019","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-remarks-declassified-phone-call-ukraine-zelensky-september-25-2019/","date":"2019-09-25"},{"title":"GAO concludes Trump administration broke law by withholding Ukraine aid","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/16/politics/gao-report-administration-violated-law-withholding-aid","date":"2020-01-16"},{"title":"'Not Guilty': Trump Acquitted On 2 Articles Of Impeachment As Historic Trial Closes","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://text.npr.org/801429948","date":"2020-02-05"},{"title":"Trump acquitted by Senate in impeachment trial","outlet":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51394383","date":"2020-02-05"}],"tag_label":"Ukraine","tag_short":"Ukraine","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["ukraine"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2019,"url":"/claims/russia-ukraine-aid-hold-zelensky-call-2019/","sort_key":"2019-07-25","number":53},{"id":"offensive-send-her-back-2019","kind":"offensive","target":"immigrants","subject":"Rep. Ilhan Omar","title":"Attacked Ilhan Omar at a rally where the crowd chanted 'Send her back,' then said critics should 'leave'","quote":"They never have anything good to say, that's why I say, \"Hey, if they don't like it, let them leave, let them leave.\" Right? Let them leave.","date":"2019-07-17","venue":"Campaign rally, Greenville, North Carolina","era":"term-1","category":"immigration","what_happened":"As Trump listed claims about Omar, the crowd chanted 'Send her back.' PolitiFact found he paused about 13 seconds before continuing. On July 18 he told reporters, 'I was not happy with it. I disagree with it,' and said he had tried to stop it. PolitiFact rated that claim False. House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy said the chant had 'no place in our party.' The phrase came back at later rallies; at Mount Pocono on December 9, 2025, after Trump said of Omar 'throw her the hell out,' the crowd chanted 'Send her back.'","sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Holds a Political Rally in Greenville, North Carolina - July 17, 2019","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-maga-rally-greenville-nc-july-17-2019/","date":"2019-07-17"},{"title":"Trump said when crowd chanted 'send her back' about Omar, he started speaking 'very quickly'","outlet":"PolitiFact","url":"https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2019/jul/19/donald-trump/trump-said-when-crowd-chanted-send-her-back-about-/","date":"2019-07-19"},{"title":"Trump backs away from 'send her back' chant after rally","outlet":"Roll Call","url":"https://www.rollcall.com/2019/07/18/trump-backs-away-from-send-her-back-chant-after-rally/","date":"2019-07-18"}],"tag":"immigrants","tag_label":"Immigrants","tag_short":"Immigrants","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["immigrants"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2019,"url":"/claims/offensive-send-her-back-2019/","sort_key":"2019-07-17","number":87},{"id":"offensive-squad-go-back-2019","kind":"offensive","target":"immigrants","subject":"Reps. Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, Pressley and Tlaib","title":"Tweeted that four congresswomen of color should 'go back' to the 'crime infested places from which they came'","quote":"Why don't they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came. Then come back and show us how....","date":"2019-07-14","venue":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"term-1","category":"immigration","what_happened":"The thread said the 'Progressive' Democratic congresswomen 'originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe.' Three of the four were born in the United States; Ilhan Omar came to the U.S. as a refugee from Somalia and is a naturalized citizen. On July 16, 2019, the House voted 240-187 for a resolution condemning his 'racist comments.' Only four Republicans voted for it. Trump did not back down, tweeting that critics of the country 'can leave.'","sources":[{"title":"Tweets of July 14, 2019","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-july-14-2019","date":"2019-07-14"},{"title":"House votes to condemn Trump's tweets","outlet":"PBS NewsHour","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/house-votes-to-condemn-trumps-tweets","date":"2019-07-16"}],"tag":"immigrants","tag_label":"Immigrants","tag_short":"Immigrants","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["immigrants"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2019,"url":"/claims/offensive-squad-go-back-2019/","sort_key":"2019-07-14","number":86},{"id":"russia-osaka-dont-meddle-2019","kind":"russia","tag":"intelligence","subject":"Osaka G20 meeting","title":"Told Putin 'Don't meddle in the election' as a joke after a reporter's prompt","quote":"Don't meddle in the election, please.","date":"2019-06-28","venue":"Meeting with Vladimir Putin, G20 summit, Osaka, Japan","era":"term-1","category":"elections","what_happened":"At the start of their meeting at the G20 summit in Osaka on June 28, 2019, a reporter asked Trump whether he would tell Russia not to meddle in the 2020 election. Trump answered, \"Yes, of course, I will,\" which drew a laugh from Putin, then turned to him, pointed a finger and twice told him not to meddle. It was their first formal meeting since the July 2018 Helsinki summit. Trump also said of the journalists in the room, \"Get rid of them. Fake news is a great term, isn't it? You don't have this problem in Russia but we do.\" Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said Trump was giving Russia a green light to interfere again in 2020.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin of Russia and an Exchange With Reporters in Osaka, Japan","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-prior-meeting-with-president-vladimir-vladimirovich-putin-russia-and-exchange-with","date":"2019-06-28"},{"title":"Trump tells Putin ‘don’t meddle’ in US elections","outlet":"Al Jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/6/28/trump-tells-putin-dont-meddle-in-us-elections","date":"2019-06-28"},{"title":"Trump makes joke to Putin about election meddling","outlet":"PBS News","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/trump-makes-joke-to-putin-about-election-meddling","date":"2019-06-28"}],"tag_label":"Intelligence and security","tag_short":"Intelligence","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["intelligence"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2019,"url":"/claims/russia-osaka-dont-meddle-2019/","sort_key":"2019-06-28","number":52},{"id":"offensive-carroll-not-my-type-2019","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"E. Jean Carroll","title":"Said accuser E. Jean Carroll was 'not my type'; juries later found him liable for sexual abuse and defamation","quote":"I'll say it with great respect: Number one, she's not my type. Number two, it never happened.","date":"2019-06-24","venue":"Interview with The Hill, White House","era":"term-1","category":"justice","what_happened":"Carroll had written that Trump assaulted her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the mid-1990s; Trump denied it and said she was 'totally lying.' Carroll sued over his 2019 denials. On May 9, 2023, a federal jury in a separate suit found Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll in 1996 (it rejected the rape claim) and for defaming her in an October 2022 Truth Social post, awarding about $5 million. On January 26, 2024, a second jury ordered him to pay $83.3 million for the 2019 statements; Judge Lewis Kaplan had already ruled them defamatory. The 2nd Circuit upheld the $5 million verdict and, on September 9, 2025, the $83.3 million award. Trump called the cases a 'witch hunt' and appealed.","featured":true,"sources":[{"title":"'She's not my type,' Trump says of E. Jean Carroll, who accused him of sexual assault","outlet":"NBC News (AP)","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/she-s-not-my-type-trump-says-e-jean-carroll-n1021331","date":"2019-06-25"},{"title":"Jury finds Trump liable for sexual abuse, awards accuser $5M","outlet":"East Idaho News (AP)","url":"https://www.eastidahonews.com/2023/05/jury-finds-trump-liable-for-sexual-abuse-awards-accuser-5m/","date":"2023-05-09"},{"title":"Jury orders Trump to pay $83 million for defaming columnist E. Jean Carroll","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://www.npr.org/2024/01/26/1226626397/trump-defamation-trial","date":"2024-01-26"},{"title":"Federal appeals court upholds $83.3M E. 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KEEP AMERICA GREAT","date":"2019-06-15","venue":"Post on Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"term-1","category":"economy","what_happened":"He repeated the warning to business leaders in India on March 2, 2020 (\"if I don't win you're going to see a crash like you've never seen before\"). He lost the 2020 election, 306 electoral votes to 232. No such crash followed the transfer of power; U.S. stock indexes went on to set record highs under his successor in January 2024, and Trump then claimed credit for them.","sources":[{"title":"Tweet: 'if anyone but me takes over in 2020... there will be a Market Crash'","outlet":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1139891393252474880","date":"2019-06-15"},{"title":"Trump Warns of Epic Stock Market Crash If He's Not Re-Elected","outlet":"Bloomberg","url":"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-15/trump-warns-of-epic-stock-market-crash-if-he-s-not-re-elected","date":"2019-06-15"},{"title":"Trump says stock markets will crash if he loses election","outlet":"The Wealth Advisor (Reuters)","url":"https://www.thewealthadvisor.com/article/trump-says-stock-markets-will-crash-if-he-loses-election","date":"2020-03-02"},{"title":"2020 Presidential Election statistics","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/statistics/elections/2020","date":"2020-11-03"},{"title":"Trump claims credit for record-high stock market under Biden","outlet":"The Hill","url":"https://thehill.com/homenews/4435862-trump-claims-credit-record-stock-market-biden/","date":"2024-01-29"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2019,"url":"/claims/fix-market-crash-anyone-but-me-2019/","sort_key":"2019-06-15","number":19},{"id":"russia-foreign-information-abc-2019","kind":"russia","tag":"intelligence","subject":"Foreign campaign help","title":"Said he would accept information on an opponent from a foreign government","quote":"It's not an interference, they have information. I think I'd take it.","date":"2019-06-12","venue":"Interview with George Stephanopoulos, ABC News, Oval Office","era":"term-1","category":"elections","what_happened":"In an ABC News interview in the Oval Office on June 12, 2019, Trump was asked whether his campaign would accept information on an opponent from foreigners, such as Russia or China, or hand it to the FBI. He said, \"I think maybe you do both,\" and that he would want to hear it. Told that FBI Director Christopher Wray had said the bureau would want to know about such offers, he said, \"The FBI director is wrong.\" Federal Election Commission Chair Ellen Weintraub responded on June 13 that it is illegal to solicit, accept or receive anything of value from a foreign national in connection with a U.S. election. On June 14 Trump told Fox & Friends that \"of course\" he would report such an offer to the FBI or the attorney general.","sources":[{"title":"Interview: George Stephanopoulos of ABC News Interviews Donald Trump","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-abcnews-stephanopoulos-june-11-2019/","date":"2019-06-11"},{"title":"'I think I’d take it': In exclusive interview, Trump says he would listen if foreigners offered dirt on opponents","outlet":"ABC News","url":"https://abcnews.com/Politics/id-exclusive-interview-trump-listen-foreigners-offered-dirt/story?id=63669304","date":"2019-06-13"},{"title":"Ellen Weintraub, Federal Election Commission chief, blasts Trump over willingness to receive foreign dirt on opponents","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://edition.cnn.com/2019/06/14/politics/ellen-weintraub-federal-election-commission-trump-trnd/index.html","date":"2019-06-14"},{"title":"Interview: Donald Trump Calls in to Fox & Friends on His Birthday - June 14, 2019","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-fox-and-friends-june-14-2019/","date":"2019-06-14"}],"tag_label":"Intelligence and security","tag_short":"Intelligence","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["intelligence"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2019,"url":"/claims/russia-foreign-information-abc-2019/","sort_key":"2019-06-12","number":51},{"id":"china-huawei-very-dangerous-2019","kind":"china","threat":"military","subject":"Huawei","title":"Called Huawei \"very dangerous\" and said it could be part of a trade deal","quote":"Huawei is something that's very dangerous. You look at what they've done from a security standpoint, from a military standpoint. It's very dangerous. So it's possible that Huawei even would be included in some kind of a trade deal.","date":"2019-05-23","venue":"Exchange with reporters after remarks on aid to farmers, the White House","era":"term-1","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"The Commerce Department had added Huawei and 68 affiliates to its Entity List on May 16, 2019, then issued a temporary general license effective May 20 allowing certain transactions to continue. On June 29, 2019, after meeting Xi Jinping, Trump tweeted that \"at the request of our High Tech companies, and President Xi, I agreed to allow Chinese company Huawei to buy product from them which will not impact our National Security.\" In August 2019 the temporary license was extended through November 18, 2019. A year before the remark, on May 13, 2018, Trump had tweeted that he and Xi were working to get the Chinese phone maker ZTE \"a way to get back into business, fast. Too many jobs in China lost.\"","sources":[{"title":"Remarks on Federal Aid to Farmers and Ranchers and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-federal-aid-farmers-and-ranchers-and-exchange-with-reporters","date":"2019-05-23"},{"title":"Addition of Entities to the Entity List","outlet":"Federal Register","url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/05/21/2019-10616/addition-of-entities-to-the-entity-list","date":"2019-05-21"},{"title":"Temporary General License: Extension of Validity, Clarifications to Authorized Transactions, and Changes to Certification Statement Requirements","outlet":"Federal Register","url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/08/21/2019-17920/temporary-general-license-extension-of-validity-clarifications-to-authorized-transactions-and","date":"2019-08-21"},{"title":"Tweet: '...I agreed to allow Chinese company Huawei to buy product from them which will not impact our National Security.'","outlet":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1145097776658812929","date":"2019-06-29"},{"title":"Tweet: 'President Xi of China, and I, are working together to give massive Chinese phone company, ZTE, a way to get back into business, fast.'","outlet":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/995680316458262533","date":"2018-05-13"}],"tag":"military","tag_label":"Military threat","tag_short":"Military","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["military"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2019,"url":"/claims/china-huawei-very-dangerous-2019/","sort_key":"2019-05-23","number":56},{"id":"offensive-panhandle-shoot-them-2019","kind":"offensive","target":"immigrants","subject":"Migrants crossing the southern border","title":"Joked 'only in the Panhandle you can get away with that' after a rallygoer shouted to shoot migrants","quote":"But how do you stop these people? You can't. There's no -- that's only in the Panhandle you can get away with that said. Only in the Panhandle.","date":"2019-05-08","venue":"Campaign rally, Panama City Beach, Florida","era":"term-1","category":"immigration","what_happened":"After Trump asked how to stop migrants, an audience member shouted 'shoot them.' Trump paused, smiled as the crowd laughed, and made the Panhandle remark. Snopes later rated the incident as accurately reported. After the August 3, 2019, El Paso shooting, critics pointed back to the exchange.","sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Holds a Political Rally in Panama City Beach, Florida - May 8, 2019","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-maga-rally-panama-city-beach-florida-may-8-2019/","date":"2019-05-08"},{"title":"WATCH: Trump asks what to do about migrants crossing border. Rallygoer suggests 'shoot them'","outlet":"PBS NewsHour","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/watch-trump-asks-what-to-do-about-migrants-crossing-border-rallygoer-suggests-shoot-them","date":"2019-05-09"}],"tag":"immigrants","tag_label":"Immigrants","tag_short":"Immigrants","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["immigrants"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2019,"url":"/claims/offensive-panhandle-shoot-them-2019/","sort_key":"2019-05-08","number":84},{"id":"russia-putin-call-mueller-report-2019","kind":"russia","tag":"intelligence","subject":"Putin call after Mueller","title":"Discussed the 'Russian Hoax' with Putin and did not raise interference in future elections","quote":"We didn't discuss that. Really, we didn't discuss it.","date":"2019-05-03","venue":"Oval Office, remarks with Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini of Slovakia","era":"term-1","category":"elections","what_happened":"Trump and Putin spoke by phone for more than an hour on May 3, 2019, which appeared to be their first conversation since the end of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Trump tweeted that they had discussed trade, Venezuela, Ukraine, North Korea, arms control \"and even the 'Russian Hoax.'\" Asked whether he had told Putin not to meddle in the next election, he said they had not discussed it, and recounted that Putin \"sort of smiled\" and said the matter \"started off as a mountain, and it ended up being a mouse.\" He also said Putin was \"not looking at all to get involved in Venezuela\"; Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had said that week that Russia persuaded Nicolas Maduro not to leave the country. Press secretary Sarah Sanders said the administration takes election meddling seriously.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini of Slovakia and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-prior-meeting-with-prime-minister-peter-pellegrini-slovakia-and-exchange-with","date":"2019-05-03"},{"title":"Tweets of May 3, 2019","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-may-3-2019","date":"2019-05-03"},{"title":"Trump and Putin call: Leaders discussed \"Russian hoax\" in hour-long conversation, Trump says","outlet":"CBS News","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-putin-call-leaders-discussed-mueller-report-russian-hoax-today-2019-05-03","date":"2019-05-03"},{"title":"Trump Said He Talked to Putin About the “Russian Hoax” During Phone Call","outlet":"Slate","url":"https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/05/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-mueller-report-phone-call.html","date":"2019-05-03"}],"tag_label":"Intelligence and security","tag_short":"Intelligence","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["intelligence"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2019,"url":"/claims/russia-putin-call-mueller-report-2019/","sort_key":"2019-05-03","number":50},{"id":"offensive-puerto-rico-place-is-a-mess-2019","kind":"offensive","target":"countries","subject":"Puerto Rico and its officials","place":"Puerto Rico","title":"Tweeted that Puerto Rico's politicians were 'incompetent or corrupt' and 'the place is a mess'","quote":"The people of Puerto Rico..... ....are GREAT but the politicians are incompetent or corrupt. Puerto Rico got far more money than Texas & Florida combined yet their government can't do anything right the place is a mess - nothing works.","date":"2019-04-02","venue":"Twitter","era":"term-1","category":"other","what_happened":"The tweets came after Senate Democrats blocked a disaster aid bill they said shortchanged Puerto Rico. In the same thread he called San Juan's mayor 'crazed and incompetent' and wrote '91 Billion Dollars to Puerto Rico and now the Dems want to give them more.' He repeated the theme on July 22, 2019 ('the leadership is corrupt and incompetent') and on September 18, 2020 ('Puerto Rico has been very corrupt in terms of its politicians').","sources":[{"title":"Tweets of April 2, 2019","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-april-2-2019","date":"2019-04-02"},{"title":"Press Conference: Donald Trump Holds a Press Conference - September 18, 2020","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-press-conference-white-house-september-18-2020/#85","date":"2020-09-18"}],"tag":"countries","tag_label":"Other countries","tag_short":"Countries","tag_tone":"green","tag_list":["countries"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2019,"url":"/claims/offensive-puerto-rico-place-is-a-mess-2019/","sort_key":"2019-04-02","number":83},{"id":"china-google-helping-military-2019","kind":"china","threat":"military","subject":"Google and China's military","title":"Accused Google of \"helping China and their military\"","quote":"Google is helping China and their military, but not the U.S. Terrible! The good news is that they helped Crooked Hillary Clinton, and not Trump....and how did that turn out?","date":"2019-03-16","venue":"Post on Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"term-1","category":"veterans","what_happened":"Google responded the same day, \"We are not working with the Chinese military,\" NBC News reported; the tweet came days after Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a Senate committee that Google's work in China was \"indirectly benefiting the Chinese military.\" On March 27, 2019, after meeting Google chief executive Sundar Pichai, Trump tweeted that Pichai \"stated strongly that he is totally committed to the U.S. Military, not the Chinese Military.\"","sources":[{"title":"Tweet: 'Google is helping China and their military, but not the U.S. Terrible!'","outlet":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1107025689486737410","date":"2019-03-16"},{"title":"Google denies working with the Chinese military after Trump criticism","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/google-denies-working-chinese-military-after-trump-criticism-n984116","date":"2019-03-17"},{"title":"Tweet: 'Just met with @SundarPichai, President of @Google... totally committed to the U.S. Military, not the Chinese Military'","outlet":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1110989594521026561","date":"2019-03-27"}],"tag":"military","tag_label":"Military threat","tag_short":"Military","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["military"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2019,"url":"/claims/china-google-helping-military-2019/","sort_key":"2019-03-16","number":55},{"id":"china-theft-jobs-wealth-sotu-2019","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"theft of jobs and wealth","title":"Declared in State of the Union that China's \"theft of American jobs and wealth has come to an end\"","quote":"We are now making it clear to China that, after years of targeting our industries and stealing our intellectual property, the theft of American jobs and wealth has come to an end.","date":"2019-02-05","venue":"State of the Union address, U.S. Capitol","era":"term-1","category":"trade","what_happened":"In the same passage Trump said, \"But I don't blame China for taking advantage of us,\" and \"I have great respect for President Xi.\" The Phase One agreement was signed on January 15, 2020; China ultimately bought 58 percent of the U.S. exports it had committed to purchase, according to the Peterson Institute for International Economics. The U.S. goods deficit with China was $342.6 billion in 2019, $308.0 billion in 2020, $352.8 billion in 2021 and $382.3 billion in 2022.","sources":[{"title":"Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the State of the Union","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/address-before-joint-session-the-congress-the-state-the-union-26","date":"2019-02-05"},{"title":"China bought none of the extra $200 billion of US exports in Trump's trade deal","outlet":"Peterson Institute for International Economics","url":"https://www.piie.com/blogs/realtime-economics/china-bought-none-extra-200-billion-us-exports-trumps-trade-deal","date":"2022-07-19"},{"title":"Remarks With Vice Premier Liu He of China on Signing the United States-China Phase One Trade Agreement","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-with-vice-premier-liu-he-china-signing-the-united-states-china-phase-one-trade","date":"2020-01-15"},{"title":"Trade in Goods with China","outlet":"U.S. Census Bureau","url":"https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html","date":"2026-09-28"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2019,"url":"/claims/china-theft-jobs-wealth-sotu-2019/","sort_key":"2019-02-05","number":54},{"id":"fix-syria-troops-only-one-2019","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"bringing troops home from Syria","title":"Only he could bring the troops home from Syria","quote":"But I'm going to bring them home from Syria. So I'm the only one that can do that and get bad publicity.","date":"2019-01-02","venue":"Cabinet meeting, Cabinet Room of the White House","era":"term-1","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"In the same meeting he said, \"I'm the only person in the history of our country that could really decimate ISIS, say we're bringing the troops back home over a period of time.\" PolitiFact reported that after his December 2018 withdrawal order with a 30-day timeline, he reversed course and allowed the military a few months, and that his October 2019 withdrawal announcement drew bipartisan resistance. As of September 2024, the Defense Department reported about 900 U.S. service members still in Syria.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks in a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-cabinet-meeting-and-exchange-with-reporters-8","date":"2019-01-02"},{"title":"Fact-checking Donald Trump's claims about Syria and US troop withdrawal","outlet":"PolitiFact","url":"https://politifact.com/article/2019/oct/08/fact-checking-donald-trumps-claims-about-syria-and/","date":"2019-10-08"},{"title":"Why Harris' debate remarks about U.S. military in combat zones are Mostly False","outlet":"PolitiFact","url":"https://politifact.com/factchecks/2024/sep/11/kamala-harris/why-harris-debate-remarks-about-us-military-in-com/","date":"2024-09-11"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2019,"url":"/claims/fix-syria-troops-only-one-2019/","sort_key":"2019-01-02","number":18},{"id":"know-drones","kind":"knows-better","subject":"drones","title":"Knew more about drones than anybody","quote":"I know more about drones than anybody. I know about every form of safety that you can have. And it's all good, but it's just very minor compared to the power of a wall.","date":"2019-01-02","venue":"Cabinet meeting, White House","era":"term-1","category":"immigration","what_happened":"The Washington Post's Philip Bump catalogued the claim the same day alongside more than a dozen other subjects on which Trump had declared himself the foremost expert. Former CBP Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske said in 2020 that \"the money is much better invested in technology than barriers.\" By January 2021, 52 miles of new primary wall had been built where none existed before.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks by President Trump in Cabinet Meeting","outlet":"Trump White House Archives","url":"https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-cabinet-meeting-12/","date":"2019-01-02"},{"title":"Analysis: Trump touts his experts — often it's Trump himself (syndicated Washington Post)","outlet":"Mercury News","url":"https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/01/02/analysis-trump-touts-his-experts-often-its-trump-himself/","date":"2019-01-02"},{"title":"The foremost experts on various topics according to Trump, most of whom are Trump","outlet":"Washington Post","url":"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/02/foremost-experts-various-topics-according-trump-most-whom-are-trump/","date":"2019-01-02"},{"title":"Former border commissioner: President Trump's 'incredibly expensive' border policy didn't make sense in first place","outlet":"Yahoo Finance","url":"https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-border-wall-expensive-160152015.html","date":"2020-09-19"},{"title":"Trump's Final Numbers","outlet":"FactCheck.org","url":"https://www.factcheck.org/2021/10/trumps-final-numbers/","date":"2021-10-08"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2019,"url":"/claims/know-drones/","sort_key":"2019-01-02","number":31},{"id":"russia-soviet-afghanistan-invasion-2019","kind":"russia","tag":"praise","subject":"Soviet war in Afghanistan","title":"Said the Soviet Union was 'right to be there' when it invaded Afghanistan in 1979","quote":"The reason Russia was in Afghanistan was because terrorists were going into Russia. They were right to be there.","date":"2019-01-02","venue":"Cabinet meeting, White House","era":"term-1","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"At a Cabinet meeting on January 2, 2019, Trump said the Soviet Union went into Afghanistan in 1979 because terrorists were entering its territory, and that the war bankrupted it. An Associated Press fact check said the assertion was out of step with history: the Soviets were trying to bolster communists in Afghanistan, the United States boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympics in protest, and the U.N. General Assembly voted 104-18 to deplore the intervention. The AP noted that Russian lawmakers were then weighing a resolution stating that the invasion had followed the norms of international law. The Wall Street Journal editorial board wrote that it could not recall \"a more absurd misstatement of history by an American President.\" PolitiFact rated the claim Pants on Fire.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks in a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-cabinet-meeting-and-exchange-with-reporters-8","date":"2019-01-02"},{"title":"AP Fact Check: Trump’s Afghanistan Comments Inaccurate","outlet":"Voice of America (Associated Press)","url":"https://www.voanews.com/a/ap-fact-check-trump-afghan-comments-inaccurate/4729988.html","date":"2019-01-05"},{"title":"Trump defends Soviet Union’s 1979 invasion of Afghanistan","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/03/politics/trump-cabinet-meeting-afghanistan-soviet-union/index.html","date":"2019-01-03"},{"title":"Trump gets facts wrong on Soviet invasion of Afghanistan","outlet":"PolitiFact","url":"https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jan/09/donald-trump/trump-soviet-invasion-afghanistan-facts-wrong/","date":"2019-01-09"}],"tag_label":"Praise and deference","tag_short":"Praise","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["praise"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2019,"url":"/claims/russia-soviet-afghanistan-invasion-2019/","sort_key":"2019-01-02","number":49},{"id":"know-technology","kind":"knows-better","subject":"technology","title":"Knew tech better than anyone","quote":"The Democrats are trying to belittle the concept of a Wall, calling it old fashioned. The fact is there is nothing else's that will work, and that has been true for thousands of years. It's like the wheel, there is nothing better. I know tech better than anyone, & technology.....","date":"2018-12-21","venue":"Post on Twitter, on the eve of the government shutdown over wall funding","era":"term-1","category":"immigration","what_happened":"Earlier that month he had said, \"Technology — nobody knows more about technology than me.\" The shutdown that began December 22, 2018 ended January 25, 2019 with $1.375 billion for barriers rather than the $5.7 billion he sought. Former CBP Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske later argued the money was \"much better invested in technology than barriers.\"","sources":[{"title":"Trump says he knows tech better than anyone as he tries to get his border wall built","outlet":"Fox News","url":"https://www.foxnews.com/tech/trump-says-he-knows-tech-better-than-anyone-as-he-tries-to-get-his-border-wall-built","date":"2018-12-21"},{"title":"Everything Trump says he knows \"more about than anybody\"","outlet":"Axios","url":"https://www.axios.com/2019/01/05/everything-trump-says-he-knows-more-about-than-anybody","date":"2019-01-05"},{"title":"Analysis: Trump touts his experts — often it's Trump himself (syndicated Washington Post)","outlet":"Mercury News","url":"https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/01/02/analysis-trump-touts-his-experts-often-its-trump-himself/","date":"2019-01-02"},{"title":"Trump wall","outlet":"Wikipedia","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_wall","date":"2026-09-25"},{"title":"Former border commissioner: President Trump's 'incredibly expensive' border policy didn't make sense in first place","outlet":"Yahoo Finance","url":"https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-border-wall-expensive-160152015.html","date":"2020-09-19"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/know-technology/","sort_key":"2018-12-21","number":30},{"id":"russia-syria-withdrawal-2018","kind":"russia","tag":"alliances","subject":"Syria troop withdrawal","title":"Announced withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria, a decision Putin called 'right'","quote":"We have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there during the Trump Presidency.","date":"2018-12-19","venue":"Twitter","era":"term-1","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"On December 19, 2018, Trump announced the withdrawal of the roughly 2,000 U.S. troops in Syria, where Russia and Iran back the government of Bashar al-Assad. Putin said the next day that the decision to withdraw 'is right', that he largely agreed Islamic State had been defeated, and that he doubted the United States would fully leave. Six senators, four of them Republicans, wrote that the withdrawal 'emboldens ISIS, Bashar al Assad, Iran, and Russia', and British and French ministers said the group remained a threat. Trump wrote that Russia, Iran and Syria 'are not happy about the U.S. leaving', a claim PolitiFact rated False. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis resigned on December 20, writing that Trump had the right to a defense secretary 'whose views are better aligned with yours'. In February 2019 the White House said about 400 troops would remain, partially reversing the decision.","featured":true,"sources":[{"title":"Tweets of December 19, 2018","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-december-19-2018","date":"2018-12-19"},{"title":"Trump defends his decision to withdraw troops from Syria, but Vladimir Putin is skeptical the US will fully pull out","outlet":"CNBC","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/20/trump-defends-syria-pullout-but-putin-is-skeptical-of-full-withdrawal.html","date":"2018-12-20"},{"title":"Syria: Putin welcomes Trump's decision to pull out US troops","outlet":"Al Jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/12/20/syria-putin-welcomes-trumps-decision-to-pull-out-us-troops","date":"2018-12-20"},{"title":"Donald Trump claims Russia is 'not happy' U.S. troops are leaving Syria. That isn't true","outlet":"PolitiFact","url":"https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/dec/21/donald-trump/donald-trump-claims-russia-not-happy-us-troops-are","date":"2018-12-21"},{"title":"Defense Secretary Mattis Resigns Amid Syria And Afghanistan Tension","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://www.npr.org/2018/12/20/623246756/defense-secretary-mattis-to-retire-in-february-trump-says","date":"2018-12-20"},{"title":"White House Will Keep About 400 Troops In Syria, Reversing Previous Decision","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://www.npr.org/2019/02/22/697152870/white-house-will-keep-about-400-troops-in-syria-reversing-previous-decision","date":"2019-02-22"}],"tag_label":"NATO and allies","tag_short":"Alliances","tag_tone":"green","tag_list":["alliances"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/russia-syria-withdrawal-2018/","sort_key":"2018-12-19","number":48},{"id":"offensive-abby-phillip-stupid-questions-2018","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Abby Phillip (CNN)","title":"Told CNN's Abby Phillip 'You ask a lot of stupid questions' when she asked about the Mueller probe","quote":"What a stupid question that is. What a stupid question. But I watch you a lot. You ask a lot of stupid questions.","date":"2018-11-09","venue":"Press gaggle before Marine One departure","era":"term-1","category":"other","what_happened":"Phillip asked whether Trump wanted acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker to rein in special counsel Robert Mueller. CNN said she had asked a pertinent question. In the same gaggle he said of April Ryan, 'she doesn't know what the hell she's doing.' The National Association of Black Journalists condemned the remarks.","sources":[{"title":"Press Gaggle: Donald Trump Speaks to the Press Before Marine One Departure - November 9, 2018","outlet":"Factba.se (Roll Call)","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-press-gaggle-marine-one-departure-november-9-2018/#115","date":"2018-11-09"},{"title":"'You Ask a Lot of Stupid Questions': Trump Comments Draw Condemnation From Black Journalists Group","outlet":"NBC4 Washington","url":"https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/trump-insults-black-women-journalists/2033560/?amp=1","date":"2018-11-09"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/offensive-abby-phillip-stupid-questions-2018/","sort_key":"2018-11-09","number":82},{"id":"offensive-april-ryan-loser-2018","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"April Ryan","title":"Called White House correspondent April Ryan 'a loser' who 'doesn't know what the hell she's doing'","quote":"You talk about somebody that's a loser; she doesn't know what the hell she's doing.","date":"2018-11-09","venue":"Press gaggle before Marine One departure","era":"term-1","category":"other","what_happened":"Two days earlier, at his November 7 news conference, Trump told Ryan to sit down as she tried to ask a question. Ryan wrote in a Washington Post op-ed that if he respected reporters, 'he'd either answer our questions or simply ignore them, not berate us.' The National Association of Black Journalists called the remarks 'appalling.'","sources":[{"title":"'You Ask a Lot of Stupid Questions': Trump Comments Draw Condemnation From Black Journalists Group","outlet":"NBC4 Washington","url":"https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/trump-insults-black-women-journalists/2033560/?amp=1","date":"2018-11-09"},{"title":"Trump criticizes three black female reporters in two days","outlet":"The Day (AP)","url":"https://www.theday.com/?p=249018","date":"2018-11-10"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/offensive-april-ryan-loser-2018/","sort_key":"2018-11-09","number":81},{"id":"offensive-alcindor-racist-question-2018","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Yamiche Alcindor (PBS NewsHour)","title":"Told PBS reporter Yamiche Alcindor her question about white nationalists was 'such a racist question'","quote":"I don't know why you'd say that. That's such a racist question.","date":"2018-11-07","venue":"Post-midterm White House news conference","era":"term-1","category":"other","what_happened":"Alcindor asked whether Trump calling himself a 'nationalist' emboldened white nationalists. It was one of three exchanges with Black women reporters over three days, along with April Ryan and Abby Phillip on November 9. National Association of Black Journalists president Sarah Glover said his comments toward the three were 'appalling.'","sources":[{"title":"Press Conference: Donald Trump Meets With Reporters After Election Day 2018 - November 7, 2018","outlet":"Factba.se (Roll Call)","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-press-conference-midterm-elections-november-7-2018/#451","date":"2018-11-07"},{"title":"'You Ask a Lot of Stupid Questions': Trump Comments Draw Condemnation From Black Journalists Group","outlet":"NBC4 Washington","url":"https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/trump-insults-black-women-journalists/2033560/?amp=1","date":"2018-11-09"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/offensive-alcindor-racist-question-2018/","sort_key":"2018-11-07","number":80},{"id":"offensive-mia-love-no-love-2018","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Rep. Mia Love","title":"Mocked Rep. Mia Love after her election loss: 'Mia Love gave me no love, and she lost'","quote":"But Mia Love gave me no love, and she lost. Too bad. Sorry about that, Mia.","date":"2018-11-07","venue":"Post-midterm White House news conference","era":"term-1","category":"elections","what_happened":"Trump listed Republicans who he said had kept their distance from him and lost, including Love, the only Black Republican woman in the House, and Barbara Comstock. Love's race was still being counted at the time and she narrowly lost when it was final. The clip was replayed in his November 18, 2018 Fox News interview with Chris Wallace.","sources":[{"title":"Press Conference: Donald Trump Meets With Reporters After Election Day 2018 - November 7, 2018","outlet":"Factba.se (Roll Call)","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-press-conference-midterm-elections-november-7-2018/#20","date":"2018-11-07"},{"title":"Interview: Chris Wallace Interviews Donald Trump for Fox News - November 18, 2018","outlet":"Factba.se (Roll Call)","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-chris-wallace-fox-news-november-18-2018/#223","date":"2018-11-18"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/offensive-mia-love-no-love-2018/","sort_key":"2018-11-07","number":79},{"id":"offensive-caravan-invasion-2018","kind":"offensive","target":"immigrants","subject":"Central American migrant caravan","title":"Called a migrant caravan still in Mexico 'an invasion of our Country' as troops were ordered to the border","quote":"Many Gang Members and some very bad people are mixed into the Caravan heading to our Southern Border. Please go back, you will not be admitted into the United States unless you go through the legal process. This is an invasion of our Country and our Military is waiting for you!","date":"2018-10-29","venue":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"term-1","category":"immigration","what_happened":"The caravan was still hundreds of miles from the border, VOA reported. The same day the Pentagon said it would send more than 5,000 troops to the border. Trump used 'invasion' about migrants repeatedly before the 2018 midterms. PolitiFact reviewed that framing on November 7, 2018. 'Invasion' became a standard term in his speeches: his March 15, 2025, Alien Enemies Act proclamation described Tren de Aragua as 'perpetrating an invasion,' and his 2026 rallies promote a 'No Invasion of Our Country Act.'","sources":[{"title":"Tweets of October 29, 2018","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-october-29-2018","date":"2018-10-29"},{"title":"Trump warns of 'invasion' approaching US-Mexico border","outlet":"Roll Call","url":"https://www.rollcall.com/2018/10/29/trump-warns-of-invasion-approaching-us-mexico-border/","date":"2018-10-29"},{"title":"Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act Regarding the Invasion of The United States by Tren De Aragua","outlet":"The White House","url":"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/invocation-of-the-alien-enemies-act-regarding-the-invasion-of-the-united-states-by-tren-de-aragua/","date":"2025-03-15"}],"tag":"immigrants","tag_label":"Immigrants","tag_short":"Immigrants","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["immigrants"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/offensive-caravan-invasion-2018/","sort_key":"2018-10-29","number":78},{"id":"china-inf-nuclear-buildup-2018","kind":"china","threat":"military","subject":"nuclear arms buildup","title":"Said a U.S. nuclear buildup was a threat that \"includes China\"","quote":"It's a threat to whoever you want. And it includes China, and it includes Russia, and it includes anybody else that wants to play that game. You can't do that. You can't play that game on me.","date":"2018-10-22","venue":"Exchange with reporters at the White House before departing for Houston, Texas","era":"term-1","category":"veterans","what_happened":"Trump made the remark two days after saying of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia, \"we're going to terminate the agreement\"; he noted that \"China is not included in the agreement.\" On December 3, 2018, he tweeted that he, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin would at some point \"start talking about a meaningful halt to what has become a major and uncontrollable Arms Race.\" The United States formally withdrew from the treaty on August 2, 2019. Trump said on May 3, 2019, that China \"very much would like to be a part of\" a new arms deal; China's foreign ministry said in July 2019 that it would not take part in trilateral negotiations, according to the Arms Control Association.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks in an Exchange With Reporters Prior to Departure for Houston, Texas","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-exchange-with-reporters-prior-departure-for-houston-texas","date":"2018-10-22"},{"title":"Remarks in an Exchange With Reporters in Elko, Nevada","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-exchange-with-reporters-elko-nevada","date":"2018-10-20"},{"title":"Tweet: 'I am certain that, at some time in the future, President Xi and I, together with President Putin of Russia, will start talking about a meaningful halt'","outlet":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1069584730880974849","date":"2018-12-03"},{"title":"U.S. Withdrawal from the INF Treaty on August 2, 2019","outlet":"U.S. Department of State","url":"https://2017-2021.state.gov/u-s-withdrawal-from-the-inf-treaty-on-august-2-2019/","date":"2019-08-02"},{"title":"China’s Stance on Nuclear Arms Control and New START","outlet":"Arms Control Association","url":"https://www.armscontrol.org/blog/2019-08-23/chinas-stance-nuclear-arms-control-new-start","date":"2019-08-23"}],"tag":"military","tag_label":"Military threat","tag_short":"Military","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["military"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/china-inf-nuclear-buildup-2018/","sort_key":"2018-10-22","number":53},{"id":"offensive-stormy-daniels-horseface-2018","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Stormy Daniels","title":"Called Stormy Daniels 'Horseface' after a judge dismissed her defamation suit against him","quote":"Great, now I can go after Horseface and her 3rd rate lawyer in the Great State of Texas. She will confirm the letter she signed! She knows nothing about me, a total con!","date":"2018-10-16","venue":"Twitter","era":"term-1","category":"other","what_happened":"A federal judge had dismissed Daniels' defamation suit over an earlier Trump tweet, finding it protected 'hyperbolic' speech. Her lawyer Michael Avenatti called the comments 'outrageous'; Daniels replied 'Game on, Tiny.' Trump kept using the nickname on Truth Social in 2023 (for example February 1 and March 15 and 27, 2023) while the Manhattan hush-money case against him advanced.","sources":[{"title":"Tweets of October 16, 2018","outlet":"American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-october-16-2018","date":"2018-10-16"},{"title":"Trump attacks porn actress Stormy Daniels as 'Horseface'","outlet":"KTVU (AP)","url":"https://www.ktvu.com/news/trump-attacks-porn-actress-stormy-daniels-as-horseface","date":"2018-10-16"},{"title":"Truth Social post, March 27, 2023","outlet":"Trump's Truth (Truth Social archive)","url":"https://www.trumpstruth.org/statuses/15745","date":"2023-03-27"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/offensive-stormy-daniels-horseface-2018/","sort_key":"2018-10-16","number":77},{"id":"know-economy-fed","kind":"knows-better","subject":"the economy and interest rates","title":"Knew about the economy better than the Federal Reserve","quote":"But I think the Fed is far too stringent, and they're making a mistake, and it's not right. And it's—despite that, we're doing very well, but it's not necessary, in my opinion. And I think I know about it better than they do. Believe me.","date":"2018-10-11","venue":"Exchange with reporters at the Save Our Seas Act signing, White House","era":"term-1","category":"economy","what_happened":"The remark came a day after the Dow fell 831 points on October 10, 2018, when he said the Fed had \"gone crazy.\" The Fed continued raising rates through 2018, then cut rates several times in 2019, citing a global slowdown and the effects of his trade policies. Asked the same day whether he would fire Chairman Jerome Powell, he said no.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks on Signing the Save Our Seas Act of 2018 and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-signing-the-save-our-seas-act-2018-and-exchange-with-reporters","date":"2018-10-11"},{"title":"Trump says he knows economy better than Federal Reserve chair","outlet":"Washington Times","url":"https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/11/trump-says-he-knows-economy-better-federal-reserve/","date":"2018-10-11"},{"title":"Trump says Federal Reserve has 'gone crazy' after big stock drop","outlet":"PBS NewsHour","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-says-federal-reserve-has-gone-crazy-after-big-stock-drop","date":"2018-10-10"},{"title":"Economic policy of the first Donald Trump administration","outlet":"Wikipedia","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_policy_of_the_first_Donald_Trump_administration","date":"2026-09-25"},{"title":"Everything Trump says he knows \"more about than anybody\"","outlet":"Axios","url":"https://www.axios.com/2019/01/05/everything-trump-says-he-knows-more-about-than-anybody","date":"2019-01-05"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/know-economy-fed/","sort_key":"2018-10-11","number":29},{"id":"offensive-blasey-ford-mockery-2018","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Christine Blasey Ford","title":"Mocked Christine Blasey Ford's Senate testimony about Brett Kavanaugh at a Mississippi rally","quote":"\"I had one beer.\" Right? \"I had one beer.\" \"Well, you think it was...\" \"Nope, it was one beer.\" \"Oh, good. How did you get home?\" \"I don't remember.\" \"How did you get there?\" \"I don't remember.\" \"Where is the place?\" \"I don't remember.\" \"How many years ago was it?\" \"I don't know.\"","date":"2018-10-02","venue":"Rally, Southaven, Mississippi","era":"term-1","category":"other","what_happened":"Days earlier Trump had called Ford a 'good witness.' At the rally he imitated her answers to laughter and applause. Her attorney Michael Bromwich called it 'a vicious, vile and soulless attack.' The clip was replayed in his October 14, 2018 60 Minutes interview. The Senate confirmed Kavanaugh on October 6, 2018.","sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Holds a Political Rally in Southaven, Mississippi - October 2, 2018","outlet":"Factba.se (Roll Call)","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-maga-rally-southaven-ms-october-2-2018/#19","date":"2018-10-02"},{"title":"Trump mocks Christine Blasey Ford's testimony, tells people to 'think of your son'","outlet":"CBS News Baltimore (CNN)","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/trump-mocks-christine-blasey-fords-testimony-tells-people-to-think-of-your-son/","date":"2018-10-03"},{"title":"Trump mocks Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford","outlet":"Anchorage Daily News","url":"https://www.adn.com/nation-world/2018/10/03/trump-mocks-kavanaugh-accuser-christine-blasey-ford/","date":"2018-10-03"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/offensive-blasey-ford-mockery-2018/","sort_key":"2018-10-02","number":76},{"id":"offensive-cecilia-vega-not-thinking-2018","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Cecilia Vega (ABC News)","title":"Told ABC News reporter Cecilia Vega 'I know you're not thinking. You never do' at a Rose Garden news conference","quote":"That's okay. I know you're not thinking. You never do.","date":"2018-10-01","venue":"Rose Garden news conference on the USMCA trade deal","era":"term-1","category":"other","what_happened":"Vega had thanked Trump for calling on her and said she was not in shock; Trump replied with the remark before she asked about the FBI's Kavanaugh investigation, which he declined to answer. The White House's first official transcript rendered the word as 'thanking'; the next day it was revised to 'thinking,' matching the video, NBC News reported.","sources":[{"title":"White House corrects transcript to include Trump insult of female reporter","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/white-house-corrects-transcript-include-trump-insult-female-reporter-n915821","date":"2018-10-02"},{"title":"Trump insults ABC reporter Cecilia Vega: \"I know you're not thinking, you never do\"","outlet":"Salon","url":"https://salon.com/2018/10/01/trump-insults-woman-reporter-i-know-you-are-not-thinking-you-never-do","date":"2018-10-01"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/offensive-cecilia-vega-not-thinking-2018/","sort_key":"2018-10-01","number":75},{"id":"autocrats-ivanka-16-trademarks-2018","kind":"autocrats","tag":"payments","subject":"China","country":"China","beneficiary":"Ivanka Trump (Ivanka Trump Marks LLC)","amount":"","freedom_house":"Not Free (2018)","title":"China gave initial approval to 16 more Ivanka Trump trademarks, including voting machines, during the trade war","quote":"","date":"2018-10","venue":"Chinese trademark records, first reported by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington","era":"term-1","category":"ethics","what_happened":"In October 2018, Ivanka Trump's fashion brand won first trial approval from the Chinese government for 16 new trademarks, the largest number in a single month since her father took office, covering handbags, shoes, wedding dresses and jewelry as well as nursing homes, sausage casing and voting machines, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington reported on November 5, 2018. The applications had been filed in 2016. The approvals came about three months after Ivanka Trump announced in July 2018 that she was closing the brand, while she continued to serve as a White House adviser; The Washington Post had reported she would retain the brand's intellectual property and keep seeking trademarks. CREW said the approvals came \"while her father continues to wage a trade war with China\" and that her trademarks \"remain a potential conflict of interest.\" Freedom House rated China Not Free in its 2018 report.","sources":[{"title":"Ivanka Trump's Chinese Trademarks","outlet":"Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington","url":"https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/ivanka-trump-trademarks/","date":"2018-11-05"},{"title":"Ivanka Trump gets initial approval from China for 16 new trademarks, including for 'voting machines'","outlet":"CNBC","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/06/ivanka-trump-gets-initial-approval-from-china-for-16-trademarks.html","date":"2018-11-06"},{"title":"Did China Grant a Trademark to Ivanka Trump for Voting Machines?","outlet":"Snopes","url":"https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ivanka-trump-voting-machines/","date":"2019-10-09"},{"title":"China: Freedom in the World 2018 Country Report","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/country/china/freedom-world/2018","date":"2018"}],"tag_label":"Gifts and payments","tag_short":"Payments","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["payments"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/autocrats-ivanka-16-trademarks-2018/","sort_key":"2018-10","number":33},{"id":"china-rebuilt-china-2018","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"trade deficit","title":"Told a rally \"We rebuilt China\" with $500 billion a year in trade losses","quote":"We lost, over the years, $500 billion. We'd go $250, $300, $400, $500, $525 billion. We rebuilt China. How stupid are we? No, how stupid are we?","date":"2018-09-29","venue":"Rally in Wheeling, West Virginia","era":"term-1","category":"trade","what_happened":"Immediately before the line, Trump told the crowd, \"I have great respect for President Xi and I have great respect for China. But they have not treated us well.\" Census Bureau figures show the annual U.S. goods deficit with China has never reached $500 billion; it peaked at $418.2 billion in 2018. Trump used the \"We rebuilt China\" line on other occasions, including a Cabinet meeting on August 16, 2018, and his re-election announcement on June 18, 2019, where he added that China \"took us for suckers.\"","sources":[{"title":"Remarks at a “Make America Great Again” Rally in Wheeling, West Virginia","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-make-america-great-again-rally-wheeling-west-virginia","date":"2018-09-29"},{"title":"Trade in Goods with China","outlet":"U.S. Census Bureau","url":"https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html","date":"2026-09-28"},{"title":"Remarks at a Cabinet Meeting","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-cabinet-meeting-0","date":"2018-08-16"},{"title":"Remarks Announcing Candidacy for the Republican Presidential Nomination in 2020","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-announcing-candidacy-for-the-republican-presidential-nomination-2020","date":"2019-06-18"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/china-rebuilt-china-2018/","sort_key":"2018-09-29","number":52},{"id":"china-election-interference-2018","kind":"china","threat":"other","subject":"midterm election interference","title":"Told the UN Security Council that China was interfering in the 2018 midterms","quote":"Regrettably, we found that China has been attempting to interfere in our upcoming 2018 election coming up in November against my administration. They do not want me—or us—to win because I am the first President ever to challenge China on trade.","date":"2018-09-26","venue":"Remarks at a United Nations Security Council briefing, New York City","era":"term-1","category":"elections","what_happened":"Asked at a news conference the same day what evidence he had, Trump said, \"We have evidence. We have evidence. It will come out,\" and said of Xi Jinping, \"He may not be a friend of mine anymore.\" FactCheck.org rated the claim \"No Evidence,\" reporting that Trump offered no evidence of covert action and instead pointed to Chinese tariffs aimed at farmers and a four-page advertising supplement bought by the state-run China Daily in the Des Moines Register. The White House press office did not answer FactCheck.org's questions about the accusation.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks at a United Nations Security Council Briefing on Nonproliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction in New York City","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-united-nations-security-council-briefing-nonproliferation-weapons-mass-destruction","date":"2018-09-26"},{"title":"The President's News Conference in New York City","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/the-presidents-news-conference-new-york-city-0","date":"2018-09-26"},{"title":"Trump's Claim of Chinese Election Interference","outlet":"FactCheck.org","url":"https://www.factcheck.org/2018/09/trumps-claim-of-chinese-election-interference/","date":"2018-09-26"}],"tag":"other","tag_label":"Other","tag_short":"Other","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["other"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/china-election-interference-2018/","sort_key":"2018-09-26","number":51},{"id":"china-wto-plundered-unga-2018","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"WTO and lost factories","title":"Told the UN that China's WTO entry cost the U.S. 60,000 factories","quote":"The United States lost over 3 million manufacturing jobs, nearly a quarter of all steel jobs, and 60,000 factories after China joined the WTO. And we have racked up $13 trillion in trade deficits over the last two decades. But those days are over. We will no longer tolerate such abuse. We will not allow our workers to be victimized, our companies to be cheated, and our wealth to be plundered and transferred.","date":"2018-09-25","venue":"Address to the United Nations General Assembly, New York City","era":"term-1","category":"trade","what_happened":"In the same passage Trump said, \"I have great respect and affection for my friend, President Xi,\" and announced tariffs on another $200 billion in Chinese goods, for a total of $250 billion. The U.S. goods deficit with China for 2018 was $418.2 billion, the largest annual figure in the Census Bureau series. A March 2019 study by economists Mary Amiti, Stephen Redding and David Weinstein found that in 2018 the full incidence of the tariffs fell on domestic consumers, reducing U.S. real income by $1.4 billion per month by the end of that year.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks to the United Nations General Assembly in New York City","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-united-nations-general-assembly-new-york-city-14","date":"2018-09-25"},{"title":"Trade in Goods with China","outlet":"U.S. Census Bureau","url":"https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html","date":"2026-09-28"},{"title":"The Impact of the 2018 Trade War on U.S. Prices and Welfare","outlet":"National Bureau of Economic Research","url":"https://www.nber.org/papers/w25672","date":"2019-03"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/china-wto-plundered-unga-2018/","sort_key":"2018-09-25","number":50},{"id":"china-farmers-retaliation-2018","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"tariffs on U.S. farmers","title":"Threatened \"great and fast economic retaliation\" if China targeted U.S. farmers","quote":"China has openly stated that they are actively trying to impact and change our election by attacking our farmers, ranchers and industrial workers because of their loyalty to me. What China does not understand is that these people are great patriots and fully understand that..... .....China has been taking advantage of the United States on Trade for many years. They also know that I am the one that knows how to stop it. There will be great and fast economic retaliation against China if our farmers, ranchers and/or industrial workers are targeted!","date":"2018-09-18","venue":"Two consecutive posts on Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"term-1","category":"trade","what_happened":"China's retaliatory tariffs remained in place: by February 2020 they averaged 21 percent, up from 8.0 percent before the trade war, and covered 58.3 percent of imports from the United States, according to the Peterson Institute for International Economics. The U.S. Department of Agriculture compensated farmers through its Market Facilitation Program, which the Government Accountability Office reported paid about $8.6 billion for 2018 and $14.4 billion for 2019, the latter to about 644,000 farming operations. On December 3, 2019, Trump said, \"I gave them $28 billion over a 2-year period.\"","sources":[{"title":"Tweet: 'China has openly stated that they are actively trying to impact and change our election by attacking our farmers'","outlet":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1042033116695670786","date":"2018-09-18"},{"title":"Tweet: '.....China has been taking advantage of the United States on Trade for many years.'","outlet":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1042034269374361600","date":"2018-09-18"},{"title":"US-China Trade War Tariffs: An Up-to-Date Chart","outlet":"Peterson Institute for International Economics","url":"https://www.piie.com/research/piie-charts/2019/us-china-trade-war-tariffs-date-chart","date":"2019-08-29"},{"title":"USDA Market Facilitation Program: Information on Payments for 2019","outlet":"U.S. Government Accountability Office","url":"https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-20-700r","date":"2020-08-21"},{"title":"Remarks Following a Meeting With Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and an Exchange With Reporters in London, United Kingdom","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-following-meeting-with-secretary-general-jens-stoltenberg-the-north-atlantic-1","date":"2019-12-03"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/china-farmers-retaliation-2018/","sort_key":"2018-09-18","number":49},{"id":"china-hacked-clinton-emails-2018","kind":"china","threat":"military","subject":"hacking of Clinton emails","title":"Asserted that China hacked Hillary Clinton's emails","quote":"Hillary Clinton’s Emails, many of which are Classified Information, got hacked by China. Next move better be by the FBI & DOJ or, after all of their other missteps (Comey, McCabe, Strzok, Page, Ohr, FISA, Dirty Dossier etc.), their credibility will be forever gone!","date":"2018-08-29","venue":"Post on Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"term-1","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"Trump had tweeted about the same report about three hours earlier, late on August 28. Later on August 29, an FBI official told NBC News, \"The FBI has not found any evidence the (Clinton) servers were compromised.\" NBC reported that the claim came from a right-wing media story that cited two sources briefed on the matter, and that the FBI official pointed to a June 2018 Justice Department inspector general report on the Clinton email investigation.","sources":[{"title":"Tweet: 'Hillary Clinton's Emails, many of which are Classified Information, got hacked by China.'","outlet":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1034654816046329856","date":"2018-08-29"},{"title":"Tweet: 'Report just out: \"China hacked Hillary Clinton's private Email Server.\"'","outlet":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1034610829860261895","date":"2018-08-28"},{"title":"FBI rebuts Trump tweet about China hacking Hillary Clinton's email","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/fbi-rebuts-trump-tweet-about-china-hacking-clinton-s-email-n904811","date":"2018-08-29"}],"tag":"military","tag_label":"Military threat","tag_short":"Military","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["military"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/china-hacked-clinton-emails-2018/","sort_key":"2018-08-29","number":48},{"id":"offensive-south-africa-farmers-tweet-2018","kind":"offensive","target":"countries","subject":"South Africa","place":"South Africa","title":"Tweeted about South African 'land and farm seizures' and 'the large scale killing of farmers' after a Fox segment","quote":"I have asked Secretary of State @SecPompeo to closely study the South Africa land and farm seizures and expropriations and the large scale killing of farmers. 