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Though touting "landslide" victories, Trump won the 2016 and 2024 elections with respectively 56.9% and 58% of the Electoral College—placing the wins in approximately the 23rd and 28th percentiles of all presidential elections.[1]
Though Trump repeatedly promoted his 2024 victory as a mandate—to inflate the actual degree of voter support—he failed to receive 50% of the popular vote.[2] His 1.5 percentage point margin of victory in 2024 (shown in chart) places it in only the 20th percentile of presidential elections since 1828.[3]

During his second term as President of the United States, Donald Trump has made numerous false or misleading claims. The Associated Press fact-checked several of Trump's statements from his first week in office, declaring them false and misleading.[4]

Events

Major events during Trump's second presidency that were fact-checked for multiple falsehoods.

Inaugural statements

On January 20, 2025, Trump made his official inaugural address at the Capitol's rotunda, unscripted second and third speeches at the Capitol Visitor Center’s Emancipation Hall and Washington’s Capital One Arena, concluding the day with statements to reporters at the Oval Office. News media and fact-checkers declared Trump made multiple false and misleading statements, mostly repetitions of falsehoods from his campaign.[5]

Speech to a joint session of Congress

On March 4, 2025, Trump addressed a joint session of the United States Congress. News media and fact-checkers declared Trump made multiple false and misleading statements.[6]

News conference about crime in Washington, D.C.

Main article: Declaring a Crime Emergency in the District of Columbia
Though Trump said in September 2025 that "the radicals on the left are the problem" with political violence,[7] cumulatively over decades, most extremist killings in the US have been caused by right-wing perpetrators.[8] From 2022 through 2024, all 61 political killings were committed by right-wing extremists.[9]
Even before Charlie Kirk's shooter's motive was known, US President Trump immediately blamed Kirk's killing on rhetoric from the "radical left".[10] However, various studies have shown that right-wing violence has exceeded that of left-wing violence and Islamist-inspired violence.[10]

On August 11, Trump held a press conference to declare a "public safety emergency", announcing the deployment of the National Guard and other law enforcement agencies to crack down on crime and homelessness in Washington, D.C., following the deployment of hundreds of federal law enforcement officers over the weekend.[11][12][13]

News media and fact-checkers declared that Trump made multiple false and misleading statements,[14][15][16] noting that the rates of homicides and other violent crimes he declared were false, and there are legal issues regarding his use of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia and the National Guard.

The New York Times noted that a chart Trump held up comparing Washington’s homicide rate to that of eight other "capitals" (Lagos, Nigeria, is not a capital), first appearing on Fox News and shared by JD Vance, cites outdated data and omits other capitals with much higher murder rates. It also pointed out that Jeanine Pirro's statements about her inability to prosecute minors were misleading and inaccurate.[17]

President Trump and FBI Director Kash Patel (far right) in a press conference on crime in Washington, D.C. in August 2025

In the press conference, Trump talked about "a man" who quit "because he was asked to do phony numbers on crime (...) But he was asked by the city, I guess, that we don't want to show the real numbers." [12]: min.05:37  In an August 13 post on Truth Social, Trump wrote that "a Precinct Commander was just suspended for allegedly manipulating the Violent Crime Statistics, and the D.C. Police Union, likewise, says the real numbers are much higher."[18]

In July 2025, NBC 4 reported that after an exchange of accusations between Michael Pulliam, the former commander of the 3rd District, an assistant chief, the police union, and the department, the commander, who denies any wrongdoing, was placed on paid administrative leave in mid-May. In the related interview, DC Police Union Chairman Gregg Pemberton stated that high-ranking officers attend felony offense scenes and direct police officers "to take a report for a lesser offense", that it is "a directive from the command staff", and he called the official crime descent numbers "preposterous." As of the publication date, the investigation into the allegations was ongoing.[19]

In an August interview with NBC 4, Chairman Pemberton reiterated his assertions regarding crime numbers' descent, based on the police's day-to-day experience. NBC 4 contextualized his statements, pointing out the notable 2023 crime spike, and that crime and homicides have descended in multiple cities to rates even lower than D.C.'s. Regarding the White House's claim that "Metro Police Department leadership are allegedly cooking the books to make crime statistics appear more favorable",[20] NBC 4 noted that data reporting anomalies were found in just one police district.[21]

September 2025 press conference on autism

On September 22, 2025, Trump gave a press conference on