'South African Government is now seizing land from white farmers.' @TuckerCarlson @FoxNews","date":"2018-08-22","venue":"Twitter","era":"term-1","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"The tweet (timestamped August 23 UTC) followed a Tucker Carlson segment on Fox News. South Africa's government said it reflected a 'narrow perception which only seeks to divide our nation and reminds us of our colonial past,' PBS NewsHour reported. PolitiFact rated the claims Mostly False. Reuters noted that the ruling ANC had announced on August 1 plans to amend the constitution to allow land expropriation without compensation.","sources":[{"title":"Tweets of August 23, 2018","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-august-23-2018","date":"2018-08-23"},{"title":"South Africa blasts Trump over racially divisive tweet","outlet":"PBS NewsHour","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/south-africa-blasts-trump-over-racially-divisive-tweet","date":"2018-08-23"},{"title":"Trump tweets incorrect South African land seizures (fact-check)","outlet":"PolitiFact","url":"https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/aug/24/donald-trump/trump-tweets-incorrect-south-african-land-seizures/","date":"2018-08-24"}],"tag":"countries","tag_label":"Other countries","tag_short":"Countries","tag_tone":"green","tag_list":["countries"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/offensive-south-africa-farmers-tweet-2018/","sort_key":"2018-08-22","number":74},{"id":"autocrats-thailand-trump-hotel-2018","kind":"autocrats","tag":"payments","subject":"Thailand","country":"Thailand","beneficiary":"Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C. (Trump Organization)","amount":"$11,340","freedom_house":"Not Free (2018)","title":"Thailand's agriculture minister and junta government officials spent $11,340 at Trump's Washington hotel","quote":"","date":"2018-08-18","venue":"Mazars USA accounting records cited in the House Oversight Democrats' report \"White House for Sale\"","era":"term-1","category":"ethics","what_happened":"Grisada Boonrach, Thailand's Minister for Agriculture and Cooperatives, stayed at the Trump International Hotel in Washington on the nights of August 18 to 22, 2018, accompanied by other Thai government officials who stayed from August 18 through August 24, 2018; together they spent $11,340, according to Mazars USA records cited in the House Oversight Democrats' January 2024 report. Thailand was then governed by the military junta that took power in the 2014 coup, and Freedom House rated it Not Free in its 2018 report. The report lists Thailand among 20 foreign governments whose payments to Trump businesses it identified from the limited records available. The Trump Organization said it donated more than $450,000 in estimated foreign government profits to the U.S. Treasury during the term, and Eric Trump said the report was politically motivated.","sources":[{"title":"White House for Sale: How Princes, Prime Ministers, and Premiers Paid Off President Trump","outlet":"House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Democratic staff","url":"https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/imo/media/doc/2024-01-04.COA%20DEMS%20-%20Mazars%20Report.pdf","date":"2024-01-04"},{"title":"Oversight Democrats Release Report Proving Trump Pocketed Millions From At Least 20 Foreign Governments As President","outlet":"House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Democrats","url":"https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-releases/oversight-democrats-release-report-proving-trump-pocketed-millions-from-at-least","date":"2024-01-04"},{"title":"Thailand: Freedom in the World 2018 Country Report","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/country/thailand/freedom-world/2018","date":"2018"}],"tag_label":"Gifts and payments","tag_short":"Payments","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["payments"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/autocrats-thailand-trump-hotel-2018/","sort_key":"2018-08-18","number":32},{"id":"china-fentanyl-form-of-warfare-2018","kind":"china","threat":"other","subject":"fentanyl","title":"Called fentanyl shipments from China \"almost a form of warfare\"","quote":"But, in China, you have some pretty big companies sending that garbage and killing our people. It's almost a form of warfare.","date":"2018-08-16","venue":"Remarks at a Cabinet meeting, the White House","era":"term-1","category":"other","what_happened":"On December 5, 2018, after meeting Xi Jinping in Argentina, Trump tweeted that Xi had promised to criminalize the sale of fentanyl and that this \"could be a game changer.\" On August 1, 2019, he tweeted that Xi \"said that he would stop the sale of Fentanyl to the United States – this never happened.\" China placed fentanyl-related substances under class-wide control in 2019, which the Congressional Research Service says curtailed almost all direct shipments from China to the United States; production of U.S.-bound fentanyl then concentrated in Mexico, with China a primary source of precursor chemicals.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks at a Cabinet Meeting","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-cabinet-meeting-0","date":"2018-08-16"},{"title":"Tweet: 'One of the very exciting things to come out of my meeting with President Xi of China is his promise to me to criminalize the sale of deadly Fentanyl'","outlet":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1070312880095068160","date":"2018-12-05"},{"title":"Tweet: '...my friend President Xi said that he would stop the sale of Fentanyl to the United States – this never happened'","outlet":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1156979445565202433","date":"2019-08-01"},{"title":"China Primer: Illicit Fentanyl and China's Role","outlet":"Congressional Research Service (via EveryCRSReport.com)","url":"https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/IF10890.html","date":"2026-06-01"}],"tag":"other","tag_label":"Other","tag_short":"Other","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["other"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/china-fentanyl-form-of-warfare-2018/","sort_key":"2018-08-16","number":47},{"id":"offensive-omarosa-dog-2018","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Omarosa Manigault Newman","title":"Called former aide Omarosa Manigault Newman a 'crazed, crying lowlife' and 'that dog'","quote":"When you give a crazed, crying lowlife a break, and give her a job at the White House, I guess it just didn't work out. Good work by General Kelly for quickly firing that dog!","date":"2018-08-14","venue":"Twitter","era":"term-1","category":"other","what_happened":"Manigault Newman, promoting her book 'Unhinged,' had released a recording she secretly made of Chief of Staff John Kelly firing her in the Situation Room and claimed a tape existed of Trump using the N-word, which he denied. Rep. Frederica Wilson and Sen. Jeff Flake criticized the 'dog' language. Time noted that the attack on a Black woman complicated his denial of using racist language.","sources":[{"title":"Tweets of August 14, 2018","outlet":"American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-august-14-2018","date":"2018-08-14"},{"title":"President Trump Calls Omarosa a 'Dog' in Latest Attack","outlet":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/5366479/trump-omarosa-dog","date":"2018-08-14"},{"title":"Trump Calls Former Aide Omarosa a 'Dog'","outlet":"Roll Call","url":"https://rollcall.com/2018/08/14/trump-calls-former-aide-omarosa-a-dog/","date":"2018-08-14"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/offensive-omarosa-dog-2018/","sort_key":"2018-08-14","number":73},{"id":"autocrats-brookfield-666-fifth-qatar-2018","kind":"autocrats","tag":"real-estate","subject":"Qatar","country":"Qatar","beneficiary":"Kushner Companies (family of Jared Kushner)","amount":"about $1.1 billion","freedom_house":"Not Free (2018)","title":"Brookfield fund part-owned by Qatar's sovereign wealth fund leases Kushner tower at 666 Fifth Avenue","quote":"QIA had absolutely no involvement in the 666 Fifth Ave. development and the claims about QIA’s investment strategy are not true","speaker":"Qatar Investment Authority spokesman","date":"2018-08-03","venue":"Statement to Reuters, February 2019, as quoted by Bisnow; lease announced by Brookfield Asset Management","era":"term-1","category":"ethics","what_happened":"On August 3, 2018 Brookfield Asset Management said it had taken a 99-year lease on 666 Fifth Avenue, the Manhattan tower owned by the family of Jared Kushner, then a senior White House adviser. The New York Times reported that Brookfield paid about $1.1 billion in rent upfront, easing a $1.4 billion mortgage due in February 2019, and that Kushner Companies declined to comment. The lease was made through Brookfield Property Partners, in which the Qatar Investment Authority was the second-largest investor with $1.8 billion, according to Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden. The Qatari fund told Reuters it had no involvement, and Brookfield said during the negotiations that \"no Qatar-linked entity has any involvement in, investment in or even knowledge of this potential transaction,\" according to Wyden's letter. Wyden wrote in October 2022 that Brookfield had twice declined to give his committee information about the transaction. Trump had backed the Saudi-led blockade of Qatar in June 2017 and received Qatar's emir at the White House on April 10, 2018.","sources":[{"title":"Deal Gives Kushners Cash Infusion on 666 Fifth Avenue","outlet":"The New York Times (via Internet Archive)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20180804213703/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/03/nyregion/kushners-building-fifth-avenue-brookfield-lease.html","date":"2018-08-03"},{"title":"Wyden Continues Investigation Into Kushner Conflicts of Interest, Influence on U.S. Foreign Policy","outlet":"U.S. Senate Committee on Finance","url":"https://www.finance.senate.gov/chairmans-news/wyden-continues-investigation-into-kushner-conflicts-of-interest-influence-on-us-foreign-policy","date":"2022-10-13"},{"title":"Qatar Reportedly Disliked Having Even A Small Part In Bailing Out Jared Kushner","outlet":"Bisnow","url":"https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/capital-markets/qatar-revamps-investment-strategy-after-bailing-out-kushner-building-97499","date":"2019-02-13"},{"title":"Kushner Firm Got Hundreds of Millions From 2 Persian Gulf Nations","outlet":"The New York Times (via Internet Archive)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20230331232251/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/30/us/politics/jared-kushner-qatar-united-arab-emirates.html","date":"2023-03-30"},{"title":"White House for Sale: How Princes, Prime Ministers, and Premiers Paid Off President Trump","outlet":"House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Democratic staff report","url":"https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU00/20240110/116733/HMKP-118-JU00-20240110-SD004.pdf","date":"2024-01-04"},{"title":"Qatar: Freedom in the World 2018 Country Report","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/country/qatar/freedom-world/2018","date":"2018"}],"tag_label":"Real estate and licensing","tag_short":"Real estate","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["real-estate"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/autocrats-brookfield-666-fifth-qatar-2018/","sort_key":"2018-08-03","number":31},{"id":"know-trade-offshoring-2018","kind":"knows-better","subject":"unfair trade deals","title":"Understood unfair trade better than anybody","quote":"As you know, I campaigned on that issue; it's very close to my heart. I understand that issue better than anybody.","date":"2018-07-24","venue":"Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention, Kansas City, Missouri","era":"term-1","category":"trade","what_happened":"He was describing companies that close U.S. plants and ship products back tax-free, and said \"We're stopping it.\" Census Bureau and BEA data released March 6, 2019 showed the 2018 goods and services deficit was $621.0 billion, up $68.8 billion (12.5%) from 2017; the goods deficit rose 10.4% to $891.3 billion.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks at the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention in Kansas City, Missouri","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-veterans-foreign-wars-national-convention-kansas-city-missouri-0","date":"2018-07-24"},{"title":"U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, December 2018","outlet":"U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis","url":"https://www.bea.gov/news/2019/us-international-trade-goods-and-services-december-2018","date":"2019-03-06"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/know-trade-offshoring-2018/","sort_key":"2018-07-24","number":28},{"id":"russia-putin-washington-invitation-2018","kind":"russia","tag":"praise","subject":"Putin White House invitation","title":"Invited Putin to Washington three days after Helsinki, then postponed the visit","quote":"The Summit with Russia was a great success, except with the real enemy of the people, the Fake News Media. I look forward to our second meeting so that we can start implementing some of the many things discussed, including stopping terrorism, security for Israel, nuclear........","date":"2018-07-19","venue":"Twitter","era":"term-1","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"On July 19, 2018, press secretary Sarah Sanders announced that Trump had asked national security adviser John Bolton to invite Putin to Washington in the fall and that discussions were under way. CBS News reported that Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats learned of the invitation on stage at a security conference in Aspen and responded, 'Say that again?' Many members of Congress objected to a second meeting. On July 25, Bolton said the meeting would be put off until 'after the first of the year' because Trump believed it should take place 'after the Russia witch hunt is over'. Bolton renewed the invitation for 2019 in October 2018.","sources":[{"title":"Tweets of July 19, 2018","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-july-19-2018","date":"2018-07-19"},{"title":"Trump asks adviser to invite Putin to Washington","outlet":"PBS News (Associated Press)","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-asks-adviser-to-invite-putin-to-washington","date":"2018-07-19"},{"title":"Putin invited to Washington by John Bolton \"after the first of the year\"","outlet":"CBS News","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/putin-invited-to-washington-by-john-bolton-after-the-first-of-the-year/","date":"2018-10-26"},{"title":"US won't recognize Crimea annexation; Trump-Putin II delayed","outlet":"Air Force Times (Associated Press)","url":"https://www.airforcetimes.com/flashpoints/2018/07/25/us-wont-recognize-crimea-annexation-trump-putin-ii-delayed/","date":"2018-07-25"}],"tag_label":"Praise and deference","tag_short":"Praise","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["praise"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/russia-putin-washington-invitation-2018/","sort_key":"2018-07-19","number":47},{"id":"russia-still-targeting-no-2018","kind":"russia","tag":"intelligence","subject":"Russia 'still targeting'","title":"Answered 'No' when asked whether Russia was still targeting the United States","quote":"Thank you very much. No.","date":"2018-07-18","venue":"Cabinet meeting, White House","era":"term-1","category":"elections","what_happened":"Two days after Helsinki, a reporter at a Cabinet meeting asked whether Russia was still targeting the United States. Trump answered 'No', and answered 'No' again when asked to confirm that he did not believe it to be the case, then said 'there's been no President ever as tough as I have been on Russia'. Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats had warned the previous week of a 'critical' threat of cyberattacks with Russia the 'worst offender', and on July 16 had cited Russia's 'ongoing, pervasive efforts to undermine our democracy'. Press secretary Sarah Sanders said later that day that Trump had been saying 'no' to answering questions, and that he believed Russia would target U.S. elections again.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks in a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-cabinet-meeting-and-exchange-with-reporters-6","date":"2018-07-18"},{"title":"Press Briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Sanders","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/press-briefing-press-secretary-sarah-sanders-51","date":"2018-07-18"},{"title":"Trump clashes with intelligence chief over Russian threat","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/16/politics/trump-coats-russian-interference/index.html","date":"2018-07-16"}],"tag_label":"Intelligence and security","tag_short":"Intelligence","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["intelligence"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/russia-still-targeting-no-2018/","sort_key":"2018-07-18","number":46},{"id":"russia-montenegro-nato-defense-2018","kind":"russia","tag":"alliances","subject":"Defending Montenegro","title":"Questioned defending NATO member Montenegro, calling its people 'very aggressive'","quote":"I understand what you're saying. I've asked the same question. Montenegro is a tiny country with very strong people.","date":"2018-07-17","venue":"Fox News interview with Tucker Carlson, recorded in Helsinki and aired July 17, 2018","era":"term-1","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"Tucker Carlson asked why his son should go to defend Montenegro, which joined NATO in 2017, if it were attacked. Trump said he had asked the same question, then said Montenegrins were 'very aggressive people' who 'may get aggressive. And, congratulations, you are in World War III', before adding, 'that's the way it was set up'. NATO's Article 5 treats an attack on one member as an attack on all. A NATO official told the German agency DPA that the commitment remained 'unconditional and ironclad', Senator John McCain said Trump was 'playing right into Putin's hands', and Montenegro's government said its alliance with the United States was 'strong and permanent'. Trump had signed the protocol approving Montenegro's NATO membership in April 2017.","sources":[{"title":"Interview: Tucker Carlson Interviews Donald Trump in Helsinki - July 17, 2018","outlet":"Roll Call / Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-tucker-carlson-fox-helsinki-july-17-2018/","date":"2018-07-17"},{"title":"In Interview, Trump Appears To Question NATO's 'Collective Defense' Clause","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://www.npr.org/2018/07/19/630361006/in-interview-trump-appears-to-question-natos-collective-defense-clause","date":"2018-07-19"},{"title":"Montenegro defends itself after Trump calls tiny nation 'aggressive'","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/19/europe/montenegro-nato-trump-intl","date":"2018-07-19"},{"title":"The President's News Conference With Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/the-presidents-news-conference-with-secretary-general-jens-stoltenberg-the-north-atlantic","date":"2017-04-12"}],"tag_label":"NATO and allies","tag_short":"Alliances","tag_tone":"green","tag_list":["alliances"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/russia-montenegro-nato-defense-2018/","sort_key":"2018-07-17","number":45},{"id":"russia-helsinki-putin-denial-2018","kind":"russia","tag":"intelligence","subject":"Helsinki summit","title":"Sided with Putin's denial over U.S. intelligence agencies on election interference at Helsinki","quote":"My people came to me—Dan Coats came to me and some others—they said they think it's Russia. I have President Putin; he just said it's not Russia. I will say this: I don't see any reason why it would be, but I really do want to see the server.","date":"2018-07-16","venue":"Joint news conference with Vladimir Putin, Helsinki, Finland","era":"term-1","category":"elections","what_happened":"On the morning of the summit Trump wrote that relations with Russia had 'NEVER been worse thanks to many years of U.S. foolishness and stupidity and now, the Rigged Witch Hunt!' At the news conference, days after the Justice Department indicted 12 Russian agents for hacking Democrats in 2016, he was asked whether he believed U.S. intelligence agencies or Putin. He said he did not see any reason why it would be Russia, that Putin 'was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today', and that he held 'both countries responsible' for the state of relations. Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats issued a statement the same day, without White House clearance, standing by the assessment of Russian meddling and 'their ongoing, pervasive efforts to undermine our democracy'. House Speaker Paul Ryan said Trump 'must appreciate that Russia is not our ally', and Senator John McCain called the performance 'one of the most disgraceful' by an American president in memory. On July 17 Trump said he had meant to say 'wouldn't' rather than 'would', that he accepted the intelligence community's conclusion that Russia meddled, and added: 'Could be other people also.'","featured":true,"sources":[{"title":"The President's News Conference With President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin of Russia in Helsinki, Finland","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/the-presidents-news-conference-with-president-vladimir-vladimirovich-putin-russia-helsinki","date":"2018-07-16"},{"title":"Tweets of July 16, 2018","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-july-16-2018","date":"2018-07-16"},{"title":"Remarks in a Meeting With Republican Members of Congress and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-meeting-with-republican-members-congress-and-exchange-with-reporters","date":"2018-07-17"},{"title":"Trump sides with Putin over US intelligence","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/16/politics/donald-trump-putin-helsinki-summit","date":"2018-07-16"},{"title":"Trump clashes with intelligence chief over Russian threat","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/16/politics/trump-coats-russian-interference/index.html","date":"2018-07-16"},{"title":"Top Republicans in Congress break with Trump over Putin comments","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/16/politics/congress-reaction-trump-putin-comments/index.html","date":"2018-07-16"},{"title":"John McCain: Trump gave 'one of the most disgraceful performances by an American president in memory'","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/16/politics/john-mccain-statement-trump-putin-summit/index.html","date":"2018-07-16"}],"tag_label":"Intelligence and security","tag_short":"Intelligence","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["intelligence"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/russia-helsinki-putin-denial-2018/","sort_key":"2018-07-16","number":44},{"id":"russia-helsinki-mcfaul-offer-2018","kind":"russia","tag":"intelligence","subject":"Putin's questioning offer","title":"Called Putin's proposal to question Americans in return for access to indicted Russians 'an incredible offer'","quote":"And what he did is an incredible offer; he offered to have the people working on the case come and work with their investigators with respect to the 12 people. I think that's an incredible offer.","date":"2018-07-16","venue":"Joint news conference with Vladimir Putin, Helsinki, Finland","era":"term-1","category":"elections","what_happened":"At Helsinki, Putin said Russia could let U.S. investigators be present when it questioned the 12 Russians indicted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, on condition that Russian law enforcement could in turn question Americans, and he named associates of financier Bill Browder. Trump called it 'an incredible offer'. Russian authorities then named Americans they wanted to question, including former U.S. ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul. On July 18, press secretary Sarah Sanders said Trump would 'meet with his team' on the idea and that no commitment had been made. On July 19 the White House said the proposal 'was made in sincerity by President Putin, but President Trump disagrees with it'. The Senate voted 98-0 the same day for a resolution that no current or former U.S. official should be made available to Putin's government for interrogation.","sources":[{"title":"The President's News Conference With President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin of Russia in Helsinki, Finland","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/the-presidents-news-conference-with-president-vladimir-vladimirovich-putin-russia-helsinki","date":"2018-07-16"},{"title":"Press Briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Sanders","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/press-briefing-press-secretary-sarah-sanders-51","date":"2018-07-18"},{"title":"After days of statements, Senate takes steps against Russia","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/19/politics/senate-votes-republicans-russia/index.html","date":"2018-07-19"}],"tag_label":"Intelligence and security","tag_short":"Intelligence","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["intelligence"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/russia-helsinki-mcfaul-offer-2018/","sort_key":"2018-07-16","number":43},{"id":"russia-nato-summit-withdrawal-threat-2018","kind":"russia","tag":"alliances","subject":"NATO summit, Brussels","title":"Said he could probably pull the U.S. out of NATO without Congress after reported ultimatum to allies","quote":"I think I probably can, but that's unnecessary.","date":"2018-07-12","venue":"News conference after the NATO summit, Brussels","era":"term-1","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"At the NATO summit on July 11 and 12, 2018, Trump criticized allies over defense spending and Germany over a gas pipeline from Russia. NBC News reported, citing The Washington Post and two officials familiar with the discussions, that he prompted an emergency session of leaders by warning that the United States would go it alone or 'do its own thing' unless members immediately raised spending. Asked at his news conference whether he was still threatening to pull the United States out of NATO and could do so without Congress, he said he probably could but that it was unnecessary because members had 'stepped up', and called NATO 'very unified, very strong'. French President Emmanuel Macron said Trump never threatened to withdraw, and that the summit declaration 'confirms the goal of 2 percent by 2024. That's all.' Trump met Putin in Helsinki four days later.","sources":[{"title":"The President's News Conference in Brussels, Belgium","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/the-presidents-news-conference-brussels-belgium","date":"2018-07-12"},{"title":"Trump's wrecking ball tears through NATO","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna890821","date":"2018-07-12"},{"title":"NATO insists it's united as Trump lashes allies over budgets","outlet":"Air Force Times (Associated Press)","url":"https://www.airforcetimes.com/flashpoints/2018/07/13/nato-insists-its-united-as-trump-lashes-allies-over-budgets/","date":"2018-07-13"},{"title":"What Trump Got Out Of The NATO Summit","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://www.npr.org/2018/07/12/628340005/what-trump-got-out-of-the-nato-summit","date":"2018-07-12"}],"tag_label":"NATO and allies","tag_short":"Alliances","tag_tone":"green","tag_list":["alliances"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/russia-nato-summit-withdrawal-threat-2018/","sort_key":"2018-07-12","number":42},{"id":"russia-crimea-have-to-see-2018","kind":"russia","tag":"ukraine","subject":"Recognition of Crimea","title":"Declined to rule out recognizing Russia's annexation of Crimea ahead of the Helsinki summit","quote":"We're going to have to see.","date":"2018-06-29","venue":"Aboard Air Force One en route to New Jersey","era":"term-1","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"Asked on June 29, 2018, whether reports that he might drop U.S. opposition to Russia's annexation of Crimea were true, Trump said: 'We're going to have to see.' Asked whether he would consider lifting the sanctions imposed over the annexation, he said: 'We'll see what Russia does.' He said he would raise Ukraine, Syria and election interference with Putin at their July 16 summit. Under both the Obama administration and, until then, Trump's, U.S. policy had been that the annexation violated international law. On July 25, 2018, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued the Crimea Declaration, which stated that the United States 'rejects Russia's attempted annexation of Crimea' and would maintain that policy until Ukraine's territorial integrity is restored.","sources":[{"title":"Trump Doesn't Rule Out Recognizing Russia's Annexation Of Crimea","outlet":"RFE/RL","url":"https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-doesnt-rule-out-recognizing-russian-annexation-ukraine-crimean-peninsula/29328403.html","date":"2018-06-29"},{"title":"Pompeo declares US won't recognize Crimea as part of Russia","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/25/politics/pompeo-us-crimea-russia/index.html","date":"2018-07-25"},{"title":"Crimea Declaration","outlet":"U.S. Department of State","url":"https://2017-2021.state.gov/crimea-declaration/","date":"2018-07-25"},{"title":"US won't recognize Crimea annexation; Trump-Putin II delayed","outlet":"Air Force Times (Associated Press)","url":"https://www.airforcetimes.com/flashpoints/2018/07/25/us-wont-recognize-crimea-annexation-trump-putin-ii-delayed/","date":"2018-07-25"}],"tag_label":"Ukraine","tag_short":"Ukraine","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["ukraine"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/russia-crimea-have-to-see-2018/","sort_key":"2018-06-29","number":41},{"id":"offensive-maxine-waters-low-iq-2018","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Rep. Maxine Waters","title":"Called Rep. Maxine Waters 'an extraordinarily low IQ person' and warned 'Be careful what you wish for Max!'","quote":"Congresswoman Maxine Waters, an extraordinarily low IQ person, has become, together with Nancy Pelosi, the Face of the Democrat Party. She has just called for harm to supporters, of which there are many, of the Make America Great Again movement. Be careful what you wish for Max!","date":"2018-06-25","venue":"Twitter","era":"term-1","category":"other","what_happened":"Waters had urged supporters to confront administration officials in public places after protests at restaurants. She said she had called for 'peaceful, very peaceful protest,' not harm. Trump made 'low IQ' Maxine Waters a regular line in his 2018 midterm rally speeches, CNN reported.","sources":[{"title":"Tweets of June 25, 2018","outlet":"American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-june-25-2018","date":"2018-06-25"},{"title":"Trump tweets 'low IQ' Maxine Waters: 'Be careful what you wish for'","outlet":"Axios","url":"https://www.axios.com/2018/06/25/trump-tweets-low-iq-maxine-waters-be-careful-what-you-wish-for","date":"2018-06-25"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/offensive-maxine-waters-low-iq-2018/","sort_key":"2018-06-25","number":72},{"id":"offensive-infest-our-country-2018","kind":"offensive","target":"immigrants","subject":"Undocumented immigrants","title":"Tweeted that Democrats want illegal immigrants to 'pour into and infest our Country'","quote":"Democrats are the problem. They don't care about crime and want illegal immigrants, no matter how bad they may be, to pour into and infest our Country, like MS-13.","date":"2018-06-19","venue":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"term-1","category":"immigration","what_happened":"The tweet came at the height of public outcry over family separations under the administration's 'zero tolerance' border policy. On June 20, 2018, Trump signed an executive order ending the separations, though many children were still apart from their parents. On June 24 he tweeted, 'We cannot allow all of these people to invade our Country,' and called for sending people back 'with no Judges or Court Cases.'","sources":[{"title":"Tweets of June 19, 2018","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-june-19-2018","date":"2018-06-19"},{"title":"Trump Re-Ups 'Infestation' Rhetoric In Immigration Debate","outlet":"CBS Chicago (CNN)","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/donald-trump-immigration-infestation-ms-13-gangs/","date":"2018-06-19"},{"title":"Tweets of June 24, 2018","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-june-24-2018","date":"2018-06-24"}],"tag":"immigrants","tag_label":"Immigrants","tag_short":"Immigrants","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["immigrants"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/offensive-infest-our-country-2018/","sort_key":"2018-06-19","number":71},{"id":"russia-g7-readmission-2018","kind":"russia","tag":"alliances","subject":"G7 summit, Charlevoix","title":"Called for Russia to be readmitted to the G7 four years after its expulsion over Crimea","quote":"And in the G-7, which used to be the G-8, they threw Russia out. They should let Russia come back in. Because we should have Russia at the negotiating table.","date":"2018-06-08","venue":"Exchange with reporters at the White House before departing for the G7 summit in Canada","era":"term-1","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"Russia was expelled from the Group of Eight in 2014 after it annexed Crimea. Leaving for the G7 summit in Quebec on June 8, 2018, Trump said Russia should be readmitted, adding that he had been 'Russia's worst nightmare'. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the European Union members attending were all against the idea; Italy's new prime minister, Giuseppe Conte, initially supported it. At his closing news conference on June 9, asked whether Crimea should be recognized as Russian, Trump said Barack Obama 'allowed Russia to take Crimea' and that 'it's been done a long time', and said he would rather see Russia in a G8 than a G7. BuzzFeed News reported on June 14, citing two diplomatic sources, that Trump told leaders at the summit dinner that Crimea was Russian because everyone there speaks Russian; press secretary Sarah Sanders said she was not aware of any such comment and would not discuss a private conversation.","featured":true,"sources":[{"title":"Remarks in an Exchange With Reporters Prior to Departure for Charlevoix, Canada","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-exchange-with-reporters-prior-departure-for-charlevoix-canada","date":"2018-06-08"},{"title":"The President's News Conference in Charlevoix, Canada","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/the-presidents-news-conference-charlevoix-canada","date":"2018-06-09"},{"title":"G7: Trump isolated over trade and Russia on first day","outlet":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44409775","date":"2018-06-09"},{"title":"Trump Told G7 Leaders That Crimea Is Russian Because Everyone Speaks Russian In Crimea","outlet":"BuzzFeed News (via Internet Archive)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260920231740/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/albertonardelli/trump-russia-crimea","date":"2018-06-14"},{"title":"Trump Wants Russia Back In G-7","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://www.npr.org/2018/06/08/618207065/trump-wants-russia-back-in-g-7","date":"2018-06-08"}],"tag_label":"NATO and allies","tag_short":"Alliances","tag_tone":"green","tag_list":["alliances"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/russia-g7-readmission-2018/","sort_key":"2018-06-08","number":40},{"id":"know-deals-north-korea-2018","kind":"knows-better","subject":"deals (North Korea)","title":"Knew deals better than anybody knows deals","quote":"I've made a lot of deals. I know deals, I think, better than anybody knows deals. You never really know.","date":"2018-05-22","venue":"Remarks before a meeting with President Moon Jae-in of South Korea, the Oval Office","era":"term-1","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"He was discussing prospects for a deal with North Korea ahead of the June 12, 2018 Singapore summit. At the second summit in Hanoi on February 28, 2019, he and Secretary Pompeo decided \"it wasn't a good thing to be signing anything\" and left without an agreement; Pompeo said the teams had worked for weeks toward \"a big step\" beyond what the two leaders agreed in Singapore.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Moon Jae-in of South Korea and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-prior-meeting-with-president-moon-jae-south-korea-and-exchange-with-reporters","date":"2018-05-22"},{"title":"The President's News Conference on Sentosa Island, Singapore","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/the-presidents-news-conference-sentosa-island-singapore","date":"2018-06-12"},{"title":"The President's News Conference in Hanoi, Vietnam","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/the-presidents-news-conference-hanoi-vietnam","date":"2019-02-28"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/know-deals-north-korea-2018/","sort_key":"2018-05-22","number":27},{"id":"offensive-these-are-animals-2018","kind":"offensive","target":"immigrants","subject":"Deported immigrants / MS-13 gang members","title":"Said of people being deported 'These aren't people. These are animals' at a sanctuary-policy roundtable","quote":"We have people coming into the country, or trying to come in -- and we're stopping a lot of them -- but we're taking people out of the country. You wouldn't believe how bad these people are. These aren't people. These are animals.","date":"2018-05-16","venue":"White House roundtable on California sanctuary policies","era":"term-1","category":"immigration","what_happened":"Trump was answering Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims, who had mentioned MS-13. Speaker Nancy Pelosi and others said he had called undocumented immigrants 'animals.' The next day he said he meant MS-13. FactCheck.org noted that his remark itself did not name the gang. He had called MS-13 members 'animals' many times since 2017. In 2024 he regularly told crowds that Pelosi had said not to call them animals and that 'they're not human beings' (e.g. Detroit, June 15, 2024).","sources":[{"title":"Remarks: Donald Trump Hosts a Roundtable on Immigration and California - May 16, 2018","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-remarks-roundtable-sanctuary-california-may-16-2018/","date":"2018-05-16"},{"title":"Trump's and Pelosi's Immigration Spat","outlet":"FactCheck.org","url":"https://www.factcheck.org/2018/05/trumps-and-pelosis-immigration-spat","date":"2018-05-17"},{"title":"Trump: 'Animals' was about the violent MS-13 gang","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-animals-was-about-ms-13-gang-n875156","date":"2018-05-17"}],"tag":"immigrants","tag_label":"Immigrants","tag_short":"Immigrants","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["immigrants"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/offensive-these-are-animals-2018/","sort_key":"2018-05-16","number":70},{"id":"autocrats-ivanka-trademarks-zte-2018","kind":"autocrats","tag":"payments","subject":"China","country":"China","beneficiary":"Ivanka Trump (Ivanka Trump Marks LLC)","amount":"","freedom_house":"Not Free (2018)","title":"China approved Ivanka Trump trademarks on May 7, 2018, six days before Trump moved to rescue ZTE","quote":"President Xi of China, and I, are working together to give massive Chinese phone company, ZTE, a way to get back into business, fast. Too many jobs in China lost. Commerce Department has been instructed to get it done!","date":"2018-05-07","venue":"Quote: Twitter, May 13, 2018; trademark records published by CREW","era":"term-1","category":"ethics","what_happened":"Chinese trademark records made public by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington show that Ivanka Trump Marks LLC received initial approval on May 7, 2018 for five trademark applications filed in 2017, covering goods such as bathmats, textiles and baby blankets; CNBC counted seven Chinese trademarks registered to the brand in May 2018, and The Guardian reported that in the preceding three months China had granted final approval for 13 of her trademarks and provisional approval for eight more. On May 13, 2018, Trump tweeted that he and President Xi were working to give ZTE, which the Commerce Department had barred from U.S. suppliers in April for violating sanctions on Iran and North Korea, \"a way to get back into business, fast.\" The administration later lifted the ban in exchange for a $1.3 billion penalty and management changes. CREW executive director Noah Bookbinder said the timing \"raises significant questions about corruption.\" CNBC noted the applications had been filed in early 2017, more than a year earlier, and that it was not clear the pace of approval was unusual. Ivanka Trump had stepped back from running the company but continued to profit from it. Freedom House rated China Not Free in its 2018 report.","sources":[{"title":"Ivanka Trump won China trademarks days before her father's reversal on ZTE","outlet":"The Guardian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/28/ivanka-trump-won-china-trademarks-donald-trump-zte-reversal","date":"2018-05-28"},{"title":"Ivanka Trump's Chinese trademarks raise questions about potential conflicts of interest","outlet":"CNBC","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/29/ivanka-trump-chinese-trademarks-raise-conflict-of-interest-questions.html","date":"2018-05-29"},{"title":"Tweet of May 13, 2018 (ZTE)","outlet":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/995680316458262533","date":"2018-05-13"},{"title":"China: Freedom in the World 2018 Country Report","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/country/china/freedom-world/2018","date":"2018"}],"tag_label":"Gifts and payments","tag_short":"Payments","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["payments"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/autocrats-ivanka-trademarks-zte-2018/","sort_key":"2018-05-07","number":30},{"id":"know-construction","kind":"knows-better","subject":"construction","title":"Nobody knows more about construction than he does","quote":"You will spend so much—nobody knows more about construction than I do. You will spend so much—you're going to make it so hard that you can't run a D8—you know what that is, right—through the doors.","date":"2018-05-04","venue":"NRA Leadership Forum, Dallas, Texas, discussing plans to harden schools","era":"term-1","category":"other","what_happened":"His signature construction project was the border wall. By January 2021, 458 miles had been built, of which 373 miles replaced existing barriers and 52 miles were new primary wall where none stood before. Former CBP Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske said in 2020 the barrier cost \"multi-millions of dollars\" per mile plus maintenance and that \"the money is much better invested in technology than barriers.\"","sources":[{"title":"Remarks at the National Rifle Association Leadership Forum in Dallas, Texas","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-national-rifle-association-leadership-forum-dallas-texas","date":"2018-05-04"},{"title":"Everything Trump says he knows \"more about than anybody\"","outlet":"Axios","url":"https://www.axios.com/2019/01/05/everything-trump-says-he-knows-more-about-than-anybody","date":"2019-01-05"},{"title":"Trump's Final Numbers","outlet":"FactCheck.org","url":"https://www.factcheck.org/2021/10/trumps-final-numbers/","date":"2021-10-08"},{"title":"Former border commissioner: President Trump's 'incredibly expensive' border policy didn't make sense in first place","outlet":"Yahoo Finance","url":"https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-border-wall-expensive-160152015.html","date":"2020-09-19"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/know-construction/","sort_key":"2018-05-04","number":26},{"id":"russia-haley-sanctions-halted-2018","kind":"russia","tag":"sanctions","subject":"Haley sanctions reversal","title":"Held back Russia sanctions that Nikki Haley had announced on television","quote":"Yes, we'll do sanctions. As soon as they very much deserve it, we will have—that is a question. There has been nobody tougher on Russia than President Donald Trump.","date":"2018-04-18","venue":"News conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Palm Beach, Florida","era":"term-1","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"On April 15, 2018, U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley said on CBS's Face the Nation that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin would announce new sanctions the next day on companies dealing in equipment related to Syria's chemical weapons. No sanctions were announced. CNN reported, citing administration officials, that Trump decided not to go forward, and Russia's foreign ministry said the United States had informed its embassy that there would be no new sanctions for now. Economic adviser Larry Kudlow said Haley 'got ahead of the curve' and that there 'might have been some momentary confusion'; Haley replied, 'With all due respect, I don't get confused', and Kudlow apologized, saying 'the policy was changed and she wasn't told about it'. Asked on April 18 why he had delayed the sanctions, Trump said they would come when Russia deserved them. On April 6, Treasury had sanctioned seven Russian oligarchs, 12 companies and 17 officials.","featured":true,"sources":[{"title":"The President's News Conference With Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan in Palm Beach, Florida","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/the-presidents-news-conference-with-prime-minister-shinzo-abe-japan-palm-beach-florida","date":"2018-04-18"},{"title":"Trump decided to abandon plans for more Russia sanctions","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/18/politics/trump-russia-sanctions-haley/index.html","date":"2018-04-18"},{"title":"Russia: White House Says No New Sanctions For Now","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/18/603492171/russia-white-house-says-no-new-sanctions-for-now","date":"2018-04-18"},{"title":"Spat over Haley 'confusion' raises questions about Trump foreign policy","outlet":"ABC News","url":"https://abcnews.com/Politics/spat-haley-confusion-raises-questions-trump-foreign-policy/story?id=54555301","date":"2018-04-18"},{"title":"Treasury Designates Russian Oligarchs, Officials, and Entities in Response to Worldwide Malign Activity","outlet":"U.S. Department of the Treasury","url":"https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm0338","date":"2018-04-06"}],"tag_label":"Sanctions and pressure","tag_short":"Sanctions","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["sanctions"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/russia-haley-sanctions-halted-2018/","sort_key":"2018-04-18","number":39},{"id":"china-trade-war-lost-2018","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"trade deficit and IP theft","title":"Said the trade war with China \"was lost many years ago\"","quote":"We are not in a trade war with China, that war was lost many years ago by the foolish, or incompetent, people who represented the U.S. Now we have a Trade Deficit of $500 Billion a year, with Intellectual Property Theft of another $300 Billion. We cannot let this continue!","date":"2018-04-04","venue":"Post on Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"term-1","category":"trade","what_happened":"Census Bureau figures show the U.S. goods deficit with China was $375.2 billion in 2017, not $500 billion, and peaked at $418.2 billion in 2018. Four days after the tweet, on April 8, 2018, Trump wrote, \"President Xi and I will always be friends, no matter what happens with our dispute on trade.\" The goods deficit was $342.6 billion in 2019 and $308.0 billion in 2020.","sources":[{"title":"Tweet: 'We are not in a trade war with China, that war was lost many years ago'","outlet":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/981492087328792577","date":"2018-04-04"},{"title":"Trade in Goods with China","outlet":"U.S. Census Bureau","url":"https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html","date":"2026-09-28"},{"title":"Tweet: 'President Xi and I will always be friends, no matter what happens with our dispute on trade.'","outlet":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/982954355509907457","date":"2018-04-08"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/china-trade-war-lost-2018/","sort_key":"2018-04-04","number":46},{"id":"china-section-301-ip-theft-2018","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"trade deficit and IP theft","title":"Called the China trade deficit \"out of control\" while announcing Section 301 tariffs","quote":"But we have a trade deficit, depending on the way you calculate, of $504 billion. Now, some people would say it's really $375 billion. Many different ways of looking at it, but any way you look at it, it is the largest deficit of any country in the history of our world. It's out of control. We have a tremendous intellectual property theft situation going on, which likewise is hundreds of billions of dollars.","date":"2018-03-22","venue":"Remarks on signing a Section 301 memorandum on China, the White House","era":"term-1","category":"trade","what_happened":"In the same remarks Trump said of China, \"I view them as a friend; I have tremendous respect for President Xi.\" Census Bureau figures put the 2017 goods deficit with China at $375.2 billion; it rose to $418.2 billion in 2018 before falling to $342.6 billion in 2019. By February 2020 average U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods were 19.3 percent, more than six times the January 2018 level, according to the Peterson Institute for International Economics. China ultimately bought 58 percent of the U.S. exports it committed to purchase under the January 2020 Phase One agreement.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks on Signing a Memorandum on Actions by the United States Related to the Section 301 Investigation of China's Laws, Policies, Practices, or Actions Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-signing-memorandum-actions-the-united-states-related-the-section-301-investigation","date":"2018-03-22"},{"title":"Trade in Goods with China","outlet":"U.S. Census Bureau","url":"https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html","date":"2026-09-28"},{"title":"US-China Trade War Tariffs: An Up-to-Date Chart","outlet":"Peterson Institute for International Economics","url":"https://www.piie.com/research/piie-charts/2019/us-china-trade-war-tariffs-date-chart","date":"2019-08-29"},{"title":"China bought none of the extra $200 billion of US exports in Trump's trade deal","outlet":"Peterson Institute for International Economics","url":"https://www.piie.com/blogs/realtime-economics/china-bought-none-extra-200-billion-us-exports-trumps-trade-deal","date":"2022-07-19"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/china-section-301-ip-theft-2018/","sort_key":"2018-03-22","number":45},{"id":"russia-congratulates-putin-reelection-2018","kind":"russia","tag":"praise","subject":"Putin re-election call","title":"Congratulated Putin on re-election against advice in his briefing materials","quote":"I had a call with President Putin and congratulated him on the victory—his electoral victory.","date":"2018-03-20","venue":"Oval Office, before a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman","era":"term-1","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"Trump called Putin on March 20, 2018, two days after Putin's re-election, and congratulated him. The Associated Press, confirming a Washington Post report, said a section of Trump's briefing materials for the call read 'DO NOT CONGRATULATE'; it was unclear whether he had read them, and the White House called the leak 'a fireable offense and likely illegal'. AP reported that Trump did not raise Russia's election meddling or its suspected involvement in the nerve agent poisoning of a former spy in Britain. Senator John McCain said an American president 'does not lead the free world by congratulating dictators on winning sham elections'; the White House noted that Barack Obama had made a similar call after Putin's previous election. Trump wrote the next day that the media 'wanted me to excoriate him. They are wrong!' On March 26, 2018, he ordered the expulsion of 60 Russian intelligence officers and the closure of Russia's consulate in Seattle in response to the poisoning.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks Prior to a Meeting With Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-prior-meeting-with-crown-prince-muhammad-bin-salman-bin-abd-al-aziz-al-saud-saudi","date":"2018-03-20"},{"title":"Readout of President Donald J. Trump's Call with President Vladimir Putin of Russia","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/readout-president-donald-j-trumps-call-with-president-vladimir-putin-russia-1","date":"2018-03-20"},{"title":"Briefing papers warned Trump: 'DO NOT CONGRATULATE' Putin","outlet":"PBS News (Associated Press)","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/briefing-papers-warned-trump-do-not-congratulate-putin","date":"2018-03-21"},{"title":"Tweets of March 21, 2018","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-march-21-2018","date":"2018-03-21"},{"title":"Background Press Call by Senior Administration Officials on the Expulsion of Russian Intelligence Officers","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/background-press-call-senior-administration-officials-the-expulsion-russian-intelligence","date":"2018-03-26"}],"tag_label":"Praise and deference","tag_short":"Praise","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["praise"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/russia-congratulates-putin-reelection-2018/","sort_key":"2018-03-20","number":38},{"id":"autocrats-saudi-payments-first-term-2018","kind":"autocrats","tag":"payments","subject":"Saudi Arabia","country":"Saudi Arabia","beneficiary":"Donald Trump (Trump International Hotel, Washington; Trump World Tower)","amount":"$615,422 (estimate for 2017-2020)","freedom_house":"Not Free (2018)","title":"Saudi defense ministry delegation pays $78,342 for a week at Trump's Washington hotel","quote":"","date":"2018-03-07","venue":"House Oversight Committee Democratic staff report based on Mazars records, January 4, 2024","era":"term-1","category":"ethics","what_happened":"Records from Trump's former accounting firm, Mazars, show that the Saudi Ministry of Defense paid $78,342 to the Trump International Hotel in Washington for a stay from March 7 to March 15, 2018, according to a House Oversight Committee Democratic staff report; Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met Trump at the White House on March 20, 2018. Adding estimated charges on the floor the kingdom owns in Trump World Tower, the report put Saudi payments to Trump businesses during his term at no less than $615,422, part of at least $7.8 million from 20 governments. After the killing of Jamal Khashoggi on October 2, 2018, Trump said in a November 20 statement that the United States intended \"to remain a steadfast partner of Saudi Arabia\". On May 24, 2019, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo used an emergency determination to complete 22 arms transfers worth about $8.1 billion to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan, and on July 24, 2019 Trump vetoed a resolution that would have blocked licenses for Saudi Arabia. The report alleged violations of the foreign emoluments clause; Eric Trump told ABC News that the \"narrative is insane\" and cited the company's voluntary donation of profits from foreign governments to the Treasury.","featured":true,"sources":[{"title":"White House for Sale: How Princes, Prime Ministers, and Premiers Paid Off President Trump","outlet":"House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Democratic staff report","url":"https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU00/20240110/116733/HMKP-118-JU00-20240110-SD004.pdf","date":"2024-01-04"},{"title":"Trump's businesses got at least $7.8 million in foreign payments while he was president, House Democrats say","outlet":"CBS News","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-foreign-payments-emoluments-clause-house-democrats/","date":"2024-01-04"},{"title":"Trump's businesses received millions from foreign entities during his presidency, House report says","outlet":"ABC News","url":"https://abcnews.com/US/trumps-businesses-received-millions-foreign-entities-presidency-house/story?id=106106433","date":"2024-01-04"},{"title":"Statement on Standing With Saudi Arabia","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-standing-with-saudi-arabia","date":"2018-11-20"},{"title":"Emergency Notification of Arms Sales to Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia","outlet":"U.S. Department of State","url":"https://2017-2021.state.gov/emergency-notification-of-arms-sales-to-jordan-the-united-arab-emirates-and-saudi-arabia/","date":"2019-05-24"},{"title":"Message to the Senate Returning Without Approval Legislation Regarding Congressional Disapproval of the Proposed Transfer of Certain Defense Articles and Services to Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, Spain, and Italy","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/message-the-senate-returning-without-approval-legislation-regarding-congressional-0","date":"2019-07-24"},{"title":"Saudi Arabia: Freedom in the World 2018 Country Report","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/country/saudi-arabia/freedom-world/2018","date":"2018"}],"tag_label":"Gifts and payments","tag_short":"Payments","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["payments"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/autocrats-saudi-payments-first-term-2018/","sort_key":"2018-03-07","number":29},{"id":"autocrats-saudi-entourage-new-york-hotel-2018","kind":"autocrats","tag":"payments","subject":"Saudi Arabia","country":"Saudi Arabia","beneficiary":"Donald Trump (Trump International Hotel, New York)","amount":"","freedom_house":"Not Free (2018)","title":"Stay by Saudi crown prince's entourage lifts revenue at Trump's New York hotel","quote":"","date":"2018-03","venue":"Reported by The Washington Post from a hotel manager's letter to investors","era":"term-1","category":"ethics","what_happened":"The general manager of the Trump International Hotel in Manhattan wrote to investors on May 15, 2018 that room revenue rose 13 percent in the first quarter after two years of decline, and that one major factor was \"a last-minute visit to New York by the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia,\" The Washington Post reported on August 3, 2018. The letter said the crown prince and royal family members did not stay at the hotel but that it accommodated \"many of the accompanying travelers\" during a five-day stay in March. The Post noted that the Trump Organization manages the hotel but does not own it. A Saudi Embassy spokeswoman said no one in the crown prince's official delegation stayed there and that she did not know whether the government paid for any travelers who did; the Trump Organization did not answer questions about who paid. The Post also reported that bookings from Saudi Arabia at Trump's Chicago hotel rose from 81 room-nights in the first half of 2016 to 218 in the first half of 2018.","sources":[{"title":"At President Trump's hotel in New York, revenue went up this spring — thanks to a visit from big-spending Saudis","outlet":"The Washington Post (via Internet Archive)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20180805014434/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/at-president-trumps-hotel-in-new-york-revenue-went-up-this-spring--thanks-to-a-visit-from-big-spending-saudis/2018/08/03/58755392-9112-11e8-bcd5-9d911c784c38_story.html","date":"2018-08-03"},{"title":"'I like them very much:' Trump has long-standing business ties with Saudis, who have boosted his hotels since he took office","outlet":"The Washington Post (via Internet Archive)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20181012120453/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/i-like-them-very-much-trump-has-long-standing-business-ties-with-saudis-who-have-boosted-his-hotels-since-he-took-office/2018/10/11/0870df24-cd67-11e8-a360-85875bac0b1f_story.html","date":"2018-10-11"},{"title":"'I love the Saudis': Trump business ties to kingdom run deep","outlet":"Associated Press (via Fox Business)","url":"https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/i-love-the-saudis-trump-business-ties-to-kingdom-run-deep","date":"2018-10-12"},{"title":"White House for Sale: How Princes, Prime Ministers, and Premiers Paid Off President Trump","outlet":"House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Democratic staff report","url":"https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU00/20240110/116733/HMKP-118-JU00-20240110-SD004.pdf","date":"2024-01-04"},{"title":"Saudi Arabia: Freedom in the World 2018 Country Report","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/country/saudi-arabia/freedom-world/2018","date":"2018"}],"tag_label":"Gifts and payments","tag_short":"Payments","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["payments"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/autocrats-saudi-entourage-new-york-hotel-2018/","sort_key":"2018-03","number":28},{"id":"russia-no-new-sanctions-deadline-2018","kind":"russia","tag":"sanctions","subject":"Sanctions law deadline","title":"Imposed no new sanctions on the deadline set by the 2017 Russia sanctions law","quote":"The new language also ensures our agencies can delay sanctions on the intelligence and defense sectors, because those sanctions could negatively affect American companies and those of our allies.","date":"2018-01-29","venue":"State Department and Treasury announcements (quote from Trump's signing statement, August 2, 2017)","era":"term-1","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"The Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act set deadlines for the administration to act against buyers of Russian defense and intelligence equipment and to report on senior Russian figures and oligarchs; CNN reported that the administration had missed an earlier October 1, 2017, deadline by almost a month. On January 29, 2018, the State Department said sanctions on specific entities 'will not need to be imposed because the legislation is, in fact, serving as a deterrent', estimating that foreign governments had abandoned several billion dollars in planned Russian arms purchases. Treasury published a list of 114 senior political figures and 96 oligarchs that it said was 'not a sanctions list'; CNN reported the oligarch names matched a Forbes list of Russian billionaires. Representative Eliot Engel said the administration had shown 'they won't act'. The administration later used the law: Treasury sanctioned five entities and 19 individuals on March 15, 2018, over election interference and cyberattacks, and seven oligarchs, 12 companies and 17 officials on April 6, 2018.","sources":[{"title":"US names Russian oligarchs in 'Putin list' but imposes no new sanctions","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://edition.cnn.com/2018/01/29/politics/trump-russia-sanctions/index.html","date":"2018-01-29"},{"title":"Treasury Releases CAATSA Reports, Including on Senior Foreign Political Figures and Oligarchs in the Russian Federation","outlet":"U.S. Department of the Treasury","url":"https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm0271","date":"2018-01-29"},{"title":"Statement on Signing the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-signing-the-countering-americas-adversaries-through-sanctions-act-0","date":"2017-08-02"},{"title":"Treasury Sanctions Russian Cyber Actors for Interference with the 2016 U.S. Elections and Malicious Cyber-Attacks","outlet":"U.S. Department of the Treasury","url":"https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm0312","date":"2018-03-15"},{"title":"Treasury Designates Russian Oligarchs, Officials, and Entities in Response to Worldwide Malign Activity","outlet":"U.S. Department of the Treasury","url":"https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm0338","date":"2018-04-06"}],"tag_label":"Sanctions and pressure","tag_short":"Sanctions","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["sanctions"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/russia-no-new-sanctions-deadline-2018/","sort_key":"2018-01-29","number":37},{"id":"autocrats-qatar-world-tower-apartment-2018","kind":"autocrats","tag":"real-estate","subject":"Qatar","country":"Qatar","beneficiary":"Donald Trump (Trump World Tower)","amount":"$6.5 million purchase price; $465,744 in estimated charges (2017-2020)","freedom_house":"Not Free (2018)","title":"Qatar buys a fourth apartment in Trump World Tower for $6.5 million","quote":"These apartments, plus the recent unit, were all purchased due to their location, nothing more","speaker":"Qatar's mission to the United Nations","date":"2018-01-17","venue":"Email to The Guardian; purchase recorded in New York City property records","era":"term-1","category":"ethics","what_happened":"Qatar's mission to the United Nations signed a deal on January 17, 2018 for a $6.5 million apartment in Trump World Tower, its fourth unit in the building, The Guardian reported from city records. The sellers were two sisters who had bought the unit in 2007; Trump's company is paid monthly charges by the building's residents. A House Oversight Democratic staff report estimated from Mazars records that Qatar paid $465,744 in base charges on its units during Trump's term. The purchase came during a blockade of Qatar by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which began in June 2017 and which Trump initially backed; he received Qatar's emir at the White House on April 10, 2018. The same report said rooms at Trump's Washington hotel were booked from January to March 2018 under the name \"Sheikh Al Thani Family\" at a cost of more than $283,000, but excluded that sum from its totals after Qatar's ambassador wrote that the guests were private citizens and not government officials. The Trump Organization did not respond to The Guardian's request for comment, and Trump's lawyers have argued that payments for services at fair market value are not emoluments.","sources":[{"title":"Trump set to benefit as Qatar buys $6.5m apartment in New York tower","outlet":"The Guardian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/04/trump-qatar-buys-apartment-new-york-tower","date":"2018-05-04"},{"title":"White House for Sale: How Princes, Prime Ministers, and Premiers Paid Off President Trump","outlet":"House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Democratic staff report","url":"https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU00/20240110/116733/HMKP-118-JU00-20240110-SD004.pdf","date":"2024-01-04"},{"title":"Trump's businesses got at least $7.8 million in foreign payments while he was president, House Democrats say","outlet":"CBS News","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-foreign-payments-emoluments-clause-house-democrats/","date":"2024-01-04"},{"title":"Qatar: Freedom in the World 2018 Country Report","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/country/qatar/freedom-world/2018","date":"2018"}],"tag_label":"Real estate and licensing","tag_short":"Real estate","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["real-estate"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/autocrats-qatar-world-tower-apartment-2018/","sort_key":"2018-01-17","number":27},{"id":"know-wedges-2018","kind":"knows-better","subject":"wedges","title":"Knew more about wedges than any human being that's ever lived","quote":"I know more about wedges than any human being that's ever lived","date":"2018-01-11","venue":"Interview with The Wall Street Journal, the Oval Office","era":"term-1","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"The question was whether North Korea was trying to drive a wedge between the United States and South Korea; Trump added, \"but I'll let you know.\" He met Kim Jong Un in Singapore in June 2018 and again in Hanoi on February 27–28, 2019, where the talks ended without any agreement: \"we decided not to do any of the options ... sometimes, you have to walk,\" he said.","sources":[{"title":"Interview with the Wall Street Journal","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/interview-with-the-wall-street-journal-0","date":"2018-01-11"},{"title":"The foremost experts on various topics according to Trump, most of whom are Trump","outlet":"The Washington Post","url":"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/02/foremost-experts-various-topics-according-trump-most-whom-are-trump/","date":"2019-01-02"},{"title":"The President's News Conference in Hanoi, Vietnam","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/the-presidents-news-conference-hanoi-vietnam","date":"2019-02-28"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/know-wedges-2018/","sort_key":"2018-01-11","number":25},{"id":"offensive-shithole-countries-2018","kind":"offensive","target":"countries","subject":"Haiti, El Salvador and African nations","place":"Haiti, El Salvador, Africa","title":"Asked in an Oval Office immigration meeting why the U.S. took people from 'shithole countries'","quote":"Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here? ... Why do we need more Haitians? Take them out. (as quoted by people briefed on the meeting, per The Washington Post)","date":"2018-01-11","venue":"Oval Office meeting with senators on a bipartisan immigration deal","era":"term-1","category":"immigration","what_happened":"The Washington Post reported on January 11, 2018, citing several people briefed on the meeting, that Trump said this when lawmakers discussed protections for immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador and African countries, and suggested the U.S. bring in more people from countries such as Norway. On January 12 he tweeted that 'this was not the language used' and that he 'Never said anything derogatory about Haitians other than Haiti is obviously a very poor and troubled country.' Haiti's government summoned the U.S. chargé d'affaires, and a U.N. human rights spokesman said the remarks, if confirmed, were 'shocking and shameful' and 'racist,' NPR reported. At a December 9, 2025 rally he recounted asking 'why is it we only take people from shithole countries' (see separate entry).","featured":true,"sources":[{"title":"Trump derides protections for immigrants from 'shithole' countries","outlet":"The Washington Post (Wayback Machine)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20181231200748/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-attacks-protections-for-immigrants-from-shithole-countries-in-oval-office-meeting/2018/01/11/bfc0725c-f711-11e7-91af-31ac729add94_story.html","date":"2018-01-12"},{"title":"Tweets of January 12, 2018","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-january-12-2018","date":"2018-01-12"},{"title":"'Racist' And 'Shameful': How Other Countries Are Responding To Trump's Slur","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/12/577599691/racist-and-shameful-how-other-countries-are-responding-to-trumps-slur","date":"2018-01-12"},{"title":"Trump attacks protections for immigrants from 'shithole' countries in Oval Office meeting","outlet":"The Washington Post (Wayback Machine)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/2018/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-attacks-protections-for-immigrants-from-shithole-countries-in-oval-office-meeting/2018/01/11/bfc0725c-f711-11e7-91af-31ac729add94_story.html","date":"2018-01-11"},{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Holds a Political Rally in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania - December 9, 2025","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-political-rally-mount-pocono-pennsylvania-december-9-2025/","date":"2025-12-09"}],"tag":"countries","tag_label":"Other countries","tag_short":"Countries","tag_tone":"green","tag_list":["countries"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/offensive-shithole-countries-2018/","sort_key":"2018-01-11","number":69},{"id":"offensive-pakistan-lies-deceit-2018","kind":"offensive","target":"countries","subject":"Pakistan","place":"Pakistan","title":"Tweeted that Pakistan had given the U.S. 'nothing but lies & deceit' in return for aid","quote":"The United States has foolishly given Pakistan more than 33 billion dollars in aid over the last 15 years and they have given us nothing but lies & deceit thinking of our leaders as fools. They give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan with little help. No more!","date":"2018-01-01","venue":"Twitter","era":"term-1","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"It was his first tweet of 2018. Pakistan summoned U.S. Ambassador David Hale, Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif called it a political stunt, and the country's National Security Committee expressed 'deep disappointment,' Al Jazeera reported. Reports at the time said the administration was weighing withholding $255 million in delayed aid.","sources":[{"title":"Tweets of January 1, 2018","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-january-1-2018","date":"2018-01-01"},{"title":"Pakistan-US war of words over Donald Trump's tweet","outlet":"Al Jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2018/1/2/pakistan-us-war-of-words-over-donald-trumps-tweet","date":"2018-01-02"},{"title":"Trump threatens to cut Pakistan aid, says it harbors terrorists","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/trump-threatens-cut-pakistan-aid-says-it-harbors-terrorists-n833826","date":"2018-01-01"}],"tag":"countries","tag_label":"Other countries","tag_short":"Countries","tag_tone":"green","tag_list":["countries"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2018,"url":"/claims/offensive-pakistan-lies-deceit-2018/","sort_key":"2018-01-01","number":68},{"id":"know-taxes-health-care-big-bills-2017","kind":"knows-better","subject":"the big bills (taxes, health care)","title":"Knew taxes better than the greatest C.P.A., health care better than most","quote":"I know the details of taxes better than anybody. Better than the greatest C.P.A. I know the details of health care better than most, better than most.","date":"2017-12-28","venue":"Interview with The New York Times at Trump International Golf Club, West Palm Beach, Florida","era":"term-1","category":"healthcare","what_happened":"In the same interview he said he knows more about \"the big bills\" debated in Congress \"than any president that's ever been in office.\" Ten months earlier, on February 27, 2017, he had told the nation's governors, \"Nobody knew that health care could be so complicated.\" The Senate's effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act failed on July 28, 2017. The Post's Fact Checker counted 24 false or misleading claims in the 30-minute Times interview.","sources":[{"title":"Trump Says Russia Inquiry Makes U.S. 'Look Very Bad'","outlet":"The New York Times","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/28/us/politics/trump-interview-mueller-russia-china-north-korea.html","date":"2017-12-28"},{"title":"In a 30-minute interview, President Trump made 24 false or misleading claims","outlet":"The Washington Post","url":"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/12/29/in-a-30-minute-interview-president-trump-made-24-false-or-misleading-claims/","date":"2017-12-29"},{"title":"Remarks at the National Governors Association","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-national-governors-association-11","date":"2017-02-27"},{"title":"What Happens Next With Obamacare Repeal","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://www.npr.org/2017/07/28/540088244/what-happens-next-with-obamacare-repeal","date":"2017-07-28"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2017,"url":"/claims/know-taxes-health-care-big-bills-2017/","sort_key":"2017-12-28","number":24},{"id":"china-red-handed-north-korea-oil-2017","kind":"china","threat":"military","subject":"North Korea oil sanctions","title":"Said China was \"caught red handed\" letting oil reach North Korea","quote":"Caught RED HANDED - very disappointed that China is allowing oil to go into North Korea. There will never be a friendly solution to the North Korea problem if this continues to happen!","date":"2017-12-28","venue":"Post on Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"term-1","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"Trump did not cite a source in the tweet; PBS NewsHour reported that he later told The New York Times, \"It was reported this morning, and it was reported on Fox.\" The underlying report, in the South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo, cited unidentified officials saying Chinese ships had transferred oil to North Korean vessels about 30 times since October. China's foreign ministry said it had strictly enforced trade restrictions. On March 10, 2018, Trump tweeted after a call with Xi Jinping, \"China continues to be helpful!\"","sources":[{"title":"Tweet: 'Caught RED HANDED - very disappointed that China is allowing oil to go into North Korea.'","outlet":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/946416486054285314","date":"2017-12-28"},{"title":"Trump says China 'caught red handed' selling oil to North Korea","outlet":"PBS NewsHour","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-says-china-caught-red-handed-selling-oil-to-north-korea","date":"2017-12-29"},{"title":"Tweet: 'Chinese President XI JINPING and I spoke at length about the meeting with KIM JONG UN of North Korea... China continues to be helpful!'","outlet":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/972506194978983937","date":"2018-03-10"}],"tag":"military","tag_label":"Military threat","tag_short":"Military","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["military"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2017,"url":"/claims/china-red-handed-north-korea-oil-2017/","sort_key":"2017-12-28","number":44},{"id":"china-rival-powers-nss-2017","kind":"china","threat":"both","subject":"rival powers","title":"Named China and Russia as \"rival powers\" in national security strategy speech","quote":"We also face rival powers, Russia and China, that seek to challenge American influence, values, and wealth.","date":"2017-12-18","venue":"Remarks on the 2017 National Security Strategy, Washington, D.C.","era":"term-1","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"In the next sentence of the speech Trump said, \"We will attempt to build a great partnership with those and other countries.\" He repeated the framing in his State of the Union address on January 30, 2018, citing \"rivals like China and Russia that challenge our interests, our economy, and our values.\" At Davos on January 21, 2020, six days after signing the Phase One trade agreement, he said, \"Our relationship with China right now has probably never been better,\" and said of Xi Jinping, \"He's for China; I'm for the U.S. But other than that, we love each other.\"","sources":[{"title":"Remarks on the 2017 National Security Strategy","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-2017-national-security-strategy","date":"2017-12-18"},{"title":"Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the State of the Union","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/address-before-joint-session-the-congress-the-state-the-union-25","date":"2018-01-30"},{"title":"Remarks With Vice Premier Liu He of China on Signing the United States-China Phase One Trade Agreement","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-with-vice-premier-liu-he-china-signing-the-united-states-china-phase-one-trade","date":"2020-01-15"},{"title":"Remarks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-world-economic-forum-davos-switzerland","date":"2020-01-21"}],"tag":"both","tag_label":"Economic and military","tag_short":"Economic + military","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["economic","military"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2017,"url":"/claims/china-rival-powers-nss-2017/","sort_key":"2017-12-18","number":43},{"id":"offensive-gillibrand-would-do-anything-2017","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand","title":"Tweeted that Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand had come 'begging' for donations and 'would do anything for them'","quote":"Lightweight Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a total flunky for Chuck Schumer and someone who would come to my office \"begging\" for campaign contributions not so long ago (and would do anything for them), is now in the ring fighting against Trump. Very disloyal to Bill & Crooked-USED!","date":"2017-12-12","venue":"Twitter","era":"term-1","category":"other","what_happened":"The tweet came a day after Gillibrand called on Trump to resign over sexual misconduct allegations. Gillibrand called it 'a sexist smear attempting to silence my voice.' USA Today's editorial board wrote that the tweet was 'clearly implying that a United States senator would trade sexual favors for campaign cash,' CNBC reported. Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said 'there's no way' the tweet was sexist.","sources":[{"title":"Tweets of December 12, 2017","outlet":"American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-december-12-2017","date":"2017-12-12"},{"title":"Pres. Trump says Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand 'would do anything' for cash","outlet":"FOX6 News (AP)","url":"https://www.fox6now.com/news/pres-trump-says-sen-kirsten-gillibrand-would-do-anything-for-cash","date":"2017-12-12"},{"title":"'Unfit to clean toilets': USA Today blasts Trump over Gillibrand tweet","outlet":"CNBC","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/13/unfit-to-clean-toilets-usa-today-blasts-trump-over-gillibrand-tweet.html","date":"2017-12-13"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2017,"url":"/claims/offensive-gillibrand-would-do-anything-2017/","sort_key":"2017-12-12","number":67},{"id":"offensive-warren-pocahontas-code-talkers-2017","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Sen. Elizabeth Warren","title":"Used the nickname 'Pocahontas' for Sen. Elizabeth Warren at a White House event honoring Navajo code talkers","quote":"You were here long before any of us were here, although we have a representative in Congress who, they say, was here a long time ago. They call her \"Pocahontas.\"","date":"2017-11-27","venue":"White House event honoring Navajo Code Talkers","era":"term-1","category":"other","what_happened":"Trump made the remark while standing beside three Navajo veterans of World War II. The Navajo Nation's president said the prejudice Native Americans face is an unfortunate historical legacy, and the National Congress of American Indians said the slur overshadowed the ceremony. Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said a racial slur 'was certainly not the president's intent.' Trump kept using the nickname, and on February 10, 2025, in the Oval Office, he said of Warren: 'She's a fake... She's a nasty woman. She's a really nasty woman despite her phony beer commercial.'","sources":[{"title":"Remarks at Event Honoring WWII Navajo Code Talkers - November 27, 2017","outlet":"Factba.se (Roll Call)","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-remarks-marine-navajo-code-talkers-november-27-2017/#23","date":"2017-11-27"},{"title":"Native Americans respond to Trump's \"Pocahontas\" comment","outlet":"CBS News","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/native-americans-respond-to-trumps-pocahontas-comment","date":"2017-11-27"},{"title":"Remarks: Donald Trump Signs Executive Orders in the Oval Office - February 10, 2025","outlet":"Factba.se (Roll Call)","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-remarks-executive-orders-white-house-february-10-2025/#121","date":"2025-02-10"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2017,"url":"/claims/offensive-warren-pocahontas-code-talkers-2017/","sort_key":"2017-11-27","number":66},{"id":"russia-da-nang-putin-denial-2017","kind":"russia","tag":"intelligence","subject":"Da Nang APEC summit","title":"Said he believed Putin 'means it' when he denies election interference","quote":"He just—every time he sees me, he says, \"I didn't do that.\" And I believe—I really believe that when he tells me that, he means it.","date":"2017-11-11","venue":"Aboard Air Force One en route from Da Nang to Hanoi, Vietnam","era":"term-1","category":"elections","what_happened":"After brief conversations with Putin at the APEC summit in Da Nang, Trump told reporters on November 11, 2017, that Putin had again denied interfering in the 2016 election and was 'very insulted' by the accusation, and that he would rather work with him on Syria and Ukraine than argue. In the same exchange he called former officials John Brennan, James Clapper and James Comey 'political hacks'. The CIA said in response that Director Mike Pompeo stood by the intelligence assessment on Russian election meddling, which 'has not changed'. At a news conference in Hanoi the next day, Trump said he believed Putin 'feels that he and Russia did not meddle' and added: 'As to whether I believe it or not, I'm with our agencies, especially as currently constituted with their leadership.'","sources":[{"title":"Remarks in an Exchange With Reporters Aboard Air Force One En Route to Hanoi, Vietnam","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-exchange-with-reporters-aboard-air-force-one-en-route-hanoi-vietnam","date":"2017-11-11"},{"title":"The President's News Conference With President Tran Dai Quang of Vietnam in Hanoi, Vietnam","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/the-presidents-news-conference-with-president-tran-dai-quang-vietnam-hanoi-vietnam-0","date":"2017-11-12"},{"title":"Trump says he believes Putin's election meddling denials","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/11/politics/president-donald-trump-vladimir-putin-election-meddling/index.html","date":"2017-11-11"}],"tag_label":"Intelligence and security","tag_short":"Intelligence","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["intelligence"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2017,"url":"/claims/russia-da-nang-putin-denial-2017/","sort_key":"2017-11-11","number":36},{"id":"china-apec-trade-abuses-2017","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"unfair trade practices","title":"Told Asia-Pacific leaders the U.S. would no longer tolerate \"chronic trade abuses\"","quote":"We can no longer tolerate these chronic trade abuses, and we will not tolerate them. ... I recently had an excellent trip to China, where I spoke openly and directly with President Xi about China's unfair trade practices and the enormous trade deficits they have produced with the United States.","date":"2017-11-10","venue":"Remarks at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation CEO Summit, Da Nang, Vietnam","era":"term-1","category":"trade","what_happened":"In the same speech Trump said, \"I do not blame China or any other country, of which there are many, for taking advantage of the United States on trade,\" and warned that the U.S. would no longer \"turn a blind eye to violations, cheating, or economic aggression.\" The U.S. goods trade deficit with China rose from $375.2 billion in 2017 to $418.2 billion in 2018, the largest annual figure in the Census Bureau series. It was $342.6 billion in 2019, $308.0 billion in 2020 and $352.8 billion in 2021.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation CEO Summit in Danang, Vietnam","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-asia-pacific-economic-cooperation-ceo-summit-danang-vietnam","date":"2017-11-10"},{"title":"Trade in Goods with China","outlet":"U.S. Census Bureau","url":"https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html","date":"2026-09-28"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2017,"url":"/claims/china-apec-trade-abuses-2017/","sort_key":"2017-11-10","number":42},{"id":"fix-state-department-only-one-matters-2017","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"State Department vacancies","title":"'I'm the only one that matters' on unfilled State Department posts","quote":"Let me tell you, the one that matters is me. I'm the only one that matters, because when it comes to it, that's what the policy is going to be.","date":"2017-11-02","venue":"Interview with Laura Ingraham, Fox News (aired Nov. 2-3, 2017)","era":"term-1","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"Asked whether he worried that the State Department lacked enough of his nominees to carry out his agenda, he said the vacancies did not matter because he set policy. At the time his administration had filled roughly one-quarter of about 600 Senate-confirmed positions, multiple assistant-secretary posts were empty and no ambassador to South Korea had been nominated.","sources":[{"title":"'I'm The Only One That Matters,' Trump Says Of State Dept. Job Vacancies","outlet":"NPR (via KERA)","url":"https://www.keranews.org/2017-11-03/im-the-only-one-that-matters-trump-says-of-state-dept-job-vacancies","date":"2017-11-03"},{"title":"Trump on Core State Department Vacancies: 'I'm the Only One That Matters'","outlet":"Slate","url":"https://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/11/03/trump_on_state_department_vacancies_i_m_the_only_one_that_matters.html","date":"2017-11-03"},{"title":"Trump: 'I'm the only one that matters'","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2017/11/03/trump-im-only-one-that-matters-fox-sot.cnn","date":"2017-11-03"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2017,"url":"/claims/fix-state-department-only-one-matters-2017/","sort_key":"2017-11-02","number":17},{"id":"autocrats-uae-embassy-hotel-stays-2017","kind":"autocrats","tag":"payments","subject":"United Arab Emirates","country":"United Arab Emirates","beneficiary":"Donald Trump (Trump International Hotel, Washington)","amount":"$65,225","freedom_house":"Not Free (2017)","title":"UAE embassy pays $65,225 for four stays at Trump's Washington hotel","quote":"","date":"2017-10-21","venue":"House Oversight Committee Democratic staff report based on Mazars records, January 4, 2024","era":"term-1","category":"ethics","what_happened":"Mazars records obtained by House Oversight Committee Democrats show four stays at the Trump International Hotel in Washington billed to the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates: $2,625 for October 21 to 23, 2017; $33,512 for 37 rooms on November 10, 2017; $26,168 for a military delegation from March 8 to 16, 2018; and $2,920 in May 2018. The committee's Democratic staff report, released January 4, 2024, counted the $65,225 total among at least $7.8 million that Trump businesses received from 20 foreign governments during his term. The report noted that the stays came while the UAE and Saudi Arabia maintained a blockade of Qatar that began in June 2017, and that Trump had met Abu Dhabi's crown prince, Mohammed bin Zayed, at the White House on May 15, 2017. On May 24, 2019 the State Department used an emergency determination to complete arms transfers to the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Jordan worth about $8.1 billion. Eric Trump told ABC News the report's \"narrative is insane\" and said the company could not stop bookings made through third parties and had voluntarily donated profits from foreign governments.","sources":[{"title":"White House for Sale: How Princes, Prime Ministers, and Premiers Paid Off President Trump","outlet":"House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Democratic staff report","url":"https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU00/20240110/116733/HMKP-118-JU00-20240110-SD004.pdf","date":"2024-01-04"},{"title":"Trump's businesses got at least $7.8 million in foreign payments while he was president, House Democrats say","outlet":"CBS News","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-foreign-payments-emoluments-clause-house-democrats/","date":"2024-01-04"},{"title":"Trump's businesses received millions from foreign entities during his presidency, House report says","outlet":"ABC News","url":"https://abcnews.com/US/trumps-businesses-received-millions-foreign-entities-presidency-house/story?id=106106433","date":"2024-01-04"},{"title":"Emergency Notification of Arms Sales to Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia","outlet":"U.S. Department of State","url":"https://2017-2021.state.gov/emergency-notification-of-arms-sales-to-jordan-the-united-arab-emirates-and-saudi-arabia/","date":"2019-05-24"},{"title":"United Arab Emirates: Freedom in the World 2017 Country Report","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/country/united-arab-emirates/freedom-world/2017","date":"2017"}],"tag_label":"Gifts and payments","tag_short":"Payments","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["payments"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2017,"url":"/claims/autocrats-uae-embassy-hotel-stays-2017/","sort_key":"2017-10-21","number":26},{"id":"offensive-frederica-wilson-wacky-2017","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Rep. Frederica Wilson","title":"Repeatedly called Rep. Frederica Wilson 'wacky' after she described his condolence call to a Gold Star widow","quote":"The Fake News is going crazy with wacky Congresswoman Wilson(D), who was SECRETLY on a very personal call, and gave a total lie on content!","date":"2017-10-19","venue":"Twitter","era":"term-1","category":"other","what_happened":"Wilson said she overheard Trump tell Myeshia Johnson, widow of Sgt. La David Johnson, who was killed in Niger, that 'he knew what he signed up for.' Trump called her account fabricated and said he had proof, which he did not produce. The tweet was posted the evening of October 19, 2017 (02:53 UTC October 20); he repeated 'Wacky Congresswoman Wilson' on October 21 and October 22. Chief of Staff John Kelly also called Wilson an 'empty barrel.' Johnson's mother confirmed Wilson's account to The Washington Post, CNBC reported.","sources":[{"title":"Tweets of October 20, 2017","outlet":"American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-october-20-2017","date":"2017-10-20"},{"title":"Tweets of October 22, 2017","outlet":"American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-october-22-2017","date":"2017-10-22"},{"title":"Donald Trump repeats claim 'wacky' Rep. Wilson's version of call to Army widow was 'total lie'","outlet":"CNBC","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/20/donald-trump-repeats-claim-wacky-rep-wilsons-version-of-call-to-army-widow-was-total-lie.html","date":"2017-10-20"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2017,"url":"/claims/offensive-frederica-wilson-wacky-2017/","sort_key":"2017-10-19","number":65},{"id":"autocrats-kazakhstan-officials-trump-hotel-2017","kind":"autocrats","tag":"payments","subject":"Kazakhstan","country":"Kazakhstan","beneficiary":"Donald Trump (Trump International Hotel, Washington)","amount":"$23,772","freedom_house":"Not Free (2017)","title":"Kazakhstan government officials spend $23,772 at Trump's Washington hotel in 2017 and 2018","quote":"","date":"2017-10-11","venue":"Disclosed in a House Oversight Committee Democratic staff report, January 4, 2024","era":"term-1","category":"ethics","what_happened":"Records from Trump's former accounting firm Mazars, published by Democratic staff of the House Oversight Committee on January 4, 2024, show that officials of Kazakhstan's government spent $23,772 at the Trump International Hotel in Washington. National Economy Minister Timur Suleimenov, National Bank governor Daniyar Akishev and other officials stayed there from October 11, 2017, around the World Bank annual meetings, and central bank officials returned in April 2018. Executives of the state-owned Baiterek holding and of the Kazakhstan Housing Company stayed in late May 2018. Trump received President Nursultan Nazarbayev at the White House on January 16, 2018. The staff report said Trump never sought the consent of Congress for foreign government payments. Eric Trump called the report's narrative \"insane\" and said the company could not stop bookings made through third parties.","sources":[{"title":"White House for Sale: How Princes, Prime Ministers, and Premiers Paid Off President Trump","outlet":"U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Democratic Staff","url":"https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/imo/media/doc/2024-01-04.COA%20DEMS%20-%20Mazars%20Report.pdf","date":"2024-01-04"},{"title":"Full List of Countries That Made Payments to Donald Trump During Presidency","outlet":"Newsweek","url":"https://www.newsweek.com/full-list-countries-made-payments-donald-trump-during-presidency-1858008","date":"2024-01-05"},{"title":"Remarks to Members of the Press With President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-members-the-press-with-president-nursultan-nazarbayev-kazakhstan","date":"2018-01-16"},{"title":"Kazakhstan: Freedom in the World 2017 Country Report","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/country/kazakhstan/freedom-world/2017","date":"2017"},{"title":"Kazakhstan: Freedom in the World 2018 Country Report","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/country/kazakhstan/freedom-world/2018","date":"2018"}],"tag_label":"Gifts and payments","tag_short":"Payments","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["payments"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2017,"url":"/claims/autocrats-kazakhstan-officials-trump-hotel-2017/","sort_key":"2017-10-11","number":25},{"id":"offensive-puerto-rico-paper-towels-2017","kind":"offensive","target":"countries","subject":"Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria","place":"Puerto Rico","title":"Told Puerto Rico it threw the budget 'out of whack,' cited 'a real catastrophe like Katrina,' tossed paper towels","quote":"Now, I hate to tell you, Puerto Rico, but you've thrown our budget a little out of whack because we've spent a lot of money on Puerto Rico, and that's fine. We've saved a lot of lives. If you look at the -- every death is a horror. But if you look at a real catastrophe like Katrina, and you look at the tremendous hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people that died, and you look at what happened here with, really, a storm that was just totally overpowering -- nobody has ever seen anything like this. What is your death count, as of this moment -- 17?","date":"2017-10-03","venue":"Hurricane relief briefing, Luis Muñiz Air National Guard Base, and Calvary Chapel, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico","era":"term-1","category":"other","what_happened":"Gov. Ricardo Rosselló answered that 16 deaths had been certified. Later that day, at a relief distribution center at Calvary Chapel in Guaynabo, Trump tossed rolls of paper towels into a crowd of residents. Puerto Rico's nonvoting member of Congress, Jenniffer González, said 'I would not have done that,' and a Puerto Rico government official took issue with the comparison to Katrina, NBC News reported. San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz called the visit insulting.","featured":true,"sources":[{"title":"Remarks in a Briefing on Hurricane Maria Relief Efforts at Luis Muñiz Air National Guard Base, Puerto Rico","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-briefing-hurricane-maria-relief-efforts-luis-muniz-air-national-guard-base-puerto","date":"2017-10-03"},{"title":"'I Would Not Have Done That': Puerto Rico Officials React to Trump Visit","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/puerto-rico-officials-correct-criticize-trump-s-comments-actions-n807461","date":"2017-10-04"},{"title":"Trump tosses paper towels into Puerto Rico crowd","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/03/politics/donald-trump-paper-towels-puerto-rico/index.html","date":"2017-10-03"}],"tag":"countries","tag_label":"Other countries","tag_short":"Countries","tag_tone":"green","tag_list":["countries"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2017,"url":"/claims/offensive-puerto-rico-paper-towels-2017/","sort_key":"2017-10-03","number":64},{"id":"offensive-puerto-rico-done-for-them-2017","kind":"offensive","target":"countries","subject":"Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria","place":"Puerto Rico","title":"Tweeted that officials in hurricane-hit Puerto Rico 'want everything to be done for them'","quote":"...Such poor leadership ability by the Mayor of San Juan and others in Puerto Rico who are not able to get their workers to help. They.... ...want everything to be done for them when it should be a community effort. 10000 Federal workers now on Island doing a fantastic job.","date":"2017-09-30","venue":"Twitter","era":"term-1","category":"other","what_happened":"The tweets, sent from his New Jersey golf club ten days after Hurricane Maria, followed San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz's plea for more federal help. In another tweet that morning he wrote that the mayor 'has now been told by the Democrats that you must be nasty to Trump.' Cruz responded by calling for a focus on people who needed help.","sources":[{"title":"Tweets of September 30, 2017","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-september-30-2017","date":"2017-09-30"},{"title":"Trump: Puerto Rico Officials 'Want Everything To Be Done For Them'","outlet":"CBS News Minnesota","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/minnesota/news/trump-puerto-rico-tweets","date":"2017-09-30"}],"tag":"countries","tag_label":"Other countries","tag_short":"Countries","tag_tone":"green","tag_list":["countries"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2017,"url":"/claims/offensive-puerto-rico-done-for-them-2017/","sort_key":"2017-09-30","number":63},{"id":"autocrats-drc-trump-hotel-stays-2017","kind":"autocrats","tag":"payments","subject":"DR Congo","country":"Democratic Republic of the Congo","beneficiary":"Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C. (Trump Organization)","amount":"$25,171","freedom_house":"Not Free (2017)","title":"Kabila government envoys and the chairman of state miner Gecamines spent $25,171 at Trump's Washington hotel","quote":"","date":"2017-09-10","venue":"Mazars USA accounting records cited in the House Oversight Democrats' report \"White House for Sale\"","era":"term-1","category":"ethics","what_happened":"Between September 2017 and March 2018, representatives of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's government spent $25,171 over six stays at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, according to Mazars USA records cited in the House Oversight Democrats' January 2024 report. The stays included four by Raymond Tshibanda, President Joseph Kabila's special envoy to the United States (September 10 to 16, 2017, $6,439; September 25, 2017, $1,356; November 26 to December 4, 2017, $8,638; December 20 to 21, 2017, $1,496), one by Ambassador Francois Balumuene (October 12, 2017, $1,600) and one by Albert Yuma, chairman of the state-owned mining company Gecamines (March 13 to 16, 2018, $5,642). Foreign Agents Registration Act filings show the Livingston Group arranged meetings for Tshibanda with State Department officials on September 14, 2017 and for a DRC delegation with U.S. officials and members of Congress from November 28 to December 1, 2017, as Kabila remained in power past the constitutional end of his term. The report notes that in July 2017 the U.S. threatened further sanctions on those obstructing a transition, and that UN Ambassador Nikki Haley visited Kabila in late 2017 and pressed him to cede power. Freedom House rated the DRC Not Free in its 2017 and 2018 reports.","sources":[{"title":"White House for Sale: How Princes, Prime Ministers, and Premiers Paid Off President Trump","outlet":"House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Democratic staff","url":"https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/imo/media/doc/2024-01-04.COA%20DEMS%20-%20Mazars%20Report.pdf","date":"2024-01-04"},{"title":"Oversight Democrats Release Report Proving Trump Pocketed Millions From At Least 20 Foreign Governments As President","outlet":"House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Democrats","url":"https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-releases/oversight-democrats-release-report-proving-trump-pocketed-millions-from-at-least","date":"2024-01-04"},{"title":"Democratic Republic of the Congo: Freedom in the World 2017 Country Report","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/country/democratic-republic-congo/freedom-world/2017","date":"2017"},{"title":"Democratic Republic of the Congo: Freedom in the World 2018 Country Report","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/country/democratic-republic-congo/freedom-world/2018","date":"2018"}],"tag_label":"Gifts and payments","tag_short":"Payments","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["payments"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2017,"url":"/claims/autocrats-drc-trump-hotel-stays-2017/","sort_key":"2017-09-10","number":24},{"id":"autocrats-china-embassy-trump-hotel-2017","kind":"autocrats","tag":"payments","subject":"China","country":"China","beneficiary":"Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C. (Trump Organization)","amount":"$19,391 (advance deposit)","freedom_house":"Not Free (2017)","title":"The Chinese Embassy paid a $19,391 deposit for a delegation stay at Trump's Washington hotel","quote":"","date":"2017-08-27","venue":"Mazars USA accounting records cited in the House Oversight Democrats' report \"White House for Sale\"","era":"term-1","category":"ethics","what_happened":"A document produced to the House Oversight Committee by Mazars USA shows an \"Embassy of China Delegation\" made an advance deposit of $19,391 to the Trump International Hotel in Washington for an arrival date of August 27, 2017, according to the committee Democrats' January 4, 2024 report. The ledger does not record the length of the stay or the total spent, and the report says the committee could not obtain more because Chairman James Comer released Mazars from further production. Together with ICBC's Trump Tower rent and Hainan Airlines' Las Vegas stay, the report counted at least $5,572,548 in payments from China's government and state-owned entities to Trump businesses during his term, the largest of any country identified. Trump traveled to Beijing on November 8 to 10, 2017, where he said he did not blame China for the trade imbalance. Chinese Embassy spokesperson Liu Pengyu told CNN that China does not comment on U.S. domestic politics and requires Chinese companies overseas to follow local law. The Trump Organization said it donated more than $450,000 in estimated foreign government profits to the Treasury during the term. Freedom House rated China Not Free in its 2017 report.","sources":[{"title":"White House for Sale: How Princes, Prime Ministers, and Premiers Paid Off President Trump","outlet":"House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Democratic staff","url":"https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/imo/media/doc/2024-01-04.COA%20DEMS%20-%20Mazars%20Report.pdf","date":"2024-01-04"},{"title":"China spent over $5.5 million at Trump properties while he was in office, documents show","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/04/politics/trump-properties-china-foreign-payments","date":"2024-01-04"},{"title":"Oversight Democrats Release Report Proving Trump Pocketed Millions From At Least 20 Foreign Governments As President","outlet":"House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Democrats","url":"https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-releases/oversight-democrats-release-report-proving-trump-pocketed-millions-from-at-least","date":"2024-01-04"},{"title":"China: Freedom in the World 2017 Country Report","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/country/china/freedom-world/2017","date":"2017"}],"tag_label":"Gifts and payments","tag_short":"Payments","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["payments"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2017,"url":"/claims/autocrats-china-embassy-trump-hotel-2017/","sort_key":"2017-08-27","number":23},{"id":"china-ip-theft-investigation-2017","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"intellectual property theft","title":"Ordered a trade investigation into China's \"theft of American intellectual property\"","quote":"Today I'm directing the United States Trade Representative to examine China's policies, practices, and actions with regard to the forced transfers of American technology and the theft of American intellectual property.","date":"2017-08-14","venue":"Remarks on signing a memorandum on China's trade practices, the White House","era":"term-1","category":"trade","what_happened":"The investigation led to a second memorandum on March 22, 2018, when Trump announced a Section 301 action that he said \"could be about $60 billion.\" By February 2020, average U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods were 19.3 percent and covered 66.6 percent of imports from China, according to the Peterson Institute for International Economics. A March 2019 study by economists Mary Amiti, Stephen Redding and David Weinstein found \"complete passthrough of the tariffs into domestic prices of imported goods\" during 2018, with the full incidence falling on domestic consumers.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks on Signing a Memorandum on Addressing China's Laws, Policies, Practices, and Actions Related to Intellectual Property, Innovation, and Technology and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-signing-memorandum-addressing-chinas-laws-policies-practices-and-actions-related","date":"2017-08-14"},{"title":"Remarks on Signing a Memorandum on Actions by the United States Related to the Section 301 Investigation of China's Laws, Policies, Practices, or Actions Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-signing-memorandum-actions-the-united-states-related-the-section-301-investigation","date":"2018-03-22"},{"title":"US-China Trade War Tariffs: An Up-to-Date Chart","outlet":"Peterson Institute for International Economics","url":"https://www.piie.com/research/piie-charts/2019/us-china-trade-war-tariffs-date-chart","date":"2019-08-29"},{"title":"The Impact of the 2018 Trade War on U.S. Prices and Welfare","outlet":"National Bureau of Economic Research","url":"https://www.nber.org/papers/w25672","date":"2019-03"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2017,"url":"/claims/china-ip-theft-investigation-2017/","sort_key":"2017-08-14","number":41},{"id":"russia-thanks-putin-expulsions-2017","kind":"russia","tag":"praise","subject":"Expelled U.S. diplomats","title":"Thanked Putin for ordering a cut of 755 U.S. diplomatic staff in Russia","quote":"I want to thank him, because we're trying to cut down on payroll. And as far as I'm concerned, I'm very thankful that he let go of a large number of people, because now we have a smaller payroll.","date":"2017-08-10","venue":"Exchange with reporters, Bedminster, New Jersey","era":"term-1","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"Putin ordered a cut of 755 staff at U.S. diplomatic missions in Russia in response to the sanctions law Trump signed on August 2, 2017. Asked on August 10 for his response, Trump thanked Putin and said there was 'no real reason for them to go back'. Former ambassador Nicholas Burns called it 'a shameful statement', and Representative Eliot Engel, the senior Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, also criticized the remark. The next day Trump said he had been sarcastic.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks Following a Security Briefing and an Exchange With Reporters in Bedminster, New Jersey","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-following-security-briefing-and-exchange-with-reporters-bedminster-new-jersey","date":"2017-08-10"},{"title":"Trump Thanks Putin For Ordering Expulsion Of Diplomats, Later Says It Was Sarcasm","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://www.npr.org/2017/08/10/542685154/president-trump-thanks-putin-for-ordering-expulsion-of-u-s-diplomats-from-russia","date":"2017-08-10"},{"title":"Trump thanks Putin for expelling US diplomatic staff","outlet":"Al Jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/8/11/trump-thanks-putin-for-expelling-us-diplomatic-staff","date":"2017-08-11"}],"tag_label":"Praise and deference","tag_short":"Praise","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["praise"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2017,"url":"/claims/russia-thanks-putin-expulsions-2017/","sort_key":"2017-08-10","number":35},{"id":"russia-sanctions-act-signing-statement-2017","kind":"russia","tag":"sanctions","subject":"Russia sanctions law","title":"Signed Russia sanctions law while calling it 'seriously flawed' and partly unconstitutional","quote":"Still, the bill remains seriously flawed, particularly because it encroaches on the executive branch's authority to negotiate. Congress could not even negotiate a health care bill after 7 years of talking. By limiting the executive's flexibility, this bill makes it harder for the United States to strike good deals for the American people and will drive China, Russia, and North Korea much closer together.","date":"2017-08-02","venue":"White House signing statement","era":"term-1","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"The Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act passed the House 419-3 and cleared the Senate 98-2. It imposed new sanctions on Russia and gave Congress the power to review and block any easing of them; CNN reported that White House officials had lobbied to weaken that review provision. Trump signed the bill on August 2, 2017, and issued two statements. One called the bill 'seriously flawed'; the other called it 'significantly flawed' and said it contained 'clearly unconstitutional provisions', including sections on recognition of territorial changes that he said displaced presidential authority, while adding that he shared their policy views. He said he was signing 'for the sake of national unity' and that he favored making clear the United States would not tolerate interference in its democratic process. The next day he wrote that relations with Russia were at 'an all-time & very dangerous low' and 'You can thank Congress'.","sources":[{"title":"Statement on Signing the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-signing-the-countering-americas-adversaries-through-sanctions-act-0","date":"2017-08-02"},{"title":"Statement on Signing the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-signing-the-countering-americas-adversaries-through-sanctions-act","date":"2017-08-02"},{"title":"Trump signs bill approving new sanctions against Russia","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2017/08/02/politics/donald-trump-russia-sanctions-bill/index.html","date":"2017-08-02"},{"title":"US names Russian oligarchs in 'Putin list' but imposes no new sanctions","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://edition.cnn.com/2018/01/29/politics/trump-russia-sanctions/index.html","date":"2018-01-29"},{"title":"Tweets of August 3, 2017","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-august-3-2017","date":"2017-08-03"}],"tag_label":"Sanctions and pressure","tag_short":"Sanctions","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["sanctions"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2017,"url":"/claims/russia-sanctions-act-signing-statement-2017/","sort_key":"2017-08-02","number":34},{"id":"china-very-disappointed-2017","kind":"china","threat":"both","subject":"trade and North Korea","title":"Said he was \"very disappointed in China\" over trade profits and North Korea","quote":"I am very disappointed in China. Our foolish past leaders have allowed them to make hundreds of billions of dollars a year in trade, yet... ...they do NOTHING for us with North Korea, just talk. We will no longer allow this to continue. China could easily solve this problem!","date":"2017-07-29","venue":"Two consecutive posts on Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"term-1","category":"trade","what_happened":"On November 9, 2017, at a business event with Xi Jinping in Beijing, Trump said of the trade imbalance, \"I don't blame China,\" and added, \"I give China great credit.\" He tweeted the same day that he blamed \"the incompetence of past Admins\" and that \"I would've done same!\" The U.S. goods trade deficit with China was $375.2 billion in 2017 and $418.2 billion in 2018, according to Census Bureau figures.","sources":[{"title":"Tweet: 'I am very disappointed in China. Our foolish past leaders have allowed them to make hundreds of billions of dollars a year in trade, yet...'","outlet":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/891440474132795392","date":"2017-07-29"},{"title":"Tweet: '...they do NOTHING for us with North Korea, just talk.'","outlet":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/891442016294494209","date":"2017-07-29"},{"title":"Remarks at a Business Event With President Xi Jinping of China in Beijing, China","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-business-event-with-president-xi-jinping-china-beijing-china","date":"2017-11-09"},{"title":"Tweet: 'I don't blame China, I blame the incompetence of past Admins'","outlet":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/928769154345324544","date":"2017-11-09"},{"title":"Trade in Goods with China","outlet":"U.S. Census Bureau","url":"https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html","date":"2026-09-28"}],"tag":"both","tag_label":"Economic and military","tag_short":"Economic + military","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["economic","military"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2017,"url":"/claims/china-very-disappointed-2017/","sort_key":"2017-07-29","number":40},{"id":"russia-cia-syria-rebel-program-2017","kind":"russia","tag":"alliances","subject":"CIA Syria rebel program","title":"Ended the CIA program arming Syrian rebels fighting Assad, a step Russia had sought","quote":"The Amazon Washington Post fabricated the facts on my ending massive, dangerous, and wasteful payments to Syrian rebels fighting Assad.....","date":"2017-07-19","venue":"Decision reported July 19, 2017 (quote from Twitter, July 24, 2017)","era":"term-1","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"The Washington Post reported on July 19, 2017, that Trump had decided to end the CIA's covert program, begun in 2013, to arm and train Syrian rebels fighting the government of Bashar al-Assad, a move the paper said Russia had long sought. Officials told the Post he made the decision nearly a month earlier, ahead of his July 7 meeting with Putin. One U.S. official told Reuters it was not a major concession given Assad's grip on power but was 'a signal to Putin that the administration wants to improve ties to Russia'; officials also said the program had produced little success and that some trained rebels had defected to Islamic State. General Tony Thomas said at the Aspen Security Forum on July 21 that the decision was 'absolutely not a sop to the Russians' and was based on an assessment of the program. A separate U.S. military effort supporting other Syrian forces continued. Trump acknowledged ending the payments in a July 24 post accusing the Post of fabricating facts.","sources":[{"title":"Trump ends covert CIA program to arm anti-Assad rebels in Syria, a move sought by Moscow","outlet":"The Washington Post (via Internet Archive)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20171228081502/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-ends-covert-cia-program-to-arm-anti-assad-rebels-in-syria-a-move-sought-by-moscow/2017/07/19/b6821a62-6beb-11e7-96ab-5f38140b38cc_story.html","date":"2017-07-19"},{"title":"Trump ends CIA arms support for anti-Assad Syria rebels: U.S. officials","outlet":"Reuters (via Internet Archive)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20180205193400/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-usa-syria-idUSKBN1A42KC","date":"2017-07-19"},{"title":"Syria war: Trump 'ends CIA arms programme for rebels'","outlet":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40667229","date":"2017-07-20"},{"title":"Top general confirms end to secret U.S. program in Syria","outlet":"Politico (via Internet Archive)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20171010095908/http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/21/tony-thomas-syria-secret-program-cia-240818","date":"2017-07-21"},{"title":"Tweets of July 25, 2017","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-july-25-2017","date":"2017-07-25"}],"tag_label":"NATO and allies","tag_short":"Alliances","tag_tone":"green","tag_list":["alliances"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2017,"url":"/claims/russia-cia-syria-rebel-program-2017/","sort_key":"2017-07-19","number":33},{"id":"russia-cyber-security-unit-2017","kind":"russia","tag":"intelligence","subject":"Joint cyber security unit","title":"Announced talks with Putin on a joint 'Cyber Security unit', then dropped the idea the same day","quote":"Putin & I discussed forming an impenetrable Cyber Security unit so that election hacking, & many other negative things, will be guarded..","date":"2017-07-09","venue":"Twitter","era":"term-1","category":"elections","what_happened":"Two days after his first meeting with Putin at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Trump wrote on July 9, 2017, that he had pressed Putin twice about election meddling, that Putin 'vehemently denied it', and that the two had discussed forming a joint cyber security unit. He added that it was 'time to move forward in working constructively with Russia'. Senator Lindsey Graham called the idea 'pretty close' to the 'dumbest idea I've ever heard', and Senator Marco Rubio wrote that it was akin to partnering with Syria's Bashar al-Assad on a chemical weapons unit. That evening Trump wrote that the fact the unit was discussed 'doesn't mean I think it can happen. It can't'. In the same series of posts he wrote that sanctions were not discussed with Putin and that nothing would be done on them until 'the Ukrainian & Syrian problems are solved'.","sources":[{"title":"Tweets of July 9, 2017","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-july-9-2017","date":"2017-07-09"},{"title":"Tweets of July 10, 2017","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-july-10-2017","date":"2017-07-10"},{"title":"The life and death of Trump's 'cyber security unit' plan with Putin","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2017/07/10/politics/trump-ends-cyber-security-plan-putin","date":"2017-07-10"},{"title":"Trump on his 'impenetrable' cybersecurity unit with Putin: I didn't mean it","outlet":"CNBC","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/09/trump-on-his-impenetrable-cybersecurity-unit-with-putin-i-didnt-mean-it.html","date":"2017-07-09"}],"tag_label":"Intelligence and security","tag_short":"Intelligence","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["intelligence"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2017,"url":"/claims/russia-cyber-security-unit-2017/","sort_key":"2017-07-09","number":32},{"id":"russia-hamburg-second-conversation-2017","kind":"russia","tag":"intelligence","subject":"Hamburg G20 meetings","title":"Held an undisclosed second conversation with Putin in Hamburg with no U.S. interpreter or staff","quote":"So the meal was going, and toward dessert I went down just to say hello to Melania, and while I was there I said hello to Putin. Really, pleasantries more than anything else. It was not a long conversation, but it was, you know, could be 15 minutes.","date":"2017-07-07","venue":"G20 summit, Hamburg, Germany (quote from New York Times interview, July 19, 2017)","era":"term-1","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"Hours after a formal meeting of more than two hours on July 7, 2017, Trump spoke privately with Putin at a dinner for G20 leaders, relying on Russia's interpreter. The White House confirmed the conversation on July 18 after it was reported, said no staff had been present, and called the suggestion that it had tried to hide a second meeting 'false, malicious and absurd'. Ian Bremmer of the Eurasia Group, who first described the encounter, said it lasted about an hour; Trump said about 15 minutes and that they discussed adoption. In January 2019 The Washington Post reported, citing current and former U.S. officials, that after the formal Hamburg meeting Trump took possession of his interpreter's notes and told the interpreter not to discuss the meeting with other officials. Trump responded that he was 'not keeping anything under wraps', and a White House spokesman said Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had given a full readout of the Hamburg meeting to officials and the press.","sources":[{"title":"Interview with Peter Baker of The New York Times","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/interview-with-peter-baker-the-new-york-times","date":"2017-07-19"},{"title":"Trump had second, undisclosed conversation with Putin at G20 summit","outlet":"PBS News","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-second-undisclosed-conversation-putin-g20-summit","date":"2017-07-18"},{"title":"Trump Spins Putin Dinner Conversation","outlet":"FactCheck.org","url":"https://www.factcheck.org/2017/07/trump-spins-putin-dinner-conversation/","date":"2017-07-19"},{"title":"Trump has concealed details of his face-to-face encounters with Putin from senior officials in administration","outlet":"The Washington Post (via Internet Archive)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200103042612/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-has-concealed-details-of-his-face-to-face-encounters-with-putin-from-senior-officials-in-administration/2019/01/12/65f6686c-1434-11e9-b6ad-9cfd62dbb0a8_story.html","date":"2019-01-12"},{"title":"Washington Post: Trump concealed details from meetings with Putin","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/12/politics/trump-putin-meetings-no-records","date":"2019-01-12"}],"tag_label":"Intelligence and security","tag_short":"Intelligence","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["intelligence"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2017,"url":"/claims/russia-hamburg-second-conversation-2017/","sort_key":"2017-07-07","number":31},{"id":"offensive-mika-face-lift-2017","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Mika Brzezinski","title":"Tweeted that MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski was 'bleeding badly from a face-lift' and called her 'low I.Q. Crazy Mika'","quote":"I heard poorly rated @Morning_Joe speaks badly of me (don't watch anymore). Then how come low I.Q. Crazy Mika, along with Psycho Joe, came... to Mar-a-Lago 3 nights in a row around New Year's Eve, and insisted on joining me. She was bleeding badly from a face-lift. I said no!","date":"2017-06-29","venue":"Twitter","era":"term-1","category":"other","what_happened":"Trump posted the two tweets on June 29, 2017, after criticism on MSNBC's Morning Joe. Republican senators including Ben Sasse, Lindsey Graham, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski publicly objected; Murkowski wrote 'Stop it!' White House spokesperson Sarah Huckabee Sanders defended the posts, saying the president 'fights fire with fire.' Brzezinski said on air that the tweets raised concerns about the president. Trump did not apologize.","sources":[{"title":"Tweets of June 29, 2017","outlet":"American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-june-29-2017","date":"2017-06-29"},{"title":"After crude tweet about TV host Mika Brzezinski, Trump faces backlash from lawmakers","outlet":"PBS NewsHour","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/crude-tweet-tv-host-mika-brzezinski-trump-faces-backlash-lawmakers","date":"2017-06-29"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2017,"url":"/claims/offensive-mika-face-lift-2017/","sort_key":"2017-06-29","number":62},{"id":"offensive-haitians-aids-huts-2017","kind":"offensive","target":"immigrants","subject":"Haitian and Nigerian immigrants","title":"Reported by the NYT to have said Haitian visa holders 'all have AIDS' and Nigerians would not 'go back to their huts'","quote":"[paraphrase] Haiti had sent 15,000 people. They “all have AIDS,” he grumbled ... Once they had seen the United States, they would never “go back to their huts” in Africa (as reported by The New York Times, citing two officials)","date":"2017-06","venue":"Oval Office immigration meeting (reported December 23, 2017)","era":"term-1","category":"immigration","what_happened":"The New York Times reported on December 23, 2017, that Trump made the remarks in a June 2017 Oval Office meeting while reading a list of 2017 visa recipients. The account came from one attendee and another person briefed by someone who was there, plus two officials. Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders denied it, and the White House said he never used the words 'AIDS' or 'huts.' Several participants told the Times they did not recall the words. Trump's words are known only through these secondhand accounts.","sources":[{"title":"Stoking Fears, Trump Defied Bureaucracy to Advance Immigration Agenda","outlet":"The New York Times (Wayback Machine)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/2018/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/23/us/politics/trump-immigration.html","date":"2017-12-23"},{"title":"White House does damage control over Trump's alleged AIDS comment about Haitians","outlet":"theGrio","url":"https://thegrio.com/2017/12/24/donald-trump-haitians-aids/","date":"2017-12-24"},{"title":"White House Denies Report Claiming Trump Said Haitian Immigrants 'All Have AIDS'","outlet":"CBS Miami","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/miami/news/white-house-denies-trump-haitian-aids","date":"2017-12-24"}],"tag":"immigrants","tag_label":"Immigrants","tag_short":"Immigrants","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["immigrants"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2017,"url":"/claims/offensive-haitians-aids-huts-2017/","sort_key":"2017-06","number":61},{"id":"russia-nato-article-5-omitted-2017","kind":"russia","tag":"alliances","subject":"NATO Article 5","title":"Did not affirm NATO's Article 5 mutual defense pledge in first speech at NATO headquarters","quote":"23 of the 28 member nations are still not paying what they should be paying and what they're supposed to be paying for their defense.","date":"2017-05-25","venue":"Dedication of the Berlin Wall and 9/11 and Article 5 memorials, NATO headquarters, Brussels","era":"term-1","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"Speaking on May 25, 2017, at the dedication of a memorial to the only invocation of Article 5, Trump noted that allies had invoked the clause after the September 11 attacks but did not explicitly endorse it. Article 5 treats an attack on one NATO member as an attack on all. CNBC reported that he had been widely expected to back it publicly for the first time and that the omission came as Russia had become more militarily assertive. A senior White House official told NBC News that his participation alone should be seen as an endorsement and that stating it 'would be redundant'. Former U.S. ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder said allied leaders had hoped to hear the words and that their absence 'was a problem'. On June 9, 2017, at a news conference with Romania's president, Trump said: 'I'm committing the United States to article 5.'","sources":[{"title":"Remarks at the Dedication Ceremony for the Berlin Wall Memorial and the 9/11 and Article 5 Memorial in Brussels, Belgium","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-dedication-ceremony-for-the-berlin-wall-memorial-and-the-911-and-article-5","date":"2017-05-25"},{"title":"Trump gave a speech to NATO leaders, but it's what he left out that got their attention","outlet":"CNBC","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/25/trump-does-not-mention-support-for-article-5-in-nato-speech.html","date":"2017-05-25"},{"title":"The President's News Conference With President Klaus Iohannis of Romania","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/the-presidents-news-conference-with-president-klaus-iohannis-romania","date":"2017-06-09"},{"title":"Trump says U.S. is committed to mutual support of NATO allies","outlet":"PBS News (Associated Press)","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-says-u-s-committed-mutual-support-nato-allies","date":"2017-06-10"}],"tag_label":"NATO and allies","tag_short":"Alliances","tag_tone":"green","tag_list":["alliances"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2017,"url":"/claims/russia-nato-article-5-omitted-2017/","sort_key":"2017-05-25","number":30},{"id":"offensive-germans-very-bad-2017","kind":"offensive","target":"countries","subject":"Germany","place":"Germany","title":"Reported by Der Spiegel to have told EU leaders 'The Germans are bad, very bad' over car sales","quote":"The Germans are bad, very bad. See the millions of cars they are selling in the US. Terrible. We will stop this.","date":"2017-05-25","venue":"Meeting with EU leaders, Brussels","era":"term-1","category":"trade","what_happened":"Der Spiegel reported the remark, citing 'participants at the meeting' with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and EU Council President Donald Tusk; the quote is an English translation of Spiegel's German account, and some outlets rendered it 'evil, very evil.' Juncker reportedly replied that free trade benefits everyone. Neither the White House nor the German chancellery commented immediately, AFP reported.","sources":[{"title":"Trump says 'Germans are very bad': report","outlet":"The Local Germany (AFP)","url":"https://www.thelocal.de/20170526/trump-says-germans-are-very-bad-report","date":"2017-05-26"},{"title":"Trump calls Germans 'very bad,' threatens to end German car sales: reports","outlet":"CNBC","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/26/trump-calls-germans-very-bad-threatens-to-end-german-car-sales-reports.html","date":"2017-05-26"}],"tag":"countries","tag_label":"Other countries","tag_short":"Countries","tag_tone":"green","tag_list":["countries"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2017,"url":"/claims/offensive-germans-very-bad-2017/","sort_key":"2017-05-25","number":60},{"id":"russia-lavrov-classified-intelligence-2017","kind":"russia","tag":"intelligence","subject":"Lavrov Oval Office meeting","title":"Shared classified intelligence with Russia's foreign minister and ambassador in the Oval Office","quote":"As President I wanted to share with Russia (at an openly scheduled W.H. meeting) which I have the absolute right to do, facts pertaining.... ...to terrorism and airline flight safety. Humanitarian reasons, plus I want Russia to greatly step up their fight against ISIS & terrorism.","date":"2017-05-10","venue":"Oval Office meeting with Sergey Lavrov and Sergey Kislyak (quote from Twitter, May 16, 2017)","era":"term-1","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"On May 10, 2017, the day after he dismissed FBI Director James Comey, Trump met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Ambassador Sergey Kislyak in the Oval Office. The Washington Post reported on May 15 that he described details of an Islamic State threat involving laptop computers on aircraft, using intelligence from a U.S. partner that had not given permission to share it with Russia. National security adviser H.R. McMaster said the story 'as reported, is false' and that no intelligence sources or methods were discussed; Trump wrote the next day that he had an 'absolute right' to share the facts. Several outlets then reported that the intelligence came from Israel. The New York Times reported, citing a document summarizing the meeting, that Trump also told the Russians that Comey was 'a real nut job' and that firing him had taken off 'great pressure because of Russia'; the White House did not dispute that account. The Post noted that a president has broad authority to declassify information, making it unlikely the disclosure broke the law.","featured":true,"sources":[{"title":"Tweets of May 16, 2017","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-may-16-2017","date":"2017-05-16"},{"title":"Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian foreign minister and ambassador","outlet":"The Washington Post (via Internet Archive)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20180101001706/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-revealed-highly-classified-information-to-russian-foreign-minister-and-ambassador/2017/05/15/530c172a-3960-11e7-9e48-c4f199710b69_story.html","date":"2017-05-15"},{"title":"Trump revealed intelligence secrets to Russians in Oval Office: officials","outlet":"Reuters (via Internet Archive)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20180203204426/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-idUSKCN18B2MX","date":"2017-05-16"},{"title":"Trump Says He Has 'Absolute Right' To Share Intelligence With Russia","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://www.npr.org/2017/05/16/528598685/trump-says-he-has-absolute-right-to-share-intelligence-with-russia","date":"2017-05-16"},{"title":"Trump to Russians in Oval Office: Firing 'nut job' Comey eased pressure, NYT reports","outlet":"CNBC","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/19/trump-to-russians-in-oval-office-firing-nut-job-comey-eased-pressure-nyt.html","date":"2017-05-19"}],"tag_label":"Intelligence and security","tag_short":"Intelligence","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["intelligence"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2017,"url":"/claims/russia-lavrov-classified-intelligence-2017/","sort_key":"2017-05-10","number":29},{"id":"autocrats-ivanka-trademarks-xi-dinner-2017","kind":"autocrats","tag":"payments","subject":"China","country":"China","beneficiary":"Ivanka Trump (Ivanka Trump Marks LLC)","amount":"","freedom_house":"Not Free (2017)","title":"Ivanka Trump's company won provisional approval for three Chinese trademarks the day she dined with Xi Jinping","quote":"","date":"2017-04-06","venue":"China Trademark Office records, reported by the Associated Press","era":"term-1","category":"ethics","what_happened":"On April 6, 2017, Ivanka Trump's company won provisional approval from China's Trademark Office for three trademarks giving it exclusive rights to sell Ivanka-branded jewelry, bags and spa services in China, the Associated Press reported on April 18, 2017. That evening she and Jared Kushner sat beside Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife at the Mar-a-Lago summit dinner. Ivanka Trump, then an unpaid White House adviser, still owned the brand, which she had placed in a family-run trust valued at more than $50 million; her attorney Jamie Gorelick said she would not weigh in on business strategy but retained authority to terminate agreements that created a conflict. The brand said Ivanka Trump did not sign off on the applications and that they were \"not necessarily an indication\" of plans to launch products in a given territory. AP said there was no sign the approvals were unusually swift, and China's Trademark Office did not respond to a request for comment. Former Bush ethics lawyer Richard Painter urged her to stop seeking trademarks while in government. Freedom House rated China Not Free in its 2017 report.","sources":[{"title":"Ivanka's biz prospers as politics mixes with business","outlet":"Associated Press via CNBC","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/18/ivankas-biz-prospers-as-politics-mixes-with-business.html","date":"2017-04-18"},{"title":"Ivanka Trump's Chinese Trademarks","outlet":"Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington","url":"https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/ivanka-trump-trademarks/","date":"2018-11-05"},{"title":"China: Freedom in the World 2017 Country Report","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/country/china/freedom-world/2017","date":"2017"}],"tag_label":"Gifts and payments","tag_short":"Payments","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["payments"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2017,"url":"/claims/autocrats-ivanka-trademarks-xi-dinner-2017/","sort_key":"2017-04-06","number":22},{"id":"autocrats-china-38-trademarks-2017","kind":"autocrats","tag":"payments","subject":"China","country":"China","beneficiary":"Donald Trump and DTTM Operations LLC","amount":"","freedom_house":"Not Free (2017)","title":"China gave preliminary approval to 38 Trump trademarks covering hotels, golf clubs and other services","quote":"","date":"2017-03-06","venue":"China Trademark Office publications, reported by the Associated Press","era":"term-1","category":"ethics","what_happened":"China's Trademark Office published provisional approvals for 38 Trump trademarks on February 27 and March 6, 2017, covering hotels, golf clubs, spa and massage services, insurance, finance, real estate, restaurants, bars and a class that includes bodyguard, social escort and concierge services, the Associated Press reported on March 8, 2017 from public documents. Trump's lawyers had applied for the marks in April 2016; all but three were in Trump's own name, with three Scion hotel marks registered to DTTM Operations LLC, a company Trump owned 100 percent as of May 2016. Formal registration followed if no one objected within 90 days. Hong Kong trademark consultant Dan Plane told AP he had never seen so many applications approved so quickly, while a Beijing lawyer who has represented the Trump Organization said she saw no special treatment. Trump Organization chief legal officer Alan Garten said the registrations were \"a natural result of those longstanding, diligent efforts\" and that the company had no plans to operate an escort service in China. Senator Ben Cardin said Beijing had come to appreciate the return on \"a positive, personal business relationship with the President.\" Freedom House rated China Not Free in its 2017 report.","sources":[{"title":"China grants preliminary approval to 38 new Trump trademarks","outlet":"Associated Press via FOX 17","url":"https://www.fox17online.com/2017/03/08/china-grants-preliminary-approval-to-38-new-trump-trademarks","date":"2017-03-08"},{"title":"White House for Sale: How Princes, Prime Ministers, and Premiers Paid Off President Trump","outlet":"House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Democratic staff","url":"https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/imo/media/doc/2024-01-04.COA%20DEMS%20-%20Mazars%20Report.pdf","date":"2024-01-04"},{"title":"China: Freedom in the World 2017 Country Report","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/country/china/freedom-world/2017","date":"2017"}],"tag_label":"Gifts and payments","tag_short":"Payments","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["payments"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2017,"url":"/claims/autocrats-china-38-trademarks-2017/","sort_key":"2017-03-06","number":21},{"id":"offensive-paris-no-longer-paris-2017","kind":"offensive","target":"countries","subject":"Paris, France","place":"France","title":"Told CPAC a friend had stopped visiting because 'Paris is no longer Paris'","quote":"I have a friend, he's a very, very substantial guy. He loves the city of lights, he loves Paris. ... And I said, Jim, let me ask you a question, how's Paris doing? \"Paris? I don't go there anymore, Paris is no longer Paris.\"","date":"2017-02-24","venue":"Conservative Political Action Conference, Oxon Hill, Maryland","era":"term-1","category":"immigration","what_happened":"Trump used the anecdote while defending his immigration crackdown. The next day French President François Hollande replied, 'It is never good to show the slightest mistrust toward a friendly country,' Gulf News reported, and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo also rebuked him. He had used versions of the line before: 'France is no longer France' (Derry, New Hampshire, August 19, 2015) and 'Paris is no longer Paris' (Lisbon, Maine, October 28, 2016).","sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump at CPAC - Oxon Hill, MD - February 24, 2017","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-cpac-oxon-hill-md-february-24-2017/#86","date":"2017-02-24"},{"title":"Hollande hit backs at Trump over Paris criticism","outlet":"Gulf News","url":"https://gulfnews.com/world/europe/hollande-hit-backs-at-trump-over-paris-criticism-1.1984045","date":"2017-02-25"}],"tag":"countries","tag_label":"Other countries","tag_short":"Countries","tag_tone":"green","tag_list":["countries"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2017,"url":"/claims/offensive-paris-no-longer-paris-2017/","sort_key":"2017-02-24","number":59},{"id":"offensive-last-night-in-sweden-2017","kind":"offensive","target":"countries","subject":"Sweden","place":"Sweden","title":"Cited 'what's happening last night in Sweden' as a warning about immigration; nothing had happened","quote":"You look at what's happening in Germany, you look at what's happening last night in Sweden. Sweden, who would believe this. Sweden. They took in large numbers. They're having problems like they never thought possible.","date":"2017-02-18","venue":"Political rally, Melbourne, Florida","era":"term-1","category":"immigration","what_happened":"No major incident had taken place in Sweden the night before. Former Swedish prime minister Carl Bildt tweeted, 'Sweden? Terror attack? What has he been smoking?' and Sweden's foreign ministry sought clarification from the U.S. On February 19 Trump tweeted that his statement 'was in reference to a story that was broadcast on @FoxNews concerning immigrants & Sweden.'","sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Holds a Political Rally in Melbourne, Florida - February 18, 2017","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-melbourne-fl-february-18-2017/#55","date":"2017-02-18"},{"title":"Tweets of February 19, 2017","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-february-19-2017","date":"2017-02-19"},{"title":"Sweden wants Trump to explain mysterious 'last night in Sweden' incident","outlet":"The Local Sweden","url":"https://www.thelocal.com/20170219/sweden-wants-trump-to-explain-mysterious-last-night-in-sweden-incident","date":"2017-02-19"}],"tag":"countries","tag_label":"Other countries","tag_short":"Countries","tag_tone":"green","tag_list":["countries"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2017,"url":"/claims/offensive-last-night-in-sweden-2017/","sort_key":"2017-02-18","number":58},{"id":"autocrats-china-construction-trademark-2017","kind":"autocrats","tag":"payments","subject":"China","country":"China","beneficiary":"Donald Trump (Trump Organization)","amount":"","freedom_house":"Not Free (2017)","title":"China registered the Trump construction-services trademark after a ten-year fight, weeks into his presidency","quote":"","date":"2017-02-14","venue":"China Trademark Office registration, reported by AP and CNN","era":"term-1","category":"ethics","what_happened":"On February 14, 2017, China's Trademark Office formally registered a trademark for Trump-branded construction services, ending a legal fight that Trump had begun in 2006 and repeatedly lost in Chinese courts. China's trademark review board invalidated a rival claim in September 2016, during the campaign, awarded the mark to the Trump Organization in November 2016 after the election, and registered it after the three-month objection period ran out. The Chinese Embassy in Washington told CNN the case was handled in compliance with China's trademark law. Trump Organization chief legal officer Alan Garten said the registration was \"a natural result\" of more than a decade of enforcement efforts that took place years before Trump announced his candidacy. Ethics lawyers including Norman Eisen and Richard Painter argued that a trademark granted by a foreign government without congressional consent could violate the Foreign Emoluments Clause; Democratic senators protested and questioned Secretary of State Rex Tillerson about possible political influence. Trump had pledged in January 2017 to make no new foreign deals while in office. Freedom House rated China Not Free in its 2017 report.","sources":[{"title":"China grants Trump a long-awaited trademark","outlet":"WTVG 13abc (CNN)","url":"https://www.13abc.com/content/news/China-grants-Trump-a-trademark-414177573.html","date":"2017-02-19"},{"title":"China grants preliminary approval to 38 new Trump trademarks","outlet":"Associated Press via FOX 17","url":"https://www.fox17online.com/2017/03/08/china-grants-preliminary-approval-to-38-new-trump-trademarks","date":"2017-03-08"},{"title":"White House for Sale: How Princes, Prime Ministers, and Premiers Paid Off President Trump","outlet":"House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Democratic staff","url":"https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/imo/media/doc/2024-01-04.COA%20DEMS%20-%20Mazars%20Report.pdf","date":"2024-01-04"},{"title":"China: Freedom in the World 2017 Country Report","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/country/china/freedom-world/2017","date":"2017"}],"tag_label":"Gifts and payments","tag_short":"Payments","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["payments"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2017,"url":"/claims/autocrats-china-construction-trademark-2017/","sort_key":"2017-02-14","number":20},{"id":"know-polls-2017","kind":"knows-better","subject":"polls","title":"Could read the polls better than anybody","quote":"And I can read the polls maybe better than anybody, because it seems that I understood the polls a lot better than many of the pollsters understood the polls, assuming they were honest polls, which I think probably many of them weren't.","date":"2017-02-08","venue":"Remarks to the Major Cities Chiefs Association winter meeting, Washington, D.C.","era":"term-1","category":"elections","what_happened":"Pew Research Center's post-election analysis (November 9, 2016) found that the final round of national polls showed Clinton leading by 1 to 7 points and that, across the board, polls underestimated Trump's support; forecasters had put Clinton's chances at 70% to 99%. Pew reported \"a great deal of speculation but no clear answers as to the cause of the disconnect,\" and did not attribute the misses to dishonest polling.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks at the Major Cities Chiefs Association Winter Meeting","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-major-cities-chiefs-association-winter-meeting","date":"2017-02-08"},{"title":"Why 2016 election polls missed their mark","outlet":"Pew Research Center","url":"https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2016/11/09/why-2016-election-polls-missed-their-mark/","date":"2016-11-09"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2017,"url":"/claims/know-polls-2017/","sort_key":"2017-02-08","number":23},{"id":"russia-oreilly-killers-2017","kind":"russia","tag":"praise","subject":"O'Reilly interview","title":"Answered 'Putin's a killer' by asking whether the United States is 'so innocent'","quote":"There are a lot of killers. We've got a lot of killers. What do you think — our country's so innocent. You think our country's so innocent?","date":"2017-02-04","venue":"Fox News interview with Bill O'Reilly (excerpt released February 4, 2017; aired February 5)","era":"term-1","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"In an interview with Bill O'Reilly of Fox News, Trump said he respected Putin and that it was better to get along with Russia than not. When O'Reilly said Putin was a killer, Trump replied that there were a lot of killers and asked whether the United States was so innocent, then referred to the Iraq war, saying 'a lot of people were killed'. A clip of the exchange was released on February 4, 2017, and the full interview aired the next day before the Super Bowl. CNN described the comparison as an unusual assertion for a U.S. president. On February 6 the Kremlin called O'Reilly's description of Putin 'unacceptable and insulting' and asked Fox News for an apology.","sources":[{"title":"Interview with Bill O'Reilly of Fox News","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/interview-with-bill-oreilly-fox-news-0","date":"2017-02-03"},{"title":"Trump defends Putin: 'You think our country's so innocent?'","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/04/politics/donald-trump-vladimir-putin/index.html","date":"2017-02-04"},{"title":"Bill O'Reilly called Putin 'a killer.' The Kremlin says it will wait patiently for an apology.","outlet":"The Washington Post (via Internet Archive)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20170519175139/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/02/06/bill-oreilly-called-putin-a-killer-now-the-kremlin-wants-an-apology-from-fox-news/","date":"2017-02-07"}],"tag_label":"Praise and deference","tag_short":"Praise","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["praise"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2017,"url":"/claims/russia-oreilly-killers-2017/","sort_key":"2017-02-04","number":28},{"id":"autocrats-icbc-trump-tower-rent-2017","kind":"autocrats","tag":"real-estate","subject":"China","country":"China","beneficiary":"Trump Tower Commercial LLC (Trump Organization)","amount":"$5,357,495 (estimated rent, February 2017 to October 31, 2019)","freedom_house":"Not Free (2017)","title":"State-owned ICBC paid an estimated $5.36 million in Trump Tower rent during Trump's first term","quote":"I love China. The biggest bank in the world is from China. You know where their United States headquarters is located? In this building, in Trump Tower.","date":"2017-02","venue":"Quote: campaign announcement at Trump Tower, June 16, 2015; rent figures from an SEC debt prospectus cited by House Oversight Democrats","era":"term-1","category":"ethics","what_happened":"The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, whose controlling shareholders are China's Ministry of Finance and Central Huijin, signed a lease for office space in Trump Tower in 2008 and agreed to pay $1,948,180 a year in base rent through October 31, 2019, according to a debt prospectus filed with the SEC. The House Oversight Democrats' January 2024 report estimated on that basis that ICBC paid at least $5,357,495 to Trump Tower Commercial LLC between February 2017 and the lease expiration on October 31, 2019, the largest single foreign government payment the report identified. The Justice Department alleged in 2016 that ICBC was among Chinese banks that had provided accounts to a company accused of conspiring with a North Korean bank to evade sanctions; the report noted that the Trump administration took no formal action against ICBC despite calls from House Foreign Affairs Chairman Ed Royce in 2017 to target Chinese banks doing business with North Korea. In October 2019 Eric Trump said the bank had decided to keep \"a couple of floors\" in Trump Tower, and Forbes later reported ICBC left the building in the first half of 2021. Mazars USA told the committee it found no ICBC records in its files. The Trump Organization said it donated more than $450,000 in estimated foreign government profits to the Treasury during the term. Freedom House rated China Not Free in every report from 2017 through 2020.","sources":[{"title":"White House for Sale: How Princes, Prime Ministers, and Premiers Paid Off President Trump","outlet":"House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Democratic staff","url":"https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/imo/media/doc/2024-01-04.COA%20DEMS%20-%20Mazars%20Report.pdf","date":"2024-01-04"},{"title":"China spent over $5.5 million at Trump properties while he was in office, documents show","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/04/politics/trump-properties-china-foreign-payments","date":"2024-01-04"},{"title":"Remarks Announcing Candidacy for President in New York City","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-announcing-candidacy-for-president-new-york-city","date":"2015-06-16"},{"title":"China: Freedom in the World 2018 Country Report","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/country/china/freedom-world/2018","date":"2018"}],"tag_label":"Real estate and licensing","tag_short":"Real estate","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["real-estate"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2017,"url":"/claims/autocrats-icbc-trump-tower-rent-2017/","sort_key":"2017-02","number":19},{"id":"offensive-chicago-carnage-feds-2017","kind":"offensive","target":"cities","subject":"Chicago","place":"Chicago","title":"Days into his term, threatened to 'send in the Feds' over Chicago's 'horrible carnage'","quote":"If Chicago doesn't fix the horrible \"carnage\" going on 228 shootings in 2017 with 42 killings (up 24% from 2016) I will send in the Feds!","date":"2017-01-24","venue":"Twitter","era":"term-1","category":"justice","what_happened":"Trump posted the tweet the evening of Jan. 24, 2017, after a Fox News segment that used the same figures. DNAinfo reported official Chicago Police figures were lower: 234 people shot and 38 killed. Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said the department was willing to work with federal agencies. In his first TV interview as president days later, Trump said Chicago was 'like a war zone.'","sources":[{"title":"Tweets of January 25, 2017 (UTC)","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-january-25-2017","date":"2017-01-24"},{"title":"Trump Warns He Will 'Send in the Feds' to Fix 'Carnage' in Chicago","outlet":"NBC Chicago","url":"https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-tweets-he-will-send-feds-to-fix-carnage-in-chicago/20707/?amp=1","date":"2017-01-25"},{"title":"Donald Trump tweet: send in the Feds","outlet":"DNAinfo Chicago","url":"https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170124/albany-park/donald-trump-tweet-send-in-the-feds-violence-shootings","date":"2017-01-24"}],"tag":"cities","tag_label":"American cities","tag_short":"Cities","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["cities"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2017,"url":"/claims/offensive-chicago-carnage-feds-2017/","sort_key":"2017-01-24","number":57},{"id":"offensive-atlanta-john-lewis-district-2017","kind":"offensive","target":"cities","subject":"Rep. John Lewis's Atlanta district","place":"Atlanta","title":"Called John Lewis's Atlanta district 'in horrible shape and falling apart (not to mention crime infested)'","quote":"Congressman John Lewis should spend more time on fixing and helping his district, which is in horrible shape and falling apart (not to mention crime infested) rather than falsely complaining about the election results. All talk, talk, talk - no action or results. Sad!","date":"2017-01-14","venue":"Twitter","era":"campaign-2016","category":"other","what_happened":"The president-elect posted the two-part tweet the morning after Lewis, a civil rights leader, told NBC News he did not view Trump as a legitimate president. Later that day he tweeted again about 'burning and crime infested' inner cities. Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed called Lewis 'an American hero & a national treasure,' and Georgia Democrats asked Trump to apologize. AP reported the 'crime infested' claim was hard to prove, though the district's crime and poverty rates were above the national average.","sources":[{"title":"Tweets of January 14, 2017","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-january-14-2017","date":"2017-01-14"},{"title":"Dems Defend Rep. Lewis as 'Hero' After Trump Slams Civil Rights Icon","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/dems-defend-rep-lewis-hero-after-trump-slams-civil-rights-n706921","date":"2017-01-14"}],"tag":"cities","tag_label":"American cities","tag_short":"Cities","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["cities"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2017,"url":"/claims/offensive-atlanta-john-lewis-district-2017/","sort_key":"2017-01-14","number":56},{"id":"russia-sanctions-for-arms-deal-2017","kind":"russia","tag":"sanctions","subject":"Sanctions-for-arms offer","title":"Floated lifting Crimea sanctions in return for a nuclear arms deal, days before taking office","quote":"They have sanctions on Russia — let's see if we can make some good deals with Russia. For one thing, I think nuclear weapons should be way down and reduced very substantially, that's part of it. But Russia's hurting very badly right now because of sanctions, but I think something can happen that a lot of people are gonna benefit.","date":"2017-01-13","venue":"Interview with The Times of London and Bild at Trump Tower (published January 15, 2017)","era":"campaign-2016","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"The interview, conducted by Michael Gove for The Times and Kai Diekmann for Bild, was published two days later; Reuters reported that Trump would propose ending sanctions imposed over Russia's annexation of Crimea in return for a nuclear arms reduction deal. In the same interview he again called NATO 'obsolete', which Germany's foreign minister said had caused 'worry and concern' in the alliance; Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it was too early to respond to the sanctions suggestion. The same day Trump told The Wall Street Journal he would keep the sanctions imposed in December 'at least for a period of time' but asked: 'If you get along and if Russia is really helping us, why would anybody have sanctions if somebody's doing some really great things?' Asked by Bild whom he trusted more, Angela Merkel or Putin, he said: 'I start off trusting both, but let see how long that lasts.' On August 2, 2017 he signed the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, which enacted new sanctions on Russia, calling the bill 'seriously flawed'.","sources":[{"title":"Trump's offer to Putin: an end to sanctions for nuclear arms cut - London Times","outlet":"Reuters (via Internet Archive)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20170116021147id_/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-arms-deal-idUSKBN14Z0YE","date":"2017-01-15"},{"title":"Trump worries Nato with 'obsolete' comment","outlet":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38635181","date":"2017-01-16"},{"title":"Donald Trump says Merkel made 'catastrophic mistake' on migrants","outlet":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38632485","date":"2017-01-15"},{"title":"Trump suggests he may do away with Russia sanctions if Moscow helpful: WSJ","outlet":"CNBC","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/14/trump-suggests-he-may-do-away-with-russia-sanctions-if-moscow-helpful-wsj.html","date":"2017-01-14"},{"title":"Trump hints at European immigration restrictions","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/15/politics/donald-trump-europe-immigration-merkel-brexit-interview/index.html","date":"2017-01-15"},{"title":"Statement on Signing the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-signing-the-countering-americas-adversaries-through-sanctions-act-0","date":"2017-08-02"}],"tag_label":"Sanctions and pressure","tag_short":"Sanctions","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["sanctions"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2017,"url":"/claims/russia-sanctions-for-arms-deal-2017/","sort_key":"2017-01-13","number":27},{"id":"china-hacked-22-million-2017","kind":"china","threat":"military","subject":"cyber hacking","title":"Said China hacked 22 million accounts because the U.S. has 'no defense'","quote":"Take a look at what's happened. You don't report it the same way; 22 million accounts were hacked in this country by China. And that's because we have no defense. That's because we're run by people that don't know what they're doing.","date":"2017-01-11","venue":"President-elect's news conference, Trump Tower, New York","era":"campaign-2016","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"Later in the same news conference he said China had 'taken total advantage of us economically' and in the South China Sea 'by building their massive fortress.' In February 2020 his Justice Department charged four members of China's military with the 2017 breach of Equifax, which exposed data on about 145 million Americans. Announcing the charges, Attorney General William Barr cited China's 'voracious appetite for the personal data of Americans,' including the theft of personnel records from the Office of Personnel Management.","sources":[{"title":"The President-Elect's News Conference in New York City","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/the-president-elects-news-conference-new-york-city","date":"2017-01-11"},{"title":"Chinese Hackers Charged In Alleged Cyber-Theft Of 145 Million Americans' Data","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://www.npr.org/2020/02/10/804501991/chinese-hackers-charged-in-alleged-cyber-theft-of-145-million-americans-data","date":"2020-02-10"}],"tag":"military","tag_label":"Military threat","tag_short":"Military","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["military"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2017,"url":"/claims/china-hacked-22-million-2017/","sort_key":"2017-01-11","number":39},{"id":"russia-asset-not-liability-2017","kind":"russia","tag":"praise","subject":"Putin's preference","title":"Said Putin liking him was 'an asset, not a liability', while conceding 'I think it was Russia' behind the hacking","quote":"Well, if — if Putin likes Donald Trump, I consider that an asset, not a liability, because we have a horrible relationship with Russia.","date":"2017-01-11","venue":"President-elect's news conference, Trump Tower, New York","era":"campaign-2016","category":"elections","what_happened":"It was Trump's first news conference after the January 6 assessment that Putin had ordered the influence campaign and preferred him. He said, 'As far as hacking, I think it was Russia. But I think we also get hacked by other countries and other people,' and, when a reporter noted the concession, 'All right, but you know what, it could have been others also.' Asked whether he accepted the finding that Putin acted to help him and whether he would undo Obama's sanctions, he gave the answer above and added, 'Now, I don't know that I'm gonna get along with Vladimir Putin. I hope I do. But there's a good chance I won't.' Four days earlier he had tweeted: 'Having a good relationship with Russia is a good thing, not a bad thing. Only \"stupid\" people, or fools, would think that it is bad!'","sources":[{"title":"The President-Elect's News Conference in New York City","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/the-president-elects-news-conference-new-york-city","date":"2017-01-11"},{"title":"Tweets of January 7, 2017","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-january-7-2017","date":"2017-01-07"},{"title":"Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections (ICA 2017-01D)","outlet":"Office of the Director of National Intelligence (copy hosted by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence)","url":"https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ICA_2017_01.pdf","date":"2017-01-06"}],"tag_label":"Praise and deference","tag_short":"Praise","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["praise"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2017,"url":"/claims/russia-asset-not-liability-2017/","sort_key":"2017-01-11","number":26},{"id":"russia-assange-tweets-2017","kind":"russia","tag":"intelligence","subject":"Assange and the DNC hack","title":"Cited Julian Assange against U.S. intelligence: 'Also said Russians did not give him the info!'","quote":"Julian Assange said \"a 14 year old could have hacked Podesta\" - why was DNC so careless? Also said Russians did not give him the info!","date":"2017-01-04","venue":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"campaign-2016","category":"elections","what_happened":"The WikiLeaks founder's interview with Sean Hannity had aired on Fox News the previous evening. The night before, Trump had tweeted that his intelligence briefing on 'so-called \"Russian hacking\"' had been 'delayed until Friday, perhaps more time needed to build a case. Very strange!'; intelligence agency chiefs said the meeting had never been scheduled before Friday. Sen. Lindsey Graham responded: 'In Julian Assange's world, we're the bad guys.' On January 5 Trump tweeted that he was not 'in Agreement with Julian Assange' and that 'I simply state what he states'. The declassified assessment released on January 6 said the intelligence community assessed 'with high confidence that the GRU relayed material it acquired from the DNC and senior Democratic officials to WikiLeaks'. Trump's statement after his briefing that day did not address who was responsible, saying that 'Russia, China, other countries, outside groups and people are consistently trying to break through the cyber infrastructure' and that 'there was absolutely no effect on the outcome of the election'.","sources":[{"title":"Tweets of January 4, 2017","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-january-4-2017","date":"2017-01-04"},{"title":"Trump raises trust questions with spy feud","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/04/politics/donald-trump-cia-intelligence-russia-assange/index.html","date":"2017-01-04"},{"title":"Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections (ICA 2017-01D)","outlet":"Office of the Director of National Intelligence (copy hosted by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence)","url":"https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ICA_2017_01.pdf","date":"2017-01-06"},{"title":"Statement by President-Elect Donald J. Trump Following a Meeting with Intelligence Community Leaders","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-president-elect-donald-j-trump-following-meeting-with-intelligence-community","date":"2017-01-06"}],"tag_label":"Intelligence and security","tag_short":"Intelligence","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["intelligence"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2017,"url":"/claims/russia-assange-tweets-2017/","sort_key":"2017-01-04","number":25},{"id":"china-one-sided-trade-north-korea-2017","kind":"china","threat":"both","subject":"trade and North Korea","title":"Tweeted that China takes 'massive amounts of money & wealth' but 'won't help with North Korea'","quote":"China has been taking out massive amounts of money & wealth from the U.S. in totally one-sided trade, but won't help with North Korea. Nice!","date":"2017-01-02","venue":"Post on Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"campaign-2016","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"On April 16, 2017 he tweeted, 'Why would I call China a currency manipulator when they are working with us on the North Korean problem?' On June 20, 2017 he tweeted that China's efforts on North Korea had 'not worked out,' adding, 'At least I know China tried!' The U.S. goods trade deficit with China rose from $346.8 billion in 2016 to $375.2 billion in 2017 and $418.2 billion in 2018, according to the Census Bureau.","sources":[{"title":"Tweet: 'China has been taking out massive amounts of money & wealth from the U.S.'","outlet":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/816068355555815424","date":"2017-01-02"},{"title":"Tweets of January 2, 2017","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-january-2-2017","date":"2017-01-02"},{"title":"Tweets of April 16, 2017","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-april-16-2017","date":"2017-04-16"},{"title":"Tweets of June 20, 2017","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-june-20-2017","date":"2017-06-20"},{"title":"Trade in Goods with China","outlet":"U.S. Census Bureau","url":"https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html","date":"2026-09-28"}],"tag":"both","tag_label":"Economic and military","tag_short":"Economic + military","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["economic","military"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2017,"url":"/claims/china-one-sided-trade-north-korea-2017/","sort_key":"2017-01-02","number":38},{"id":"russia-great-move-on-delay-2016","kind":"russia","tag":"sanctions","subject":"Putin's non-retaliation","title":"Praised Putin for not retaliating against Obama's sanctions: 'I always knew he was very smart!'","quote":"Great move on delay (by V. Putin) - I always knew he was very smart!","date":"2016-12-30","venue":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump); the tweet was pinned to the top of his profile","era":"campaign-2016","category":"elections","what_happened":"Putin had set aside a recommendation from his own government to retaliate against the sanctions and expulsions Obama announced on December 29, saying Russia would not pursue 'irresponsible diplomacy'; the Russian Embassy retweeted Trump's post. According to the special counsel's report, on December 29 incoming national security adviser Michael Flynn, after conferring with transition officials at Mar-a-Lago, asked Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak that Russia 'not escalate the situation' and respond only 'in a reciprocal manner'; that day K.T. McFarland briefed Trump, who asked whether the Russians did 'it' and 'expressed doubt that it was the Russians'. On December 31 Kislyak told Flynn that Russia had chosen not to retaliate 'in response to the request'. Flynn told the special counsel's office he did not document his discussion of sanctions 'because it could be perceived as getting in the way of the Obama Administration's foreign policy'.","sources":[{"title":"Tweets of December 30, 2016","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-december-30-2016","date":"2016-12-30"},{"title":"Donald Trump: Vladimir Putin 'very smart' for decision to withhold sanctions","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2016/12/30/politics/trump-putin-very-smart-for-decision-to-withhold-sanctions/index.html","date":"2016-12-30"},{"title":"Report On The Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Presidential Election, Volume I of II","outlet":"U.S. Department of Justice, Special Counsel's Office","url":"https://www.justice.gov/archives/sco/file/1373816/dl?inline=","date":"2019-03"}],"tag_label":"Sanctions and pressure","tag_short":"Sanctions","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["sanctions"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/russia-great-move-on-delay-2016/","sort_key":"2016-12-30","number":24},{"id":"russia-get-on-with-our-lives-2016","kind":"russia","tag":"sanctions","subject":"Sanctions over hacking","title":"Asked about sanctioning Russia for election hacking, said 'we ought to get on with our lives'","quote":"I think that computers have complicated lives very greatly, the whole you know age of computer has made it where nobody knows exactly what's going on","date":"2016-12-28","venue":"Remarks to reporters at Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida","era":"campaign-2016","category":"elections","what_happened":"Asked whether the United States should sanction Russia over the hacking, Trump replied, 'I think we ought to get on with our lives,' before adding the remark above and 'I'm not sure you have the security that you need.' He said he had not spoken with Sen. Lindsey Graham, who had proposed sanctions on Putin personally. The next day President Obama sanctioned the GRU and FSB, four GRU officers and three companies, declared 35 Russian intelligence operatives persona non grata and closed two Russian compounds in Maryland and New York. Trump's statement in response said: 'It's time for our country to move on to bigger and better things. Nevertheless, in the interest of our country and its great people, I will meet with leaders of the intelligence community next week in order to be updated on the facts of this situation.' On New Year's Eve he told reporters, 'I know a lot about hacking, and hacking is a very hard thing to prove, so it could be somebody else.'","sources":[{"title":"Trump on sanctions against Russia: 'We ought to get on with our lives'","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-russia-sanctions-we-ought-get-our-lives-n701056","date":"2016-12-29"},{"title":"Statement by the President on Actions in Response to Russian Malicious Cyber Activity and Harassment","outlet":"The White House (Obama administration archive)","url":"https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/12/29/statement-president-actions-response-russian-malicious-cyber-activity","date":"2016-12-29"},{"title":"Statement From President-Elect Donald J. Trump on the Announcement of Sanctions Against Russia","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-from-president-elect-donald-j-trump-the-announcement-sanctions-against-russia","date":"2016-12-29"},{"title":"Trump still not sold on Russian link to hacking","outlet":"PBS NewsHour (Associated Press)","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-still-not-sold-russian-link-hacking","date":"2017-01-02"}],"tag_label":"Sanctions and pressure","tag_short":"Sanctions","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["sanctions"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/russia-get-on-with-our-lives-2016/","sort_key":"2016-12-28","number":23},{"id":"russia-putin-letter-2016","kind":"russia","tag":"praise","subject":"Putin's Christmas letter","title":"Released Putin's holiday letter, saying 'his thoughts are so correct', then tweeted Putin's jab at Democrats: 'So true!'","quote":"A very nice letter from Vladimir Putin; his thoughts are so correct. I hope both sides are able to live up to these thoughts, and we do not have to travel an alternate path.","date":"2016-12-23","venue":"Statement released by the presidential transition, Palm Beach, Florida","era":"campaign-2016","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"The transition released Putin's letter, dated December 15, in which Putin wrote that he hoped 'to take real steps to restore the framework of bilateral cooperation' once Trump took office; Moscow confirmed the letter was authentic. That evening Trump tweeted a remark he attributed to Putin about Clinton and the Democrats, 'In my opinion, it is humiliating. One must be able to lose with dignity,' and added: 'So true!' The exchange came two weeks after reports of the CIA's assessment that Russia had intervened in the election to help him, and six days before the Obama administration announced sanctions and expulsions over the interference.","sources":[{"title":"Statement from President-Elect Donald J. Trump on Receiving Christmas Greetings from Russian President Vladimir Putin","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-from-president-elect-donald-j-trump-receiving-christmas-greetings-from-russian","date":"2016-12-23"},{"title":"Trump receives 'very nice' Christmas letter from Putin","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2016/12/23/politics/trump-putin-christmas-letter-russian-relations/index.html","date":"2016-12-23"},{"title":"Tweets of December 24, 2016 (UTC; posted the evening of December 23 U.S. Eastern time)","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-december-24-2016","date":"2016-12-23"},{"title":"Statement by the President on Actions in Response to Russian Malicious Cyber Activity and Harassment","outlet":"The White House (Obama administration archive)","url":"https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/12/29/statement-president-actions-response-russian-malicious-cyber-activity","date":"2016-12-29"}],"tag_label":"Praise and deference","tag_short":"Praise","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["praise"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/russia-putin-letter-2016/","sort_key":"2016-12-23","number":22},{"id":"china-steals-navy-drone-2016","kind":"china","threat":"military","subject":"seized Navy drone","title":"Tweeted that China 'steals' a U.S. Navy drone in international waters","quote":"China steals United States Navy research drone in international waters - rips it out of water and takes it to China in unprecedented act.","date":"2016-12-17","venue":"Post on Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"campaign-2016","category":"veterans","what_happened":"The quoted tweet replaced a first version, since deleted, in which he misspelled 'unprecedented,' CNBC reported. In a follow-up tweet he wrote, 'We should tell China that we don't want the drone they stole back.- let them keep it!' A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson rejected the word 'steal' as inaccurate. China returned the drone on December 20, 2016; the Pentagon called the seizure unlawful and said it would continue to investigate.","sources":[{"title":"Tweet: 'China steals United States Navy research drone in international waters'","outlet":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/810121703288410112","date":"2016-12-17"},{"title":"Tweets of December 17, 2016","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-december-17-2016","date":"2016-12-17"},{"title":"Trump faces 'unpresidented' moment on Twitter","outlet":"CNBC","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/17/trump-faces-unpresidented-moment-on-twitter.html","date":"2016-12-17"},{"title":"China returns seized US underwater drone","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2016/12/20/politics/china-drone-return","date":"2016-12-20"}],"tag":"military","tag_label":"Military threat","tag_short":"Military","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["military"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/china-steals-navy-drone-2016/","sort_key":"2016-12-17","number":37},{"id":"autocrats-azerbaijan-embassy-hanukkah-party-2016","kind":"autocrats","tag":"payments","subject":"Azerbaijan","country":"Azerbaijan","beneficiary":"Donald Trump (Trump International Hotel, Washington)","amount":"","freedom_house":"Not Free (2016)","title":"Azerbaijan's embassy co-hosts a Hanukkah party at Trump's Washington hotel during the transition","quote":"","date":"2016-12-14","venue":"Reported by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, December 3, 2016","era":"campaign-2016","category":"ethics","what_happened":"The Embassy of Azerbaijan and the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations co-hosted a Hanukkah party at the Trump International Hotel in Washington on December 14, 2016, five weeks before Trump took office. Malcolm Hoenlein of the Conference told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that the embassy had rented the location because of its proximity to the White House. Eight Jewish organizations declined to attend, and human rights groups demonstrated outside the hotel. The cost was not reported. A January 2024 report by Democratic staff of the House Oversight Committee said records from Trump's accounting firm indicate that Azerbaijan had an account at a Trump-owned property after his election, without showing amounts or purposes. The Trump Organization ended its licensing deal for a tower in Baku the same month.","sources":[{"title":"Azerbaijan’s embassy to co-host Hanukkah party at Trump’s DC hotel","outlet":"Jewish Telegraphic Agency","url":"https://www.jta.org/2016/12/03/politics/azerbaijans-embassy-to-co-host-hanukkah-party-at-trumps-d-c-hotel","date":"2016-12-03"},{"title":"Azerbaijani Embassy To Host Party At Trump Hotel In Washington","outlet":"Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty","url":"https://www.rferl.org/a/azerbaijan-embassy-host-hanukkah-party-trump-hotel-washington-/28158546.html","date":"2016-12-06"},{"title":"Freedom Now Protests Trump Hotel Hanukkah Party Co-Hosted by Azerbaijani Embassy","outlet":"The Armenian Weekly","url":"https://armenianweekly.com/2016/12/15/freedom-now-azerbaijani/","date":"2016-12-15"},{"title":"Anti-Trump Boycott of Azerbaijan-Hosted Hanukkah Party Will Harm Muslim-Jewish Ties, Leaders Say","outlet":"The Algemeiner (JNS)","url":"https://www.algemeiner.com/2016/12/13/anti-trump-boycott-of-azerbaijan-hosted-hanukkah-party-will-harm-muslim-jewish-ties-leaders-say/","date":"2016-12-13"},{"title":"White House for Sale: How Princes, Prime Ministers, and Premiers Paid Off President Trump","outlet":"U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Democratic Staff","url":"https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/imo/media/doc/2024-01-04.COA%20DEMS%20-%20Mazars%20Report.pdf","date":"2024-01-04"},{"title":"Donald Trump’s Worst Deal","outlet":"The New Yorker","url":"https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/03/13/donald-trumps-worst-deal","date":"2017-03-05"},{"title":"Azerbaijan: Freedom in the World 2017 Country Report","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/country/azerbaijan/freedom-world/2017","date":"2017"}],"tag_label":"Gifts and payments","tag_short":"Payments","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["payments"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/autocrats-azerbaijan-embassy-hanukkah-party-2016/","sort_key":"2016-12-14","number":18},{"id":"autocrats-veb-gorkov-kushner-gifts-2016","kind":"autocrats","tag":"payments","subject":"Russia","country":"Russia","beneficiary":"Jared Kushner","amount":"","freedom_house":"Not Free (2016)","title":"Head of Russian state bank VEB gives Jared Kushner two gifts at a meeting during the transition","quote":"In fact, I gave my assistant these gifts to formally register them with the transition office","speaker":"Jared Kushner","date":"2016-12-13","venue":"Prepared statement to congressional committees, released July 24, 2017","era":"campaign-2016","category":"ethics","what_happened":"Jared Kushner met Sergey Gorkov, the head of the Russian state-owned bank Vnesheconombank (VEB), in Manhattan on December 13, 2016, at the request of the Russian ambassador. VEB had been under U.S. Treasury sanctions since 2014. According to the Mueller report, Gorkov gave Kushner a painting and a bag of soil from the town in Belarus where Kushner's family originated. Kushner said the meeting was diplomatic and that his companies and business were not discussed; VEB said in 2017 that Gorkov met him as head of Kushner Companies as part of a series of business meetings. The report noted that Kushner Companies then had a debt coming due on 666 Fifth Avenue. It said the investigation did not resolve the conflict between the two accounts and did not identify evidence of substantive follow-up after the meeting.","sources":[{"title":"Report On The Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Presidential Election","outlet":"U.S. Department of Justice, Special Counsel's Office","url":"https://www.justice.gov/archives/sco/file/1373816/dl?inline","date":"2019-04-18"},{"title":"Full text: Jared Kushner’s statement on Russia","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2017/07/24/politics/jared-kushner-statement-russia-2016-election/index.html","date":"2017-07-24"},{"title":"Country and Territory Ratings and Statuses, 1973-2024","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/2024-02/Country_and_Territory_Ratings_and_Statuses_FIW_1973-2024.xlsx","date":"2024"},{"title":"Russia: Freedom in the World 2017 Country Report","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/country/russia/freedom-world/2017","date":"2017"}],"tag_label":"Gifts and payments","tag_short":"Payments","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["payments"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/autocrats-veb-gorkov-kushner-gifts-2016/","sort_key":"2016-12-13","number":17},{"id":"china-one-china-policy-2016","kind":"china","threat":"both","subject":"Taiwan and One China policy","title":"Questioned why the U.S. should be 'bound by a one China policy' without a deal on trade","quote":"I fully understand the 'one China' policy, but I don't know why we have to be bound by a 'one China' policy unless we make a deal with China having to do with other things, including trade.","date":"2016-12-11","venue":"Interview on Fox News Sunday","era":"campaign-2016","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"In the same interview he said the U.S. was 'being hurt very badly by China with devaluation,' with border taxes and 'with building a massive fortress in the middle of the South China Sea.' In a phone call with Xi Jinping on February 9, 2017, he agreed to honour the 'One China' policy, the White House said. Al Jazeera reported during Xi's state visit to Washington in September 2026 that a $14 billion U.S. arms deal with Taiwan remained on hold.","sources":[{"title":"Trump Says U.S. Not Necessarily Bound by \"One China\" Policy","outlet":"Fortune (Reuters)","url":"https://fortune.com/2016/12/11/trump-one-china-policy/","date":"2016-12-11"},{"title":"Donald Trump questions 'one China' policy","outlet":"Al Jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/12/12/donald-trump-questions-one-china-policy","date":"2016-12-12"},{"title":"Trump agrees to honour 'One China' policy despite threats","outlet":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-38927891","date":"2017-02-10"},{"title":"From 'cheats' to 'great friendship': How Trump's rhetoric on China changed","outlet":"Al Jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/25/from-cheats-to-great-friendship-how-trumps-rhetoric-on-china-changed","date":"2026-09-25"}],"tag":"both","tag_label":"Economic and military","tag_short":"Economic + military","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["economic","military"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/china-one-china-policy-2016/","sort_key":"2016-12-11","number":36},{"id":"russia-cia-assessment-2016","kind":"russia","tag":"intelligence","subject":"CIA assessment","title":"Called the CIA's finding that Russia intervened to help him 'ridiculous' and 'just another excuse'","quote":"I think it's ridiculous. I think it's just another excuse. I don't believe it.","date":"2016-12-11","venue":"Interview on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace","era":"campaign-2016","category":"elections","what_happened":"The Washington Post reported on December 9, 2016 that the CIA had concluded in a secret assessment that Russia intervened in the election to help Trump win. His transition team responded that night: 'These are the same people that said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. The election ended a long time ago in one of the biggest Electoral College victories in history. It's now time to move on'. On Fox, Trump said 'They have no idea if it's Russia or China or somebody. It could be somebody sitting in a bed some place' and 'I think the Democrats are putting it out'. On December 12 he tweeted, 'Unless you catch \"hackers\" in the act, it is very hard to determine who was doing the hacking. Why wasn't this brought up before election?' and on December 15, 'If Russia, or some other entity, was hacking, why did the White House wait so long to act?' The declassified assessment released on January 6, 2017 by the CIA, FBI and NSA found that Putin had ordered the influence campaign and that Moscow 'developed a clear preference for President-elect Trump'.","sources":[{"title":"Exclusive: Donald Trump on Cabinet picks, transition process (Fox News Sunday transcript)","outlet":"Fox News","url":"https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/exclusive-donald-trump-on-cabinet-picks-transition-process","date":"2016-12-11"},{"title":"Trump: Claims of Russian interference in 2016 race 'ridiculous,' Dems making excuses","outlet":"Fox News","url":"https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-claims-of-russian-interference-in-2016-race-ridiculous-dems-making-excuses","date":"2016-12-11"},{"title":"CIA Concludes Russian Interference Aimed To Elect Trump","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/10/505072304/cia-concludes-russian-interference-aimed-to-elect-trump","date":"2016-12-10"},{"title":"Tweets of December 12, 2016","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-december-12-2016","date":"2016-12-12"},{"title":"Tweets of December 15, 2016","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-december-15-2016","date":"2016-12-15"},{"title":"Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections (ICA 2017-01D)","outlet":"Office of the Director of National Intelligence (copy hosted by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence)","url":"https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ICA_2017_01.pdf","date":"2017-01-06"}],"tag_label":"Intelligence and security","tag_short":"Intelligence","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["intelligence"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/russia-cia-assessment-2016/","sort_key":"2016-12-11","number":21},{"id":"autocrats-bahrain-national-day-hotel-2016","kind":"autocrats","tag":"payments","subject":"Bahrain","country":"Bahrain","beneficiary":"Donald Trump (Trump International Hotel, Washington)","amount":"","freedom_house":"Not Free (2016)","title":"Bahrain's embassy holds its national day reception at Trump's Washington hotel","quote":"","date":"2016-12-07","venue":"Reported by Politico from an embassy invitation","era":"campaign-2016","category":"ethics","what_happened":"On November 29, 2016, three weeks after Trump's election, Politico obtained an invitation from Bahrain's ambassador, Abdulla Al Khalifa, to a national day reception at the Trump International Hotel in Washington on December 7, 2016. A Washington Post list of spending at the hotel records the event as a National Day celebration paid for by the embassy of Bahrain. The Associated Press reported that Rep. James McGovern of Massachusetts wrote to Trump urging him not to accept money from the Bahraini monarchy for use of the hotel, and that the embassy did not reply to questions. A hotel representative told Politico that the company never discusses individual guests or groups. None of the sources cited here reports the amount paid. Freedom House rated Bahrain Not Free in its 2016 report.","sources":[{"title":"Bahrain to host event at Trump's D.C. hotel, raising ethical concerns","outlet":"Politico (via Internet Archive)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20161130172355/http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/trump-bahrain-hotel-dc-231941","date":"2016-11-29"},{"title":"Bahrain to host anniversary party at Trump's DC hotel","outlet":"The Hill","url":"https://thehill.com/homenews/307910-bahrain-to-host-anniversary-party-at-trump-international/","date":"2016-11-29"},{"title":"Why Donald Trump's Washington, D.C. 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I don't think so!","date":"2016-12-04","venue":"Two consecutive posts on Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"campaign-2016","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"He posted the tweets two days after taking a phone call from Taiwan's president on December 2, 2016. On April 12, 2017, days after hosting Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago, he told The Wall Street Journal of China, 'They're not currency manipulators,' and on April 16 he tweeted, 'Why would I call China a currency manipulator when they are working with us on the North Korean problem?' On the South China Sea, his State Department declared on July 13, 2020 that Beijing's claims to offshore resources across most of the sea were 'completely unlawful.'","sources":[{"title":"Tweet: 'Did China ask us if it was OK to devalue their currency'","outlet":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/805538149157969924","date":"2016-12-04"},{"title":"Tweet: 'or to build a massive military complex in the middle of the South China Sea? I don't think so!'","outlet":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/805539770864693253","date":"2016-12-04"},{"title":"Tweets of December 4, 2016","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-december-4-2016","date":"2016-12-04"},{"title":"Donald Trump questions 'one China' policy","outlet":"Al Jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/12/12/donald-trump-questions-one-china-policy","date":"2016-12-12"},{"title":"In Major Reversal, Trump Says China 'Not Currency Manipulators'","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/major-reversal-trump-says-china-not-currency-manipulators-n745826","date":"2017-04-12"},{"title":"Tweets of April 16, 2017","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-april-16-2017","date":"2017-04-16"},{"title":"U.S. Position on Maritime Claims in the South China Sea","outlet":"U.S. Department of State","url":"https://2017-2021.state.gov/u-s-position-on-maritime-claims-in-the-south-china-sea/","date":"2020-07-13"}],"tag":"both","tag_label":"Economic and military","tag_short":"Economic + military","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["economic","military"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/china-military-complex-tweets-2016/","sort_key":"2016-12-04","number":35},{"id":"autocrats-saudi-lobbyists-trump-hotel-2016","kind":"autocrats","tag":"payments","subject":"Saudi Arabia","country":"Saudi Arabia","beneficiary":"Donald Trump (Trump International Hotel, Washington)","amount":"$270,044","freedom_house":"Not Free (2016)","title":"Lobbyists for Saudi Arabia spend about $270,000 at Trump's Washington hotel after the 2016 election","quote":"Absolutely not. It had nothing to do with that. Not one bit","speaker":"Michael Gibson, an organizer of the trips","date":"2016-12","venue":"Interview with The Washington Post; spending disclosed in a Foreign Agents Registration Act filing","era":"campaign-2016","category":"ethics","what_happened":"Qorvis MSLGroup, a Washington firm that represents the Saudi government, reported in a Foreign Agents Registration Act filing for October 1, 2016 to March 31, 2017 that it paid the Trump International Hotel $190,272.87 for lodging, $78,204.02 for catering and $1,568 for parking. The Washington Post reported that the money housed six groups of military veterans who were flown to Washington to lobby against the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, that the bookings moved to Trump's hotel in December 2016, and that some veterans said they were not told of the Saudi role. Organizer Michael Gibson told the Post the hotel was chosen because it offered a discount and had rooms, not to curry favor with Trump; hotel executives said they were unaware at the time that Saudi Arabia was paying. Qorvis declined to comment and the Saudi Embassy did not respond to the Post. The attorneys general of Maryland and the District of Columbia cited the payments in a lawsuit under the Constitution's emoluments clauses; ABC News reported that the Supreme Court dismissed the emoluments suits in 2021 because Trump was no longer in office. Freedom House rated Saudi Arabia Not Free in its 2016 and 2017 reports.","sources":[{"title":"Supplemental Statement Pursuant to the Foreign Agents Registration Act: MSLGROUP Americas, Inc. d/b/a Qorvis MSLGROUP, six month period ending 03/31/2017","outlet":"U.S. Department of Justice, FARA Registration Unit","url":"https://efile.fara.gov/docs/5483-Supplemental-Statement-20170531-25.pdf","date":"2017-05-31"},{"title":"Saudi-funded lobbyist paid for 500 rooms at Trump's hotel after 2016 election","outlet":"The Washington Post (via Internet Archive)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20181207010338/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/saudi-funded-lobbyist-paid-for-500-rooms-at-trumps-hotel-after-2016-election/2018/12/05/29603a64-f417-11e8-bc79-68604ed88993_story.html","date":"2018-12-05"},{"title":"'I love the Saudis': Trump business ties to kingdom run deep","outlet":"Associated Press (via Fox Business)","url":"https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/i-love-the-saudis-trump-business-ties-to-kingdom-run-deep","date":"2018-10-12"},{"title":"White House for Sale: How Princes, Prime Ministers, and Premiers Paid Off President Trump","outlet":"House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Democratic staff report","url":"https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU00/20240110/116733/HMKP-118-JU00-20240110-SD004.pdf","date":"2024-01-04"},{"title":"Trump's businesses received millions from foreign entities during his presidency, House report says","outlet":"ABC News","url":"https://abcnews.com/US/trumps-businesses-received-millions-foreign-entities-presidency-house/story?id=106106433","date":"2024-01-04"},{"title":"Country and Territory Ratings and Statuses, 1973-2024","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/2024-02/Country_and_Territory_Ratings_and_Statuses_FIW_1973-2024.xlsx","date":"2024"},{"title":"Saudi Arabia: Freedom in the World 2017 Country Report","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/country/saudi-arabia/freedom-world/2017","date":"2017"}],"tag_label":"Gifts and payments","tag_short":"Payments","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["payments"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/autocrats-saudi-lobbyists-trump-hotel-2016/","sort_key":"2016-12","number":15},{"id":"autocrats-russia-trump-trademarks-2016","kind":"autocrats","tag":"payments","subject":"Russia","country":"Russia","beneficiary":"Donald Trump (Trump Organization)","amount":"","freedom_house":"Not Free (2016)","title":"Russia's trademark agency renews six Trump trademarks, four of them registered on Election Day 2016","quote":"The company will not be seeking any new business opportunities in Russia","speaker":"Alan Garten, Trump Organization chief legal counsel","date":"2016-11-08","venue":"Statement to The New York Times, published June 18, 2017","era":"campaign-2016","category":"ethics","what_happened":"Rospatent, the Russian government agency for intellectual property, granted new 10-year terms for six Trump trademarks in approvals that ran from April to December 2016, The New York Times reported on June 18, 2017 from the agency's records. Four of the approvals were registered on November 8, 2016, the day of the U.S. presidential election. The trademarks had been obtained between 1996 and 2007 for hotel and branding projects that were never built. Alan Garten of the Trump Organization said the renewals were sought \"to prevent third parties from infringing on the company’s intellectual property rights\" and that there were no plans to use them. A trademark lawyer told the Times that approval would normally not be a problem if a renewal was unchallenged. Rospatent did not answer the newspaper's questions.","sources":[{"title":"Russia Renewed Unused Trump Trademarks in 2016","outlet":"The New York Times (via Internet Archive)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20180108093224/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/18/us/politics/russia-trump-trademarks.html","date":"2017-06-18"},{"title":"Russia renewed Trump Organization trademarks during election: report","outlet":"The Hill","url":"https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/338315-russia-renewed-trump-organization-trademarks-during-2016/","date":"2017-06-18"},{"title":"Country and Territory Ratings and Statuses, 1973-2024","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/2024-02/Country_and_Territory_Ratings_and_Statuses_FIW_1973-2024.xlsx","date":"2024"},{"title":"Russia: Freedom in the World 2017 Country Report","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/country/russia/freedom-world/2017","date":"2017"}],"tag_label":"Gifts and payments","tag_short":"Payments","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["payments"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/autocrats-russia-trump-trademarks-2016/","sort_key":"2016-11-08","number":14},{"id":"autocrats-hainan-airlines-las-vegas-2016","kind":"autocrats","tag":"payments","subject":"China","country":"China","beneficiary":"Trump International Hotel Las Vegas (Trump Organization)","amount":"$195,662","freedom_house":"Not Free (2017)","title":"State-owned Hainan Airlines began a 14-month stay at Trump's Las Vegas hotel days before the 2016 election","quote":"","date":"2016-11-04","venue":"Mazars USA accounting records cited in the House Oversight Democrats' report \"White House for Sale\"","era":"campaign-2016","category":"ethics","what_happened":"According to accounting records that Mazars USA produced to the House Oversight Committee, an account in the name of \"Hainan Airlines Holding Company Li[mited]\" incurred $195,662 in charges at the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas between November 4, 2016 and January 1, 2018, the largest single expense on the two hotel ledgers the committee obtained. The Democratic staff report released January 4, 2024 describes Hainan Airlines as a state-owned enterprise whose actual controller is the Hainan provincial government's state-owned assets commission, and notes that its parent HNA Group was seeking U.S. regulatory approvals from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States during 2017, when HNA executives met Vice President Pence and Treasury Secretary Mnuchin. The records do not specify what services were provided over the 14 months. In response to the report, the Trump Organization said it had donated more than $450,000 in estimated foreign government profits to the U.S. Treasury during Trump's term, and Eric Trump said no president had been tougher on China. Freedom House rated China Not Free in its 2016 and 2017 editions.","sources":[{"title":"White House for Sale: How Princes, Prime Ministers, and Premiers Paid Off President Trump","outlet":"House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Democratic staff","url":"https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/imo/media/doc/2024-01-04.COA%20DEMS%20-%20Mazars%20Report.pdf","date":"2024-01-04"},{"title":"China spent over $5.5 million at Trump properties while he was in office, documents show","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/04/politics/trump-properties-china-foreign-payments","date":"2024-01-04"},{"title":"China: Freedom in the World 2017 Country Report","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/country/china/freedom-world/2017","date":"2017"}],"tag_label":"Gifts and payments","tag_short":"Payments","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["payments"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/autocrats-hainan-airlines-las-vegas-2016/","sort_key":"2016-11-04","number":13},{"id":"know-democrats","kind":"knows-better","subject":"Democrats","title":"Knew more about the other side than almost anybody","quote":"I think I know more about the other side than almost anybody.","date":"2016-11","venue":"Campaign event, November 2016","era":"campaign-2016","category":"elections","what_happened":"In the November 6, 2018 midterm elections Democrats gained a net 41 House seats and won the House popular vote by 8.6 points, the largest margin of victory on record for a minority party, taking control of the chamber.","sources":[{"title":"Everything Trump says he knows \"more about than anybody\"","outlet":"Axios","url":"https://www.axios.com/2019/01/05/everything-trump-says-he-knows-more-about-than-anybody","date":"2019-01-05"},{"title":"Analysis: Trump touts his experts — often it's Trump himself (syndicated Washington Post)","outlet":"Mercury News","url":"https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/01/02/analysis-trump-touts-his-experts-often-its-trump-himself/","date":"2019-01-02"},{"title":"The foremost experts on various topics according to Trump, most of whom are Trump","outlet":"Washington Post","url":"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/02/foremost-experts-various-topics-according-trump-most-whom-are-trump/","date":"2019-01-02"},{"title":"2018 United States House of Representatives elections","outlet":"Wikipedia","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections","date":"2026-09-25"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/know-democrats/","sort_key":"2016-11","number":22},{"id":"russia-third-debate-2016","kind":"russia","tag":"intelligence","subject":"Hacking, third debate","title":"Asked whether he doubted 17 intelligence agencies on Russian hacking, answered 'Yeah, I doubt it'","quote":"She has no idea whether it's Russia, China, or anybody else.","date":"2016-10-19","venue":"Third presidential debate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas","era":"campaign-2016","category":"elections","what_happened":"Clinton said 17 civilian and military intelligence agencies had concluded that the cyberattacks came 'from the highest levels of the Kremlin' and were designed to influence the election. Trump interjected 'And our country has no idea,' and when she asked whether he doubted the agencies, 'Yeah, I doubt it. I doubt it.' Clinton said he would 'rather believe Vladimir Putin than the military and civilian intelligence professionals'. Moderator Chris Wallace asked whether he condemned any Russian interference; Trump said 'Of course I condemn' and 'I never met Putin. This is not my best friend,' then said 'Putin has outsmarted her and Obama at every single step of the way.' The Department of Homeland Security and the Director of National Intelligence had stated on October 7 that 'only Russia's senior-most officials could have authorized these activities'; the declassified intelligence community assessment of January 6, 2017 concluded with high confidence that Putin had ordered an influence campaign aimed at the election.","sources":[{"title":"Presidential Debate at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/presidential-debate-the-university-nevada-las-vegas","date":"2016-10-19"},{"title":"Joint Statement from the Department Of Homeland Security and Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Election Security","outlet":"U.S. Department of Homeland Security","url":"https://www.dhs.gov/news/2016/10/07/joint-statement-department-homeland-security-and-office-director-national","date":"2016-10-07"},{"title":"Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections (ICA 2017-01D)","outlet":"Office of the Director of National Intelligence (copy hosted by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence)","url":"https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ICA_2017_01.pdf","date":"2017-01-06"}],"tag_label":"Intelligence and security","tag_short":"Intelligence","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["intelligence"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/russia-third-debate-2016/","sort_key":"2016-10-19","number":20},{"id":"offensive-bad-hombres-2016","kind":"offensive","target":"immigrants","subject":"Undocumented immigrants from Mexico and Latin America","title":"Promised in the final 2016 debate to deport 'some bad hombres'","quote":"But we have some bad hombres here, and we're going to get them out.","date":"2016-10-19","venue":"Third presidential debate, Las Vegas","era":"campaign-2016","category":"immigration","what_happened":"In the same answer Trump said heroin 'pours across our southern border' and was 'poisoning the blood of their youth,' an earlier use of language he later applied to immigrants themselves. He returned to 'bad hombres' at 2018 rallies about the migrant caravan. At a September 27, 2019, Hispanic Heritage Month reception, after an audience member called out the phrase, he said, 'I used that word once, and nobody has let me forget it.'","sources":[{"title":"Debate: 3rd Presidential Debate Between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton - October 19, 2016","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-third-debate-clinton-october-19-2016/","date":"2016-10-19"},{"title":"Remarks: Donald Trump Addresses Hispanic Heritage Month Reception - September 27, 2019","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-remarks-hispanic-heritage-month-september-27-2019/","date":"2019-09-27"}],"tag":"immigrants","tag_label":"Immigrants","tag_short":"Immigrants","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["immigrants"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/offensive-bad-hombres-2016/","sort_key":"2016-10-19","number":55},{"id":"offensive-nasty-woman-2016","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Hillary Clinton","title":"Called Hillary Clinton 'such a nasty woman' during the final presidential debate","quote":"Such a nasty woman.","date":"2016-10-19","venue":"Third presidential debate, UNLV, Las Vegas","era":"campaign-2016","category":"elections","what_happened":"Trump leaned into his microphone and cut in while Clinton was saying her Social Security contribution would rise, 'as will Donald's, assuming he can't figure out how to get out of it.' She kept answering without acknowledging him. Pundits from both parties called it one of his worst moments, and #nastywoman spread on social media. The next night, at the Al Smith charity dinner in New York, he joked: 'last night, I called Hillary a nasty woman.'","sources":[{"title":"Debate: 3rd Presidential Debate Between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton - October 19, 2016","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se (transcript)","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-third-debate-clinton-october-19-2016/","date":"2016-10-19"},{"title":"Trump calls Clinton 'nasty woman'","outlet":"PBS NewsHour","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/trump-calls-clinton-nasty-woman","date":"2016-10-19"},{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump in New York, NY - October 20, 2016","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se (transcript)","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-new-york-ny-october-20-2016/","date":"2016-10-20"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/offensive-nasty-woman-2016/","sort_key":"2016-10-19","number":54},{"id":"offensive-jessica-leeds-first-choice-2016","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Jessica Leeds","title":"Said of Jessica Leeds, who described an assault on a 1980s flight, 'she would not be my first choice'","quote":"Believe me, she would not be my first choice, that I can tell you.","date":"2016-10-14","venue":"Campaign rally, Greensboro, North Carolina","era":"campaign-2016","category":"elections","what_happened":"Leeds told The New York Times that Trump groped her on an airplane decades earlier. Just before the line above, Trump mocked her story to the crowd: 'I was sitting with him on an airplane, and he went after me on the plane. Yeah, I'm going to go after.' Trump called the claims reported by the Times 'totally and absolutely false.' This entry is limited to Trump's own words about her, not the allegation.","sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump in Greensboro, NC - October 14, 2016","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se (transcript)","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-greensboro-nc-october-14-2016/","date":"2016-10-14"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/offensive-jessica-leeds-first-choice-2016/","sort_key":"2016-10-14","number":53},{"id":"offensive-natasha-stoynoff-2016","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Natasha Stoynoff, former People writer","title":"Responded to former People writer Natasha Stoynoff's account by telling a rally 'Look at her'","quote":"Take a look, you take a look. Look at her, look at her words. You tell me, what you think. I don't think so -- I don't think so.","date":"2016-10-13","venue":"Campaign rally, West Palm Beach, Florida","era":"campaign-2016","category":"elections","what_happened":"Stoynoff had written in People that Trump forcibly kissed her at Mar-a-Lago in 2005, while she was reporting a story on him and Melania. His campaign said 'this never happened.' At the rally he called the accounts of several women 'pure fiction' and 'outright lies.' The next day in Greensboro he said of Stoynoff, 'check out her Facebook page, you'll understand.' This entry is limited to Trump's own words about her, not the allegation.","sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump in West Palm Beach, FL - October 13, 2016","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se (transcript)","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-west-palm-beach-fl-october-13-2016/","date":"2016-10-13"},{"title":"Trump on People writer: 'Look at her, look at her words'","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2016/10/13/politics/natasha-stoynoff-donald-trump-women","date":"2016-10-13"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/offensive-natasha-stoynoff-2016/","sort_key":"2016-10-13","number":52},{"id":"china-steel-dumping-2016","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"steel dumping","title":"Said China was dumping steel and 'killing our steelworkers and our steel companies'","quote":"You take a look at what's happening to steel and the cost of steel and China dumping vast amounts of steel all over the United States, which essentially is killing our steelworkers and our steel companies.","date":"2016-10-09","venue":"Second presidential debate with Hillary Clinton, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri","era":"campaign-2016","category":"trade","what_happened":"On March 8, 2018 he proclaimed a 25 percent tariff on steel imports from all countries except Canada and Mexico, effective March 23, 2018. PolitiFact found that China accounted for just over 2 percent of U.S. steel imports by quantity in 2017 and 3.35 percent by value, behind Canada (roughly 18 percent), the European Union (about 21 percent) and South Korea (nearly 10 percent). On March 6, 2018 he disputed the 2 percent figure, saying China ships steel through other countries; experts told PolitiFact there was no hard data on the scale of transshipment.","sources":[{"title":"Presidential Debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/presidential-debate-washington-university-st-louis-missouri","date":"2016-10-09"},{"title":"Presidential Proclamation on Adjusting Imports of Steel into the United States","outlet":"The White House (archived)","url":"https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/presidential-proclamation-adjusting-imports-steel-united-states/","date":"2018-03-08"},{"title":"How much steel does the U.S. import from China?","outlet":"PolitiFact","url":"https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/mar/08/angus-king/does-much-steel-does-us-import-china/","date":"2018-03-08"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/china-steel-dumping-2016/","sort_key":"2016-10-09","number":34},{"id":"russia-second-debate-2016","kind":"russia","tag":"intelligence","subject":"Hacking, second debate","title":"Two days after U.S. agencies blamed Moscow, said 'maybe there is no hacking' and broke with Pence on Syria","quote":"But I notice, anytime anything wrong happens, they like to say the Russians are—she doesn't know if it's the Russians doing the hacking. Maybe there is no hacking. But they always blame Russia. And the reason they blame Russia because they think they're trying to tarnish me with Russia.","date":"2016-10-09","venue":"Second presidential debate, Washington University in St. Louis","era":"campaign-2016","category":"elections","what_happened":"The debate came two days after the Department of Homeland Security and the Director of National Intelligence stated that the intelligence community was 'confident that the Russian Government directed the recent compromises of e-mails' and that the disclosures 'are intended to interfere with the US election process'. Trump also said 'I don't know Putin', 'I know nothing about Russia' and 'I have no loans from Russia'. On Syria, moderator Martha Raddatz reminded him that his running mate Mike Pence had said provocations by Russia should be met with American strength and that the United States should be prepared to strike the Assad regime's military targets; Trump answered, 'He and I haven't spoken, and I disagree. I disagree,' adding that 'Syria is fighting ISIS' and 'Russia is killing ISIS'.","sources":[{"title":"Presidential Debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/presidential-debate-washington-university-st-louis-missouri","date":"2016-10-09"},{"title":"Joint Statement from the Department Of Homeland Security and Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Election Security","outlet":"U.S. Department of Homeland Security","url":"https://www.dhs.gov/news/2016/10/07/joint-statement-department-homeland-security-and-office-director-national","date":"2016-10-07"}],"tag_label":"Intelligence and security","tag_short":"Intelligence","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["intelligence"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/russia-second-debate-2016/","sort_key":"2016-10-09","number":19},{"id":"fix-tax-laws-only-one-2016","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"the tax code","title":"Only he could fix the complex tax laws","quote":"I know our complex tax laws better than anyone who has ever run for president and am the only one who can fix them. #failing@nytimes","date":"2016-10-02","venue":"Post on Twitter, responding to the New York Times report on his $916 million 1995 loss","era":"campaign-2016","category":"taxes","what_happened":"The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act he signed on Dec. 22, 2017 cut rates but left in place the carried-interest break he had promised repeatedly to eliminate; PolitiFact rated that pledge Promise Broken (\"it remains on the books\").","sources":[{"title":"Tweets of October 2, 2016","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-october-2-2016","date":"2016-10-02"},{"title":"Tweet: 'I know our complex tax laws better than anyone... and am the only one who can fix them.'","outlet":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/782541307168391168","date":"2016-10-02"},{"title":"Trump-O-Meter: Eliminate the carried interest loophole","outlet":"PolitiFact","url":"https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/trumpometer/promise/386619/","date":"2017-12-20"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/fix-tax-laws-only-one-2016/","sort_key":"2016-10-02","number":16},{"id":"offensive-alicia-machado-2016","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Alicia Machado, former Miss Universe","title":"Attacked former Miss Universe Alicia Machado's weight, then tweeted 'check out sex tape' before dawn","quote":"Did Crooked Hillary help disgusting (check out sex tape and past) Alicia M become a U.S. citizen so she could use her in the debate?","date":"2016-09-30","venue":"Twitter","era":"campaign-2016","category":"elections","what_happened":"At the September 26 debate, Clinton said Trump had called Machado, the Venezuelan-born 1996 Miss Universe, 'Miss Piggy' and, because she is Latina, 'Miss Housekeeping.' Those nicknames come from Clinton and Machado; no recording of Trump using them was found for this entry. Trump had criticized her weight gain after she won; a January 28, 1997 photo shows him greeting her at a New York gym. The morning after the debate he told Fox News: 'She was the winner and she gained a massive amount of weight. And it was a real problem.' Starting around 5:30 a.m. ET on September 30 he posted a run of tweets about her, and Reuters reported that he offered no proof of his sex-tape claim. Clinton called the tweets 'unhinged, even for Trump.'","sources":[{"title":"Donald J. Trump, Tweets of September 30, 2016","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-september-30-2016","date":"2016-09-30"},{"title":"Trump deepens attack on former Miss Universe Alicia Machado; Clinton calls it 'unhinged'","outlet":"Reuters (via Madison365)","url":"https://madison365.com/trump-deepens-attack-former-miss-universe-alicia-machado-clinton-calls-unhinged/","date":"2016-09-30"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/offensive-alicia-machado-2016/","sort_key":"2016-09-30","number":51},{"id":"china-piggy-bank-debate-2016","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"currency devaluation","title":"Said China was using the U.S. 'as a piggy bank to rebuild China'","quote":"You look at what China is doing to our country in terms of making our product. They're devaluing their currency, and there's nobody in our government to fight them. And we have a very good fight. And we have a winning fight. Because they're using our country as a piggy bank to rebuild China, and many other countries are doing the same thing.","date":"2016-09-26","venue":"First presidential debate with Hillary Clinton, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York","era":"campaign-2016","category":"economy","what_happened":"On April 12, 2017 he told The Wall Street Journal of China, 'They're not currency manipulators,' NBC News reported. His Treasury Department designated China a currency manipulator on August 5, 2019. Treasury's next report, on January 13, 2020, found that no major trading partner met the criteria for currency manipulation and placed China on its monitoring list, with Secretary Steven Mnuchin citing commitments China made in the phase one trade agreement.","sources":[{"title":"Presidential Debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/presidential-debate-hofstra-university-hempstead-new-york-0","date":"2016-09-26"},{"title":"In Major Reversal, Trump Says China 'Not Currency Manipulators'","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/major-reversal-trump-says-china-not-currency-manipulators-n745826","date":"2017-04-12"},{"title":"Treasury Designates China as a Currency Manipulator","outlet":"U.S. Department of the Treasury","url":"https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm751","date":"2019-08-05"},{"title":"Treasury Releases Report on Macroeconomic and Foreign Exchange Policies of Major Trading Partners of the United States","outlet":"U.S. Department of the Treasury","url":"https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm873","date":"2020-01-13"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/china-piggy-bank-debate-2016/","sort_key":"2016-09-26","number":33},{"id":"russia-first-debate-400-pounds-2016","kind":"russia","tag":"intelligence","subject":"DNC hack, first debate","title":"Said the DNC hacker 'could also be somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds'","quote":"I don't think anybody knows it was Russia that broke into the DNC. She's saying Russia, Russia, Russia, but I don't—maybe it was. I mean, it could be Russia, but it could also be China. It could also be lots of other people. It also could be somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds, OK?","date":"2016-09-26","venue":"First presidential debate, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York","era":"campaign-2016","category":"elections","what_happened":"Trump added, 'You don't know who broke in to DNC,' and that what the hack revealed was that 'Bernie Sanders was taken advantage of by your people'. Eleven days later the Department of Homeland Security and the Director of National Intelligence stated publicly that the intelligence community was 'confident that the Russian Government directed the recent compromises of e-mails' and believed that 'only Russia's senior-most officials could have authorized these activities'. The declassified intelligence community assessment of January 6, 2017 assessed with high confidence that Russian military intelligence, the GRU, used the Guccifer 2.0 persona and DCLeaks.com to release stolen material and relayed material to WikiLeaks. On July 13, 2018 the special counsel's office obtained an indictment of 12 GRU officers, principally for conspiring to commit computer intrusions. On Fox News Sunday on December 11, 2016 Trump repeated the point: 'It could be somebody sitting in a bed some place.'","sources":[{"title":"Presidential Debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/presidential-debate-hofstra-university-hempstead-new-york-0","date":"2016-09-26"},{"title":"Joint Statement from the Department Of Homeland Security and Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Election Security","outlet":"U.S. Department of Homeland Security","url":"https://www.dhs.gov/news/2016/10/07/joint-statement-department-homeland-security-and-office-director-national","date":"2016-10-07"},{"title":"Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections (ICA 2017-01D)","outlet":"Office of the Director of National Intelligence (copy hosted by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence)","url":"https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ICA_2017_01.pdf","date":"2017-01-06"},{"title":"Report On The Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Presidential Election, Volume I of II","outlet":"U.S. Department of Justice, Special Counsel's Office","url":"https://www.justice.gov/archives/sco/file/1373816/dl?inline=","date":"2019-03"},{"title":"Exclusive: Donald Trump on Cabinet picks, transition process (Fox News Sunday transcript)","outlet":"Fox News","url":"https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/exclusive-donald-trump-on-cabinet-picks-transition-process","date":"2016-12-11"}],"tag_label":"Intelligence and security","tag_short":"Intelligence","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["intelligence"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/russia-first-debate-400-pounds-2016/","sort_key":"2016-09-26","number":18},{"id":"offensive-inner-cities-living-in-hell-2016","kind":"offensive","target":"cities","subject":"Black and Hispanic residents of inner cities","place":"U.S. inner cities (nationwide)","title":"Said at the first 2016 debate that Black and Hispanic inner-city residents are 'living in hell'","quote":"We have a situation where we have our inner cities, African-Americans, Hispanics are living in hell because it's so dangerous. You walk down the street, you get shot.","date":"2016-09-26","venue":"First presidential debate, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York","era":"campaign-2016","category":"justice","what_happened":"The remark came in answer to a question about healing communities after police shootings, and he praised stop-and-frisk in the same answer. Clinton replied that crime had fallen and described positive aspects of life in those neighborhoods. NBC News wrote that his framing dismissed millions of Black residents of cities whose lives are not defined by crime or poverty. He repeated it on Oct. 25, 2016 in Sanford, Florida ('African-Americans are living in hell... in the inner cities') and at a Feb. 16, 2017 press conference.","sources":[{"title":"Debate: 1st Presidential Debate Between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton - September 26, 2016","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-first-debate-clinton-september-26-2016/#172","date":"2016-09-26"},{"title":"Donald Trump Says Black People Are 'Living in Hell'","outlet":"Fortune","url":"https://fortune.com/2016/09/26/presidential-debate-donald-trump-living-in-hell-black-people/","date":"2016-09-26"},{"title":"Analysis: America in Shambles? Trump Paints Dim Picture of Country in 2016 Debate","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/2016-presidential-debates/america-shambles-trump-paints-dim-picture-country-debate-n655506","date":"2016-09-27"}],"tag":"cities","tag_label":"American cities","tag_short":"Cities","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["cities"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/offensive-inner-cities-living-in-hell-2016/","sort_key":"2016-09-26","number":50},{"id":"offensive-chicago-worse-than-afghanistan-2016","kind":"offensive","target":"cities","subject":"Chicago","place":"Chicago","title":"Began calling Chicago 'worse than Afghanistan,' a line he repeated for nearly a decade","quote":"More than 3,000 people have been shot in Chicago since January -- think of that -- since January, 3000 people. That's like worse than the war-torn nations that you're looking at. That's worse than Afghanistan.","date":"2016-09-20","venue":"Campaign rally, High Point, North Carolina","era":"campaign-2016","category":"justice","what_happened":"Trump made the comparison repeatedly in September 2016, including in Colorado Springs (Sept. 17) and on Fox News (Sept. 21). DNAinfo Chicago called it misleading, citing Afghanistan's 2015 homicide rate of 33.3 per 100,000 against Chicago's 18.1. He kept using the line: July 31, 2020 ('far worse than Afghanistan'), June 26, 2021, April 23, 2022, Aug. 20 and Aug. 22, 2024 ('That's a war zone'), and Sept. 12, 2025 ('That's worse than Afghanistan... There's no city like that').","sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump in High Point, NC - September 20, 2016","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-high-point-nc-september-20-2016/#55","date":"2016-09-20"},{"title":"Is Chicago More Dangerous Than A War Zone? Not Even Close","outlet":"DNAinfo Chicago","url":"https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20160922/downtown/is-chicago-more-dangerous-than-war-zone-not-even-close","date":"2016-09-22"},{"title":"Interview: Donald Trump on Fox and Friends - September 12, 2025","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-fox-and-friends-live-studio-september-12-2025/#234","date":"2025-09-12"}],"tag":"cities","tag_label":"American cities","tag_short":"Cities","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["cities"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/offensive-chicago-worse-than-afghanistan-2016/","sort_key":"2016-09-20","number":49},{"id":"china-predatory-trade-growth-2016","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"growth after WTO entry","title":"Blamed China's WTO entry and 'predatory trade practices' for slower U.S. growth","quote":"But, after China joined the World Trade Organization, our average growth rate has been reduced to only 2 percent. Predatory trade practices, product dumping, currency manipulation and intellectual property theft have taken millions of jobs and trillions in wealth from our country.","date":"2016-09-15","venue":"Speech to the Economic Club of New York, Waldorf Astoria, New York (text as published)","era":"campaign-2016","category":"economy","what_happened":"FactCheck.org's review of his first term found real GDP growth peaked at an estimated 3 percent in 2018, was 2.5 percent in 2019 and fell 2.2 percent in 2020, the largest drop since 2009. It noted that he had promised annual growth of 4 to 6 percent and that growth 'never exceeded 3%.' The total U.S. trade deficit in goods and services was almost $654 billion in 2020, up 36.3 percent from 2016.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks to the Economic Club of New York at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-economic-club-new-york-the-waldorf-astoria-new-york-city","date":"2016-09-15"},{"title":"Trump's Final Numbers","outlet":"FactCheck.org","url":"https://www.factcheck.org/2021/10/trumps-final-numbers/","date":"2021-10-08"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/china-predatory-trade-growth-2016/","sort_key":"2016-09-15","number":32},{"id":"russia-larry-king-rt-2016","kind":"russia","tag":"intelligence","subject":"Russian interference","title":"Told Larry King, in an interview aired on RT, that Russian election interference was 'probably unlikely'","quote":"I think it's probably unlikely. I think maybe the Democrats are putting that out. Who knows? But I think that it's pretty unlikely. But, you know, who knows?","date":"2016-09-08","venue":"Telephone interview with Larry King for Ora TV's PoliticKING, aired on RT America","era":"campaign-2016","category":"elections","what_happened":"King asked what Trump thought of U.S. intelligence and law-enforcement agencies investigating whether Russia was trying to disrupt the election. Trump added that if Russia was doing something he hoped 'somebody's going to be able to find out so they can end it because it wouldn't be appropriate at all', and, asked whether he agreed with Putin that the DNC hack was a public service, said: 'I don't have any opinion on it. I don't know anything about it. I don't know who hacked.' RT America, which is owned by the Russian government, held the U.S. broadcast rights to King's program under a syndication deal with Ora TV; campaign aide Steven Cheung said Trump 'recorded a short interview with Larry King for his podcast as a favor to Mr. King', and Kellyanne Conway said 'Nobody said it would be on Russian TV.' On October 7, 2016 the Department of Homeland Security and the Director of National Intelligence stated that the intelligence community was 'confident that the Russian Government directed the recent compromises of e-mails from US persons and institutions, including from US political organizations'.","sources":[{"title":"Donald Trump: Russian interference in U.S. election \"unlikely\"","outlet":"CBS News","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-russian-interference-in-us-election-unlikely-democrats-behind-it","date":"2016-09-09"},{"title":"Explaining Donald Trump interview that aired on Russian TV","outlet":"CBS News","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/explaining-donald-trump-interview-that-aired-on-russian-tv/","date":"2016-09-09"},{"title":"Trump Camp Says Appearance on Russian Propaganda TV Was an Accident and/or Larry King's Fault","outlet":"Slate","url":"https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2016/09/trump-didnt-realize-he-was-going-on-russian-tv-with-larry-king-campaign-says.html","date":"2016-09-09"},{"title":"Joint Statement from the Department Of Homeland Security and Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Election Security","outlet":"U.S. Department of Homeland Security","url":"https://www.dhs.gov/news/2016/10/07/joint-statement-department-homeland-security-and-office-director-national","date":"2016-10-07"}],"tag_label":"Intelligence and security","tag_short":"Intelligence","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["intelligence"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/russia-larry-king-rt-2016/","sort_key":"2016-09-08","number":17},{"id":"russia-cic-forum-2016","kind":"russia","tag":"praise","subject":"Commander-in-Chief Forum","title":"Said Putin 'has been a leader, far more than our president has been a leader'","quote":"If he says great things about me, I'm gonna say great things about him. I've already said he is really very much of a leader. I mean, the man has very strong control over a country. And that's a very different system and I don't happen to like the system. But certainly in that system he's been a leader, far more than our president has been a leader.","date":"2016-09-07","venue":"NBC News Commander-in-Chief Forum, Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, New York","era":"campaign-2016","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"The forum, hosted by NBC News and moderated by Matt Lauer, had Trump and Hillary Clinton stake out positions on national security and was billed as a preview of the first debate on September 26. The day before, at a town hall in Virginia Beach with retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, Trump had said: 'Putin looks at Hillary Clinton and he smiles. Boy, would he like to see her.' The day after the forum he told Larry King that Russian interference in the election was 'probably unlikely'.","sources":[{"title":"7 memorable quotes from the presidential forum","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://edition.cnn.com/2016/09/08/politics/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-isis-putin-forum/index.html","date":"2016-09-08"},{"title":"Interview: Donald Trump Sits for Questions from Michael Flynn in Virginia Beach - September 6, 2016","outlet":"Roll Call / Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-virginia-beach-va-september-6-2016/","date":"2016-09-06"},{"title":"Donald Trump: Russian interference in U.S. election \"unlikely\"","outlet":"CBS News","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-russian-interference-in-us-election-unlikely-democrats-behind-it","date":"2016-09-09"}],"tag_label":"Praise and deference","tag_short":"Praise","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["praise"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/russia-cic-forum-2016/","sort_key":"2016-09-07","number":16},{"id":"offensive-hillary-presidential-look-2016","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Hillary Clinton","title":"Said Hillary Clinton did not have 'a presidential look'","quote":"I just don't think she has a presidential look and you need a presidential look.","date":"2016-09-06","venue":"ABC News interview with David Muir, Ohio","era":"campaign-2016","category":"elections","what_happened":"Earlier in Ohio, Trump had asked a crowd of Clinton supporters, 'Does she look presidential, fellas?' Tim Kaine called the comment 'idiotic' on Good Morning America. When the remark came up at the first presidential debate on September 26, 2016, Trump said: 'She doesn't have the look. She doesn't have the stamina.'","sources":[{"title":"Donald Trump discusses the reasons he's running for president","outlet":"ABC (6abc)","url":"https://6abc.com/donald-trump-2016-presidential-race-george-stephanopoulus-president/789958/","date":"2016-09-06"},{"title":"Debate: 1st Presidential Debate Between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton - September 26, 2016","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se (transcript)","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-first-debate-clinton-september-26-2016/","date":"2016-09-26"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/offensive-hillary-presidential-look-2016/","sort_key":"2016-09-06","number":48},{"id":"offensive-mika-brzezinski-2016","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Mika Brzezinski","title":"Tweeted that Mika Brzezinski was 'a neurotic and not very bright mess'","quote":"Tried watching low-rated @Morning_Joe this morning, unwatchable! @morningmika is off the wall, a neurotic and not very bright mess!","date":"2016-08-22","venue":"Twitter","era":"campaign-2016","category":"other","what_happened":"Minutes later he tweeted: 'Some day, when things calm down, I'll tell the real story of @JoeNBC and his very insecure long-time girlfriend, @morningmika. Two clowns!' CNN noted that the tweets came a day after his new campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, said Trump does not hurl personal insults.","sources":[{"title":"Donald J. Trump, Tweets of August 22, 2016","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-august-22-2016","date":"2016-08-22"},{"title":"Donald Trump attacks 'Morning Joe' hosts","outlet":"CNN Money","url":"https://money.cnn.com/2016/08/22/media/donald-trump-morning-joe-mika/","date":"2016-08-22"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/offensive-mika-brzezinski-2016/","sort_key":"2016-08-22","number":47},{"id":"offensive-inner-cities-what-to-lose-2016","kind":"offensive","target":"cities","subject":"Black residents of U.S. inner cities","place":"U.S. inner cities (nationwide)","title":"Told Black voters in inner cities 'your schools are no good' and asked 'what the hell do you have to lose?'","quote":"You live in your poverty, your schools are no good, you have no jobs, 58 percent of your youth is unemployed, what the hell do you have to lose?","date":"2016-08-19","venue":"Campaign rally, Dimondale, Michigan","era":"campaign-2016","category":"other","what_happened":"Trump made the appeal to African American voters at a rally near Lansing. The Clinton campaign responded, 'This is so ignorant it's staggering,' AP reported. He repeated the line dozens of times through the fall, including in Akron on Aug. 22, 2016, where he said 'it's safer than living in some of our inner cities that are run by the Democrats.'","sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump in Dimondale, MI - August 19, 2016","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-dimondale-mi-august-19-2016/#34","date":"2016-08-19"},{"title":"Trump to black voters: 'What the hell do you have to lose?'","outlet":"Associated Press (via ABC 33/40)","url":"https://abc3340.com/news/nation-world/trump-to-black-voters-what-the-hell-do-you-have-to-lose-08-20-2016","date":"2016-08-20"}],"tag":"cities","tag_label":"American cities","tag_short":"Cities","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["cities"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/offensive-inner-cities-what-to-lose-2016/","sort_key":"2016-08-19","number":46},{"id":"offensive-somali-refugees-maine-2016","kind":"offensive","target":"immigrants","subject":"Somali refugees in Maine and Minnesota","title":"Linked Maine's Somali refugees to rising crime, a claim local police chiefs disputed","quote":"So we've just seen many, many crimes getting worse all the time and as Maine knows, a major destination for Somali refugees, right? Am I right?","date":"2016-08-04","venue":"Campaign rally, Portland, Maine","era":"campaign-2016","category":"immigration","what_happened":"Lewiston's acting police chief said there was no correlation between Somali immigration and increased crime and that the city's crime rate had fallen since Somalis began arriving in the 1990s. Portland's police chief said crime was down in his city too. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said remarks disparaging legal immigrants were 'particularly unhelpful.' Trump returned to the theme in Green Bay (August 5). In Minneapolis on November 6, 2016, he spoke of 'large numbers of Somali refugees coming into your state without your knowledge,' some of whom he said had joined ISIS.","sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump in Portland, ME - August 4, 2016","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-portland-me-august-4-2016/","date":"2016-08-04"},{"title":"In Maine, Trump takes aim at Somali refugees","outlet":"The Boston Globe","url":"https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/08/04/donald-trump-speak-portland-maine/8V0I1INbzelYh3cgo7NPLN/story.html","date":"2016-08-04"},{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump in Minneapolis, MN - November 6, 2016","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-minneapolis-mn-november-6-2016/","date":"2016-11-06"}],"tag":"immigrants","tag_label":"Immigrants","tag_short":"Immigrants","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["immigrants"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/offensive-somali-refugees-maine-2016/","sort_key":"2016-08-04","number":45},{"id":"russia-abc-crimea-2016","kind":"russia","tag":"ukraine","subject":"Crimea","title":"Said Putin is 'not going into Ukraine' and that the people of Crimea 'would rather be with Russia'","quote":"He's not going into Ukraine, OK? Just so you understand. He's not going to go into Ukraine, all right? You can mark it down and you can put it down, you can take it anywhere you want.","date":"2016-07-31","venue":"Interview on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos","era":"campaign-2016","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"Stephanopoulos replied, 'Well, he's already there, isn't he?' and Trump said, 'OK, well, he's there in a certain way, but I'm not there yet.' Asked about his statement that he might recognize the annexation of Crimea, he said: 'I'm going to take a look at it. But, you know, the people of Crimea, from what I've heard, would rather be with Russia than where they were. And you have to look at that, also.' The next day he tweeted that he had meant Putin would not go into Ukraine 'if I am President. Already in Crimea!' and told Sean Hannity, 'I mean, Crimea is gone.' At a rally in Columbus, Ohio that day he asked: 'You wanna have World War III to get it back?' The United States and the European Union had refused to recognize the 2014 annexation.","sources":[{"title":"Interview: Donald Trump Is Interviewed on ABC News' This Week - July 31, 2016","outlet":"Roll Call / Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-abc-july-31-2016/","date":"2016-07-31"},{"title":"Tweets of August 1, 2016","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-august-1-2016","date":"2016-08-01"},{"title":"Interview: Sean Hannity Interviews Donald Trump on His Fox News Show - August 1, 2016","outlet":"Roll Call / Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-sean-hannity-fox-news-august-1-2016/","date":"2016-08-01"},{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump in Columbus, OH - August 1, 2016","outlet":"Roll Call / Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-columbus-oh-august-1-2016/","date":"2016-08-01"},{"title":"Trump to look at recognizing Crimea as Russian territory, lifting sanctions","outlet":"Politico (via Internet Archive)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/2016id_/https://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/trump-crimea-sanctions-russia-226292","date":"2016-07-27"}],"tag_label":"Ukraine","tag_short":"Ukraine","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["ukraine"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/russia-abc-crimea-2016/","sort_key":"2016-07-31","number":15},{"id":"offensive-ghazala-khan-2016","kind":"offensive","target":"immigrants","subject":"Ghazala Khan, Gold Star mother and Pakistani-born immigrant","title":"Suggested the Muslim mother of a fallen U.S. soldier 'wasn't allowed to have anything to say'","quote":"His wife, if you look at his wife, she was standing there. She had nothing to say. She probably -- maybe she wasn't allowed to have anything to say. You tell me, but plenty of people have written that.","date":"2016-07-31","venue":"ABC News, This Week (interview with George Stephanopoulos)","era":"campaign-2016","category":"immigration","what_happened":"Khizr Khan had criticized Trump's proposed Muslim ban at the Democratic National Convention on July 28, 2016, while his wife Ghazala stood beside him. The couple's son, Army Capt. Humayun Khan, was killed in Iraq in 2004. Ghazala Khan said she had not spoken because she was overcome with grief. In a Washington Post op-ed she called Trump 'ignorant' about Islam.","sources":[{"title":"Interview: Donald Trump Is Interviewed on ABC News' This Week - July 31, 2016","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-abc-july-31-2016/","date":"2016-07-31"},{"title":"Ghazala Khan, mother of slain Muslim soldier, says Trump 'ignorant' about Islam","outlet":"CBC News","url":"https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1.3702519","date":"2016-07-31"},{"title":"Donald Trump Questions Army Father's DNC Speech, Wife's Silence","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/donald-trump-questions-army-father-s-dnc-speech-wife-s-n620241","date":"2016-07-30"},{"title":"Donald J. 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I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press.","date":"2016-07-27","venue":"News conference at Trump National Doral, Miami","era":"campaign-2016","category":"elections","what_happened":"Asked whether he would tell Putin to stay out of the election after the release of hacked Democratic National Committee emails, Trump said 'Why do I have to get involved with Putin? I have nothing to do with Putin' and that if Russia was responsible, 'which it's probably not, nobody knows who it is', it showed 'how little respect they have for our country'. According to the special counsel's report, 'within approximately five hours of Trump's statement' Russian GRU officers targeted for the first time email accounts at Hillary Clinton's personal office. In written answers to the special counsel in November 2018 Trump said he made the statement 'in jest and sarcastically, as was apparent to any objective observer'. The report said the investigation 'did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities'. Two days earlier he had tweeted: 'The new joke in town is that Russia leaked the disastrous DNC e-mails, which should never have been written (stupid), because Putin likes me'.","featured":true,"sources":[{"title":"News Conference in Doral, Florida","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/news-conference-doral-florida","date":"2016-07-27"},{"title":"Report On The Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Presidential Election, Volume I of II","outlet":"U.S. Department of Justice, Special Counsel's Office","url":"https://www.justice.gov/archives/sco/file/1373816/dl?inline=","date":"2019-03"},{"title":"Tweets of July 25, 2016","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-july-25-2016","date":"2016-07-25"}],"tag_label":"Intelligence and security","tag_short":"Intelligence","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["intelligence"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/russia-if-youre-listening-2016/","sort_key":"2016-07-27","number":14},{"id":"russia-crimea-looking-at-2016","kind":"russia","tag":"sanctions","subject":"Crimea recognition","title":"Asked whether he would recognize Crimea as Russian and lift sanctions, said 'We'll be looking at that'","quote":"We'll be looking at that. Yeah, we'll be looking.","date":"2016-07-27","venue":"News conference at Trump National Doral, Miami","era":"campaign-2016","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"A reporter asked whether, as president, he would recognize Crimea as Russian territory and whether the United States would lift sanctions. Russia annexed Crimea in March 2014; the United States and the European Union refused to recognize the annexation or the referendum used to justify it and imposed sanctions on Russian state banks and corporations. At the same news conference Trump said: 'I said that Putin has much better leadership qualities than Obama, but who doesn't know that?' Four days later, on ABC's This Week, he said of Crimea, 'I'm going to take a look at it. But, you know, the people of Crimea, from what I've heard, would rather be with Russia than where they were.' As president he signed the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act on August 2, 2017, which enacted new sanctions on Russia.","sources":[{"title":"News Conference in Doral, Florida","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/news-conference-doral-florida","date":"2016-07-27"},{"title":"Trump to look at recognizing Crimea as Russian territory, lifting sanctions","outlet":"Politico (via Internet Archive)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/2016id_/https://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/trump-crimea-sanctions-russia-226292","date":"2016-07-27"},{"title":"Interview: Donald Trump Is Interviewed on ABC News' This Week - July 31, 2016","outlet":"Roll Call / Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-abc-july-31-2016/","date":"2016-07-31"},{"title":"Statement on Signing the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-signing-the-countering-americas-adversaries-through-sanctions-act-0","date":"2017-08-02"}],"tag_label":"Sanctions and pressure","tag_short":"Sanctions","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["sanctions"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/russia-crimea-looking-at-2016/","sort_key":"2016-07-27","number":13},{"id":"know-cory-booker","kind":"knows-better","subject":"Sen. Cory Booker","title":"Knew more about Cory Booker than Booker knew about himself","quote":"If Cory Booker is the future of the Democratic Party, they have no future! I know more about Cory than he knows about himself.","date":"2016-07-26","venue":"Post on Twitter, during the Democratic National Convention","era":"campaign-2016","category":"other","what_happened":"The tweet followed Booker's DNC speech criticizing Trump. Booker told CNN, \"He wants us to be speculating. It sounds so sinister,\" and said he would respond with love and prayer. Trump did not say what he claimed to know.","sources":[{"title":"Trump on Booker: 'I know more about Cory than he knows about himself'","outlet":"The Hill","url":"https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/289206-trump-on-booker-i-know-more-about-cory-than-he-knows/","date":"2016-07-26"},{"title":"Cory Booker responds to Donald Trump speech tweets","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2016/07/26/politics/cory-booker-donald-trump-speech-tweets/index.html","date":"2016-07-26"},{"title":"After Tweet, Sen. 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And that's why I'm the only one that can fix this mess\") and West Palm Beach on Oct. 13, 2016 (\"Because I used to be part of the club, I'm the only one who can fix it\"). His signature ethics measure, a Jan. 28, 2017 executive order imposing a lifetime ban on White House officials lobbying for foreign governments, was revoked by his own order on Jan. 19-20, 2021, days before he left office. PolitiFact's final Trump-O-Meter tally of 102 campaign promises rated 24 kept, 23 compromises and 55 broken.","sources":[{"title":"Address Accepting the Presidential Nomination at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/address-accepting-the-presidential-nomination-the-republican-national-convention-cleveland","date":"2016-07-21"},{"title":"Hillary Clinton says Donald Trump said 'I alone can fix it'","outlet":"PolitiFact","url":"https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/29/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-says-donald-trump-said-i-alone-can","date":"2016-07-29"},{"title":"Remarks at the South Florida Fair Expo Center in West Palm Beach, Florida","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-south-florida-fair-expo-center-west-palm-beach-florida","date":"2016-10-13"},{"title":"Trump-O-Meter: Place lifetime ban on White House officials lobbying for foreign government","outlet":"PolitiFact","url":"https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/trumpometer/promise/386202/","date":"2021-01-26"},{"title":"Trump-O-Meter: Tracking Trump's campaign promises","outlet":"PolitiFact","url":"https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/trumpometer/","date":"2021-01-26"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/fix-rigged-system-i-alone-2016/","sort_key":"2016-07-21","number":15},{"id":"know-the-system","kind":"knows-better","subject":"the system","title":"Nobody knows the system better than him","quote":"Nobody knows the system better than me, which is why I alone can fix it. I have seen firsthand how the system is rigged against our citizens, just like it was rigged against Bernie Sanders – he never had a chance.","date":"2016-07-21","venue":"RNC acceptance speech, Cleveland","era":"campaign-2016","category":"ethics","what_happened":"He had used a similar line in April 2016 (\"[N]obody knows the system better than I do\"). On January 28, 2017 he signed Executive Order 13770, an ethics pledge with a five-year ban on appointees lobbying their former agency and a lifetime ban on lobbying for foreign governments. On January 19, 2021, his last full day in office, he revoked it by Executive Order 13983 without explanation, which NPR reported allowed his appointees to begin lobbying immediately.","sources":[{"title":"Address Accepting the Presidential Nomination at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/address-accepting-the-presidential-nomination-the-republican-national-convention-cleveland","date":"2016-07-21"},{"title":"Everything Trump says he knows \"more about than anybody\"","outlet":"Axios","url":"https://www.axios.com/2019/01/05/everything-trump-says-he-knows-more-about-than-anybody","date":"2019-01-05"},{"title":"19 things Donald Trump knows better than anyone else, according to Donald Trump","outlet":"Washington Post","url":"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/10/04/17-issues-that-donald-trump-knows-better-than-anyone-else-according-to-donald-trump/","date":"2016-10-04"},{"title":"Executive Order 13770","outlet":"Wikipedia","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_13770","date":"2026-09-25"},{"title":"Executive Order on the Revocation of Executive Order 13770","outlet":"Trump White House Archives","url":"https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-revocation-executive-order-13770/","date":"2021-01-19"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/know-the-system/","sort_key":"2016-07-21","number":20},{"id":"china-ip-theft-dumping-rnc-2016","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"intellectual property theft","title":"Pledged to stop China's 'outrageous theft of intellectual property' and 'illegal product dumping'","quote":"This includes stopping China's outrageous theft of intellectual property, along with their illegal product dumping, and their devastating currency manipulation. They are the greatest that ever came about; they are the greatest currency manipulators ever!","date":"2016-07-21","venue":"Address accepting the presidential nomination, Republican National Convention, Cleveland, Ohio","era":"campaign-2016","category":"trade","what_happened":"The 'phase one' agreement he signed with China, implemented on February 14, 2020, left U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods averaging 19.3 percent, according to the Peterson Institute for International Economics. The institute's Chad Bown wrote that the deal included Chinese commitments to respect intellectual property, and that China bought 58 percent of the U.S. exports it had committed to purchase and none of the additional $200 billion.","sources":[{"title":"Address Accepting the Presidential Nomination at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/address-accepting-the-presidential-nomination-the-republican-national-convention-cleveland","date":"2016-07-21"},{"title":"US-China Trade War Tariffs: An Up-to-Date Chart","outlet":"Peterson Institute for International Economics","url":"https://www.piie.com/research/piie-charts/us-china-trade-war-tariffs-date-chart","date":"2026-05-07"},{"title":"China bought none of the extra $200 billion of US exports in Trump's trade deal","outlet":"Peterson Institute for International Economics","url":"https://www.piie.com/blogs/realtime-economics/2022/china-bought-none-extra-200-billion-us-exports-trumps-trade-deal","date":"2022-07-19"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/china-ip-theft-dumping-rnc-2016/","sort_key":"2016-07-21","number":31},{"id":"russia-baltics-nato-2016","kind":"russia","tag":"alliances","subject":"NATO's Baltic members","title":"Said he would defend Baltic NATO allies from a Russian attack only if they had 'fulfilled their obligations to us'","quote":"Have they fulfilled their obligations to us? If they fulfill their obligations to us, the answer is yes.","date":"2016-07-20","venue":"Interview with The New York Times at the Republican National Convention, Cleveland","era":"campaign-2016","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"Asked by David Sanger whether NATO members in the Baltics could count on U.S. military aid if attacked by Russia, Trump conditioned the answer on whether they had met their obligations and said 'right now there are many countries that have not fulfilled their obligations to us'. The Times reported that this appeared to be the first time a major presidential candidate had suggested conditioning the defense of allies; Article 5 of the NATO treaty requires members to come to the aid of any member that NATO declares was attacked, and had been invoked only once, after September 11, 2001. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg responded in a statement that 'solidarity among allies is a key value for NATO', and Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves posted evidence that his country was meeting its defense commitments. Earlier in the interview Trump said 'I think Putin and I will get along very well' and, asked directly whether he would come to the aid of Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania, said 'I don't want to tell you what I'd do because I don't want Putin to know what I'd do.'","sources":[{"title":"Donald Trump Sets Conditions for Defending NATO Allies Against Attack","outlet":"The New York Times (via Internet Archive)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20160726174927id_/http://www.nytimes.com:80/2016/07/21/us/politics/donald-trump-issues.html","date":"2016-07-20"},{"title":"Transcript: Donald Trump on NATO, Turkey's Coup Attempt and the World","outlet":"The New York Times (via Internet Archive)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20160725180903id_/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/22/us/politics/donald-trump-foreign-policy-interview.html","date":"2016-07-21"},{"title":"Interview: The New York Times Interviews Donald Trump on NATO and the World - July 22, 2016","outlet":"Roll Call / Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-new-york-times-july-22-2016/","date":"2016-07-21"}],"tag_label":"NATO and allies","tag_short":"Alliances","tag_tone":"green","tag_list":["alliances"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/russia-baltics-nato-2016/","sort_key":"2016-07-20","number":12},{"id":"know-infrastructure","kind":"knows-better","subject":"infrastructure","title":"Nobody in U.S. history knew so much about infrastructure","quote":"look, as a builder, nobody in the history of this country has ever known so much about infrastructure as Donald Trump. I build infrastructure.","date":"2016-07-16","venue":"Remarks introducing Mike Pence as running mate, New York City","era":"campaign-2016","category":"infrastructure","what_happened":"His February 2018 proposal of $200 billion in federal money meant to leverage $1.5 trillion stalled in Congress. An April 30, 2019 meeting with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer on a $2 trillion package produced no agreement after he conditioned it on passing USMCA and ending investigations. No major infrastructure bill became law during his first term.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks Introducing Governor Mike Pence as the 2016 Republican Vice Presidential Nominee in New York City","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-introducing-governor-mike-pence-the-2016-republican-vice-presidential-nominee-new","date":"2016-07-16"},{"title":"Donald Trump Introduces Indiana Gov. 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According to the special counsel's report, campaign adviser J.D. Gordon and another campaign staffer asked a subcommittee co-chair to table it, and it was adopted with the weapons language replaced by 'appropriate assistance'. Gordon told investigators he objected because of Trump's stated positions that Europeans should take primary responsibility for Ukraine and that he did not want to 'start World War III over that region'; Denman said Gordon told her he was 'talking to New York', which Gordon disputed. The report stated that the investigation 'did not establish that one Campaign official's efforts to dilute a portion of the Republican Party platform on providing assistance to Ukraine were undertaken at the behest of candidate Trump or Russia', and Trump's written answers said he did not recall being involved. In December 2017 the Trump administration approved the sale of 210 Javelin anti-tank missiles and 35 launchers to Ukraine.","sources":[{"title":"Report On The Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Presidential Election, Volume I of II","outlet":"U.S. Department of Justice, Special Counsel's Office","url":"https://www.justice.gov/archives/sco/file/1373816/dl?inline=","date":"2019-03"},{"title":"Interview: Donald Trump Is Interviewed on ABC News' This Week - July 31, 2016","outlet":"Roll Call / Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-abc-july-31-2016/","date":"2016-07-31"},{"title":"Mueller asked Trump about 2016 RNC platform change regarding Ukraine: Sources","outlet":"ABC News","url":"https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/mueller-asked-trump-2016-rnc-platform-change-ukraine/story?id=59476035","date":"2018-11-28"},{"title":"2016 RNC Delegate: Trump Directed Change To Party Platform On Ukraine Support","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://www.npr.org/2017/12/04/568310790/2016-rnc-delegate-trump-directed-change-to-party-platform-on-ukraine-support","date":"2017-12-04"},{"title":"How Sending Arms to Ukraine Went From Niche Concern to Major Scandal","outlet":"Slate","url":"https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/09/weapons-for-ukraine-how-a-subplot-in-the-trump-russia-story-took-center-stage.html","date":"2019-09-27"}],"tag_label":"Ukraine","tag_short":"Ukraine","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["ukraine"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/russia-gop-platform-ukraine-2016/","sort_key":"2016-07-11","number":11},{"id":"offensive-iraq-harvard-terrorism-2016","kind":"offensive","target":"countries","subject":"Iraq","place":"Iraq","title":"Said 'Iraq is Harvard for terrorism' while praising Saddam Hussein for killing terrorists","quote":"Today, Iraq is Harvard for terrorism. You want to be a terrorist, you go to Iraq. It's like Harvard. OK. So sad.","date":"2016-07-05","venue":"Campaign rally, Raleigh, North Carolina","era":"campaign-2016","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"Trump made the remark right after saying Saddam Hussein 'killed terrorists' well. House Speaker Paul Ryan and Clinton adviser Jake Sullivan criticized the praise of Hussein, and PolitiFact rated the claim about Hussein Mostly False. He used the phrase again the next day in Cincinnati and, as president, called the region 'the Harvard of terrorists' (Tucker Carlson interview, June 29, 2019) and 'the Harvard University of terror' (Fox Radio, August 29, 2019).","sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump in Raleigh, NC - July 5, 2016","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-raleigh-nc-july-5-2016/#52","date":"2016-07-05"},{"title":"Donald Trump on Saddam Hussein, Iraq and terrorism (Raleigh rally)","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2016/07/05/politics/donald-trump-saddam-hussein-iraq-terrorism","date":"2016-07-05"},{"title":"Was Saddam Hussein good at killing terrorists, as Donald Trump says? (fact-check)","outlet":"PolitiFact","url":"https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jul/07/donald-trump/was-saddam-hussein-good-killing-terrorists-donald-/","date":"2016-07-07"}],"tag":"countries","tag_label":"Other countries","tag_short":"Countries","tag_tone":"green","tag_list":["countries"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/offensive-iraq-harvard-terrorism-2016/","sort_key":"2016-07-05","number":43},{"id":"china-wto-greatest-jobs-theft-2016","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"manufacturing jobs","title":"Said China's entry into the WTO enabled 'the greatest jobs theft in history'","quote":"NAFTA was the worst trade deal in history, and China's entrance into the World Trade Organization has enabled the greatest jobs theft in history.","date":"2016-06-28","venue":"Trade speech at Alumisource, Monessen, Pennsylvania (text as published)","era":"campaign-2016","category":"trade","what_happened":"In the same speech he said he would use tariffs under Sections 201 and 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 and Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 if China did not stop 'illegal activities.' In office he raised the average U.S. tariff on Chinese goods to 19.3 percent by February 2020, according to the Peterson Institute for International Economics. FactCheck.org found the economy added manufacturing jobs in each of his first 24 months, that the gains began to erode in March 2019, and that when he left office there were 178,000 fewer people employed in manufacturing than when he became president.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks in Monessen, Pennsylvania","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-monessen-pennsylvania","date":"2016-06-28"},{"title":"US-China Trade War Tariffs: An Up-to-Date Chart","outlet":"Peterson Institute for International Economics","url":"https://www.piie.com/research/piie-charts/us-china-trade-war-tariffs-date-chart","date":"2026-05-07"},{"title":"Trump's Final Numbers","outlet":"FactCheck.org","url":"https://www.factcheck.org/2021/10/trumps-final-numbers/","date":"2021-10-08"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/china-wto-greatest-jobs-theft-2016/","sort_key":"2016-06-28","number":30},{"id":"know-money","kind":"knows-better","subject":"money","title":"Understood money better than anybody","quote":"I understand money better than anybody and I understand it way better than Hillary.","date":"2016-06-21","venue":"Interview on NBC's Today, discussing his campaign's cash on hand","era":"campaign-2016","category":"economy","what_happened":"He had said the same thing on Today on January 21, 2016. His businesses filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy six times between 1991 and 2009, including the Trump Taj Mahal, financed with $675 million in junk bonds at 14 percent interest, which entered bankruptcy in 1991. In December 2016 he named Goldman Sachs alumni Steven Mnuchin and Gary Cohn to lead Treasury and the National Economic Council.","sources":[{"title":"Everything Trump says he knows \"more about than anybody\"","outlet":"Axios","url":"https://www.axios.com/2019/01/05/everything-trump-says-he-knows-more-about-than-anybody","date":"2019-01-05"},{"title":"15 times Trump bragged about his economic genius that are especially awkward now","outlet":"ThinkProgress","url":"https://archive.thinkprogress.org/awkward-trump-brags-economy-1d1906d06be5/","date":"2018-03-02"},{"title":"19 things Donald Trump knows better than anyone else, according to Donald Trump","outlet":"Washington Post","url":"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/10/04/17-issues-that-donald-trump-knows-better-than-anyone-else-according-to-donald-trump/","date":"2016-10-04"},{"title":"Business career of Donald Trump","outlet":"Wikipedia","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_career_of_Donald_Trump","date":"2026-09-25"},{"title":"Trump's Goldman Sachs economic team","outlet":"PBS NewsHour","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-goldman-sachs-economic-team","date":"2016-12-10"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/know-money/","sort_key":"2016-06-21","number":18},{"id":"know-nuclear","kind":"knows-better","subject":"nuclear weapons","title":"Nobody understood the horror of nuclear more than him","quote":"There is nobody who understands the horror of nuclear more than me.","date":"2016-06-15","venue":"Campaign speech, reported live by the Guardian's Ben Jacobs","era":"campaign-2016","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"NBC News documented his contradictory statements: he called nuclear proliferation the world's biggest problem (March 26, 2016) and said \"I will be the last to use nuclear weapons\" (April 28, 2016), but also \"I can't take anything off the table\" (September 26, 2016), suggested Japan, South Korea and Saudi Arabia might acquire their own weapons, and tweeted on December 22, 2016 that the U.S. \"must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability.\"","sources":[{"title":"Ben Jacobs: Donald Trump: \"There is nobody who understands the horror of nuclear more than me\"","outlet":"Twitter/X","url":"https://twitter.com/Bencjacobs/status/743137599867523072","date":"2016-06-15"},{"title":"19 things Donald Trump knows better than anyone else, according to Donald Trump","outlet":"Washington Post","url":"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/10/04/17-issues-that-donald-trump-knows-better-than-anyone-else-according-to-donald-trump/","date":"2016-10-04"},{"title":"Donald Trump Has History of Contradictory Statements on Nuclear Weapons","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/all/donald-trump-has-history-contradictory-statements-nuclear-weapons-n808466","date":"2017-10-11"},{"title":"Here's What Donald Trump Has Said About Nuclear Weapons","outlet":"Time","url":"https://time.com/4437089/donald-trump-nuclear-weapons-nukes/","date":"2016-08"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/know-nuclear/","sort_key":"2016-06-15","number":17},{"id":"offensive-trojan-horse-refugees-2016","kind":"offensive","target":"immigrants","subject":"Syrian and Middle Eastern refugees","title":"Said admitting Syrian refugees could be 'the all time great' modern-day 'Trojan Horse'","quote":"She wants a 550% increase in Syrian refugees coming into our country. Again, we don't know who they are. Where do they come from? This could be the all time great version modern day of the Trojan Horse, folks. Remember that, the Trojan Horse.","date":"2016-06-14","venue":"Campaign rally, Greensboro, North Carolina","era":"campaign-2016","category":"immigration","what_happened":"Trump first used the 'Trojan Horse' line about refugees in a speech in Manchester, New Hampshire, on June 13, 2016, the day after the Orlando nightclub shooting. In that speech he said refugees' children were being 'radicalized.' He repeated it in Ashburn, Virginia (August 8) and Phoenix (August 31), where he called it 'the all time great Trojan Horse.' The January 2017 executive order suspended the U.S. refugee program for 120 days and barred Syrian refugees indefinitely.","sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump in Greensboro, NC - June 14, 2016","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-greensboro-nc-june-14-2016/","date":"2016-06-14"},{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump in Manchester, NH - June 13, 2016","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-manchester-nh-june-13-2016/","date":"2016-06-13"}],"tag":"immigrants","tag_label":"Immigrants","tag_short":"Immigrants","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["immigrants"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/offensive-trojan-horse-refugees-2016/","sort_key":"2016-06-14","number":42},{"id":"autocrats-agalarov-birthday-painting-2016","kind":"autocrats","tag":"payments","subject":"Russia","country":"Russia","beneficiary":"Donald Trump","amount":"$100,000 (reported value of a set of three paintings, one of which was delivered)","freedom_house":"Not Free (2016)","title":"Aras and Emin Agalarov send Trump a painting from Russia as a birthday gift during the campaign","quote":"The painting you sent me is truly fantastic and a very thoughtful gesture!","date":"2016-06-13","venue":"Letter to Emin and Aras Agalarov dated June 17, 2016, reproduced in the Senate intelligence committee's 2020 report","era":"campaign-2016","category":"ethics","what_happened":"On June 10, 2016, the day after the Trump Tower meeting that the Agalarovs helped arrange, Rob Goldstone told Trump's assistant that Emin and Aras Agalarov had \"a fairly sizable birthday gift\" for Trump. Agalarov employees delivered a painting that had been brought from Russia to Trump Tower, and emails indicate it arrived on June 13, 2016, according to the Senate intelligence committee. Goldstone told the committee he had been told the set of three paintings was worth $100,000; the other two were never delivered. Trump thanked the Agalarovs in a letter dated June 17, 2016. The committee found that Aras Agalarov has significant ties to the Russian government and access to President Vladimir Putin, and it also reported that Trump sought Emin Agalarov's address in July 2014 to thank him for a watch.","sources":[{"title":"Report of the Select Committee on Intelligence, United States Senate, on Russian Active Measures Campaigns and Interference in the 2016 U.S. Election, Volume 5: Counterintelligence Threats and Vulnerabilities","outlet":"U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence","url":"https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/sites-default-files-documents-report-volume5.pdf","date":"2020-08-18"},{"title":"Country and Territory Ratings and Statuses, 1973-2024","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/2024-02/Country_and_Territory_Ratings_and_Statuses_FIW_1973-2024.xlsx","date":"2024"},{"title":"Russia: Freedom in the World 2017 Country Report","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/country/russia/freedom-world/2017","date":"2017"}],"tag_label":"Gifts and payments","tag_short":"Payments","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["payments"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/autocrats-agalarov-birthday-painting-2016/","sort_key":"2016-06-13","number":12},{"id":"offensive-curiel-mexican-2016","kind":"offensive","target":"immigrants","subject":"Judge Gonzalo Curiel (U.S.-born judge of Mexican heritage)","title":"Said the Indiana-born judge in the Trump University case could not be fair because 'He's a Mexican'","quote":"But we're building a wall. He's a Mexican. We're building a wall between here and Mexico. The answer is, he is giving us very unfair rulings, rulings that people can't even believe.","date":"2016-06-03","venue":"CNN interview with Jake Tapper","era":"campaign-2016","category":"justice","what_happened":"Curiel, born in East Chicago, Indiana, to parents who came from Mexico, was presiding over fraud lawsuits against Trump University. Trump repeated the point in other interviews that week, saying 'this judge is of Mexican heritage.' On June 7, 2016, House Speaker Paul Ryan called it 'the textbook definition of a racist comment,' according to AP. Trump did not retract it. In November 2016 he agreed to a $25 million settlement of the Trump University cases.","sources":[{"title":"Interview: Jake Tapper Interviews Donald Trump on CNN (Factba.se lists it as June 5, 2016)","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-cnn-state-of-the-union-jake-tapper-june-5-2016/","date":"2016-06-03"},{"title":"CNN transcript, June 3, 2016","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/acd/date/2016-06-03/segment/02","date":"2016-06-03"},{"title":"Ryan: Trump made 'textbook definition of a racist comment'","outlet":"FOX 4 (AP)","url":"https://www.fox4news.com/news/ryan-trump-made-textbook-definition-of-a-racist-comment","date":"2016-06-07"}],"tag":"immigrants","tag_label":"Immigrants","tag_short":"Immigrants","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["immigrants"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/offensive-curiel-mexican-2016/","sort_key":"2016-06-03","number":41},{"id":"fix-second-amendment-2016","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"the Second Amendment","title":"Only a vote for him could save the Second Amendment","quote":"The only way to save our Second Amendment is to vote for a person that you all know named Donald Trump OK?","date":"2016-05-20","venue":"NRA Leadership Forum, Louisville, Kentucky","era":"campaign-2016","category":"guns","what_happened":"He revived the framing in his Aug. 27, 2020 acceptance speech: \"if we don't win, your Second Amendment doesn't have a chance.\" The one major federal gun restriction of his term was his own: after the 2017 Las Vegas shooting his administration issued a December 2018 ATF rule (83 Fed. Reg. 66514) reclassifying bump stocks as machine guns and banning them. The Supreme Court struck that rule down on June 14, 2024 in Garland v. Cargill, holding ATF had exceeded its statutory authority.","sources":[{"title":"'I Will Never Let You Down,' Trump Tells National Rifle Association","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://www.npr.org/2016/05/20/478864228/i-will-never-let-you-down-trump-tells-national-rifle-%20association","date":"2016-05-20"},{"title":"Speech, NRA National Convention, Louisville, KY (transcript)","outlet":"Trump Campaign Corpus (GitHub)","url":"https://github.com/unendin/Trump_Campaign_Corpus/blob/master/text/2016-05-20%2014.40.00%20%28Complete%2C%20As%20spoken%29%20Speech%2C%20NRA%20National%20Convention%2C%20Louisville%2C%20KY.txt","date":"2016-05-20"},{"title":"Address Accepting the Republican Presidential Nomination","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/address-accepting-the-republican-presidential-nomination-2","date":"2020-08-27"},{"title":"Garland v. 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He repeated the claim on October 2, 2016 (\"I know our complex tax laws better than anyone\"), his campaign said he \"knows the tax code far better than anyone who has ever run for President,\" and in a December 2017 New York Times interview he said, \"I know the details of taxes better than anybody. Better than the greatest C.P.A.\" He had also told ABC on May 9, 2016 that \"nobody knows more about taxes than I do.\"","sources":[{"title":"Trump says his tax rate is 'none of your business'","outlet":"PBS NewsHour","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-says-his-tax-rate-is-none-of-your-business","date":"2016-05-13"},{"title":"Trump's Long History of Tweet-Shaming on Taxes","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-s-long-list-tweet-shaming-taxes-n658061","date":"2016-10-01"},{"title":"15 times Trump bragged about his economic genius that are especially awkward now","outlet":"ThinkProgress","url":"https://archive.thinkprogress.org/awkward-trump-brags-economy-1d1906d06be5/","date":"2018-03-02"},{"title":"Analysis: Trump touts his experts — often it's Trump himself (syndicated Washington Post)","outlet":"Mercury News","url":"https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/01/02/analysis-trump-touts-his-experts-often-its-trump-himself/","date":"2019-01-02"},{"title":"The foremost experts on various topics according to Trump, most of whom are Trump","outlet":"Washington Post","url":"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/02/foremost-experts-various-topics-according-trump-most-whom-are-trump/","date":"2019-01-02"},{"title":"Everything Trump says he knows \"more about than anybody\"","outlet":"Axios","url":"https://www.axios.com/2019/01/05/everything-trump-says-he-knows-more-about-than-anybody","date":"2019-01-05"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/know-taxes/","sort_key":"2016-05-13","number":16},{"id":"know-debt","kind":"knows-better","subject":"debt","title":"The king of debt knew more about debt than anybody","quote":"I'm the king of debt. 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His businesses went through six Chapter 11 bankruptcies between 1991 and 2009.","sources":[{"title":"'I Love Debt': Trump Says He Is the 'King of Debt'","outlet":"TheBlaze","url":"https://www.theblaze.com/news/2016/05/04/i-love-debt-trump-says-he-is-the-king-of-debt","date":"2016-05-04"},{"title":"Donald Trump: 'I'm the king of debt'","outlet":"CNN Money","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20250408195853/https://money.cnn.com/2016/05/05/investing/trump-king-of-debt-fire-janet-yellen/","date":"2016-05-05"},{"title":"Flashback: Trump ran on being 'king of debt' in 2016, bragged he could eliminate national debt in 8 years","outlet":"Fox News","url":"https://www.foxnews.com/politics/flashback-trump-ran-being-king-debt-2016-bragged-he-could-eliminate-national-debt-8-years.print","date":"2025-06-06"},{"title":"Trump's Final Numbers","outlet":"FactCheck.org","url":"https://www.factcheck.org/2021/10/trumps-final-numbers/","date":"2021-10-08"},{"title":"Business career of Donald Trump","outlet":"Wikipedia","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_career_of_Donald_Trump","date":"2026-09-25"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/know-debt/","sort_key":"2016-05-04","number":15},{"id":"china-rape-our-country-2016","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"trade deficit as theft","title":"Said the U.S. 'can't continue to allow China to rape our country'","quote":"We can't continue to allow China to rape our country and that's what they're doing. It's the greatest theft in the history of the world.","date":"2016-05-01","venue":"Campaign rally in Fort Wayne, Indiana","era":"campaign-2016","category":"trade","what_happened":"CNN reported that at the same rally he said he was not 'angry at China' but at U.S. leaders, and that he had used the same comparison in 2011. The U.S. goods deficit with China rose from $346.8 billion in 2016 to $418.2 billion in 2018, the largest in the Census series, before falling to $308.0 billion in 2020. In Beijing in November 2017 he said: 'I don't blame China. After all, who can blame a country for being able to take advantage of another country to the benefit of its citizens?'","featured":true,"sources":[{"title":"Trump: 'We can't continue to allow China to rape our country'","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/01/politics/donald-trump-china-rape/index.html","date":"2016-05-01"},{"title":"Donald Trump Calls China's Trade Practice the 'Greatest Theft in the World'","outlet":"ABC News","url":"https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trump-calls-chinas-trade-practices-greatest-theft/story?id=38812125","date":"2016-05-02"},{"title":"Trade in Goods with China","outlet":"U.S. Census Bureau","url":"https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html","date":"2026-09-28"},{"title":"10 times Trump attacked China and its trade relations with the US","outlet":"ABC News","url":"https://abcnews.com/Politics/10-times-trump-attacked-china-trade-relations-us/story?id=46572567","date":"2017-11-09"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/china-rape-our-country-2016/","sort_key":"2016-05-01","number":29},{"id":"fix-overextended-military-2016","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"America's overextended resources","title":"Only he knew how to fix debt, trade deficits and a weakened military","quote":"I am the only person running for the presidency who understands this and this is a serious problem. I'm the only one — believe me, I know them all, I'm the only one that knows how to fix it.","date":"2016-04-27","venue":"Foreign policy speech at the Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C. (Center for the National Interest)","era":"campaign-2016","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"The passage referred to 'massive debt, low growth, a huge trade deficit' and the need to 'rebuild our military.' The federal debt grew about 50%, from $14.4 trillion to $21.6 trillion, and the trade deficit rose 36.3% to nearly $654 billion in 2020. PolitiFact rated his pledge to eliminate the federal debt in eight years Promise Broken.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks on Foreign Policy","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-foreign-policy","date":"2016-04-27"},{"title":"Trump's Final Numbers","outlet":"FactCheck.org","url":"https://www.factcheck.org/2021/10/trumps-final-numbers/","date":"2021-10-08"},{"title":"Trump-O-Meter: Eliminate the federal debt in 8 years","outlet":"PolitiFact","url":"https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/trumpometer/promise/386567/","date":"2020-01-02"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/fix-overextended-military-2016/","sort_key":"2016-04-27","number":13},{"id":"china-economic-assault-cyber-2016","kind":"china","threat":"both","subject":"cyber theft and trade","title":"Accused China of an 'economic assault' and of stealing government secrets by cyberattack","quote":"Our president has allowed China to continue its economic assault on American jobs and wealth, refusing to enforce trade deals and apply leverage on China necessary to rein in North Korea. ... He has even allowed China to steal government secrets with cyber attacks and engaged in industrial espionage against the United States and its companies.","date":"2016-04-27","venue":"Foreign policy speech hosted by the Center for the National Interest, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C.","era":"campaign-2016","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"In April 2018 the Commerce Department barred U.S. suppliers from doing business with Chinese telecom company ZTE over sanctions violations. On May 13, 2018 he tweeted that he and Xi Jinping were 'working together to give massive Chinese phone company, ZTE, a way to get back into business, fast,' and the ban was lifted on July 13, 2018 after ZTE paid a $1 billion penalty and put $400 million in escrow. In February 2020 the Justice Department charged four members of China's military with the 2017 Equifax breach, which exposed data on about 145 million Americans.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks on Foreign Policy","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-foreign-policy","date":"2016-04-27"},{"title":"Tweet: 'President Xi of China, and I, are working together to give massive Chinese phone company, ZTE, a way to get back into business, fast'","outlet":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/995680316458262533","date":"2018-05-13"},{"title":"U.S. Lifts Ban That Kept ZTE From Doing Business With U.S. Suppliers","outlet":"WRAL (The New York Times)","url":"https://www.wral.com/u-s-lifts-ban-that-kept-zte-from-doing-business-with-u-s-suppliers/17696726/","date":"2018-07-13"},{"title":"Chinese Hackers Charged In Alleged Cyber-Theft Of 145 Million Americans' Data","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://www.npr.org/2020/02/10/804501991/chinese-hackers-charged-in-alleged-cyber-theft-of-145-million-americans-data","date":"2020-02-10"}],"tag":"both","tag_label":"Economic and military","tag_short":"Economic + military","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["economic","military"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/china-economic-assault-cyber-2016/","sort_key":"2016-04-27","number":28},{"id":"offensive-hillary-womans-card-2016","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Hillary Clinton","title":"Said Hillary Clinton would not get 5% of the vote if she were a man, and only had 'the woman's card'","quote":"Well, I think the only card she has is the woman's card. She's got nothing else going. And frankly, if Hillary Clinton were a man, I don't think she'd get 5% of the vote. The only thing she's got going is the woman's card, and the beautiful thing is women don't like her.","date":"2016-04-26","venue":"Primary-night victory speech, Trump Tower, New York","era":"campaign-2016","category":"elections","what_happened":"Trump said it on the night he won five Northeastern primaries. On NBC's Today on April 28 he repeated that 'without the woman's card Hillary wouldn't even be a viable person to even run for a city council position.' He kept using the line in later interviews, including CNN's New Day on May 9.","sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump in New York, NY - April 26, 2016","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se (transcript)","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-new-york-ny-april-26-2016/","date":"2016-04-26"},{"title":"Interview: Donald Trump Interviewed by Lauer and Guthrie on NBC's The Today Show - April 28, 2016","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se (transcript)","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-nbc-the-today-show-april-28-2016/","date":"2016-04-28"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/offensive-hillary-womans-card-2016/","sort_key":"2016-04-26","number":40},{"id":"know-banking","kind":"knows-better","subject":"banking and Wall Street","title":"Nobody knows banking better than he does","quote":"Nobody knows banking better than I do","date":"2016-04-21","venue":"NBC Today town hall","era":"campaign-2016","category":"economy","what_happened":"At the same town hall, asked about his claim to know Wall Street bankers better than anyone, he answered, \"Better than anyone.\" After the election he filled his top economic posts with Goldman Sachs veterans (Mnuchin at Treasury, Cohn at the NEC, Bannon as senior adviser); Goldman's stock rose 33 percent after his victory. His own casino and hotel companies went through six Chapter 11 bankruptcies between 1991 and 2009, and he avoided personal bankruptcy in the 1990s with about $90 million from Hong Kong investors.","sources":[{"title":"15 times Trump bragged about his economic genius that are especially awkward now","outlet":"ThinkProgress","url":"https://archive.thinkprogress.org/awkward-trump-brags-economy-1d1906d06be5/","date":"2018-03-02"},{"title":"19 things Donald Trump knows better than anyone else, according to Donald Trump","outlet":"Washington Post","url":"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/10/04/17-issues-that-donald-trump-knows-better-than-anyone-else-according-to-donald-trump/","date":"2016-10-04"},{"title":"Trump's Goldman Sachs economic team","outlet":"PBS NewsHour","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-goldman-sachs-economic-team","date":"2016-12-10"},{"title":"Business career of Donald Trump","outlet":"Wikipedia","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_career_of_Donald_Trump","date":"2026-09-25"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/know-banking/","sort_key":"2016-04-21","number":14},{"id":"know-renewables","kind":"knows-better","subject":"renewable energy","title":"Knew more about renewables than any human being on Earth","quote":"I know more about renewables than any human being on Earth.","date":"2016-04","venue":"Campaign remarks, April 2016","era":"campaign-2016","category":"environment","what_happened":"PolitiFact rated his March 2019 claim that \"when the wind stops blowing, that's the end of your electric\" Mostly False, noting that power comes from interconnected regional grids with backup generation and that renewables supplied about 17 percent of U.S. electricity in 2018. A December 2019 Slate fact-check found no evidence for his claim that turbine manufacturing spews unusual fumes; studies show wind has a small carbon footprint relative to other generation.","sources":[{"title":"Everything Trump says he knows \"more about than anybody\"","outlet":"Axios","url":"https://www.axios.com/2019/01/05/everything-trump-says-he-knows-more-about-than-anybody","date":"2019-01-05"},{"title":"19 things Donald Trump knows better than anyone else, according to Donald Trump","outlet":"Washington Post","url":"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/10/04/17-issues-that-donald-trump-knows-better-than-anyone-else-according-to-donald-trump/","date":"2016-10-04"},{"title":"Fact-checking Donald Trump's take on wind energy","outlet":"PolitiFact","url":"https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/apr/03/donald-trump/fact-checking-donald-trumps-take-wind-energy/","date":"2019-04-03"},{"title":"Fact-checking Trump's rant against windmills, fumes, and eagle deaths","outlet":"Slate","url":"https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/12/trump-windmills-fumes-fact-check.html","date":"2019-12-23"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/know-renewables/","sort_key":"2016-04","number":13},{"id":"offensive-abortion-punishment-2016","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Women who have abortions","title":"Said there must be 'some form of punishment' for women who have abortions if it were banned","quote":"The answer is that there has to be some form of punishment.","date":"2016-03-30","venue":"MSNBC town hall with Chris Matthews, Wisconsin","era":"campaign-2016","category":"healthcare","what_happened":"Matthews pressed Trump on whether women should be punished if abortion were illegal. Trump said yes and added, 'I have not determined what the punishment' would be. Anti-abortion groups criticized the remark. That afternoon his campaign put out two statements. The second said doctors who perform abortions, not women, would be held responsible, and both said his 'position has not changed.' On Fox News Sunday on April 3 he said the question had been a hypothetical and that 'it's the doctor's fault or whoever performs the act.'","sources":[{"title":"Interview: Donald Trump Attends an MSNBC Town Hall Hosted by Chris Matthews - March 30, 2016","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se (transcript)","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-msnbc-march-30-2016/","date":"2016-03-30"},{"title":"Trump stokes controversy with abortion comments","outlet":"CBS News","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-proposes-abortion-ban-punishment-for-women-who-undergo-procedure","date":"2016-03-30"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/offensive-abortion-punishment-2016/","sort_key":"2016-03-30","number":39},{"id":"fix-heroin-border-2016","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"heroin pouring across the border","title":"Only he would stop heroin pouring in through the border","quote":"It's pouring in through the border. I'm the only one that's going to stop it. The politicians all talk no action","date":"2016-03-29","venue":"Press conference, Janesville, Wisconsin","era":"campaign-2016","category":"other","what_happened":"The CDC reported an estimated 93,331 U.S. overdose deaths in 2020, up 29.4% from 72,151 in 2019. Southwest border apprehensions also rose to 851,508 in fiscal 2019, more than double the prior year.","sources":[{"title":"Press Conference, Janesville, WI (transcript)","outlet":"Trump Campaign Corpus (GitHub)","url":"https://github.com/unendin/Trump_Campaign_Corpus/blob/master/text/2016-03-29%2016.30.00%20%28Partial%2C%20As%20spoken%29%20Press%20Conference%2C%20Janesville%2C%20WI.txt","date":"2016-03-29"},{"title":"Drug Overdose Deaths in the U.S. Top 100,000 Annually / Provisional 2020 data","outlet":"CDC National Center for Health Statistics","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20250906050951/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/nchs_press_releases/2021/20210714.htm","date":"2021-07-14"},{"title":"Southwest Border Migration FY 2019","outlet":"U.S. Customs and Border Protection","url":"https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/sw-border-migration/fy-2019","date":"2019-11-14"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/fix-heroin-border-2016/","sort_key":"2016-03-29","number":12},{"id":"offensive-michelle-fields-2016","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Michelle Fields, reporter","title":"Questioned reporter Michelle Fields' account after his campaign manager was charged with battery against her","quote":"Why is this reporter touching me as I leave news conference? What is in her hand??","date":"2016-03-29","venue":"Twitter","era":"campaign-2016","category":"justice","what_happened":"On March 29, 2016, Jupiter, Florida police charged campaign manager Corey Lewandowski with simple battery over grabbing Fields' arm at a March 8 event. Trump tweeted that 'Look at tapes-nothing there!' and that she 'changed her tune' once she learned there was video. At a CNN town hall that night he said she 'is not a baby.' On Hannity on April 4 he asked whether she had quit or been fired. On April 14 the Palm Beach County state attorney declined to prosecute. He said the evidence would not support a conviction, though it was legally sufficient for the arrest.","sources":[{"title":"Donald J. 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I mean they are totally disregarding our country and yet we have made China a rich country because of our bad trade deals. ... we have rebuilt China and yet they will go in the South China Sea and build a military fortress the likes of which perhaps the world has not seen.","date":"2016-03-25","venue":"Telephone interview with The New York Times (Maggie Haberman and David Sanger)","era":"campaign-2016","category":"veterans","what_happened":"Asked in the same interview how he would deter the island-building, he said he would 'use trade to negotiate.' CNBC reported on May 2, 2018, citing sources with knowledge of U.S. intelligence reports, that China had deployed anti-ship cruise missiles and surface-to-air missiles on three Spratly Islands outposts. In March 2022 Adm. John Aquilino, head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, told the Associated Press that China had fully militarized at least three of its artificial islands, arming them with missile systems, laser and jamming equipment and fighter jets.","sources":[{"title":"Transcript: Donald Trump Expounds on His Foreign Policy Views","outlet":"The New York Times","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20160402021602/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/27/us/politics/donald-trump-transcript.html","date":"2016-03-26"},{"title":"China quietly installed missile systems on strategic Spratly Islands in hotly contested South China Sea","outlet":"CNBC","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/02/china-added-missile-systems-on-spratly-islands-in-south-china-sea.html","date":"2018-05-02"},{"title":"China has fully militarized three islands in South China Sea, US admiral says","outlet":"The Guardian (Associated Press)","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/21/china-has-fully-militarized-three-islands-in-south-china-sea-us-admiral-says","date":"2022-03-21"}],"tag":"both","tag_label":"Economic and military","tag_short":"Economic + military","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["economic","military"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/china-military-fortress-nyt-2016/","sort_key":"2016-03-25","number":27},{"id":"russia-nato-obsolete-2016","kind":"russia","tag":"alliances","subject":"NATO","title":"Told The New York Times that NATO was 'obsolete' and that nobody but the U.S. seemed to care about Ukraine","quote":"the question was asked of me a few days ago about NATO, and I said, well, I have two problems with NATO. No. 1, it's obsolete. When NATO was formed many decades ago we were a different country. There was a different threat.","date":"2016-03-25","venue":"Telephone interview with The New York Times (transcript published March 26, 2016)","era":"campaign-2016","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"In two telephone conversations on Friday, March 25, 2016, Trump told the Times' David Sanger and Maggie Haberman that NATO was obsolete because it was not focused on terrorism and because 'the United States bears far too much of the cost of NATO'. On Ukraine he said 'it didn't seem to me like anyone else cared other than us' and that the countries bordering Ukraine were 'not even asking us for help'. Four days earlier he had told The Washington Post's editorial board that 'NATO is costing us a fortune' and asked 'why is it that Germany is not dealing with NATO on Ukraine?' He repeated the 'obsolete' label through the campaign and again in a January 2017 interview with The Times of London and Bild, after which Germany's foreign minister said the comment had caused 'worry and concern' in the alliance. At a joint news conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on April 12, 2017 he said: 'I said it was obsolete; it's no longer obsolete.'","sources":[{"title":"Transcript: Donald Trump Expounds on His Foreign Policy Views","outlet":"The New York Times (via Internet Archive)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20160402021602id_/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/27/us/politics/donald-trump-transcript.html","date":"2016-03-26"},{"title":"Interview: Donald Trump Is Interviewed for The Washington Post - March 21, 2016","outlet":"Roll Call / Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-washington-post-march-21-2016/","date":"2016-03-21"},{"title":"Trump worries Nato with 'obsolete' comment","outlet":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38635181","date":"2017-01-16"},{"title":"The President's News Conference With Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/the-presidents-news-conference-with-secretary-general-jens-stoltenberg-the-north-atlantic","date":"2017-04-12"}],"tag_label":"NATO and allies","tag_short":"Alliances","tag_tone":"green","tag_list":["alliances"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/russia-nato-obsolete-2016/","sort_key":"2016-03-25","number":10},{"id":"fix-isis-i-alone-2016","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"ISIS","title":"'I alone can fix' the ISIS problem","quote":"Just announced that as many as 5000 ISIS fighters have infiltrated Europe. Also, many in U.S. I TOLD YOU SO! I alone can fix this problem!","date":"2016-03-24","venue":"Post on Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"campaign-2016","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"Three days later, after an attack in Pakistan, he tweeted \"I alone can solve\"; asked by Anderson Cooper on March 29, 2016 what he meant, he said \"I think I alone because I know my competition.\" As president he said on Jan. 2, 2019, \"I'm the only person in the history of our country that could really decimate ISIS.\" The ISIS territorial caliphate was eliminated during his term by the campaign launched under Obama; by one academic accounting, roughly half its territory was retaken under each administration. ISIS continued as an insurgency in Iraq and Syria and through affiliates abroad after losing its territory.","sources":[{"title":"Tweets of March 24, 2016","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-march-24-2016","date":"2016-03-24"},{"title":"Tweets of March 27, 2016","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-march-27-2016","date":"2016-03-27"},{"title":"Remarks in a Cabinet Meeting and an Exchange With Reporters","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-cabinet-meeting-and-exchange-with-reporters-8","date":"2019-01-02"},{"title":"Who really defeated the Islamic State – Obama or Trump?","outlet":"The Conversation","url":"https://theconversation.com/who-really-defeated-the-islamic-state-obama-or-trump-148066","date":"2020-10-15"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/fix-isis-i-alone-2016/","sort_key":"2016-03-24","number":11},{"id":"offensive-heidi-cruz-photo-2016","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Heidi Cruz","title":"Threatened to 'spill the beans' on Ted Cruz's wife, then retweeted an unflattering photo of her beside Melania","quote":"Lyin' Ted Cruz just used a picture of Melania from a G.Q. shoot in his ad. Be careful, Lyin' Ted, or I will spill the beans on your wife!","date":"2016-03-22","venue":"Twitter","era":"campaign-2016","category":"elections","what_happened":"The threat followed an ad from the anti-Trump super PAC Make America Awesome that used a GQ photo of Melania Trump. The Cruz campaign said it had no connection to the PAC. Late on March 23, Trump retweeted a supporter's side-by-side of an unflattering photo of Heidi Cruz and a glamour shot of Melania, captioned 'A picture is worth a thousand words.' Ted Cruz called him a 'sniveling coward' and said 'Leave Heidi the hell alone.' Trump defended the image at a CNN town hall on March 29 ('I thought it was a nice picture of Heidi'). On Fox News Sunday on April 3 he said 'I could have done without the retweet,' and he told Maureen Dowd that 'it was a mistake' and that 'if I had to do it again, I wouldn't have sent it.'","sources":[{"title":"Donald J. 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Nobody else can do it. Our economy will 'sing' again.","date":"2016-03-15","venue":"Post on Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"campaign-2016","category":"economy","what_happened":"This was among his most repeated exclusivity claims: on The O'Reilly Factor, Aug. 18, 2015 (\"I will be bringing jobs back, Bill. Nobody else can do it like me\"); on Fox's MediaBuzz, Oct. 11, 2015 (\"we're going to take our jobs back from Japan, and I'm the only one that can do this\"); at a Rochester, N.Y. rally, April 10, 2016 (\"I'm the only one who knows how to stop it\"); and at Warren, Mich., Oct. 31, 2016 (\"I'm the only one that's going to bring their business back\"). Over his four years the U.S. lost a net 2.7 million jobs, including 178,000 manufacturing jobs, according to FactCheck.org's compilation of Bureau of Labor Statistics data. PolitiFact rated his promise to 'bring back manufacturing' Promise Broken, finding 'no overall improvement for manufacturing sector under Trump.'","sources":[{"title":"Tweet: 'I will bring our jobs back to the U.S.... 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I know the H1B. I know the H2B. Nobody knows it better than me. I'm a businessman. These are laws. These are regulations. These are rules. We're allowed to do it.","date":"2016-03-10","venue":"Republican primary debate, Miami (CNN), answering Jake Tapper","era":"campaign-2016","category":"immigration","what_happened":"Tapper's question was why voters should trust him when his own companies brought in foreign workers instead of hiring Americans. In July 2017, with him in office, his Mar-a-Lago club applied for visas to hire 70 foreign workers (15 housekeepers, 20 cooks and 35 servers) for October 2017 to May 2018, and Trump National Golf Club in Jupiter, Florida applied for six cooks. The H-2B cap was temporarily increased in 2017 under DHS Secretary John Kelly.","sources":[{"title":"Republican Candidates Debate in Miami, Florida","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/republican-candidates-debate-miami-florida","date":"2016-03-10"},{"title":"Transcript of Republican debate in Miami, full text","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2016/03/10/politics/republican-debate-transcript-full-text","date":"2016-03-10"},{"title":"Immigration policy of the first Donald Trump administration","outlet":"Wikipedia","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_policy_of_the_first_Donald_Trump_administration","date":"2026-09-25"},{"title":"H-2B visa","outlet":"Wikipedia","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-2B_visa","date":"2026-09-25"},{"title":"19 things Donald Trump knows better than anyone else, according to Donald Trump","outlet":"Washington Post","url":"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/10/04/17-issues-that-donald-trump-knows-better-than-anyone-else-according-to-donald-trump/","date":"2016-10-04"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/know-visa-system/","sort_key":"2016-03-10","number":12},{"id":"china-45-percent-tax-threat-2016","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"45 percent tariff threat","title":"Said a 45 percent tax on Chinese goods was 'a threat' if China did not 'behave'","quote":"The 45 percent tax is a threat. It was not a tax, it was a threat. It will be a tax if they don't behave. Take China as an example. I have many friends, great manufacturers, they want to go into China. They can't. China won't let them.","date":"2016-03-10","venue":"Republican presidential debate, Miami, Florida (CNN)","era":"campaign-2016","category":"trade","what_happened":"In office he raised tariffs on Chinese goods in stages beginning in 2018. By February 2020 the average U.S. tariff on Chinese exports was 19.3 percent, more than six times the January 2018 level, and covered 66.6 percent of imports from China, according to the Peterson Institute for International Economics; China's average tariff on U.S. exports rose to 21 percent from 8.0 percent. In his second term the average U.S. tariff on imports from China reached 127.2 percent in April 2025, then fell to 51.8 percent after the two sides met in Geneva and cut rates effective May 14, 2025.","sources":[{"title":"Republican Candidates Debate in Miami, Florida","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/republican-candidates-debate-miami-florida","date":"2016-03-10"},{"title":"US-China Trade War Tariffs: An Up-to-Date Chart","outlet":"Peterson Institute for International Economics","url":"https://www.piie.com/research/piie-charts/us-china-trade-war-tariffs-date-chart","date":"2026-05-07"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/china-45-percent-tax-threat-2016/","sort_key":"2016-03-10","number":26},{"id":"know-trade","kind":"knows-better","subject":"trade","title":"Nobody knows more about trade than him","quote":"Nobody knows more about trade than me.","date":"2016-03-03","venue":"Campaign remarks, March 2016","era":"campaign-2016","category":"trade","what_happened":"The U.S. trade deficit as a share of GDP rose from 2.7 percent in 2016 to 3.0 percent in 2018 and 2.9 percent in 2019. The goods-and-services trade deficit in 2020 was almost $654 billion, the highest since 2008 and 36.3 percent larger than in 2016.","sources":[{"title":"Everything Trump says he knows \"more about than anybody\"","outlet":"Axios","url":"https://www.axios.com/2019/01/05/everything-trump-says-he-knows-more-about-than-anybody","date":"2019-01-05"},{"title":"19 things Donald Trump knows better than anyone else, according to Donald Trump","outlet":"Washington Post","url":"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/10/04/17-issues-that-donald-trump-knows-better-than-anyone-else-according-to-donald-trump/","date":"2016-10-04"},{"title":"15 times Trump bragged about his economic genius that are especially awkward now","outlet":"ThinkProgress","url":"https://archive.thinkprogress.org/awkward-trump-brags-economy-1d1906d06be5/","date":"2018-03-02"},{"title":"Donald Trump's breathtaking self-admiration","outlet":"MinnPost","url":"https://www.minnpost.com/eric-black-ink/2016/06/donald-trump-s-breathtaking-self-admiration/","date":"2016-06-20"},{"title":"Trump's Final Numbers","outlet":"FactCheck.org","url":"https://www.factcheck.org/2021/10/trumps-final-numbers/","date":"2021-10-08"},{"title":"Economic policy of the first Donald Trump administration","outlet":"Wikipedia","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_policy_of_the_first_Donald_Trump_administration","date":"2026-09-25"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/know-trade/","sort_key":"2016-03-03","number":11},{"id":"fix-carrier-layoffs-2016","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"Carrier's Indianapolis layoffs","title":"Only he could fix Carrier moving 1,400 jobs to Mexico","quote":"I am the only one who can fix this. Very sad. Will not happen under my watch! #MakeAmericaGreatAgain","date":"2016-02-13","venue":"Post on Twitter, linking a New York Post video of Carrier announcing 1,400 Indianapolis layoffs","era":"campaign-2016","category":"economy","what_happened":"In November 2016 Carrier agreed, after talks with Trump and Mike Pence, to keep roughly 1,100 jobs in Indianapolis in exchange for about $7 million in tax incentives, while still shifting hundreds of positions to Mexico. On July 19, 2017 the plant laid off 338 workers, with another 290 layoffs scheduled for Dec. 22, 2017; Carrier said much of its promised $16 million investment would go to automation and result in net job loss.","sources":[{"title":"Tweet: 'I am the only one who can fix this. Very sad. 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We will save $'s and have much better healthcare!","date":"2016-02-09","venue":"Post on Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"campaign-2016","category":"healthcare","what_happened":"With Republican majorities in both chambers, the House pulled its first repeal bill on March 24, 2017 (Speaker Paul Ryan: 'Obamacare remains the law of the land'), and a Senate repeal bill also failed later in 2017. The 2017 tax law zeroed out the individual-mandate penalty, but the Affordable Care Act was never repealed or replaced; PolitiFact rated the promise 'Promise Broken' ('No repeal, no replace'). The number of uninsured Americans rose by about 3 million over his term.","sources":[{"title":"Tweet: 'We will immediately repeal and replace ObamaCare - and nobody can do that like me.'","outlet":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/697182075045179392","date":"2016-02-09"},{"title":"Trump-O-Meter: Repeal Obamacare","outlet":"PolitiFact","url":"https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/trumpometer/promise/386376/","date":"2020-07-15"},{"title":"The 70 times Trump has tweeted about repealing and replacing Obamacare","outlet":"CBS News","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/70-times-trump-has-tweeted-about-repealing-and-replacing-obamacare","date":"2017-03-24"},{"title":"Trump's Final Numbers","outlet":"FactCheck.org","url":"https://www.factcheck.org/2021/10/trumps-final-numbers/","date":"2021-10-08"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/fix-obamacare-nobody-like-me-2016/","sort_key":"2016-02-09","number":8},{"id":"china-sucking-trillions-north-korea-2016","kind":"china","threat":"both","subject":"North Korea leverage","title":"Said China has 'total, absolute control' of North Korea while 'sucking trillions' from the U.S.","quote":"They have total, absolute control, practically, of North Korea. They are sucking trillions of dollars out of our country - they're rebuilding China with the money they take out of our country. I would get on with China, let China solve that problem.","date":"2016-02-06","venue":"Republican presidential debate, Manchester, New Hampshire (ABC News)","era":"campaign-2016","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"In April 2017, after meeting Xi Jinping, he told The Wall Street Journal that Xi had explained the history of China and Korea and that 'after listening for 10 minutes, I realized it's not so easy,' adding of China's power over North Korea, 'it's not what you would think.' On June 20, 2017 he tweeted: 'While I greatly appreciate the efforts of President Xi & China to help with North Korea, it has not worked out. 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China bought only 58% of the additional U.S. goods and services it committed to under the January 2020 Phase One deal.","sources":[{"title":"Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees: Republican Town Hall (transcript)","outlet":"CNN","url":"http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1602/04/acd.01.html","date":"2016-02-04"},{"title":"Interview with Chris Cuomo, 'New Day', CNN (transcript)","outlet":"Trump Campaign Corpus (GitHub)","url":"https://github.com/unendin/Trump_Campaign_Corpus/blob/master/text/2016-05-09%2007.00.00%20%28Complete%2C%20As%20spoken%29%20Interview%20with%20Chris%20Cuomo%2C%20%27New%20Day%27%2C%20CNN.txt","date":"2016-05-09"},{"title":"Trump's Final Numbers","outlet":"FactCheck.org","url":"https://www.factcheck.org/2021/10/trumps-final-numbers/","date":"2021-10-08"},{"title":"US-China phase one tracker: China's purchases of US goods","outlet":"Peterson Institute for International Economics","url":"https://www.piie.com/research/piie-charts/us-china-phase-one-tracker-chinas-purchases-us-goods","date":"2022-07-19"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/fix-trade-nobody-else-2016/","sort_key":"2016-02-04","number":7},{"id":"know-politicians-2016","kind":"knows-better","subject":"politicians","title":"Nobody knew politicians better than Donald Trump","quote":"Nobody knows politicians better than Donald Trump.","date":"2016-02","venue":"Campaign rally (as documented by The Washington Post's The Fix)","era":"campaign-2016","category":"other","what_happened":"The Post's Philip Bump also recorded a March 2016 rally version in which Trump claimed to \"know more about politicians than anybody.\" In his first year in office, with Republican majorities in both chambers, the Senate effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act failed early on July 28, 2017, when Sen. John McCain cast the deciding \"no\" vote; NPR called it a devastating loss for the GOP and President Trump.","sources":[{"title":"19 things Donald Trump knows better than anyone else, according to Donald Trump","outlet":"The Washington Post","url":"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/10/04/17-issues-that-donald-trump-knows-better-than-anyone-else-according-to-donald-trump/","date":"2016-10-04"},{"title":"The foremost experts on various topics according to Trump, most of whom are Trump","outlet":"The Washington Post","url":"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/02/foremost-experts-various-topics-according-trump-most-whom-are-trump/","date":"2019-01-02"},{"title":"What Happens Next With Obamacare Repeal","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://www.npr.org/2017/07/28/540088244/what-happens-next-with-obamacare-repeal","date":"2017-07-28"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/know-politicians-2016/","sort_key":"2016-02","number":10},{"id":"china-ripping-us-on-trade-2016","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"trade deficit with China","title":"Said China is 'ripping us on trade' and 'killing our companies'","quote":"China is ripping us on trade. They're devaluing their currency and they're killing our companies.","date":"2016-01-14","venue":"Republican presidential debate, North Charleston, South Carolina (Fox Business Network)","era":"campaign-2016","category":"trade","what_happened":"In the same exchange he said the U.S. would run a trade deficit of $505 billion with China; Census Bureau data put the 2015 goods deficit with China at $367.3 billion. The goods deficit reached $418.2 billion in 2018, the largest in the Census series. FactCheck.org's review of his first term found the goods-and-services deficit with China was $282 billion in 2020, 9 percent lower than in 2016, while the total U.S. trade deficit rose 36.3 percent over the same period to almost $654 billion, the highest since 2008.","sources":[{"title":"Republican Candidates Debate in North Charleston, South Carolina","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/republican-candidates-debate-north-charleston-south-carolina","date":"2016-01-14"},{"title":"Trade in Goods with China","outlet":"U.S. Census Bureau","url":"https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html","date":"2026-09-28"},{"title":"Trump's Final Numbers","outlet":"FactCheck.org","url":"https://www.factcheck.org/2021/10/trumps-final-numbers/","date":"2021-10-08"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/china-ripping-us-on-trade-2016/","sort_key":"2016-01-14","number":24},{"id":"autocrats-cohen-kremlin-outreach-2016","kind":"autocrats","tag":"real-estate","subject":"Russia","country":"Russia","beneficiary":"Trump Organization","amount":"","freedom_house":"Not Free (2016)","title":"Trump Organization executive asks Putin's press office for help with the Trump Tower Moscow project","quote":"As this project is too important, I am hereby requesting your assistance.","speaker":"Michael Cohen","date":"2016-01-14","venue":"Email to the office of Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov, quoted in the Mueller report","era":"campaign-2016","category":"ethics","what_happened":"Michael Cohen, then an executive vice president of the Trump Organization, emailed the office of Dmitry Peskov, President Vladimir Putin's press secretary, on January 14 and 16, 2016 to ask for help with the stalled Trump Tower Moscow project. On January 20, 2016 he spoke for about 20 minutes with Peskov's assistant, Elena Poliakova, and asked for help securing land and financing, according to the Mueller report. Cohen recalled briefing Trump about the call and updating him on the project as late as June 2016. In May 2016 Felix Sater relayed an invitation for Cohen to attend the St. Petersburg economic forum as Peskov's guest; Cohen did not go. The special counsel's office did not identify evidence of direct follow-up by the Russian government. Cohen later admitted he had falsely told Congress that the project ended in January 2016 and that he recalled no response from Peskov's office.","sources":[{"title":"Report On The Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Presidential Election","outlet":"U.S. Department of Justice, Special Counsel's Office","url":"https://www.justice.gov/archives/sco/file/1373816/dl?inline","date":"2019-04-18"},{"title":"United States v. 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The family of songwriter Oscar Brown Jr. has been reported to object to his use of it.","sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump in Cedar Falls, IA - January 12, 2016","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-cedar-falls-ia-january-12-2016/","date":"2016-01-12"},{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Holds a Political Rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - April 29, 2017","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-rally-harrisburg-pa-april-29-2017/","date":"2017-04-29"},{"title":"Trump Read \"The Snake\" On His 100th Day As President As A Metaphor For Immigrants","outlet":"BuzzFeed News","url":"https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/salvadorhernandez/trump-read-the-snake-on-his-100th-day-as-president-as-a","date":"2017-04-30"},{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Holds a Midterm Political Rally in Vandalia, Ohio - October 3, 2026","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-midterm-political-rally-vandalia-ohio-october-3-2026/","date":"2026-10-03"}],"tag":"immigrants","tag_label":"Immigrants","tag_short":"Immigrants","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["immigrants"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/offensive-the-snake-2016/","sort_key":"2016-01-12","number":36},{"id":"know-jobs","kind":"knows-better","subject":"jobs","title":"Nobody knows jobs like he does","quote":"I hope all workers demand that their @Teamsters reps endorse Donald J. 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The trade deficit in goods and services in 2020 was the highest since 2008, up 36.3 percent from 2016.","sources":[{"title":"15 times Trump bragged about his economic genius that are especially awkward now","outlet":"ThinkProgress","url":"https://archive.thinkprogress.org/awkward-trump-brags-economy-1d1906d06be5/","date":"2018-03-02"},{"title":"19 things Donald Trump knows better than anyone else, according to Donald Trump","outlet":"Washington Post","url":"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/10/04/17-issues-that-donald-trump-knows-better-than-anyone-else-according-to-donald-trump/","date":"2016-10-04"},{"title":"Trump's Final Numbers","outlet":"FactCheck.org","url":"https://www.factcheck.org/2021/10/trumps-final-numbers/","date":"2021-10-08"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/know-jobs/","sort_key":"2016-01-08","number":9},{"id":"fix-mexico-pay-wall-2016","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"making Mexico pay for the wall","title":"Nobody but him could get Mexico to pay for the wall","quote":"Nobody -- as an example, on the wall, nobody is getting Mexico to pay for the wall, the cost of the wall, but me. They don't even know about that.","date":"2016-01-03","venue":"Interview with John Dickerson, CBS 'Face the Nation'","era":"campaign-2016","category":"immigration","what_happened":"Mexico never paid. Congress and diverted Pentagon funds supplied roughly $15 billion for barrier construction, all from U.S. taxpayers; his original estimate was $8-12 billion. About 450 miles of barrier were built, but only around 47-52 miles were new primary wall where none had existed. PolitiFact rated 'Build a wall, and make Mexico pay for it' Promise Broken.","sources":[{"title":"Interview with John Dickerson, 'Face the Nation', CBS (transcript)","outlet":"Trump Campaign Corpus (GitHub)","url":"https://github.com/unendin/Trump_Campaign_Corpus/blob/master/text/2016-01-03%2010.30.00%20%28Complete%2C%20As%20spoken%29%20Interview%20with%20John%20Dickerson%2C%20%27Face%20the%20Nation%27%2C%20CBS.txt","date":"2016-01-03"},{"title":"Fact check: Mexico never paid for it. But what about Trump's other border wall promises?","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/fact-check-mexico-never-paid-it-what-about-trump-s-n1253983","date":"2021-01-12"},{"title":"Trump-O-Meter: Build a wall, and make Mexico pay for it","outlet":"PolitiFact","url":"https://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/trumpometer/promise/386428/build-wall-and-make-mexico-pay-it/","date":"2020-07-15"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/fix-mexico-pay-wall-2016/","sort_key":"2016-01-03","number":6},{"id":"know-lawsuits","kind":"knows-better","subject":"lawsuits","title":"The king of lawsuits","quote":"Who knows more about lawsuits than I do? I'm the king.","date":"2016-01","venue":"Campaign remarks, January 2016 (per Axios compilation)","era":"campaign-2016","category":"justice","what_happened":"Former federal prosecutor James D. Zirin's 2019 book counted more than 3,500 lawsuits involving Trump over 45 years, including cases he lost such as the defamation suit against author Tim O'Brien. In November 2016 he settled the Trump University suits for $25 million after repeatedly saying he would not settle.","sources":[{"title":"Everything Trump says he knows \"more about than anybody\"","outlet":"Axios","url":"https://www.axios.com/2019/01/05/everything-trump-says-he-knows-more-about-than-anybody","date":"2019-01-05"},{"title":"Trump and his 3,500 suits: Prosecutor and author reveals in interview his portrait of 'Plaintiff in Chief'","outlet":"ABA Journal","url":"https://www.abajournal.com/web/article/attorney-and-author-on-his-portrait-of-donald-trump-through-more-than-3500-lawsuits","date":"2020-04-20"},{"title":"Donald Trump Settles Trump University Lawsuits for $25 Million","outlet":"Fortune","url":"https://fortune.com/2016/11/18/donald-trump-university-case-settlement","date":"2016-11-18"},{"title":"Trump University","outlet":"Wikipedia","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_University","date":"2026-09-25"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/know-lawsuits/","sort_key":"2016-01","number":8},{"id":"offensive-brussels-hellhole-2016","kind":"offensive","target":"countries","subject":"Brussels, Belgium","place":"Belgium","title":"Said living in Brussels was 'like living in a hellhole right now'","quote":"You go to Brussels -- I was in Brussels a long time ago, 20 years ago, so beautiful, everything is so beautiful -- it's like living in a hellhole right now.","date":"2016-01","venue":"Fox Business interview with Maria Bartiromo","era":"campaign-2016","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"Asked about his proposed ban on Muslims entering the U.S., Trump said places like Brussels and Paris had 'no assimilation.' Brussels residents answered with the hashtag #hellhole, and city alderman Geoffroy Coomans called him a buffoon, CBS News reported. After the March 22, 2016 Brussels bombings he repeatedly cited the remark, saying in Rochester, New York on April 10, 2016, 'I said Brussels is a total hellhole.' Protesters cited it when he visited Brussels as president in May 2017.","sources":[{"title":"How Belgians responded when Donald Trump called Brussels a \"hellhole\"","outlet":"CBS News","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-calls-brussels-a-hellhole/","date":"2016-01-28"},{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump in Rochester, NY - April 10, 2016","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-rochester-ny-april-10-2016/#121","date":"2016-04-10"},{"title":"Trump visits 'hellhole' Brussels and locals haven't forgiven or forgotten","outlet":"CNBC","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/25/trump-visits-hellhole-brussels-and-locals-havent-forgiven-or-forgotten.html","date":"2017-05-25"}],"tag":"countries","tag_label":"Other countries","tag_short":"Countries","tag_tone":"green","tag_list":["countries"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/offensive-brussels-hellhole-2016/","sort_key":"2016-01","number":35},{"id":"know-steelworkers","kind":"knows-better","subject":"steelworkers","title":"Knew more about steelworkers than anybody who ever ran","quote":"I know more about steelworkers than anybody that's ever run for office.","date":"2016","venue":"Campaign rally in New Hampshire","era":"campaign-2016","category":"economy","what_happened":"FactCheck.org found in August 2019 that steel and iron mill employment rose by 4,500 (5.6 percent) between January 2017 and June 2019 to 85,300, still 16 percent below the May 2007 level, and that his claim that no new mill had been built in 30 years was \"completely wrong\" (23 new mills since 1989). U.S. Steel restarted a blast furnace in March 2018 but announced plans to idle furnaces and an Indiana plant in fall 2019.","sources":[{"title":"Analysis: Trump touts his experts — often it's Trump himself (syndicated Washington Post)","outlet":"Mercury News","url":"https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/01/02/analysis-trump-touts-his-experts-often-its-trump-himself/","date":"2019-01-02"},{"title":"The foremost experts on various topics according to Trump, most of whom are Trump","outlet":"Washington Post","url":"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/02/foremost-experts-various-topics-according-trump-most-whom-are-trump/","date":"2019-01-02"},{"title":"Trump's Steel Industry Claims","outlet":"FactCheck.org","url":"https://www.factcheck.org/2019/08/trumps-steel-industry-claims","date":"2019-08-29"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2016,"url":"/claims/know-steelworkers/","sort_key":"2016","number":7},{"id":"offensive-hillary-schlonged-2015","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Hillary Clinton","title":"Said Hillary Clinton 'got schlonged' in 2008 and called her debate bathroom break 'disgusting'","quote":"She was favored to win and she got schlonged, she lost. ... I know where she went. It's disgusting, I don't want to talk about it.","date":"2015-12-21","venue":"Campaign rally, DeltaPlex Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan","era":"campaign-2016","category":"elections","what_happened":"Trump used the Yiddish slang word for penis to describe Clinton's 2008 primary loss to Barack Obama. He also mocked her for coming back late from a restroom break at the December 19 Democratic debate. Clinton spokeswoman Jennifer Palmieri wrote that 'everyone who understands the humiliation this degrading language inflicts on all women should' respond. Jeb Bush said Trump's language was hurting the Republican Party. On December 22 Trump tweeted: '\"Schlonged\" is not vulgar. When I said Hillary got \"schlonged\" that meant beaten badly.'","sources":[{"title":"Trump uses crude language to mock Clinton","outlet":"The Boston Globe","url":"https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2015/12/22/trump-uses-crude-language-mock-clinton/mE2DwrfqL2hK1UKlsx0OEP/story.html","date":"2015-12-22"},{"title":"Donald J. Trump, Tweets of December 23, 2015","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UCSB)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-december-23-2015","date":"2015-12-23"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2015,"url":"/claims/offensive-hillary-schlonged-2015/","sort_key":"2015-12-21","number":34},{"id":"russia-morning-joe-journalists-2015","kind":"russia","tag":"praise","subject":"Putin and journalists","title":"Answered questions about Putin killing journalists with 'our country does plenty of killing also'","quote":"Well, I think our country does plenty of killing also, Joe. You know. There's a lot of stupidity going on in the world right now, Joe. A lot of killing going on and a lot of stupidity and that's the way it is.","date":"2015-12-18","venue":"Call-in interview on MSNBC's Morning Joe","era":"campaign-2016","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"Host Joe Scarborough asked whether Trump was concerned about Putin's tactics, including the alleged killing of political dissidents and journalists. Trump first said, 'He's running his country and at least he's a leader. You know, unlike we have in this country,' then gave the answer above; Talking Points Memo reported that he eventually said he 'absolutely' condemned the killing of journalists. On ABC's This Week two days later he said: 'In all fairness to Putin, you're saying he killed people. I haven't seen that. I don't know that he has. Have you been able to prove that?' and 'it's never been proven that he's killed anybody.' Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney criticized the remarks. At a rally in Grand Rapids on December 21, 2015 he returned to the subject: 'they say, he killed reporters. I said, really? He says, he didn't. Other people say he didn't. Who did he kill?'","sources":[{"title":"Trump On Putin's Alleged Killing Of His Critics: 'At Least He's A Leader' (VIDEO)","outlet":"Talking Points Memo","url":"https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-putin-morning-joe","date":"2015-12-18"},{"title":"Trump Continues His Embrace of Putin","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-continues-embrace-putin-n482496","date":"2015-12-18"},{"title":"Donald Trump: There's No Proof Putin Killed Journalists","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/donald-trump-says-there-s-no-proof-putin-killed-journalists-n483451","date":"2015-12-20"},{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Delivers a Speech in Grand Rapids, MI - December 21, 2015","outlet":"Roll Call / Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-grand-rapids-mi-december-21-2015/","date":"2015-12-21"}],"tag_label":"Praise and deference","tag_short":"Praise","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["praise"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2015,"url":"/claims/russia-morning-joe-journalists-2015/","sort_key":"2015-12-18","number":9},{"id":"russia-great-honor-2015","kind":"russia","tag":"praise","subject":"Putin's compliment","title":"Called it 'a great honor' to be praised by Putin, 'a man so highly respected within his own country and beyond'","quote":"It is always a great honor to be so nicely complimented by a man so highly respected within his own country and beyond. I have always felt that Russia and the United States should be able to work well with each other towards defeating terrorism and restoring world peace, not to mention trade and all of the other benefits derived from mutual respect.","date":"2015-12-17","venue":"Campaign statement released by spokeswoman Hope Hicks","era":"campaign-2016","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"At his annual news conference on December 17, 2015, Putin called Trump 'a bright and talented person without any doubt' and, according to the Russian news agency TASS, 'the absolute leader of the presidential race'. Trump's statement was issued later that day. Jeb Bush responded on Twitter that 'a true freedom-loving conservative wouldn't be flattered by praise from a despot like Putin'. Trump kept returning to the compliment; at a rally in Milford, New Hampshire on February 2, 2016 he said rivals had told him to disavow it: 'I said I'm not disavowing that he called me a genius. Are you crazy?'","sources":[{"title":"Putin praises 'bright and talented' Donald Trump","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2015/12/17/politics/russia-putin-trump/index.html","date":"2015-12-17"},{"title":"What Trump Said About Putin (Morning Must Reads: December 18)","outlet":"Time (via Internet Archive)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/2id_/https://time.com/4154602/what-trump-said-about-putin/","date":"2015-12-18"},{"title":"Trump Continues His Embrace of Putin","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-continues-embrace-putin-n482496","date":"2015-12-18"},{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Delivers a Speech in Milford, NH - February 2, 2016","outlet":"Roll Call / Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-milford-nh-february-2-2016/","date":"2016-02-02"}],"tag_label":"Praise and deference","tag_short":"Praise","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["praise"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2015,"url":"/claims/russia-great-honor-2015/","sort_key":"2015-12-17","number":8},{"id":"offensive-muslim-shutdown-2015","kind":"offensive","target":"immigrants","subject":"Muslim immigrants and visitors","title":"Called for 'a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States'","quote":"Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. We have no choice. We have no choice. According to Pew Research, among others, there is a great hatred toward Americans by large segments of the Muslim population.","date":"2015-12-07","venue":"Campaign rally, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina (read from a campaign statement issued the same day)","era":"campaign-2016","category":"immigration","what_happened":"The proposal came five days after the San Bernardino shooting. Republican rivals objected: Jeb Bush called Trump 'unhinged,' and Ted Cruz said 'that is not my policy,' according to AP. On January 27, 2017, a week into his term, Trump signed Executive Order 13769. It suspended refugee admissions, barred Syrian refugees indefinitely, and paused entry from seven Muslim-majority countries. At the signing he said he was 'establishing new vetting measures to keep radical Islamic terrorists out.' After two revisions, the Supreme Court upheld a third version in Trump v. Hawaii (June 2018).","sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump in Mt. 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Little Katy. She's back there. What a lie it was. No, what a lie -- Katy Tur. What a lie it was from NBC to have written that.","date":"2015-12-07","venue":"Campaign rally, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina","era":"campaign-2016","category":"elections","what_happened":"Trump singled Tur out by name from the stage at the rally, while she was in the press area at the back. At a Doral, Florida press conference on July 27, 2016 he asked her, 'Are you Katy Turek of NBC? It's a disguise.' The quote here is from the Factba.se transcript, which says only that Trump was disputing an NBC story he called false; that story has not been identified for this entry.","sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump in Mt. 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Thousands of people were cheering.","date":"2015-11-21","venue":"Campaign rally, Birmingham, Alabama","era":"campaign-2016","category":"immigration","what_happened":"Trump made the claim at a rally while arguing for surveillance of mosques. The next day he told ABC's George Stephanopoulos the cheering came from areas with 'large Arab populations.' PolitiFact rated the claim Pants on Fire on November 22, 2015, finding no video or reporting of mass celebrations. Jersey City's mayor said Trump 'has memory issues or willfully distorts the truth.' Trump stood by the claim.","sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump in Birmingham, AL - November 21, 2015","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-birmingham-al-november-21-2015/","date":"2015-11-21"},{"title":"Fact-checking Trump's claim that thousands in New Jersey cheered when World Trade Center tumbled","outlet":"PolitiFact","url":"https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/nov/22/donald-trump/fact-checking-trumps-claim-thousands-new-jersey-ch/","date":"2015-11-22"}],"tag":"immigrants","tag_label":"Immigrants","tag_short":"Immigrants","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["immigrants"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2015,"url":"/claims/offensive-jersey-city-cheering-2015/","sort_key":"2015-11-21","number":31},{"id":"know-isis-generals","kind":"knows-better","subject":"ISIS","title":"Knew more about ISIS than the generals","quote":"I know more about ISIS than the generals do. Believe me.","date":"2015-11-12","venue":"Campaign rally, Fort Dodge, Iowa","era":"campaign-2016","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"He repeated the theme through 2016: in June 2016 he said the generals \"don't know much because they're not winning,\" and in July 2016 that he knew \"more about offense and defense than they will ever understand.\" On September 6, 2016 he said he would give his generals 30 days to submit a plan to defeat ISIS. ISIS lost its last territory in Syria on March 23, 2019 under the U.S.-led Operation Inherent Resolve coalition working with Iraqi forces and the Syrian Democratic Forces, a campaign begun before he took office. By December 2018 Defense Secretary Jim Mattis had resigned over the Syria withdrawal and retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal said he would never work for Trump.","sources":[{"title":"How many people actually saw Donald Trump's bizarre Iowa speech, anyway?","outlet":"Washington Post","url":"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/11/13/how-many-people-actually-saw-donald-trumps-bizarre-iowa-speech-anyway/","date":"2015-11-13"},{"title":"Trump: 'I Know More About ISIS than the Generals Do, Believe Me'","outlet":"Grabien","url":"https://grabien.com/story?id=41501","date":"2015-11-13"},{"title":"Donald Trump will turn to ignorant generals whom he's smarter than to destroy ISIS, bigly.","outlet":"The New Republic","url":"https://newrepublic.com/article/136603/donald-trump-will-turn-ignorant-generals-hes-smarter-destroy-isis-bigly","date":"2016-09-07"},{"title":"19 things Donald Trump knows better than anyone else, according to Donald Trump","outlet":"Washington Post","url":"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/10/04/17-issues-that-donald-trump-knows-better-than-anyone-else-according-to-donald-trump/","date":"2016-10-04"},{"title":"Trump claimed he knew 'more than the generals.' Now they want nothing to do with him.","outlet":"ThinkProgress","url":"https://archive.thinkprogress.org/generals-want-nothing-to-do-with-trump-0a5ad80cb682/","date":"2018-12-31"},{"title":"Islamic State","outlet":"Wikipedia","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State","date":"2026-09-25"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2015,"url":"/claims/know-isis-generals/","sort_key":"2015-11-12","number":6},{"id":"china-tpp-back-door-2015","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"TPP back door","title":"Said the Trans-Pacific Partnership was designed for China to enter 'through the back door'","quote":"The TPP is horrible deal. It is a deal that is going to lead to nothing but trouble. It's a deal that was designed for China to come in, as they always do, through the back door and totally take advantage of everyone.","date":"2015-11-10","venue":"Republican presidential debate, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Fox Business Network / The Wall Street Journal)","era":"campaign-2016","category":"trade","what_happened":"China was not a party to the agreement, as Sen. Rand Paul said later in the same debate; the next day Trump tweeted that he meant China 'would come in the back door at a later date.' On January 23, 2017 he directed the U.S. to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The remaining 11 countries formed a successor pact, the CPTPP, and China formally applied to join it on September 16, 2021, with the United States outside the bloc.","sources":[{"title":"Republican Candidates Debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/republican-candidates-debate-milwaukee-wisconsin","date":"2015-11-10"},{"title":"Tweet: 'I never said that China was in the bad TPP trade deal'","outlet":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/664578302447902720","date":"2015-11-11"},{"title":"Presidential Memorandum Regarding Withdrawal of the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations and Agreement","outlet":"The White House (archived)","url":"https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/presidential-memorandum-regarding-withdrawal-united-states-trans-pacific-partnership-negotiations-agreement/","date":"2017-01-23"},{"title":"Will China Actually Join the CPTPP?","outlet":"The Diplomat","url":"https://thediplomat.com/2021/09/will-china-actually-join-the-cptpp/","date":"2021-09-17"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2015,"url":"/claims/china-tpp-back-door-2015/","sort_key":"2015-11-10","number":23},{"id":"russia-gop-debate-syria-2015","kind":"russia","tag":"alliances","subject":"Russia in Syria","title":"Said in a debate he was '100%' for Putin's campaign in Syria and that Ukraine's neighbors should carry the load","quote":"if Putin wants to go and knocked the hell out of ISIS, I am all for it, 100%, and I can't understand how anybody would be against it","date":"2015-11-10","venue":"Republican presidential debate, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Fox Business Network)","era":"campaign-2016","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"Moderator Maria Bartiromo noted that Russia had invaded Ukraine and put troops in Syria and asked what he would do about Russian aggression. Trump said he had 'got to know him very well because we were both on 60 Minutes'; he later acknowledged on Twitter that they had appeared in 'separate pieces' of the broadcast. Jeb Bush answered, 'Donald's wrong on this. He is absolutely wrong on this,' and said the idea that Putin would take out ISIS was 'like a board game'. On Ukraine, Trump said he was 'all for protecting Ukraine' but that Germany and 'countries that are surrounding the Ukraine' were not doing anything and 'we can't continue to be the policeman of the world'. He had made the same argument on CNN on August 11, 2015: 'why isn't Germany and Europe fighting for Ukraine?'","sources":[{"title":"Republican Candidates Debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/republican-candidates-debate-milwaukee-wisconsin","date":"2015-11-10"},{"title":"Tweet by @realDonaldTrump, November 13, 2015","outlet":"Twitter","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/665262407254728704","date":"2015-11-13"},{"title":"Interview: Chris Cuomo Interviews Donald Trump on CNN's New Day - August 11, 2015","outlet":"Roll Call / Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-cnn-new-day-chris-cuomo-august-11-2015/","date":"2015-08-11"}],"tag_label":"NATO and allies","tag_short":"Alliances","tag_tone":"green","tag_list":["alliances"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2015,"url":"/claims/russia-gop-debate-syria-2015/","sort_key":"2015-11-10","number":7},{"id":"china-crippled-america-enemy-2015","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"China as enemy","title":"Wrote that China is 'our enemy' and had destroyed entire U.S. industries","quote":"There are people who wish I wouldn't refer to China as our enemy. But that's exactly what they are. They have destroyed entire industries by utilizing low-wage workers, cost us tens of thousands of jobs, spied on our businesses, stolen our technology, and have manipulated and devalued their currency, which makes importing our goods more expensive - and sometimes, impossible.","date":"2015-11-03","venue":"Book: Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again","era":"campaign-2016","category":"trade","what_happened":"Asked about the label on ABC's Good Morning America on November 3, 2015, he called China 'an economic enemy.' In Beijing in November 2017 he said, 'I don't blame China,' and blamed past U.S. administrations for the trade deficit. In April 2025, during a tariff escalation, he told reporters 'I don't blame China at all' and said of Xi Jinping, 'I like him. He likes me.' During Xi's state visit to Washington in September 2026 he described a 'truly great friendship,' Al Jazeera reported.","featured":true,"sources":[{"title":"10 times Trump attacked China and its trade relations with the US","outlet":"ABC News","url":"https://abcnews.com/Politics/10-times-trump-attacked-china-trade-relations-us/story?id=46572567","date":"2017-11-09"},{"title":"From 'cheats' to 'great friendship': How Trump's rhetoric on China changed","outlet":"Al Jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/25/from-cheats-to-great-friendship-how-trumps-rhetoric-on-china-changed","date":"2026-09-25"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2015,"url":"/claims/china-crippled-america-enemy-2015/","sort_key":"2015-11-03","number":22},{"id":"know-courts","kind":"knows-better","subject":"courts","title":"Knew more about courts than any human being on Earth","quote":"I know more about courts than any human being on Earth. 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Facebook blocked him from posting on January 6, 2021, extended the suspension to two years in June 2021, and reinstated him on February 7, 2023.","sources":[{"title":"Everything Trump says he knows \"more about than anybody\"","outlet":"Axios","url":"https://www.axios.com/2019/01/05/everything-trump-says-he-knows-more-about-than-anybody","date":"2019-01-05"},{"title":"19 things Donald Trump knows better than anyone else, according to Donald Trump","outlet":"Washington Post","url":"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/10/04/17-issues-that-donald-trump-knows-better-than-anyone-else-according-to-donald-trump/","date":"2016-10-04"},{"title":"Social media use by Donald Trump","outlet":"Wikipedia","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media_use_by_Donald_Trump","date":"2026-09-25"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2015,"url":"/claims/know-social-media/","sort_key":"2015-11","number":4},{"id":"know-contributions","kind":"knows-better","subject":"campaign contributions","title":"Knew more about contributions than anybody","quote":"I used to be, George, the fair-haired boy — you know, when I was a contributor. 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In June 2016 NPR reported his fundraising lagged far behind Hillary Clinton's.","sources":[{"title":"19 things Donald Trump knows better than anyone else, according to Donald Trump","outlet":"Washington Post","url":"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/10/04/17-issues-that-donald-trump-knows-better-than-anyone-else-according-to-donald-trump/","date":"2016-10-04"},{"title":"Everything Trump says he knows \"more about than anybody\"","outlet":"Axios","url":"https://www.axios.com/2019/01/05/everything-trump-says-he-knows-more-about-than-anybody","date":"2019-01-05"},{"title":"Donald Trump self-funding his campaign? 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Expert Investment Company, a Russian developer headed by Andrey Rozov. According to the Mueller report, the terms gave the Trump Organization a $4 million up-front fee before groundbreaking, 1% to 5% of condominium sales, 3% of rental and other revenue, and hotel management fees. Felix Sater, who brokered the deal, told Michael Cohen on October 12, 2015 that Andrey Kostin, the head of VTB Bank, would finance it, according to the Senate intelligence committee; the U.S. Treasury had sanctioned VTB as a state-owned bank in July 2014, and BuzzFeed News reported that VTB officials denied taking part in any negotiations. BuzzFeed News reported on November 29, 2018, citing four people including Sater, that the company planned to give President Vladimir Putin a $50 million penthouse in the tower, and said it was not clear whether Trump knew of that plan. The tower was not built. 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It may have been their weapon, but they didn't use it, they didn't fire it, they even said the other side fired it to blame them. I mean to be honest with you, you'll probably never know for sure.","date":"2015-10-14","venue":"Interview on MSNBC's Morning Joe, followed by a statement to CNN","era":"campaign-2016","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine in 2014. Trump was asked about a report released the previous day by Dutch investigators that the plane was brought down by a Russian-made rocket and warhead, and what he would do as president to hold Russia accountable. CNN reported that U.S. intelligence had determined with confidence soon after the attack that a Russian-supplied missile fired from separatist-controlled territory brought the jet down, and that it stood by that assessment. Asked by CNN about the U.S. assessment, Trump said: 'It's disgusting and disgraceful but Putin and Russia say they didn't do it, the other side said they did, no one really knows who did it, probably Putin knows who did it. Possibly it was Russia but they are totally denying it.' He later said the culprit was 'probably' Russia and pro-Russian fighters, but that 'we really probably won't know for sure'.","sources":[{"title":"Donald Trump says Russia isn't to blame for MH17 downing","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2015/10/14/politics/donald-trump-mh17-plane-russians/index.html","date":"2015-10-14"},{"title":"Trump: Russia Not to Blame for MH17","outlet":"The Daily Beast","url":"https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-russia-not-to-blame-for-mh17/","date":"2015-10-14"}],"tag_label":"Intelligence and security","tag_short":"Intelligence","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["intelligence"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2015,"url":"/claims/russia-mh17-2015/","sort_key":"2015-10-14","number":6},{"id":"offensive-carly-fiorina-face-2015","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Carly Fiorina","title":"Mocked rival Carly Fiorina's face to Rolling Stone: 'Would anyone vote for that?'","quote":"Look at that face! Would anyone vote for that? Can you imagine that, the face of our next president?! I mean, she's a woman, and I'm not s'posedta say bad things, but really, folks, come on. Are we serious?","date":"2015-09-09","venue":"Rolling Stone profile by Paul Solotaroff","era":"campaign-2016","category":"elections","what_happened":"Trump said it while watching Fiorina on television aboard his plane after a rally in Hampton, New Hampshire. Rolling Stone published the quote on September 9, 2015. He then told CNN's 'New Day', 'I'm not talking about looks. I'm talking about persona.' On Fox News, Fiorina said that 'maybe, just maybe, I'm getting under his skin a little bit because I am climbing in the polls.'","sources":[{"title":"Donald Trump insults Carly Fiorina's appearance","outlet":"CBS News","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-insults-carly-fiorinas-appearance/","date":"2015-09-10"},{"title":"Rolling Stone writer: Trump 'was not talking about her persona'","outlet":"CNN Money","url":"https://money.cnn.com/2015/09/11/media/rolling-stone-response-donald-trump/","date":"2015-09-11"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2015,"url":"/claims/offensive-carly-fiorina-face-2015/","sort_key":"2015-09-09","number":30},{"id":"offensive-heidi-klum-no-longer-10-2015","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Heidi Klum","title":"Told The New York Times that Heidi Klum was 'sadly' no longer a 10","quote":"Heidi Klum. Sadly, she's no longer a 10.","date":"2015-08-16","venue":"Interview with The New York Times","era":"campaign-2016","category":"other","what_happened":"Trump made the remark during his primary campaign. The next day Klum posted a short video in which a man in a Trump mask rips a '10' off her shirt to reveal '9.99.' It ended with the hashtag #HeidiTrumpsTrump.","sources":[{"title":"Heidi Klum just trolled Donald Trump","outlet":"Fortune","url":"https://fortune.com/2015/08/18/heidi-klum-donald-trump","date":"2015-08-18"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2015,"url":"/claims/offensive-heidi-klum-no-longer-10-2015/","sort_key":"2015-08-16","number":29},{"id":"offensive-megyn-kelly-bimbo-2015","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Megyn Kelly","title":"Retweeted a post calling Megyn Kelly a 'bimbo' after the first GOP debate, and repeated the word in 2016","quote":"I refuse to call Megyn Kelly a bimbo, because that would not be politically correct. 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RedState editor Erick Erickson withdrew his invitation to speak at the RedState Gathering in Atlanta, citing a lack of decency, and invited Kelly to fill the slot. On August 8 Trump tweeted that he had meant 'NOSE.' He returned to the remark at a Colorado Springs rally on July 29, 2016, again saying 'I was talking about her nose.'","featured":true,"sources":[{"title":"Trump Booted From Conservative Forum After Latest Remarks (transcript)","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://www.npr.org/transcripts/430647413","date":"2015-08-08"},{"title":"Trump booted from conservative forum after latest remarks","outlet":"NPR (via WRVO)","url":"https://www.wrvo.org/2015-08-08/trump-booted-from-conservative-forum-after-latest-remarks","date":"2015-08-08"},{"title":"Donald J. 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Kelly replied, 'For the record, it was well beyond Rosie O'Donnell,' and Trump answered that 'the big problem this country has is being politically correct.' He brought O'Donnell up again at the September 26, 2016 presidential debate: 'I said very tough things to her, and I think everybody would agree that she deserves it and nobody feels sorry for her.'","sources":[{"title":"Debate: 1st Republican Presidential Candidate Debate - August 6, 2015","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se (transcript)","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-first-gop-debate-august-6-2015/","date":"2015-08-06"},{"title":"Debate: 1st Presidential Debate Between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton - September 26, 2016","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se (transcript)","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-first-debate-clinton-september-26-2016/","date":"2016-09-26"},{"title":"Donald Trump Resurrects Decade-Old Rosie O'Donnell Feud (Again)","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/2016-presidential-debates/donald-trump-resurrects-decade-old-rosie-o-donnell-feud-again-n655306","date":"2016-09-27"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2015,"url":"/claims/offensive-rosie-odonnell-debate-2015/","sort_key":"2015-08-06","number":26},{"id":"china-mcdonalds-state-dinner-2015","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"state dinners for China","title":"Said Chinese leaders should get McDonald's, not state dinners, because 'they're ripping us'","quote":"We give state dinners to the heads of China. I said why are you doing state dinners for them? They're ripping us left and right. Just take them to McDonald's and go back to the negotiating table.","date":"2015-07-21","venue":"Campaign event in Bluffton, South Carolina","era":"campaign-2016","category":"trade","what_happened":"Visiting Beijing in November 2017, he said 'I don't blame China' for the trade imbalance and faulted past U.S. administrations for allowing it. On September 24, 2026 he hosted Xi Jinping for a state visit in Washington that included a White House state dinner, after greeting Xi on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews. Al Jazeera reported it was the first state visit to the U.S. by a Chinese leader in 11 years and that the two governments extended their trade truce to January 10.","sources":[{"title":"10 times Trump attacked China and its trade relations with the US","outlet":"ABC News","url":"https://abcnews.com/Politics/10-times-trump-attacked-china-trade-relations-us/story?id=46572567","date":"2017-11-09"},{"title":"From 'cheats' to 'great friendship': How Trump's rhetoric on China changed","outlet":"Al Jazeera","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/25/from-cheats-to-great-friendship-how-trumps-rhetoric-on-china-changed","date":"2026-09-25"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2015,"url":"/claims/china-mcdonalds-state-dinner-2015/","sort_key":"2015-07-21","number":21},{"id":"fix-beat-hillary-2015","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"beating Hillary Clinton","title":"Only he could beat Hillary Clinton","quote":"I'm the only one that's going to beat her…nobody else is going to beat her","date":"2015-07-15","venue":"Interview with Sean Hannity, Fox News","era":"campaign-2016","category":"elections","what_happened":"He repeated the claim on Twitter on Feb. 13, 2016 (\"I am the only one who can!\") and March 3, 2016 (\"I am the only one who can beat Hillary Clinton. I am not a Mitt Romney, who doesn't know how to win\"). This is one claim he delivered on: on Nov. 8, 2016 he won the Electoral College 306-232 while losing the popular vote, 62,955,340 (46.2%) to Clinton's 65,788,564 (48.2%).","sources":[{"title":"Trump: 'I'm the Only One' That's Going to Beat Hillary","outlet":"Breitbart","url":"https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2015/07/15/trump-im-the-only-one-thats-going-to-beat-hillary/","date":"2015-07-15"},{"title":"Tweet: 'I am the only one who can beat Hillary Clinton'","outlet":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/705358901349388289","date":"2016-03-03"},{"title":"2016 Presidential Election statistics","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/statistics/elections/2016","date":"2016-11-08"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2015,"url":"/claims/fix-beat-hillary-2015/","sort_key":"2015-07-15","number":5},{"id":"russia-freedomfest-sanctions-2015","kind":"russia","tag":"sanctions","subject":"Sanctions on Russia","title":"Told a Russian questioner at FreedomFest 'I don't think you'd need the sanctions' if he were president","quote":"I believe I would get along very nicely with Putin, OK? And I mean, where we have the strength. I don't think you'd need the sanctions. I think we would get along very, very well.","date":"2015-07-11","venue":"Question-and-answer session at FreedomFest, Las Vegas","era":"campaign-2016","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"The question came from Maria Butina, a Russian gun-rights activist who said she was 'visiting from Russia' and asked whether he would 'continue the politics of sanctions' as president. The sanctions had been imposed in 2014 over Russia's annexation of Crimea. According to the Senate Intelligence Committee's 2020 report, Butina called Russian official Alexander Torshin from the restroom afterward, calling it 'my best report', and posted that evening that 'Trump is saying about mitigation of sanctions'. In December 2018 Butina pleaded guilty in federal court in Washington to conspiring against the United States under the direction of a Russian official. Trump had said on NBC's Today on March 14, 2014 that 'We should definitely do sanctions'. As president he signed the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act on August 2, 2017, which enacted new sanctions on Russia, while calling the bill 'seriously flawed'.","sources":[{"title":"Trump Spoke to a Russian Activist About Ending Sanctions—Just Weeks After Launching His Campaign","outlet":"Mother Jones","url":"https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/03/trump-spoke-to-a-russian-activist-about-ending-sanctions-just-weeks-after-launching-his-campaign/","date":"2018-03-09"},{"title":"Report of the Select Committee on Intelligence, United States Senate, on Russian Active Measures Campaigns and Interference in the 2016 U.S. Election, Volume 5: Counterintelligence Threats and Vulnerabilities","outlet":"U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence","url":"https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/documents/report_volume5.pdf","date":"2020-08-18"},{"title":"Maria Butina Pleads Guilty as Another Russian Domino Falls","outlet":"Rolling Stone","url":"https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/maria-butina-pleads-guilty-russia-768777","date":"2018-12-13"},{"title":"Before presidential run, Trump called Russia the 'biggest problem' and geopolitical foe of U.S.","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/16/politics/kfile-trump-russia-sanctions-2014/","date":"2017-01-16"},{"title":"Statement on Signing the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-signing-the-countering-americas-adversaries-through-sanctions-act-0","date":"2017-08-02"}],"tag_label":"Sanctions and pressure","tag_short":"Sanctions","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["sanctions"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2015,"url":"/claims/russia-freedomfest-sanctions-2015/","sort_key":"2015-07-11","number":5},{"id":"fix-southern-border-2015","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"the southern border","title":"Only he could fix the unsecured southern border","quote":"Our Southern border is unsecure. I am the only one that can fix it, nobody else has the guts to even talk about it.","date":"2015-07-03","venue":"Post on Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"campaign-2016","category":"immigration","what_happened":"He repeated the claim in other forms, e.g. at a Feb. 26, 2016 Fort Worth rally (\"there's going to be a real wall... I'm the only one that knows how to build it\"). By January 2021 the administration reported about 450 miles of barrier, but only 47-52 miles of it was new primary wall where none existed before; the rest replaced existing fencing, and U.S. taxpayers, not Mexico, paid the roughly $15 billion cost. Southwest border apprehensions hit 851,508 in fiscal 2019, more than double fiscal 2018, and were 14.7% higher in his final year than in 2016.","sources":[{"title":"Tweets of July 3, 2015","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-july-3-2015","date":"2015-07-03"},{"title":"Tweet: 'Our Southern border is unsecure. I am the only one that can fix it'","outlet":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/617093560123437056","date":"2015-07-03"},{"title":"Fact check: Mexico never paid for it. But what about Trump's other border wall promises?","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/fact-check-mexico-never-paid-it-what-about-trump-s-n1253983","date":"2021-01-12"},{"title":"Southwest Border Migration FY 2019","outlet":"U.S. Customs and Border Protection","url":"https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/sw-border-migration/fy-2019","date":"2019-11-14"},{"title":"Trump's Final Numbers","outlet":"FactCheck.org","url":"https://www.factcheck.org/2021/10/trumps-final-numbers/","date":"2021-10-08"},{"title":"Speech with Robert Jeffress, Rally, Fort Worth, TX (transcript)","outlet":"Trump Campaign Corpus (GitHub)","url":"https://github.com/unendin/Trump_Campaign_Corpus/blob/master/text/2016-02-26%2014.00.00%20%28Partial%2C%20As%20spoken%29%20Speech%20with%20Robert%20Jeffress%2C%20Rally%2C%20Fort%20Worth%2C%20TX.txt","date":"2016-02-26"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"only-i-can-fix","file":"only-i-can-fix.json","year":2015,"url":"/claims/fix-southern-border-2015/","sort_key":"2015-07-03","number":4},{"id":"know-military","kind":"knows-better","subject":"the military","title":"Nobody bigger or better at the military than him","quote":"There's nobody bigger or better at the military than I am.","date":"2015-06-16","venue":"Interview with Bill O'Reilly, Fox News's The O'Reilly Factor","era":"campaign-2016","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"The remark came while he described how he would defeat ISIS; when O'Reilly asked whether that meant sending U.S. ground troops into Syria, he answered, \"I'm not telling you anything.\" He was exempted from the Vietnam-era draft on a claim of bone spurs in his heels. By the end of 2018, several retired four-star generals had broken with him: Jim Mattis resigned as defense secretary, Stanley McChrystal said he would never work for him, and Jack Keane called the Syria pullout a \"serious strategic mistake.\"","sources":[{"title":"Donald Trump running for President (transcript)","outlet":"Fox News","url":"https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/donald-trump-running-for-president","date":"2015-06-16"},{"title":"Foreign policy of Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential election","outlet":"Wikipedia","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_policy_of_Donald_Trump_during_the_2016_presidential_election","date":"2026-09-25"},{"title":"Donald Trump","outlet":"Wikipedia","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump","date":"2026-09-25"},{"title":"Trump claimed he knew 'more than the generals.' Now they want nothing to do with him.","outlet":"ThinkProgress","url":"https://archive.thinkprogress.org/generals-want-nothing-to-do-with-trump-0a5ad80cb682/","date":"2018-12-31"},{"title":"19 things Donald Trump knows better than anyone else, according to Donald Trump","outlet":"Washington Post","url":"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/10/04/17-issues-that-donald-trump-knows-better-than-anyone-else-according-to-donald-trump/","date":"2016-10-04"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2015,"url":"/claims/know-military/","sort_key":"2015-06-16","number":2},{"id":"china-they-kill-us-trade-2015","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"trade deals","title":"Said China 'kills us' on trade and that he beats China 'all the time'","quote":"When was the last time anybody saw us beating, let's say, China in a trade deal? They kill us. I beat China all the time. All the time.","date":"2015-06-16","venue":"Presidential campaign announcement speech, Trump Tower, New York","era":"campaign-2016","category":"trade","what_happened":"Census Bureau data show the U.S. goods trade deficit with China was $346.8 billion in 2016, the year before he took office. It rose to $375.2 billion in 2017 and $418.2 billion in 2018, the largest annual figure in the Census series, then fell to $342.6 billion in 2019 and $308.0 billion in 2020. In 2020 he signed a 'phase one' trade deal that committed China to buy $200 billion in additional U.S. exports by the end of 2021; the Peterson Institute for International Economics found China bought 58 percent of the total it had committed to purchase and none of the additional $200 billion.","sources":[{"title":"Remarks Announcing Candidacy for President in New York City","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-announcing-candidacy-for-president-new-york-city","date":"2015-06-16"},{"title":"Trade in Goods with China","outlet":"U.S. Census Bureau","url":"https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html","date":"2026-09-28"},{"title":"China bought none of the extra $200 billion of US exports in Trump's trade deal","outlet":"Peterson Institute for International Economics","url":"https://www.piie.com/blogs/realtime-economics/2022/china-bought-none-extra-200-billion-us-exports-trumps-trade-deal","date":"2022-07-19"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2015,"url":"/claims/china-they-kill-us-trade-2015/","sort_key":"2015-06-16","number":20},{"id":"china-bigger-problem-than-isis-2015","kind":"china","threat":"military","subject":"South China Sea buildup","title":"Called China's military buildup 'very scary' and a bigger problem than ISIS","quote":"They're building a military island in the middle of the South China sea. A military island. ... They're building up their military to a point that is very scary. You have a problem with ISIS. You have a bigger problem with China.","date":"2015-06-16","venue":"Presidential campaign announcement speech, Trump Tower, New York","era":"campaign-2016","category":"veterans","what_happened":"CNBC reported on May 2, 2018, citing sources with knowledge of U.S. intelligence reports, that China had installed anti-ship cruise missiles and surface-to-air missiles on Fiery Cross Reef, Subi Reef and Mischief Reef in the Spratly Islands. On July 13, 2020 his State Department declared Beijing's claims to offshore resources across most of the South China Sea 'completely unlawful.' In March 2022 the head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Adm. John Aquilino, told the Associated Press that China had fully militarized at least three of the islands it built in the disputed waters.","featured":true,"sources":[{"title":"Remarks Announcing Candidacy for President in New York City","outlet":"The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara)","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-announcing-candidacy-for-president-new-york-city","date":"2015-06-16"},{"title":"China quietly installed missile systems on strategic Spratly Islands in hotly contested South China Sea","outlet":"CNBC","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/02/china-added-missile-systems-on-spratly-islands-in-south-china-sea.html","date":"2018-05-02"},{"title":"U.S. Position on Maritime Claims in the South China Sea","outlet":"U.S. Department of State","url":"https://2017-2021.state.gov/u-s-position-on-maritime-claims-in-the-south-china-sea/","date":"2020-07-13"},{"title":"China has fully militarized three islands in South China Sea, US admiral says","outlet":"The Guardian (Associated Press)","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/21/china-has-fully-militarized-three-islands-in-south-china-sea-us-admiral-says","date":"2022-03-21"}],"tag":"military","tag_label":"Military threat","tag_short":"Military","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["military"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2015,"url":"/claims/china-bigger-problem-than-isis-2015/","sort_key":"2015-06-16","number":19},{"id":"offensive-mexico-rapists-2015","kind":"offensive","target":"immigrants","subject":"Mexican immigrants","title":"Opened his campaign by saying Mexico was sending people who are 'bringing crime' and are 'rapists'","quote":"When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're not sending you. They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.","date":"2015-06-16","venue":"Presidential campaign announcement, Trump Tower, New York","era":"campaign-2016","category":"immigration","what_happened":"Trump made the remark in the speech launching his 2016 presidential campaign. He did not retract it; he repeated the line nearly word for word in a Barbara Walters interview for ABC on November 20, 2015. Univision dropped the Miss USA pageant, and on June 29, 2015 NBC said it was ending its business relationship with Trump and would not air the Miss USA or Miss Universe pageants, citing his remarks about Mexican immigrants. Mexican broadcaster Televisa said Mexico would not send a contestant to Miss Universe. He repeated the line on ABC on November 20, 2015, and in 2024 and 2025 said other countries were 'not sending their best.'","featured":true,"sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Announces His Candidacy in New York, NY - June 16, 2015","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-announcement-speech-new-york-ny-june-16-2015/","date":"2015-06-16"},{"title":"Here's Donald Trump's Presidential Announcement Speech","outlet":"Time","url":"https://time.com/3923128/donald-trump-announcement-speech/","date":"2015-06-16"},{"title":"Interview: Barbara Walters of ABC Interviews Donald Trump and Family - November 20, 2015","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-2020-barbara-walters-november-20-2015/","date":"2015-11-20"},{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Announces His Candidacy in New York, NY - June 16, 2015","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-announcement-speech-new-york-ny-june-16-2015/#10","date":"2015-06-16"},{"title":"NBC Cuts Donald Trump After He Called Mexicans 'Rapists'","outlet":"Bloomberg","url":"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-29/nbc-drops-donald-trump-after-he-calls-mexicans-rapists-","date":"2015-06-29"}],"tag":"immigrants","tag_label":"Immigrants","tag_short":"Immigrants","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["immigrants"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2015,"url":"/claims/offensive-mexico-rapists-2015/","sort_key":"2015-06-16","number":25},{"id":"fix-economy-gdp-only-i-2015","kind":"only-i-can-fix","subject":"the economy","title":"'Only I can fix' a shrinking economy","quote":"Wow, the economy is really bad! GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT down 0.7% in 1st. quarter - and getting worse. I TOLD YOU SO! Only I can fix.","date":"2015-05-29","venue":"Post on Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"pre-politics","category":"economy","what_happened":"He made the same exclusivity claim about the economy repeatedly, including at a May 27, 2016 San Diego rally (\"what I'll do for the economy, nobody else can do\") and on Nov. 8, 2019 (\"we've created the greatest economy in the history of our country... nobody else could have done it\"). He promised 4-6% annual growth; according to FactCheck.org's compilation of his final numbers, annual real GDP growth never exceeded 3% during his term and the economy contracted in 2020. The U.S. ended his term with a net loss of 2.7 million jobs and federal debt up 50%, from $14.4 trillion to $21.6 trillion.","sources":[{"title":"Tweet: 'GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT down 0.7%... 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I know where to get the money from. Nobody else does.","date":"2015-05-21","venue":"Post on Twitter quoting his speech to Sarasota (SRQ) Republicans","era":"pre-politics","category":"economy","what_happened":"He repeated it throughout the primary: on Hannity, July 15, 2015 (\"I want to save Social Security without the cuts. I'm the only one that can do it\"); at the Feb. 13, 2016 CBS debate (\"I'm the only one who is going to save Social Security, believe me\"); on Fox & Friends, March 11, 2016; and at a June 2, 2016 San Jose rally. In office he enacted no Social Security legislation; his 2017 and 2018 budgets proposed cuts to disability programs that Congress rejected, and PolitiFact rated the no-cuts pledge 'Promise Kept' in July 2020 on that basis. The program's long-term funding shortfall was left unaddressed.","sources":[{"title":"Tweet: 'I am going to save Social Security without any cuts... 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I know how to build, pols only know how to talk!","date":"2015-05-12","venue":"Post on Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"pre-politics","category":"infrastructure","what_happened":"He repeated the claim at his June 16, 2015 announcement (\"Rebuild the country's infrastructure. Nobody can do that like me.\") and in his June 22, 2016 New York speech, where he said crumbling roads, bridges and airports \"can all be fixed, but not by Hillary Clinton, only by me.\" No infrastructure bill passed during his term; PolitiFact's Trump-O-Meter rated his pledge to invest $550 billion in infrastructure and create an infrastructure fund \"Promise Broken,\" with \"no action evident\" as of July 2020. Infrastructure legislation was later enacted under the Biden administration.","sources":[{"title":"Tweet: 'The only one to fix the infrastructure of our country is me'","outlet":"Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/598324947140902912","date":"2015-05-12"},{"title":"Donald J. 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CBS Baltimore reported the tweet as a criticism of President Obama. Outlets quote the wording with small variations (some include 'so happily'). On May 1, 2015 he tweeted that billions of dollars had been spent on Baltimore and it was 'still a total mess.'","sources":[{"title":"Donald Trump Blames President Obama For Baltimore Riots","outlet":"CBS Baltimore","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/donald-trump-blames-president-obama-for-baltimore-riots/","date":"2015-04-28"},{"title":"Donald Trump Tweeted He Could 'Fix' Baltimore Fast During 2015 Baltimore Uprising","outlet":"CBS Baltimore","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/baltimore/news/donald-trump-tweeted-he-could-fix-baltimore-fast-during-baltimore-uprising-alleged-corruption-in-the-city","date":"2019-07-29"}],"tag":"cities","tag_label":"American cities","tag_short":"Cities","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["cities"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2015,"url":"/claims/offensive-baltimore-thugs-2015/","sort_key":"2015-04-28","number":24},{"id":"offensive-hillary-satisfy-husband-2015","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Hillary Clinton","title":"His account retweeted 'If Hillary Clinton can't satisfy her husband', then deleted it; a spokesman blamed staff","quote":"If Hillary Clinton can't satisfy her husband what makes her think she can satisfy America #MakeAmericaGreatAgain","date":"2015-04-16","venue":"Twitter (retweet, deleted)","era":"pre-politics","category":"elections","what_happened":"The post went out from Trump's account two months before he announced his campaign. It retweeted another user's comment and was deleted soon after, but screenshots were captured first. A Trump spokesman told Raw Story it was retweeted by 'one of 10 staff members' who handle his social media and that Trump deleted it 'as soon as Mr Trump saw the tweet.' IBTimes reported that Trump did not apologize.","sources":[{"title":"Donald Trump deletes offensive tweet saying Hillary Clinton 'can't satisfy her husband'","outlet":"International Business Times UK","url":"https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/donald-trump-deletes-offensive-tweet-saying-hillary-clinton-cant-satisfy-her-husband-1497525","date":"2015-04-17"},{"title":"Did Trump Say 'Hillary Clinton Can't Satisfy Her Husband'?","outlet":"Snopes","url":"https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-clinton-satisfy/","date":"2016"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2015,"url":"/claims/offensive-hillary-satisfy-husband-2015/","sort_key":"2015-04-16","number":23},{"id":"china-rebuilding-china-we-have-cards-2015","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"leverage over China","title":"Told CPAC 'we're rebuilding China' and 'we have the cards'","quote":"Our roads are crumbling, everything's crumbling. And we're rebuilding China. It's got to stop and we have the cards, remember that. We have the cards.","date":"2015-02-27","venue":"Speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), National Harbor, Maryland","era":"pre-politics","category":"trade","what_happened":"He had said the same on CNN on April 17, 2011: 'We have all the cards. China doesn't have the cards.' In 2025 China placed seven rare-earth elements under export controls, and Ford halted Explorer production in Chicago for a week amid magnet shortages, CNBC reported. Under the deal announced by the White House on Nov. 1, 2025, China agreed to suspend the rare-earth export controls it announced on Oct. 9, 2025; the resulting truce also lowered U.S. tariffs. In September 2026 the truce was extended by two months, to Jan. 10.","sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Addresses the CPAC Convention in National Harbor, MD - February 27, 2015","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-national-harbor-md-february-27-2015/","date":"2015-02-27"},{"title":"State of the Union: Interview With Donald Trump (transcript, aired April 17, 2011)","outlet":"CNN Transcripts","url":"https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/sotu/date/2011-04-17/segment/01","date":"2011-04-17"},{"title":"Trump faces Xi as strains with allies complicate U.S. pressure on China","outlet":"CNBC","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/23/trump-xi-china-summit-allies.html","date":"2026-09-23"},{"title":"Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Strikes Deal on Economic and Trade Relations with China","outlet":"The White House","url":"https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/11/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-strikes-deal-on-economic-and-trade-relations-with-china/","date":"2025-11-01"},{"title":"Trump, Xi wrap state visit centered on spectacle over substance. Here are the top takeaways","outlet":"CNBC","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/25/trump-xi-summit-takeaways.html","date":"2026-09-25"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2015,"url":"/claims/china-rebuilding-china-we-have-cards-2015/","sort_key":"2015-02-27","number":18},{"id":"china-devalued-currency-cpac-2014","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"currency devaluation","title":"Told CPAC that China 'just devalued their currency' and was 'ripping you big league'","quote":"they just devalued their currency. Now, for those that don't understand devaluation what they're basically doing is saying we're really ripping you big league.","date":"2014-03-06","venue":"Speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), National Harbor, Maryland","era":"pre-politics","category":"trade","what_happened":"On Aug. 5, 2019, President Trump wrote that China had 'dropped the price of their currency to an almost a historic low. It’s called “currency manipulation.”' Treasury designated China a currency manipulator the same day and said it would engage the International Monetary Fund. Treasury's next report, on Jan. 13, 2020, found that no major trading partner met the criteria for manipulation and said China had 'made enforceable commitments to refrain from competitive devaluation' in the Phase One agreement.","sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Addresses the CPAC Convention in National Harbor, MD - March 6, 2014","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-national-harbor-md-march-6-2014/","date":"2014-03-06"},{"title":"Tweet by @realDonaldTrump, August 5, 2019","outlet":"Twitter","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1158350120649408513","date":"2019-08-05"},{"title":"Treasury Designates China as a Currency Manipulator","outlet":"U.S. Department of the Treasury","url":"https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm751","date":"2019-08-05"},{"title":"Treasury Releases Report on Macroeconomic and Foreign Exchange Policies of Major Trading Partners of the United States","outlet":"U.S. Department of the Treasury","url":"https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm873","date":"2020-01-13"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2014,"url":"/claims/china-devalued-currency-cpac-2014/","sort_key":"2014-03-06","number":17},{"id":"russia-cpac-crimea-how-smart-2014","kind":"russia","tag":"praise","subject":"Crimea, 2014","title":"Told CPAC Putin's move on Ukraine after the Olympics was 'how smart' and that Putin had sent him a present","quote":"Putin even sent me a present, beautiful present with a beautiful note. I spoke to all of his people and you know, you look at what he's doing with President Obama. He's like toying with him. He's toying with him. So he has the Olympics the day after the Olympics. He starts with Ukraine. The day after, how smart.","date":"2014-03-06","venue":"Speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference, National Harbor, Maryland","era":"pre-politics","category":"ukraine","what_happened":"Trump spoke as Russian forces were moving into Crimea; Russia annexed the peninsula in March 2014, and the United States and the European Union refused to recognize the annexation and imposed sanctions. Trump told CPAC that by taking Crimea Putin was 'taking the heart and soul because that's where all the money is' and predicted 'the rest of Ukraine will fall'. In the same weeks he also backed sanctions: on NBC's Today on March 14, 2014 he said 'We should definitely do sanctions'. In an April 2014 Fox News interview he said of Putin's move, 'And so smart. When you see the riots in a country because they're hurting the Russians, okay, \"We'll go and take it over.\" And he really goes step by step by step, and you have to give him a lot of credit.' At the National Press Club on May 27, 2014 he said he had 'spoke indirectly and directly with President Putin, who could not have been nicer'.","sources":[{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Addresses the CPAC Convention in National Harbor, MD - March 6, 2014","outlet":"Roll Call / Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-national-harbor-md-march-6-2014/","date":"2014-03-06"},{"title":"Before presidential run, Trump called Russia the 'biggest problem' and geopolitical foe of U.S.","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/16/politics/kfile-trump-russia-sanctions-2014/","date":"2017-01-16"},{"title":"Trump Called Russia's Invasion Of Ukraine \"So Smart\" In 2014","outlet":"BuzzFeed News (via Internet Archive)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/2id_/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/christophermassie/trump-called-russias-invasion-of-ukraine-so-smart-in-2014","date":"2016-08-01"},{"title":"Speech: Donald Trump Holds a Town Hall-Style Event in Washington - May 27, 2014","outlet":"Roll Call / Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-washington-dc-may-27-2014/","date":"2014-05-27"},{"title":"Trump to look at recognizing Crimea as Russian territory, lifting sanctions","outlet":"Politico (via Internet Archive)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/2016id_/https://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/trump-crimea-sanctions-russia-226292","date":"2016-07-27"}],"tag_label":"Praise and deference","tag_short":"Praise","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["praise"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2014,"url":"/claims/russia-cpac-crimea-how-smart-2014/","sort_key":"2014-03-06","number":4},{"id":"offensive-kim-novak-oscars-2014","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Kim Novak","title":"Tweeted during the Oscars that Kim Novak 'should sue her plastic surgeon'","quote":"I'm having a real hard time watching the Academy Awards (so far). The last song was terrible! Kim should sue her plastic surgeon! #Oscars","date":"2014-03-02","venue":"Twitter","era":"pre-politics","category":"other","what_happened":"Trump tweeted during the March 2, 2014 broadcast, soon after Novak appeared on stage. In an April 2014 Facebook letter she said she knew what Trump and others had said, that the mockery had sent her into a tailspin, and that she would speak out against bullies. On April 18, 2014 Trump tweeted: 'I was always a big fan of Kim Novak and still am—a wonderful actress.'","sources":[{"title":"Trump tweet archive (condensed_2014.json), tweet id 440313189062823937","outlet":"Trump Twitter Archive (bpb27, GitHub)","url":"https://github.com/bpb27/trump_tweet_data_archive","date":"2014-03-03"},{"title":"Kim Novak addresses Oscar night 'bullies' in Facebook letter","outlet":"Scripps News","url":"https://www.scrippsnews.com/entertainment/kim-novak-addresses-oscar-night-bullies-in-facebook-letter","date":"2014-04"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2014,"url":"/claims/offensive-kim-novak-oscars-2014/","sort_key":"2014-03-02","number":22},{"id":"autocrats-putin-lacquer-box-gift-2013","kind":"autocrats","tag":"payments","subject":"Russia","country":"Russia","beneficiary":"Donald Trump","amount":"","freedom_house":"Not Free (2013)","title":"Putin sends Trump a letter and a lacquer box after the Miss Universe pageant in Moscow","quote":"My father just received a letter and gift for your dad from Mr. Putin.","speaker":"Emin Agalarov","date":"2013-11-21","venue":"Email to Donald Trump Jr., November 21, 2013, quoted in the Senate intelligence committee's 2020 report","era":"pre-politics","category":"ethics","what_happened":"On November 21, 2013, Emin Agalarov emailed Donald Trump Jr. images of a letter and a gift that he said his father, Aras Agalarov, had received from President Vladimir Putin for Donald Trump, according to the Senate intelligence committee's 2020 report. The gift was a Fedoskino-style lacquer box; the report gives no value for it. The letter, dated November 19, 2013, congratulated Trump on holding the Miss Universe pageant in Moscow and said Putin hoped they could talk on a future visit, after a meeting planned during the pageant did not take place. The committee reported that Agalarov's wife, Irina Agalarova, brought the package to the United States and that Trump Jr. appeared to have passed the email and photographs to his father.","sources":[{"title":"Report of the Select Committee on Intelligence, United States Senate, on Russian Active Measures Campaigns and Interference in the 2016 U.S. Election, Volume 5: Counterintelligence Threats and Vulnerabilities","outlet":"U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence","url":"https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/sites-default-files-documents-report-volume5.pdf","date":"2020-08-18"},{"title":"Country and Territory Ratings and Statuses, 1973-2024","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/2024-02/Country_and_Territory_Ratings_and_Statuses_FIW_1973-2024.xlsx","date":"2024"}],"tag_label":"Gifts and payments","tag_short":"Payments","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["payments"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2013,"url":"/claims/autocrats-putin-lacquer-box-gift-2013/","sort_key":"2013-11-21","number":9},{"id":"autocrats-miss-universe-moscow-2013","kind":"autocrats","tag":"payments","subject":"Russia","country":"Russia","beneficiary":"Donald Trump (co-owner of the Miss Universe Organization)","amount":"approximately $6 million (licensing fee)","freedom_house":"Not Free (2013)","title":"Aras Agalarov's Crocus Group pays about $6 million to host Trump's Miss Universe pageant in Moscow","quote":"I'm in Moscow for Miss Universe tonight - picking a winner is very hard, they are all winners. Total sellout of arena. Big night in Russia!","date":"2013-11-09","venue":"Twitter","era":"pre-politics","category":"ethics","what_happened":"The Crocus Group, owned by the developer Aras Agalarov, signed a contract in June 2013 with the Miss Universe Organization, which Trump had co-owned since 1996, to stage the pageant at Crocus City Hall in Moscow on November 9, 2013. The Senate intelligence committee reported in 2020 that Crocus paid approximately $6 million as a licensing fee and incurred about $6 million more in expenses, and that the organization's president called it one of its most lucrative deals. The committee found that Agalarov has \"significant ties to the Russian government\" and access to President Vladimir Putin; Putin presented him with the Order of Honor on October 29, 2013. The Agalarovs told the pageant's organizers that the financing would be strictly private. During the trip Trump was the guest at an event hosted by Agalarov and the state-owned Sberbank, and he wrote afterward to Sberbank's chairman, Herman Gref, that he had done \"an absolutely fantastic job.\" A meeting with Putin that Trump had sought did not take place.","sources":[{"title":"Report of the Select Committee on Intelligence, United States Senate, on Russian Active Measures Campaigns and Interference in the 2016 U.S. Election, Volume 5: Counterintelligence Threats and Vulnerabilities","outlet":"U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence","url":"https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/sites-default-files-documents-report-volume5.pdf","date":"2020-08-18"},{"title":"Report On The Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Presidential Election","outlet":"U.S. Department of Justice, Special Counsel's Office","url":"https://www.justice.gov/archives/sco/file/1373816/dl?inline","date":"2019-04-18"},{"title":"Tweet by @realDonaldTrump, 2013-11-09","outlet":"Twitter","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/399171340042661889","date":"2013-11-09"},{"title":"Country and Territory Ratings and Statuses, 1973-2024","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/2024-02/Country_and_Territory_Ratings_and_Statuses_FIW_1973-2024.xlsx","date":"2024"}],"tag_label":"Gifts and payments","tag_short":"Payments","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["payments"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2013,"url":"/claims/autocrats-miss-universe-moscow-2013/","sort_key":"2013-11-09","number":8},{"id":"russia-putin-nyt-op-ed-2013","kind":"russia","tag":"praise","subject":"Putin's New York Times op-ed","title":"Said Putin's New York Times op-ed on Syria was 'absolutely true' and made Putin look 'extremely diplomatic'","quote":"if you look at it, what he said is true. There are many things in that letter, whether you like Putin or don't like Putin, that were -- you know, that are absolutely true.","date":"2013-09-12","venue":"Interview on Fox News' On the Record with Greta Van Susteren","era":"pre-politics","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"Putin's op-ed, published by The New York Times on September 11, 2013 under the headline 'A Plea for Caution From Russia', argued against a U.S. strike on Syria and took issue with President Obama's reference to American exceptionalism, saying it was 'extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional'. Van Susteren noted that House Speaker John Boehner had said he was insulted by the piece. Trump said the letter made Putin 'look extremely diplomatic' and 'very reasoned', that other countries 'are insulted' by talk of American exceptionalism and 'that's what Putin was saying'. Earlier that day he tweeted that the letter was 'a masterpiece for Russia and a disaster for the U.S.' On CNN the next evening he called the op-ed 'amazing' and said Obama was 'being outplayed by, you know, Putin to an extent that nobody has ever seen'.","sources":[{"title":"Interview: Greta Van Susteren Interviews Donald Trump on Fox's On the Record - September 12, 2013","outlet":"Roll Call / Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-van-susteren-fox-september-12-2013/","date":"2013-09-12"},{"title":"A Plea for Caution From Russia (op-ed by Vladimir V. 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According to the Senate Intelligence Committee's 2020 report, time was left open in Trump's schedule that afternoon in case Putin agreed to meet; instead Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called to say Putin could not receive Trump because an official visit by the King of the Netherlands had run late, and Putin later sent Trump a letter and a lacquer box through Aras Agalarov. In an interview with MSNBC in Moscow that week Trump said 'I do have a relationship' with Putin and that Putin had 'done an amazing job'. At a news conference on July 27, 2016 he said: 'I have nothing to do with Putin. I've never spoken to him.'","sources":[{"title":"Tweet by @realDonaldTrump, June 18, 2013","outlet":"Twitter","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/347191326112112640","date":"2013-06-18"},{"title":"Report of the Select Committee on Intelligence, United States Senate, on Russian Active Measures Campaigns and Interference in the 2016 U.S. Election, Volume 5: Counterintelligence Threats and Vulnerabilities","outlet":"U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence","url":"https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/documents/report_volume5.pdf","date":"2020-08-18"},{"title":"At The 2013 Miss Universe Contest, Trump Met Some Of Russia's Rich And Powerful","outlet":"NPR","url":"https://www.npr.org/2017/07/17/537277074/at-the-2013-miss-universe-contest-trump-met-some-of-russias-rich-and-powerful","date":"2017-07-17"},{"title":"Interview: Thomas Roberts of MSNBC Interviews Donald Trump in Moscow - November 2013","outlet":"Roll Call / Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-moscow-russia-november-1-2013/","date":"2013-11"},{"title":"News Conference in Doral, Florida","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/news-conference-doral-florida","date":"2016-07-27"}],"tag_label":"Praise and deference","tag_short":"Praise","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["praise"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2013,"url":"/claims/russia-miss-universe-best-friend-2013/","sort_key":"2013-06-18","number":2},{"id":"china-hacked-weapon-designs-enemy-2013","kind":"china","threat":"military","subject":"weapons design hacking","title":"Wrote 'China is our enemy' after reports that it hacked U.S. weapon designs","quote":"Military has announced that China has successfully hacked our advanced weapon designs. China is our enemy.Should we offset this on our debt?","date":"2013-05-29","venue":"Post on Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"pre-politics","category":"veterans","what_happened":"On Feb. 10, 2020, during Trump's first term, the Justice Department announced the indictment of four members of China's People's Liberation Army for hacking Equifax and stealing the personal information of approximately 145 million Americans. In his second term, Trump allowed limited sales of Nvidia's H200 artificial-intelligence chips to China while broader restrictions remained in place, CNBC reported in September 2026.","sources":[{"title":"Tweet by @realDonaldTrump, May 29, 2013","outlet":"Twitter","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/339838035195752448","date":"2013-05-29"},{"title":"Chinese Military Personnel Charged with Computer Fraud, Economic Espionage and Wire Fraud for Hacking into Credit Reporting Agency Equifax","outlet":"U.S. Department of Justice (archived)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20201230121759/https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/chinese-military-personnel-charged-computer-fraud-economic-espionage-and-wire-fraud-hacking","date":"2020-02-10"},{"title":"Trump faces Xi as strains with allies complicate U.S. pressure on China","outlet":"CNBC","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/23/trump-xi-china-summit-allies.html","date":"2026-09-23"}],"tag":"military","tag_label":"Military threat","tag_short":"Military","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["military"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2013,"url":"/claims/china-hacked-weapon-designs-enemy-2013/","sort_key":"2013-05-29","number":16},{"id":"china-controls-north-korea-major-threat-2013","kind":"china","threat":"military","subject":"North Korea and hacking","title":"Wrote that China 'controls North Korea' and 'is a major threat'","quote":"China controls North Korea. So now besides cyber hacking us all day, they are using the Norks to taunt us. China is a major threat.","date":"2013-04-12","venue":"Post on Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"pre-politics","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"As president, Trump cited China's cooperation on North Korea on April 16, 2017, as a reason not to label it a currency manipulator. On June 20, 2017, he wrote: 'While I greatly appreciate the efforts of President Xi & China to help with North Korea, it has not worked out. At least I know China tried!' On April 27, 2018, he wrote: 'Please do not forget the great help that my good friend, President Xi of China, has given to the United States, particularly at the Border of North Korea.'","sources":[{"title":"Tweet by @realDonaldTrump, April 12, 2013","outlet":"Twitter","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/322792909780963328","date":"2013-04-12"},{"title":"Tweet by @realDonaldTrump, April 16, 2017","outlet":"Twitter","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/853583417916755968","date":"2017-04-16"},{"title":"Tweet by @realDonaldTrump, June 20, 2017","outlet":"Twitter","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/877234140483121152","date":"2017-06-20"},{"title":"Tweet by @realDonaldTrump, April 27, 2018","outlet":"Twitter","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/989834048796266498","date":"2018-04-27"}],"tag":"military","tag_label":"Military threat","tag_short":"Military","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["military"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2013,"url":"/claims/china-controls-north-korea-major-threat-2013/","sort_key":"2013-04-12","number":15},{"id":"china-not-our-friend-overtake-2013","kind":"china","threat":"other","subject":"China as rival","title":"Wrote 'China is not our friend. They are not our ally'","quote":"China is not our friend. They are not our ally. They want to overtake us, and if we don’t get smart and tough soon, they will.","date":"2013-02-21","venue":"Post on Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"pre-politics","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"He posted similar lines on Aug. 15, 2011 ('China is a threat to America. They are not our friend.') and May 20, 2014 ('Remember, China is not a friend of the United States!'). As president he wrote on Dec. 3, 2018: 'President Xi and I have a very strong and personal relationship,' and on Jan. 24, 2020: 'on behalf of the American People, I want to thank President Xi!' In September 2026 he hosted Xi for a three-day state visit to Washington.","sources":[{"title":"Tweet by @realDonaldTrump, February 21, 2013","outlet":"Twitter","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/304690887248707584","date":"2013-02-21"},{"title":"Tweet by @realDonaldTrump, August 15, 2011","outlet":"Twitter","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/103192686349131776","date":"2011-08-15"},{"title":"Tweet by @realDonaldTrump, May 20, 2014","outlet":"Twitter","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/468628780991258625","date":"2014-05-20"},{"title":"Tweet by @realDonaldTrump, December 3, 2018","outlet":"Twitter","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1069581524180324352","date":"2018-12-03"},{"title":"Tweet by @realDonaldTrump, January 24, 2020","outlet":"Twitter","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1220818115354923009","date":"2020-01-24"},{"title":"Trump, Xi wrap state visit centered on spectacle over substance. 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Asked about it by CNN's Wolf Blitzer on March 21, 2016, Trump said: 'The dropping to the knees, that was in \"The Apprentice.\"' and argued that politicians 'say far worse' behind closed doors.","sources":[{"title":"LIST: Donald Trump has long history of offensive comments about women","outlet":"PBS NewsHour (AP)","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-offensive-comments-women","date":"2016-10-09"},{"title":"Interview: Donald Trump Interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer - March 21, 2016","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se (transcript)","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-cnn-wolf-blitzer-march-21-2016/","date":"2016-03-21"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2013,"url":"/claims/offensive-apprentice-knees-2013/","sort_key":"2013","number":21},{"id":"offensive-cher-plastic-surgery-2012","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Cher","title":"Tweeted at Cher about her 'massive plastic surgeries that didn't work'","quote":".@cher--I don't wear a \"rug\"—it's mine. And I promise not to talk about your massive plastic surgeries that didn't work.","date":"2012-11-13","venue":"Twitter","era":"pre-politics","category":"other","what_happened":"The exchange started after Cher criticized Mitt Romney during the 2012 campaign. On May 11, 2012 Trump had tweeted that '@Cher should stop with the bad plastic surgery and nasty statements about good people running for office.' On Fox News on May 14, 2012 he called her 'lonely,' 'unhappy' and 'somewhat of a loser.'","sources":[{"title":"Trump tweet archive (condensed_2012.json), tweet ids 268449053300383744 and 201044011954348032","outlet":"Trump Twitter Archive (bpb27, GitHub)","url":"https://github.com/bpb27/trump_tweet_data_archive","date":"2012-11-13"},{"title":"Interview: Greta Van Susteren Interviews Donald Trump on Fox News' On the Record - May 14, 2012","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se (transcript)","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-van-susteren-fox-may-14-2012/","date":"2012-05-14"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2012,"url":"/claims/offensive-cher-plastic-surgery-2012/","sort_key":"2012-11-13","number":20},{"id":"china-global-warming-created-by-chinese-2012","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"global warming","title":"Wrote that global warming 'was created by and for the Chinese'","quote":"The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive.","date":"2012-11-06","venue":"Post on Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"pre-politics","category":"environment","what_happened":"On Jan. 18, 2016, Trump told Fox & Friends: 'I often joke that this is done for the benefit of China. Obviously, I joke. But this is done for the benefit of China.' PolitiFact rated as Mostly True the statement that he had called climate change a hoax invented by the Chinese. On June 1, 2017, President Trump announced that the United States would withdraw from the Paris climate accord, saying that under it 'China will be allowed to build hundreds of additional coal plants.'","sources":[{"title":"Tweet by @realDonaldTrump, November 6, 2012","outlet":"Twitter","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/265895292191248385","date":"2012-11-06"},{"title":"Yes, Donald Trump did call climate change a Chinese hoax","outlet":"PolitiFact","url":"https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/03/hillary-clinton/yes-donald-trump-did-call-climate-change-chinese-h/","date":"2016-06-03"},{"title":"Statement by President Trump on the Paris Climate Accord","outlet":"The White House (archived)","url":"https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/statement-president-trump-paris-climate-accord/","date":"2017-06-01"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2012,"url":"/claims/china-global-warming-created-by-chinese-2012/","sort_key":"2012-11-06","number":13},{"id":"offensive-bette-midler-2012","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Bette Midler","title":"Tweeted that Bette Midler was 'an extremely unattractive woman' with an 'ugly face or body'","quote":"While @BetteMidler is an extremely unattractive woman, I refuse to say that because I always insist on being politically correct.","date":"2012-10-28","venue":"Twitter","era":"pre-politics","category":"other","what_happened":"The tweet followed Midler's jokes about Trump's hair. Two minutes earlier he had tweeted: '.@BetteMidler talks about my hair but I'm not allowed to talk about her ugly face or body --- so I won't. Is this a double standard?' Mic later included the tweets in a list of his attacks on women.","sources":[{"title":"Trump tweet archive (condensed_2012.json), tweet ids 262584296081068033 and 262583859709882369","outlet":"Trump Twitter Archive (bpb27, GitHub)","url":"https://github.com/bpb27/trump_tweet_data_archive","date":"2012-10-28"},{"title":"Navigating Trump's Twitter: 11 times Donald Trump tweeted something terrible about a woman","outlet":"Mic","url":"https://mic.com/articles/181266/navigating-trumps-twitter-11-times-donald-trump-tweeted-something-terrible-about-a-woman","date":"2017"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2012,"url":"/claims/offensive-bette-midler-2012/","sort_key":"2012-10-28","number":19},{"id":"know-tv-ratings-2012","kind":"knows-better","subject":"TV ratings","title":"Knew more about who gets ratings than anyone","quote":"The TODAY Show should call me about who to put on the show— I know more about people who get ratings than anyone.","date":"2012-10-26","venue":"Post on Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"pre-politics","category":"other","what_happened":"The Apprentice averaged 20.7 million viewers in its first season (2003–04); by season 10 (2010–11) it averaged 4.7 million and ranked 113th. The two-hour Celebrity Apprentice finale on February 16, 2015 drew a 1.6 rating/4 share among adults 18–49. NBC cut ties with Trump in June 2015 after his comments about Mexican immigrants, and on August 13, 2015 said the show would return with a new host.","sources":[{"title":"Tweet by @realDonaldTrump, October 26, 2012","outlet":"Twitter","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/261938362137587712","date":"2012-10-26"},{"title":"The foremost experts on various topics according to Trump, most of whom are Trump","outlet":"The Washington Post","url":"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/02/foremost-experts-various-topics-according-trump-most-whom-are-trump/","date":"2019-01-02"},{"title":"'Celebrity Apprentice' Finale Ratings Rise, Stevie Wonder Special Soft, 'Sleepy Hollow' & 'Originals' Up From Lows","outlet":"Deadline","url":"https://deadline.com/2015/02/celebrity-apprentice-finale-ratings-stevie-wonder-beyonce-bachelor-sleepy-hollow-originals-abc-1201375048/","date":"2015-02-17"},{"title":"NBC officially fires Trump from 'Celebrity Apprentice'","outlet":"Fox News","url":"https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nbc-officially-fires-trump-from-celebrity-apprentice","date":"2015-08-13"},{"title":"The Apprentice (American TV series) — Statistics by season","outlet":"Wikipedia","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apprentice_(American_TV_series)","date":"2026-09-25"}],"tag":null,"tag_label":null,"tag_short":null,"tag_tone":null,"tag_list":[],"kind_slug":"better-than-anyone","file":"better-than-anyone.json","year":2012,"url":"/claims/know-tv-ratings-2012/","sort_key":"2012-10-26","number":1},{"id":"offensive-sarah-jessica-parker-2012","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Sarah Jessica Parker","title":"Agreed in a tweet that Sarah Jessica Parker had been voted 'unsexiest woman alive'","quote":"Sarah Jessica Parker voted \"unsexiest woman alive\" – I agree.","date":"2012-10-26","venue":"Twitter / Facebook","era":"pre-politics","category":"other","what_happened":"The tweet linked to a Facebook post with the same text. Mic later listed it among Trump's posts attacking women's looks.","sources":[{"title":"Trump tweet archive (condensed_2012.json), tweet id 261921511634518016","outlet":"Trump Twitter Archive (bpb27, GitHub)","url":"https://github.com/bpb27/trump_tweet_data_archive","date":"2012-10-26"},{"title":"Navigating Trump's Twitter: 11 times Donald Trump tweeted something terrible about a woman","outlet":"Mic","url":"https://mic.com/articles/181266/navigating-trumps-twitter-11-times-donald-trump-tweeted-something-terrible-about-a-woman","date":"2017"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2012,"url":"/claims/offensive-sarah-jessica-parker-2012/","sort_key":"2012-10-26","number":18},{"id":"offensive-kristen-stewart-dog-2012","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Kristen Stewart","title":"Tweeted that Kristen Stewart 'cheated on him like a dog' and urged Robert Pattinson to leave her","quote":"Robert Pattinson should not take back Kristen Stewart. She cheated on him like a dog & will do it again--just watch. He can do much better!","date":"2012-10-17","venue":"Twitter","era":"pre-politics","category":"other","what_happened":"Trump kept tweeting about the actress's relationship for weeks. On October 18 he wrote, 'She will cheat again--100 certain.' On October 22: 'Everyone knows I am right that Robert Pattinson should dump Kristen Stewart.' On November 9 he said Pattinson 'took my advice on Kristen Stewart...I hope!' Mic counted eight Trump tweets about Stewart in 2012-2013.","sources":[{"title":"Trump tweet archive (condensed_2012.json), tweet id 258640349872926720","outlet":"Trump Twitter Archive (bpb27, GitHub)","url":"https://github.com/bpb27/trump_tweet_data_archive","date":"2012-10-17"},{"title":"Navigating Trump's Twitter: 11 times Donald Trump tweeted something terrible about a woman","outlet":"Mic","url":"https://mic.com/articles/181266/navigating-trumps-twitter-11-times-donald-trump-tweeted-something-terrible-about-a-woman","date":"2017"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2012,"url":"/claims/offensive-kristen-stewart-dog-2012/","sort_key":"2012-10-17","number":17},{"id":"china-navy-with-our-money-2012","kind":"china","threat":"both","subject":"naval expansion","title":"Wrote that China's navy was 'rapidly expanding (with our money)'","quote":"Ask China if their rapidly expanding (with our money) Navy or Armed Forces are going \"green\" -- They would laugh in your face!","date":"2012-08-28","venue":"Post on Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"pre-politics","category":"veterans","what_happened":"U.S. goods imports from China were $425.6 billion in 2012 and $538.5 billion in 2018, Trump's second year in office, when the goods deficit with China was $418.2 billion. The Pentagon reported on Sept. 1, 2020, that China had 'the largest navy in the world, with an overall battle force of approximately 350 ships and submarines including over 130 major surface combatants.'","sources":[{"title":"Tweet by @realDonaldTrump, August 28, 2012","outlet":"Twitter","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/240517969841643520","date":"2012-08-28"},{"title":"Trade in Goods with China","outlet":"U.S. Census Bureau","url":"https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html","date":"2026-09-28"},{"title":"Pentagon Assessment: China Now Has World's Largest Navy","outlet":"Seapower Magazine","url":"https://seapowermagazine.org/pentagon-assessment-china-now-has-worlds-largest-navy/","date":"2020-09-01"}],"tag":"both","tag_label":"Economic and military","tag_short":"Economic + military","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["economic","military"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2012,"url":"/claims/china-navy-with-our-money-2012/","sort_key":"2012-08-28","number":12},{"id":"offensive-arianna-huffington-2012","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Arianna Huffington","title":"Tweeted that Arianna Huffington was 'unattractive both inside and out'","quote":".@ariannahuff is unattractive both inside and out. I fully understand why her former husband left her for a man- he made a good decision.","date":"2012-08-28","venue":"Twitter","era":"pre-politics","category":"other","what_happened":"The Daily Beast reported that Trump was upset about a Huffington Post story about him. About an hour later he tweeted: 'Don't think my statement on @ariannahuff was harsh, if you knew her and the phony Huffington Post you would understand--- more to follow.' On August 13, 2013 he called her 'dopey @ariannahuff.'","sources":[{"title":"Trump tweet archive (condensed_2012.json), tweet id 240462265680289792","outlet":"Trump Twitter Archive (bpb27, GitHub)","url":"https://github.com/bpb27/trump_tweet_data_archive","date":"2012-08-28"},{"title":"Trump: Huffington Is Ugly","outlet":"The Daily Beast","url":"https://thedailybeast.com/trump-huffington-is-ugly","date":"2012-08-28"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2012,"url":"/claims/offensive-arianna-huffington-2012/","sort_key":"2012-08-28","number":16},{"id":"autocrats-baku-tower-license-2012","kind":"autocrats","tag":"real-estate","subject":"Azerbaijan","country":"Azerbaijan","beneficiary":"Donald Trump (Trump Organization)","amount":"$2.8 million reported in financial disclosures, plus a $2.5 million payment in 2012","freedom_house":"Not Free (2012)","title":"Trump Organization licenses its name to a Baku tower developed by the family of Azerbaijan's transport minister","quote":"We had no equity. We didn’t control the project. The flow of funds is in the wrong direction.","speaker":"Alan Garten, Trump Organization chief legal officer","date":"2012-05","venue":"Interview with The New Yorker, published March 2017","era":"pre-politics","category":"ethics","what_happened":"The Trump Organization finalized contracts in May 2012 to license the Trump name to the Trump International Hotel & Tower Baku and to manage the hotel, and announced the project on November 4, 2014 with Anar Mammadov of Garant Holding. Anar Mammadov is the son of Ziya Mammadov, Azerbaijan's transportation minister from 2002 until February 2017. The New Yorker reported in March 2017 that the contracts were signed by the minister's brother Elton Mammadov, then a member of parliament, and cited a Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty investigation that found the complex was built partly on land controlled by the transportation ministry. The magazine reported that Trump's public filings showed $2.8 million from the deal and that company documents showed a further $2.5 million payment in 2012. The hotel never opened, and the company said in December 2016 that it had ended the deal. Alan Garten, the company's chief legal officer, said it was \"merely a licensor\" and that its due diligence had not discovered \"any red flags.\"","sources":[{"title":"Donald Trump’s Worst Deal","outlet":"The New Yorker","url":"https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/03/13/donald-trumps-worst-deal","date":"2017-03-05"},{"title":"TRUMP HOTEL COLLECTION™ Announces Trump® International Hotel & Tower Baku","outlet":"PR Newswire (Trump Hotel Collection)","url":"https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/trump-hotel-collection-announces-trump-international-hotel--tower-baku-281425361.html","date":"2014-11-04"},{"title":"Trump Once Did a Deal With Oligarchs Allegedly Linked to the Revolutionary Guard","outlet":"Mother Jones","url":"https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/03/trump-baku-iran-irgc/","date":"2026-03-16"},{"title":"Country and Territory Ratings and Statuses, 1973-2024","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/2024-02/Country_and_Territory_Ratings_and_Statuses_FIW_1973-2024.xlsx","date":"2024"}],"tag_label":"Real estate and licensing","tag_short":"Real estate","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["real-estate"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2012,"url":"/claims/autocrats-baku-tower-license-2012/","sort_key":"2012-05","number":7},{"id":"china-currency-manipulator-robbing-blind-2011","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"currency manipulation","title":"Asked when the government would 'finally classify China as a currency manipulator'","quote":"When will the US government finally classify China as a currency manipulator? China is robbing us blind and @BarackObama defends them.","date":"2011-12-30","venue":"Post on Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"pre-politics","category":"trade","what_happened":"He made the same complaint on Oct. 15, 2012. As president he wrote on April 16, 2017: 'Why would I call China a currency manipulator when they are working with us on the North Korean problem?' His Treasury Department designated China a currency manipulator on Aug. 5, 2019. On Jan. 13, 2020, Treasury reported that no major trading partner met the criteria for manipulation and placed China on its monitoring list. Treasury's report of July 23, 2026, also did not designate China.","sources":[{"title":"Tweet by @realDonaldTrump, December 30, 2011","outlet":"Twitter","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/152823189410545665","date":"2011-12-30"},{"title":"Tweet by @realDonaldTrump, October 15, 2012","outlet":"Twitter","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/257936201057705984","date":"2012-10-15"},{"title":"Tweet by @realDonaldTrump, April 16, 2017","outlet":"Twitter","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/853583417916755968","date":"2017-04-16"},{"title":"Treasury Designates China as a Currency Manipulator","outlet":"U.S. Department of the Treasury","url":"https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm751","date":"2019-08-05"},{"title":"Treasury Releases Report on Macroeconomic and Foreign Exchange Policies of Major Trading Partners of the United States","outlet":"U.S. Department of the Treasury","url":"https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm873","date":"2020-01-13"},{"title":"Treasury Releases Report on Macroeconomic and Foreign Exchange Policies of Major Trading Partners of the United States","outlet":"U.S. Department of the Treasury","url":"https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0574","date":"2026-07-23"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2011,"url":"/claims/china-currency-manipulator-robbing-blind-2011/","sort_key":"2011-12-30","number":11},{"id":"china-trade-deficit-security-threat-2011","kind":"china","threat":"both","subject":"deficit as security threat","title":"Called the trade deficit with China 'one of our greatest national security threats'","quote":"America's trade deficit with China is one of our greatest national security threats. Time for Fair Trade. We must produce our own products.","date":"2011-11-29","venue":"Post on Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"pre-politics","category":"trade","what_happened":"The U.S.-China tariff war began in 2018, and the average U.S. tariff on Chinese goods stood at 19.3 percent in February 2020. The goods deficit with China was larger in each of Trump's first-term years ($375.2 billion in 2017, $418.2 billion in 2018, $342.6 billion in 2019, $308.0 billion in 2020) than the $295.2 billion recorded in 2011. In 2025 the deficit was $202.7 billion; U.S. goods exports to China that year were $106.0 billion, compared with $104.1 billion in 2011.","sources":[{"title":"Tweet by @realDonaldTrump, November 29, 2011","outlet":"Twitter","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/141623403621777410","date":"2011-11-29"},{"title":"Trade in Goods with China","outlet":"U.S. Census Bureau","url":"https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html","date":"2026-09-28"},{"title":"US-China Trade War Tariffs: An Up-to-Date Chart","outlet":"Peterson Institute for International Economics","url":"https://www.piie.com/research/piie-charts/2019/us-china-trade-war-tariffs-date-chart","date":"2025-11-14"}],"tag":"both","tag_label":"Economic and military","tag_short":"Economic + military","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["economic","military"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2011,"url":"/claims/china-trade-deficit-security-threat-2011/","sort_key":"2011-11-29","number":10},{"id":"china-record-trade-deficit-ripping-2011","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"trade deficit","title":"Cited a record trade deficit with China and wrote 'They are ripping us off'","quote":"As of September 30th, we have a record trade deficit with China of over $217Billion. They are ripping us off. #TimeToGetTough","date":"2011-11-22","venue":"Post on Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"pre-politics","category":"trade","what_happened":"Census Bureau data put the U.S. goods trade deficit with China at $295.2 billion for all of 2011. It was $346.8 billion in 2016, the year before Trump took office, then $375.2 billion in 2017 and $418.2 billion in 2018, the largest annual deficit in the Census series, which begins in 1985. It fell to $342.6 billion in 2019 and $308.0 billion in 2020. In 2025, the first year of his second term, it was $202.7 billion.","sources":[{"title":"Tweet by @realDonaldTrump, November 22, 2011","outlet":"Twitter","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/139057689958416384","date":"2011-11-22"},{"title":"Trade in Goods with China","outlet":"U.S. Census Bureau","url":"https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html","date":"2026-09-28"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2011,"url":"/claims/china-record-trade-deficit-ripping-2011/","sort_key":"2011-11-22","number":9},{"id":"china-enemy-not-friend-secrets-2011","kind":"china","threat":"both","subject":"theft of secrets","title":"Wrote that China 'steals our national security and corporate secrets' and 'is an enemy, not a friend'","quote":"Why do we continue to sit idly by while China steals our national security and corporate secrets? 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On June 29, 2019, after what he called 'a great meeting with President Xi,' Trump wrote: 'At the request of our High Tech companies, and President Xi, I agreed to allow Chinese company Huawei to buy product from them.'","sources":[{"title":"Tweet by @realDonaldTrump, October 21, 2011","outlet":"Twitter","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/127462951014776832","date":"2011-10-21"},{"title":"Tweet by @realDonaldTrump, May 13, 2018","outlet":"Twitter","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/995680316458262533","date":"2018-05-13"},{"title":"Secretary Ross Announces $1.4 Billion ZTE Settlement; ZTE Board, Management Changes and Strictest BIS Compliance Requirements Ever","outlet":"U.S. Department of Commerce (archived)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20191230190158/https://www.commerce.gov/news/press-releases/2018/06/secretary-ross-announces-14-billion-zte-settlement-zte-board-management","date":"2018-06-07"},{"title":"Tweet by @realDonaldTrump, June 29, 2019 (first of thread)","outlet":"Twitter","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1145097774402342912","date":"2019-06-29"},{"title":"Tweet by @realDonaldTrump, June 29, 2019","outlet":"Twitter","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1145097776658812929","date":"2019-06-29"},{"title":"Tweets of June 29, 2019","outlet":"The American Presidency Project","url":"https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-june-29-2019","date":"2019-06-29"}],"tag":"both","tag_label":"Economic and military","tag_short":"Economic + military","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["economic","military"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2011,"url":"/claims/china-enemy-not-friend-secrets-2011/","sort_key":"2011-10-21","number":8},{"id":"china-taiwan-f16-wrong-message-2011","kind":"china","threat":"military","subject":"Taiwan arms sales","title":"Said holding Taiwan's F-16 request sent the 'wrong message' to China","quote":"@BarackObama is holding Taiwan's request for 66 advanced F-16's. 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After meeting Xi in Beijing in May 2026, Trump said he was holding the package in abeyance and called it a 'very good negotiating chip,' CNBC reported.","sources":[{"title":"Tweet by @realDonaldTrump, October 18, 2011","outlet":"Twitter","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/126300698945134593","date":"2011-10-18"},{"title":"Tweet by @realDonaldTrump, November 18, 2011","outlet":"Twitter","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/137629814998835200","date":"2011-11-18"},{"title":"Taiwan F-16 sale officially cleared by Trump administration","outlet":"Defense News","url":"https://www.defensenews.com/global/asia-pacific/2019/08/20/taiwan-f-16-sale-officially-cleared-by-trump-administration/","date":"2019-08-20"},{"title":"Trump faces Xi as strains with allies complicate U.S. pressure on China","outlet":"CNBC","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/23/trump-xi-china-summit-allies.html","date":"2026-09-23"}],"tag":"military","tag_label":"Military threat","tag_short":"Military","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["military"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2011,"url":"/claims/china-taiwan-f16-wrong-message-2011/","sort_key":"2011-10-18","number":7},{"id":"china-military-buildup-free-world-2011","kind":"china","threat":"military","subject":"military buildup","title":"Called China's military buildup 'a major threat to the Free World'","quote":"China's military buildup is a major threat to the Free World. We must remain resolute and maintain our national defense at all costs.","date":"2011-10-17","venue":"Post on Twitter (@realDonaldTrump)","era":"pre-politics","category":"veterans","what_happened":"The Pentagon's China report released Sept. 1, 2020, during Trump's first term, said China had 'the largest navy in the world, with an overall battle force of approximately 350 ships and submarines'; the 2019 edition had described it as the largest in the region. The Pentagon's 2025 report, issued in his second term, said China's nuclear stockpile 'remained in the low 600s through 2024' and 'remains on track to have over 1,000 warheads by 2030.' In September 2026 Trump hosted Xi Jinping for a state visit to Washington that included a military review in the Rose Garden.","featured":true,"sources":[{"title":"Tweet by @realDonaldTrump, October 17, 2011","outlet":"Twitter","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/125923291591475200","date":"2011-10-17"},{"title":"Pentagon Assessment: China Now Has World's Largest Navy","outlet":"Seapower Magazine","url":"https://seapowermagazine.org/pentagon-assessment-china-now-has-worlds-largest-navy/","date":"2020-09-01"},{"title":"The Pentagon's (Slimmed Down) 2025 China Military Power Report","outlet":"Federation of American Scientists","url":"https://fas.org/publication/the-pentagons-slimmed-down-2025-china-military-power-report/","date":"2026-01-09"},{"title":"Trump, Xi wrap state visit centered on spectacle over substance. 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He used the phrase again at a rally in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on May 1, 2016: 'We can't continue to allow China to rape our country.' The U.S. goods trade deficit with China rose from $295.2 billion in 2011 to $418.2 billion in 2018, his second year in office, and was $202.7 billion in 2025.","sources":[{"title":"Donald Trump Blames China for Fact That Much of His Gear is 'Made in China'","outlet":"ABC News","url":"https://abcnews.com/Politics/donald-trump-admits-gear-made-china-labels/story?id=13472355","date":"2011-04-27"},{"title":"Donald Trump: China is 'raping our country'","outlet":"CNN","url":"https://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/01/politics/donald-trump-china-rape","date":"2016-05-01"},{"title":"Trade in Goods with China","outlet":"U.S. Census Bureau","url":"https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html","date":"2026-09-28"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2011,"url":"/claims/china-raping-this-country-2011/","sort_key":"2011-04-27","number":5},{"id":"china-state-dinner-ripping-us-off-2011","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"state dinner for China","title":"Criticized a White House state dinner for China's president: 'You don't have dinner for people that are ripping you off'","quote":"And then he has a state dinner for the president of the China at the White House, the most gorgeous dinner that you've ever seen -- I wasn't invited, but that's OK -- the most gorgeous dinner that you've ever seen for the president of China who's ripping us off. You don't have dinner for people that are ripping you off, Candy.","date":"2011-04-17","venue":"Interview with CNN's State of the Union (Candy Crowley)","era":"pre-politics","category":"trade","what_happened":"On Nov. 9, 2017, President Trump wrote: 'President Xi, thank you for such an incredible welcome ceremony. It was a truly memorable and impressive display!' Xi hosted him at a state banquet at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 14, 2026. From Sept. 23 to 25, 2026, Trump hosted Xi for a state visit to Washington, greeting him on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews and holding a state dinner attended by technology and finance chief executives. The visit produced a two-month extension of the existing trade truce, to Jan. 10, and no purchase commitments, CNBC reported.","sources":[{"title":"State of the Union: Interview With Donald Trump (transcript, aired April 17, 2011)","outlet":"CNN Transcripts","url":"https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/sotu/date/2011-04-17/segment/01","date":"2011-04-17"},{"title":"Tweet by @realDonaldTrump, November 9, 2017","outlet":"Twitter","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/928519663780208640","date":"2017-11-09"},{"title":"Trump, Xi wrap state visit centered on spectacle over substance. Here are the top takeaways","outlet":"CNBC","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/25/trump-xi-summit-takeaways.html","date":"2026-09-25"},{"title":"Here's who we know is going to the Trump-Xi dinner so far","outlet":"CNBC","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/22/heres-who-we-know-is-going-to-the-trump-xi-dinner-so-far.html","date":"2026-09-21"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2011,"url":"/claims/china-state-dinner-ripping-us-off-2011/","sort_key":"2011-04-17","number":4},{"id":"china-cpac-currency-rebuilding-2011","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"currency manipulation","title":"Told CPAC that China was manipulating its currency and 'we are re-building China'","quote":"I love open markets, but not when China's manipulating their currency. Not when all of these other factors are taking place. ... And so many of those products unfortunately come from China, and other countries, but we are re-building China. We're rebuilding China.","date":"2011-02-10","venue":"Speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Washington, D.C.","era":"pre-politics","category":"trade","what_happened":"In the same speech he said countries including China 'view our leaders as weak and ineffective and have repeatedly taken advantage of them to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars a year.' As president, Trump signed the Phase One agreement on Jan. 15, 2020, which committed China to buy an additional $200 billion of U.S. goods and services over 2020 and 2021. China bought 58 percent of the total it had committed to purchase, according to the Peterson Institute for International Economics. The U.S. goods trade deficit with China was $295.2 billion in 2011, $346.8 billion in 2016 and $418.2 billion in 2018.","sources":[{"title":"Feb. 10, 2011 Donald Trump at CPAC","outlet":"Democracy in Action (p2012.org)","url":"https://p2012.org/photos11/cpac11/trump021011spt.html","date":"2011-02-10"},{"title":"China bought none of the extra $200 billion of US exports in Trump's trade deal","outlet":"Peterson Institute for International Economics","url":"https://www.piie.com/blogs/realtime-economics/2022/china-bought-none-extra-200-billion-us-exports-trumps-trade-deal","date":"2022-02-08"},{"title":"Trade in Goods with China","outlet":"U.S. Census Bureau","url":"https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html","date":"2026-09-28"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2011,"url":"/claims/china-cpac-currency-rebuilding-2011/","sort_key":"2011-02-10","number":3},{"id":"china-damage-economically-military-2011","kind":"china","threat":"both","subject":"economic and military rise","title":"Said the Chinese 'are looking to do damage to us economically' and are 'building up a military'","quote":"But the fact is that the Chinese are looking to do damage to us economically. They're also building up a military.","date":"2011-02-09","venue":"Interview with CNN's Piers Morgan","era":"pre-politics","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"In the same interview Trump said of the Chinese, 'I don't think they're friends. I think they're enemies,' and proposed a 25 percent tax on all Chinese products. The Pentagon's 2020 report to Congress, released Sept. 1, 2020, in his fourth year in office, stated that China had 'the largest navy in the world, with an overall battle force of approximately 350 ships and submarines.' Average U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods stood at 19.3 percent in February 2020, and China bought 58 percent of the U.S. exports it had committed to purchase under the Phase One agreement signed on Jan. 15, 2020.","sources":[{"title":"Piers Morgan: One-on-One with Donald Trump; New York Congressman Resigns Over Internet Photo (transcript, aired February 9, 2011)","outlet":"CNN Transcripts","url":"https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/pmt/date/2011-02-09/segment/01","date":"2011-02-09"},{"title":"Pentagon Assessment: China Now Has World's Largest Navy","outlet":"Seapower Magazine","url":"https://seapowermagazine.org/pentagon-assessment-china-now-has-worlds-largest-navy/","date":"2020-09-01"},{"title":"US-China Trade War Tariffs: An Up-to-Date Chart","outlet":"Peterson Institute for International Economics","url":"https://www.piie.com/research/piie-charts/2019/us-china-trade-war-tariffs-date-chart","date":"2025-11-14"},{"title":"China bought none of the extra $200 billion of US exports in Trump's trade deal","outlet":"Peterson Institute for International Economics","url":"https://www.piie.com/blogs/realtime-economics/2022/china-bought-none-extra-200-billion-us-exports-trumps-trade-deal","date":"2022-02-08"}],"tag":"both","tag_label":"Economic and military","tag_short":"Economic + military","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["economic","military"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2011,"url":"/claims/china-damage-economically-military-2011/","sort_key":"2011-02-09","number":2},{"id":"china-not-friends-enemies-cnn-2011","kind":"china","threat":"economic","subject":"trade with China","title":"Told CNN that China's leaders 'are not our friends. These are our enemies'","quote":"These are not our friends. These are our enemies. These are not people that understand niceness. And the only thing you can do, Wolf, to get their attention is to say either we're not going to trade with you any further or, in the alternative, we're going to tax your products as they come into the United States.","date":"2011-01-20","venue":"Interview with CNN's The Situation Room (Wolf Blitzer)","era":"pre-politics","category":"trade","what_happened":"In the same interview Trump estimated the tax at 25 percent and said a trade war 'will cause a depression in China, not here.' As president he wrote on April 8, 2017, that it was 'a great honor' to have Xi Jinping as a guest in the United States, and on April 8, 2018: 'President Xi and I will always be friends, no matter what happens with our dispute on trade.' The U.S. goods trade deficit with China was $295.2 billion in 2011 and $418.2 billion in 2018, his second year in office.","sources":[{"title":"The Situation Room: America's \"Palin Fatigue\"; America Divided on Obama Presidency (transcript, aired January 20, 2011)","outlet":"CNN Transcripts","url":"https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/sitroom/date/2011-01-20/segment/01","date":"2011-01-20"},{"title":"Tweet by @realDonaldTrump, April 8, 2017","outlet":"Twitter","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/850722648883638272","date":"2017-04-08"},{"title":"Tweet by @realDonaldTrump, April 8, 2018","outlet":"Twitter","url":"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/982954355509907457","date":"2018-04-08"},{"title":"Trade in Goods with China","outlet":"U.S. Census Bureau","url":"https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html","date":"2026-09-28"}],"tag":"economic","tag_label":"Economic threat","tag_short":"Economic","tag_tone":"amber","tag_list":["economic"],"kind_slug":"china","file":"china.json","year":2011,"url":"/claims/china-not-friends-enemies-cnn-2011/","sort_key":"2011-01-20","number":1},{"id":"offensive-breast-pump-lawyer-2011","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Elizabeth Beck, opposing attorney","title":"Called an opposing lawyer 'disgusting' when she asked for a break to pump breast milk, by her account","quote":"[paraphrase] You're disgusting.","date":"2011","venue":"Deposition in a lawsuit against Trump","era":"pre-politics","category":"other","what_happened":"Attorney Elizabeth Beck told the New York Times and CNN in July 2015 that when she asked for a break in a 2011 deposition to pump breast milk, Trump stood up, went red in the face and called her disgusting before leaving the room. His lawyer, Alan Garten, did not dispute that Trump used the word but said it referred to her pumping in the room. On CNN on July 29, 2015, Trump said: 'She wanted to breast pump in front of me and I may have said that's disgusting, I may have said something else.' He also called her a 'vicious, horrible person.' Beck said she had always planned to pump in private.","sources":[{"title":"Donald Trump called lawyer 'disgusting' for request to pump breast milk","outlet":"CNN Wire (via WTVR)","url":"https://www.wtvr.com/2015/07/29/donald-trump-breast-milk-disgusting","date":"2015-07-29"},{"title":"Donald Trump Had 'Meltdown' Over 'Disgusting' Breast Pump Break In Court, Attorney Says","outlet":"TheWrap","url":"https://www.thewrap.com/donald-trump-had-meltdown-over-disgusting-breast-pumping-in-court-attorney-says/","date":"2015-07-29"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2011,"url":"/claims/offensive-breast-pump-lawyer-2011/","sort_key":"2011","number":15},{"id":"autocrats-gaddafi-seven-springs-tent-2009","kind":"autocrats","tag":"real-estate","subject":"Libya","country":"Libya","beneficiary":"Donald Trump","amount":"","freedom_house":"Not Free (2009)","title":"Trump rented part of his Seven Springs estate for Gaddafi's tent during the 2009 UN visit","quote":"I made a lot of money with Qaddafi, if you remember.","date":"2009-09-22","venue":"Quote: CBS Face the Nation interview aired June 5, 2016; rental reported by The Journal News and others in September 2009","era":"pre-politics","category":"ethics","what_happened":"In September 2009, ahead of Muammar Gaddafi's first address to the UN General Assembly, the Libyan leader's entourage rented space at Trump's Seven Springs estate in Bedford, New York, and put up his Bedouin-style tent after Central Park and Englewood, New Jersey had refused it. Bedford officials issued a stop-work order on September 22, 2009 because the tent had no permit; the tent came down, went back up and was finally removed days later, and local officials said Gaddafi himself never made it to the property. At the time Trump told town officials, through a spokeswoman and to Reuters, that the property had been leased on a short-term basis to Middle Eastern partners who may or may not have had a relationship with Gaddafi. Trump later acknowledged the deal: in a May 2011 Fox News interview he said, \"I rented him a piece of land. He paid me more for one night than the land was worth for the whole year, or for two years, and then I didn't let him use the land,\" and on CBS's Face the Nation on June 5, 2016 he said he had \"made a lot of money with Qaddafi.\" The amount paid has not been reported. Freedom House rated Libya Not Free in its 2009 and 2010 editions.","sources":[{"title":"The strange tale of how Trump made a \"fortune\" off Qaddafi","outlet":"CBS News","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-strange-tale-of-how-donald-trump-made-a-lot-of-money-with-qaddafi/","date":"2016-06-05"},{"title":"Kaine accurately recalls the time Gadhafi had a tent put up on Trump's estate","outlet":"PolitiFact","url":"https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/15/tim-kaine/kaine-accurately-recalls-time-gadhafi-had-tent-put/","date":"2016-09-15"},{"title":"Country and Territory Ratings and Statuses, FIW 1973-2024 (spreadsheet)","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/2024-02/Country_and_Territory_Ratings_and_Statuses_FIW_1973-2024.xlsx","date":"2024-02"}],"tag_label":"Real estate and licensing","tag_short":"Real estate","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["real-estate"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2009,"url":"/claims/autocrats-gaddafi-seven-springs-tent-2009/","sort_key":"2009-09-22","number":6},{"id":"russia-putin-great-job-2007","kind":"russia","tag":"praise","subject":"Putin's leadership","title":"Said on CNN that Putin, 'whether you like him or don't like him', was 'doing a great job'","quote":"Look at Putin -- what he's doing with Russia -- I mean, you know, what's going on over there. I mean this guy has done -- whether you like him or don't like him -- he's doing a great job.","date":"2007-10-15","venue":"Interview on CNN's Larry King Live","era":"pre-politics","category":"foreign-policy","what_happened":"Trump appeared on Larry King Live on October 15, 2007 to promote his book 'Think Big and Kick Ass'. Asked why he was so critical of President George W. Bush, he said the United States had become 'a country that's no longer respected', criticized the Iraq war and pointed to Putin as an example of a leader who was succeeding. He said Putin was doing a great job 'in rebuilding the image of Russia and also rebuilding Russia period.'","sources":[{"title":"Larry King Live: Interview With Donald Trump (transcript, aired October 15, 2007)","outlet":"CNN Transcripts","url":"https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/lkl/date/2007-10-15/segment/01","date":"2007-10-15"},{"title":"Interview: Larry King of CNN Interviews Donald Trump on Larry King Live - October 15, 2007","outlet":"Roll Call / Factba.se","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-cnn-larry-king-live-october-15-2007/","date":"2007-10-15"}],"tag_label":"Praise and deference","tag_short":"Praise","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["praise"],"kind_slug":"russia","file":"russia.json","year":2007,"url":"/claims/russia-putin-great-job-2007/","sort_key":"2007-10-15","number":1},{"id":"offensive-stern-angelina-jolie-2007","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Angelina Jolie","title":"Told Howard Stern that Angelina Jolie was not good-looking and her lips were 'too big'","quote":"I don't think she's good-looking. ... I think her lips are too big, to be honest with you, they look like too big.","date":"2007-10","venue":"The Howard Stern Show","era":"pre-politics","category":"other","what_happened":"In the same October 2007 appearance, Trump brought up that Jolie had been 'frenching her brother at the Academy Awards' a few years earlier. BuzzFeed News reported that in 2006 he had rated her a five and said she had 'bad skin.' In May 2013 he tweeted that she had 'shown such great bravery' after her preventive mastectomy.","sources":[{"title":"Donald Trump Said A Lot Of Gross Things About Women On \"Howard Stern\"","outlet":"BuzzFeed News","url":"https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/andrewkaczynski/donald-trump-said-a-lot-of-gross-things-about-women-on-howar","date":"2016-02-24"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2007,"url":"/claims/offensive-stern-angelina-jolie-2007/","sort_key":"2007-10","number":14},{"id":"offensive-rosie-odonnell-feud-2006","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Rosie O'Donnell","title":"Mocked Rosie O'Donnell's looks on Fox, asking how her girlfriend could 'kiss that every night'","quote":"I mean, just take a look at her, and take a look at that face. 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In a 2014 People interview, O'Donnell called his attacks 'the most bullying I ever experienced in my life.'","sources":[{"title":"Interview: Donald Trump on Bill O'Reilly - December 21, 2006","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se (transcript)","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-bill-oreilly-december-21-2006/","date":"2006-12-21"},{"title":"Interview: Larry King of CNN Interviews Donald Trump on Larry King Live - October 15, 2007","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se (transcript)","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-cnn-larry-king-live-october-15-2007/","date":"2007-10-15"},{"title":"Donald Trump Resurrects Decade-Old Rosie O'Donnell Feud (Again)","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/2016-presidential-debates/donald-trump-resurrects-decade-old-rosie-o-donnell-feud-again-n655306","date":"2016-09-27"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2006,"url":"/claims/offensive-rosie-odonnell-feud-2006/","sort_key":"2006-12-21","number":13},{"id":"offensive-ivanka-dating-the-view-2006","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Ivanka Trump","title":"Said on 'The View' that if Ivanka weren't his daughter, 'perhaps I'd be dating her'","quote":"I've said if Ivanka weren't my daughter, perhaps I'd be dating her.","date":"2006-03-06","venue":"ABC's 'The View'","era":"pre-politics","category":"other","what_happened":"Trump and Ivanka were on The View to promote her stint as a boardroom adviser on 'The Apprentice.' In the same exchange he said, 'she does have a very nice figure.' The audience laughed, and co-host Joy Behar replied, 'Who are you, Woody Allen?' A Trump spokesman said he 'was making fun of himself for his tendency to date younger women.'","sources":[{"title":"Forget 'fired,' you're just sick","outlet":"The Spokesman-Review (wire reports)","url":"https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2006/mar/08/forget-fired-youre-just-sick/","date":"2006-03-08"},{"title":"Did Donald Trump Say He'd Date His Daughter?","outlet":"Snopes","url":"https://m.snopes.com/donald-trump-date-daughter/","date":"2016"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2006,"url":"/claims/offensive-ivanka-dating-the-view-2006/","sort_key":"2006-03-06","number":12},{"id":"offensive-stern-flat-chested-2005","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Nicollette Sheridan and the 'Desperate Housewives' cast","title":"Rated the 'Desperate Housewives' actresses on Stern, saying a flat-chested woman is 'very hard to be a 10'","quote":"No, she went from being very flat chested. I feel like a person who's flat chested is very hard to be a 10.","date":"2005-09-22","venue":"The Howard Stern Show","era":"pre-politics","category":"other","what_happened":"Asked by Stern to score the 'Desperate Housewives' actresses from 1 to 10, Trump said Nicollette Sheridan had gone 'from an eight to a solid four.' He called Marcia Cross a 'solid four to five' and asked Stern whether he would go out with her 'or would you turn gay.' The AP put the flat-chested line in its October 2016 list of his remarks about women.","sources":[{"title":"Interview: Donald Trump on The Howard Stern Show - September 22, 2005","outlet":"Roll Call Factba.se (transcript)","url":"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-howard-stern-show-september-22-2005/","date":"2005-09-22"},{"title":"Donald Trump Said A Lot Of Gross Things About Women On \"Howard Stern\"","outlet":"BuzzFeed News","url":"https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/andrewkaczynski/donald-trump-said-a-lot-of-gross-things-about-women-on-howar","date":"2016-02-24"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2005,"url":"/claims/offensive-stern-flat-chested-2005/","sort_key":"2005-09-22","number":11},{"id":"offensive-access-hollywood-tape-2005","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Women, in the Access Hollywood recording","title":"Recorded saying that when you're a star women 'let you do it' and you can 'grab 'em by the pussy'","quote":"I just start kissing them. ... And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. ... Grab 'em by the pussy. You can do anything.","date":"2005-09-16","venue":"Access Hollywood bus, NBC Studios lot (hot-mic recording with Billy Bush)","era":"pre-politics","category":"other","what_happened":"Trump made the remarks to Access Hollywood host Billy Bush on September 16, 2005, before a guest appearance on 'Days of Our Lives.' On the same tape he described a pass at a married woman: 'I moved on her like a bitch.' The Washington Post published the recording on October 7, 2016, a month before the election. That day Trump called it 'locker room banter' and said Bill Clinton had 'said far worse' to him. In an October 8 video he said, 'I said it, I was wrong, and I apologize,' and he apologized again at the October 9 debate. In a late-2022 deposition in E. Jean Carroll's lawsuit, asked whether the statements were true, he said, 'historically, that's true with stars.'","featured":true,"sources":[{"title":"Trump recorded having extremely lewd conversation about women in 2005","outlet":"The Washington Post","url":"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-recorded-having-extremely-lewd-conversation-about-women-in-2005/2016/10/07/3b9ce776-8cb4-11e6-bf8a-3d26847eeed4_story.html","date":"2016-10-07"},{"title":"Transcript: Donald Trump's Taped Comments About Women","outlet":"The New York Times","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/08/us/donald-trump-tape-transcript.html","date":"2016-10-08"},{"title":"LIST: Donald Trump has long history of offensive comments about women","outlet":"PBS NewsHour (AP)","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-offensive-comments-women","date":"2016-10-09"},{"title":"Trump deposition doubles down on Access Hollywood remarks","outlet":"ABC News","url":"https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-deposition-doubles-access-hollywood-remarks-grabbing-women/story?id=99107636","date":"2023-05-05"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2005,"url":"/claims/offensive-access-hollywood-tape-2005/","sort_key":"2005-09-16","number":10},{"id":"offensive-stern-pageant-inspecting-2005","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Beauty pageant contestants","title":"Told Howard Stern he could go backstage while pageant contestants dressed because 'I'm inspecting'","quote":"I'm inspecting because I want to make sure that everything is good.","date":"2005-04","venue":"The Howard Stern Show","era":"pre-politics","category":"other","what_happened":"In an April 2005 interview promoting his pageants, Trump told Stern that as the owner he could go backstage before a show while contestants were getting dressed. CNN's KFile republished the audio in October 2016. Around the same time, former contestants told BuzzFeed News and other outlets that he had walked into dressing rooms, and campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks called those accounts 'totally false.' In the same 2005 interview, asked whether he had slept with contestants, he said: 'It could be a conflict of interest.'","sources":[{"title":"Donald Trump to Howard Stern in 2004: It's okay to call my daughter a 'piece of ass'","outlet":"CNN Wire (via Fox 13 Salt Lake City)","url":"https://www.fox13now.com/2016/10/08/donald-trump-to-howard-stern-in-2004-its-okay-to-call-my-daughter-a-piece-of-ass","date":"2016-10-08"},{"title":"Donald Trump Consistently Made Lewd Comments on 'The Howard Stern Show'","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/donald-trump-consistently-made-lewd-comments-howard-stern-show-n662581","date":"2016-10-08"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2005,"url":"/claims/offensive-stern-pageant-inspecting-2005/","sort_key":"2005-04","number":9},{"id":"autocrats-nakheel-dubai-tower-2005","kind":"autocrats","tag":"real-estate","subject":"United Arab Emirates","country":"United Arab Emirates","beneficiary":"Donald Trump (Trump Organization)","amount":"","freedom_house":"Not Free (2005)","title":"Trump lends his name to a Dubai tower planned by state-owned developer Nakheel","quote":"","date":"2005","venue":"Reported by The New York Times, the Associated Press and The National","era":"pre-politics","category":"ethics","what_happened":"Trump made his first deal in Dubai in 2005, to build a hotel with a state-owned developer, The New York Times reported. The project, the Trump International Hotel & Tower on the Palm Jumeirah, was first announced in 2005 and unveiled at gala events in New York and Los Angeles in 2008, with Trump presiding over the Manhattan event, according to The National. The Associated Press described it as a 62-story tower with the state-backed developer Nakheel that fell victim to Dubai's financial crisis. Nakheel cancelled the project in February 2011, during a restructuring in which the Dubai government was injecting $8 billion into the company. None of the sources cited here reports what Trump was paid for the use of his name. Freedom House rated the United Arab Emirates Not Free in its 2005 report.","sources":[{"title":"Trump's Business Ties in the Gulf Raise Questions About His Allegiances","outlet":"The New York Times (via Internet Archive)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20170619045715/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/17/world/middleeast/trumps-business-ties-in-persian-gulf-raise-questions-about-his-allegiances.html","date":"2017-06-17"},{"title":"AP Exclusive: Golf Club Shows Pitfalls of Trump Presidency","outlet":"Associated Press (via Voice of America)","url":"https://www.voanews.com/a/ap-exclusive-golf-club-shows-pitfalls-of-trump-prisidency/3661095.html","date":"2017-01-03"},{"title":"Nakheel cancels Trump project on Palm","outlet":"The National","url":"https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/property/nakheel-cancels-trump-project-on-palm-1.425287","date":"2011-02-03"},{"title":"Country and Territory Ratings and Statuses, 1973-2024","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/2024-02/Country_and_Territory_Ratings_and_Statuses_FIW_1973-2024.xlsx","date":"2024"}],"tag_label":"Real estate and licensing","tag_short":"Real estate","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["real-estate"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2005,"url":"/claims/autocrats-nakheel-dubai-tower-2005/","sort_key":"2005","number":5},{"id":"offensive-pregnancy-inconvenience-2004","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Pregnant employees","title":"Told Dateline NBC that pregnancy is 'an inconvenience for a person that is running a business'","quote":"The fact is it is an inconvenience for a person that is running a business.","date":"2004-10","venue":"Dateline NBC","era":"pre-politics","category":"economy","what_happened":"Trump made the remark in a 2004 Dateline segment about Carolyn Kepcher, an Apprentice co-star and Trump Organization executive, who said she waited until she was six months pregnant to tell him. He also called pregnancy 'a wonderful thing for the woman.' NBC News noted in 2016 that the reporter may have used the word 'inconvenience' first, in a question viewers don't hear. When Hillary Clinton cited the quote in June 2016, PolitiFact rated her claim True.","sources":[{"title":"Clinton: Trump called pregnant employees an 'inconvenience' for business owners","outlet":"PolitiFact","url":"https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/24/hillary-clinton/clinton-trump-called-pregnant-employees-inconvenie/","date":"2016-06-24"},{"title":"Trump in 2004: Pregnancy an 'inconvenience' for employers","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-2004-pregnancy-inconvenience-employers-n580366","date":"2016-06"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2004,"url":"/claims/offensive-pregnancy-inconvenience-2004/","sort_key":"2004-10","number":8},{"id":"offensive-stern-ivanka-2004","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Ivanka Trump","title":"Said 'Yeah' when Howard Stern asked if he could call Ivanka 'a piece of ass'","quote":"My daughter is beautiful, Ivanka. ... Yeah.","date":"2004-09","venue":"The Howard Stern Show","era":"pre-politics","category":"other","what_happened":"In a September 2004 Stern interview, Stern asked whether he could call Trump's daughter Ivanka 'a piece of ass,' and Trump said 'Yeah.' In October 2006, asked on the show whether she had breast implants, he said: 'She's actually always been very voluptuous.' NBC News reported that in 2006 he also told Stern 'She's got the best body.' CNN's KFile published the audio on October 8, 2016.","sources":[{"title":"Donald Trump to Howard Stern in 2004: It's okay to call my daughter a 'piece of ass'","outlet":"CNN Wire (via Fox 13 Salt Lake City)","url":"https://www.fox13now.com/2016/10/08/donald-trump-to-howard-stern-in-2004-its-okay-to-call-my-daughter-a-piece-of-ass","date":"2016-10-08"},{"title":"Donald Trump Consistently Made Lewd Comments on 'The Howard Stern Show'","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/donald-trump-consistently-made-lewd-comments-howard-stern-show-n662581","date":"2016-10-08"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2004,"url":"/claims/offensive-stern-ivanka-2004/","sort_key":"2004-09","number":7},{"id":"offensive-apprentice-women-flirted-2004","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Women contestants on The Apprentice","title":"Wrote in 'How to Get Rich' that all the women on The Apprentice flirted with him","quote":"All of the women on 'The Apprentice' flirted with me - consciously or unconsciously. That's to be expected.","date":"2004","venue":"Book, 'How to Get Rich'","era":"pre-politics","category":"other","what_happened":"Trump's 2004 book also said it was 'certainly not groundbreaking news' that the women on The Apprentice owed their early wins on the show 'to a very large extent' to their sex appeal. The Associated Press included both passages in its October 9, 2016 list of his remarks about women.","sources":[{"title":"LIST: Donald Trump has long history of offensive comments about women","outlet":"PBS NewsHour (AP)","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-offensive-comments-women","date":"2016-10-09"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2004,"url":"/claims/offensive-apprentice-women-flirted-2004/","sort_key":"2004","number":6},{"id":"offensive-stern-checkout-time-2002","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Women aged 35 and older","title":"Told Howard Stern that for women, 35 is 'check-out time'","quote":"What is it at 35? It's called check-out time.","date":"2002","venue":"The Howard Stern Show","era":"pre-politics","category":"other","what_happened":"CNN's KFile found the exchange in its 2016 review of about 17 years of Trump's appearances on Stern's radio show. In a 2006 appearance he said he would have 'no problem' dating 24-year-olds. CNN published the clips on October 8, 2016, the day after the Access Hollywood tape came out.","sources":[{"title":"Donald Trump to Howard Stern in 2004: It's okay to call my daughter a 'piece of ass'","outlet":"CNN Wire (via Fox 13 Salt Lake City)","url":"https://www.fox13now.com/2016/10/08/donald-trump-to-howard-stern-in-2004-its-okay-to-call-my-daughter-a-piece-of-ass","date":"2016-10-08"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":2002,"url":"/claims/offensive-stern-checkout-time-2002/","sort_key":"2002","number":5},{"id":"autocrats-saudi-world-tower-floor-2001","kind":"autocrats","tag":"real-estate","subject":"Saudi Arabia","country":"Saudi Arabia","beneficiary":"Donald Trump","amount":"$4.5 million","freedom_house":"Not Free (2001-02)","title":"Kingdom of Saudi Arabia buys the 45th floor of Trump World Tower","quote":"","date":"2001","venue":"Reported by The Washington Post and the Associated Press","era":"pre-politics","category":"ethics","what_happened":"In 2001 Trump sold the 45th floor of Trump World Tower, across from the United Nations in New York, to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Washington Post, CNBC and a 2024 House Oversight Democratic staff report give the price as $4.5 million; the Associated Press, citing the brokerage site Streeteasy, reported $12 million and called it the biggest purchase in the building to that point. The House report said Saudi Arabia still owned the floor throughout Trump's first term and that the units incurred $134,270 in base charges in 2018, the one year for which the committee obtained records. On October 16, 2018, two weeks after the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, Trump wrote on Twitter that \"I have no financial interests in Saudi Arabia.\" Freedom House rated Saudi Arabia Not Free in its 2001-02 survey.","sources":[{"title":"'I like them very much:' Trump has long-standing business ties with Saudis, who have boosted his hotels since he took office","outlet":"The Washington Post (via Internet Archive)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20181012120453/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/i-like-them-very-much-trump-has-long-standing-business-ties-with-saudis-who-have-boosted-his-hotels-since-he-took-office/2018/10/11/0870df24-cd67-11e8-a360-85875bac0b1f_story.html","date":"2018-10-11"},{"title":"'I love the Saudis': Trump business ties to kingdom run deep","outlet":"Associated Press (via Fox Business)","url":"https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/i-love-the-saudis-trump-business-ties-to-kingdom-run-deep","date":"2018-10-12"},{"title":"White House for Sale: How Princes, Prime Ministers, and Premiers Paid Off President Trump","outlet":"House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Democratic staff report","url":"https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU00/20240110/116733/HMKP-118-JU00-20240110-SD004.pdf","date":"2024-01-04"},{"title":"Trump claims he has 'no financial interests in Saudi Arabia' — but he makes lots of money from it","outlet":"CNBC","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/16/trump-says-no-financial-interests-in-saudi-arabia-but-makes-money.html","date":"2018-10-16"},{"title":"Country and Territory Ratings and Statuses, 1973-2024","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/2024-02/Country_and_Territory_Ratings_and_Statuses_FIW_1973-2024.xlsx","date":"2024"}],"tag_label":"Real estate and licensing","tag_short":"Real estate","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["real-estate"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":2001,"url":"/claims/autocrats-saudi-world-tower-floor-2001/","sort_key":"2001","number":4},{"id":"autocrats-bank-melli-gm-building-1998","kind":"autocrats","tag":"real-estate","subject":"Iran","country":"Iran","beneficiary":"Trump Organization","amount":"","freedom_house":"Not Free (1999)","title":"Trump Organization collected rent from Iran's state-controlled Bank Melli at the GM Building, 1998 to 2003","quote":"","date":"1998-07","venue":"Reported by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and the Center for Public Integrity","era":"pre-politics","category":"ethics","what_happened":"When the Trump Organization bought the General Motors Building on Fifth Avenue in July 1998, it inherited Bank Melli, one of Iran's largest state-controlled banks, as a tenant and kept the bank on until Trump lost control of the building in September 2003, according to public records reviewed by ICIJ and the Center for Public Integrity in a September 2016 report. The Treasury Department listed Bank Melli's GM Building office among institutions owned or controlled by the Iranian government from 1999 through 2003, and a court document reviewed by ICIJ indicated the bank's rent on more than 8,000 square feet may have topped half a million dollars a year. U.S. authorities alleged in 2007 that the bank had been used to obtain material for Iran's nuclear program and to send money to the Quds Force. The Treasury Department, the Trump campaign and Bank Melli all declined to say whether a license permitted the rent payments under the U.S. embargo. The Trump campaign declined to answer questions; spokeswoman Hope Hicks said Trump had committed to putting his assets in a blind trust, and longtime executive George Ross said he had no knowledge of the tenant. Freedom House rated Iran Not Free in every edition covering 1998 through 2003.","sources":[{"title":"Trump's organization did business with Iranian bank later linked to terrorism","outlet":"Center for Public Integrity","url":"https://publicintegrity.org/politics/trumps-organization-did-business-with-iranian-bank-later-linked-to-terrorism/","date":"2016-10-03"},{"title":"Trump's organization did business with Iranian bank later linked to terrorism","outlet":"ICIJ","url":"https://www.icij.org/inside-icij/2016/09/trumps-organization-did-business-iranian-bank-later-linked-terrorism/","date":"2016-09-28"},{"title":"Trump Group Did Business With Iranian Bank Later Linked to Terror","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-group-did-business-iranian-bank-later-linked-terror-n657636","date":"2016-10-03"},{"title":"Country and Territory Ratings and Statuses, FIW 1973-2024 (spreadsheet)","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/2024-02/Country_and_Territory_Ratings_and_Statuses_FIW_1973-2024.xlsx","date":"2024-02"}],"tag_label":"Real estate and licensing","tag_short":"Real estate","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["real-estate"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":1998,"url":"/claims/autocrats-bank-melli-gm-building-1998/","sort_key":"1998-07","number":3},{"id":"offensive-stern-princess-diana-1997","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Princess Diana","title":"Told Howard Stern months after Princess Diana's death that he could have slept with her","quote":"I think I could have.","date":"1997","venue":"The Howard Stern Show","era":"pre-politics","category":"other","what_happened":"Months after Diana died in August 1997, Stern asked Trump whether he could have 'nailed' her, and Trump answered 'I think I could have,' praising her 'supermodel beauty.' BuzzFeed News reported that in May 2000 he told Stern he would have slept with her 'without even hesitation,' adding that 'she was crazy, but these are minor details.' In 2006 he told Stern that 'other than she was wacky, I think she was close to a 10.'","sources":[{"title":"Donald Trump Said A Lot Of Gross Things About Women On \"Howard Stern\"","outlet":"BuzzFeed News","url":"https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/andrewkaczynski/donald-trump-said-a-lot-of-gross-things-about-women-on-howar","date":"2016-02-24"},{"title":"Donald Trump Consistently Made Lewd Comments on 'The Howard Stern Show'","outlet":"NBC News","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/donald-trump-consistently-made-lewd-comments-howard-stern-show-n662581","date":"2016-10-08"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":1997,"url":"/claims/offensive-stern-princess-diana-1997/","sort_key":"1997","number":4},{"id":"autocrats-alwaleed-plaza-hotel-1995","kind":"autocrats","tag":"real-estate","subject":"Saudi Arabia","country":"Saudi Arabia","beneficiary":"Donald Trump","amount":"$325 million","freedom_house":"Not Free (1995-96)","title":"Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal joins $325 million deal for Trump's Plaza Hotel","quote":"","date":"1995","venue":"Reported by The New York Times, the Associated Press and The Washington Post","era":"pre-politics","category":"ethics","what_happened":"In 1995 Trump sold the Plaza Hotel in New York to a partnership formed by Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal and an investor from Singapore, according to The New York Times. The Times reported that the $325 million deal enabled Trump to escape a default on his loans. The Associated Press described the hotel as money-losing, and The Washington Post reported that the prince acquired his stake by agreeing to pay off some of Trump's debts on the property. Trump biographer Tim O'Brien told the Post that the prince got a good price because Trump was in financial straits, and that there was no indication then that Saudis wanted to curry favor with him. Freedom House rated Saudi Arabia Not Free in its 1995-96 survey.","sources":[{"title":"Trump's Business Ties in the Gulf Raise Questions About His Allegiances","outlet":"The New York Times (via Internet Archive)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20170619045715/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/17/world/middleeast/trumps-business-ties-in-persian-gulf-raise-questions-about-his-allegiances.html","date":"2017-06-17"},{"title":"'I love the Saudis': Trump business ties to kingdom run deep","outlet":"Associated Press (via Fox Business)","url":"https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/i-love-the-saudis-trump-business-ties-to-kingdom-run-deep","date":"2018-10-12"},{"title":"'I like them very much:' Trump has long-standing business ties with Saudis, who have boosted his hotels since he took office","outlet":"The Washington Post (via Internet Archive)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20181012120453/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/i-like-them-very-much-trump-has-long-standing-business-ties-with-saudis-who-have-boosted-his-hotels-since-he-took-office/2018/10/11/0870df24-cd67-11e8-a360-85875bac0b1f_story.html","date":"2018-10-11"},{"title":"Country and Territory Ratings and Statuses, 1973-2024","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/2024-02/Country_and_Territory_Ratings_and_Statuses_FIW_1973-2024.xlsx","date":"2024"}],"tag_label":"Real estate and licensing","tag_short":"Real estate","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["real-estate"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":1995,"url":"/claims/autocrats-alwaleed-plaza-hotel-1995/","sort_key":"1995","number":2},{"id":"offensive-dating-her-in-10-years-1992","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"A group of young girls at Trump Tower","title":"Said of a young girl on a Trump Tower escalator, 'I'm going to be dating her in 10 years'","quote":"I'm going to be dating her in 10 years.","date":"1992","venue":"Entertainment Tonight Christmas feature, Trump Tower","era":"pre-politics","category":"other","what_happened":"In 1992 footage filmed for an Entertainment Tonight Christmas feature, Trump, then 46, made the remark about a group of girls BuzzFeed News described as about 10 years old, riding an escalator in Trump Tower. CBS News published the footage in October 2016. BuzzFeed also pointed to a December 1992 Tribune item in which Trump told two girls who said they were 14, 'Just think — in a couple of years, I'll be dating you.'","sources":[{"title":"Trump Looking At Young Girls: \"I'm Going To Be Dating Her In 10 Years\"","outlet":"BuzzFeed News","url":"https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jimdalrympleii/trump-looking-at-young-girls-im-going-to-be-dating-her-in-10","date":"2016-10-13"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":1992,"url":"/claims/offensive-dating-her-in-10-years-1992/","sort_key":"1992","number":3},{"id":"autocrats-alwaleed-yacht-1991","kind":"autocrats","tag":"real-estate","subject":"Saudi Arabia","country":"Saudi Arabia","beneficiary":"Donald Trump","amount":"$20 million","freedom_house":"Not Free (1991-92)","title":"Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal buys Trump's yacht, the Trump Princess","quote":"","date":"1991","venue":"Reported by the Associated Press and The Washington Post","era":"pre-politics","category":"ethics","what_happened":"In 1991 Donald Trump sold his yacht, the Trump Princess, to Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal for $20 million, according to the Associated Press and The Washington Post. The AP reported that Trump was close to personal bankruptcy at the time and that the price was a third less than what he had reportedly paid for the vessel; the Post reported that he was nearly $900 million in debt from failed casino projects. The New York Times gave the reported price as $18 million. Trump biographer Tim O'Brien told the Post that the deal favored the prince and that there was no indication at the time that Saudis wanted to curry favor with Trump. Freedom House rated Saudi Arabia Not Free in its 1991-92 survey.","sources":[{"title":"'I love the Saudis': Trump business ties to kingdom run deep","outlet":"Associated Press (via Fox Business)","url":"https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/i-love-the-saudis-trump-business-ties-to-kingdom-run-deep","date":"2018-10-12"},{"title":"'I like them very much:' Trump has long-standing business ties with Saudis, who have boosted his hotels since he took office","outlet":"The Washington Post (via Internet Archive)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20181012120453/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/i-like-them-very-much-trump-has-long-standing-business-ties-with-saudis-who-have-boosted-his-hotels-since-he-took-office/2018/10/11/0870df24-cd67-11e8-a360-85875bac0b1f_story.html","date":"2018-10-11"},{"title":"Trump's Business Ties in the Gulf Raise Questions About His Allegiances","outlet":"The New York Times (via Internet Archive)","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20170619045715/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/17/world/middleeast/trumps-business-ties-in-persian-gulf-raise-questions-about-his-allegiances.html","date":"2017-06-17"},{"title":"Country and Territory Ratings and Statuses, 1973-2024","outlet":"Freedom House","url":"https://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/2024-02/Country_and_Territory_Ratings_and_Statuses_FIW_1973-2024.xlsx","date":"2024"}],"tag_label":"Real estate and licensing","tag_short":"Real estate","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["real-estate"],"kind_slug":"autocrats","file":"autocrats.json","year":1991,"url":"/claims/autocrats-alwaleed-yacht-1991/","sort_key":"1991","number":1},{"id":"offensive-esquire-piece-of-ass-1991","kind":"offensive","target":"women","subject":"Women, as described to Esquire","title":"Told Esquire media coverage doesn't matter if you have 'a young and beautiful piece of ass'","quote":"It doesn't really matter what (the media) write as long as you've got a young and beautiful piece of ass.","date":"1991","venue":"Esquire magazine interview","era":"pre-politics","category":"other","what_happened":"The line comes from a 1991 Esquire interview. The Associated Press put it in an October 9, 2016 list of Trump's remarks about women, published two days after the Access Hollywood tape came out. The original Esquire article was not reviewed for this entry; the wording here is AP's.","sources":[{"title":"LIST: Donald Trump has long history of offensive comments about women","outlet":"PBS NewsHour (AP)","url":"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-offensive-comments-women","date":"2016-10-09"},{"title":"LIST: Donald Trump has long history of offensive comments about women","outlet":"Khaleej Times (AP)","url":"https://www.khaleejtimes.com/world/americas/list-donald-trump-has-long-history-of-offensive-comments-about-women","date":"2016-10-09"}],"tag":"women","tag_label":"Women","tag_short":"Women","tag_tone":"red","tag_list":["women"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":1991,"url":"/claims/offensive-esquire-piece-of-ass-1991/","sort_key":"1991","number":2},{"id":"offensive-nyc-central-park-ad-1989","kind":"offensive","target":"cities","subject":"New York City and the teenagers accused in the Central Park jogger case","place":"New York City","title":"Bought full-page newspaper ads describing 'roving bands of wild criminals' roaming New York neighborhoods","quote":"a world ruled by the law of the streets as roving bands of wild criminals roam our neighborhoods, dispensing their own vicious brand of twisted hatred on whomever they encounter","date":"1989-05-01","venue":"Full-page advertisements in New York newspapers","era":"pre-politics","category":"justice","what_happened":"Weeks after the April 1989 assault of a jogger in Central Park, Trump paid for full-page ads in New York newspapers headlined 'Bring Back the Death Penalty. Bring Back Our Police!' The ad also said 'These muggers and murderers' should be 'forced to suffer and, when they kill, they should be executed for their crimes.' The five teenagers later convicted in the case had their convictions vacated years later. In October 2016 Trump told CNN 'They admitted they were guilty,' and on June 18, 2019 he told reporters 'They admitted their guilt,' according to PolitiFact, which found he never apologized.","sources":[{"title":"Trump demonstrated he would be unfit for office back in 1989","outlet":"Washington Monthly","url":"https://washingtonmonthly.com/2019/05/20/trump-demonstrated-he-would-be-unfit-for-office-back-in-1989/","date":"2019-05-20"},{"title":"Did Donald Trump ever apologize to the 'Central Park Five'?","outlet":"PolitiFact","url":"https://politifact.com/article/2023/jul/25/did-donald-trump-ever-apologize-central/","date":"2023-07-25"}],"tag":"cities","tag_label":"American cities","tag_short":"Cities","tag_tone":"ink","tag_list":["cities"],"kind_slug":"offensive","file":"offensive.json","year":1989,"url":"/claims/offensive-nyc-central-park-ad-1989/","sort_key":"1989-05-01","number":1}]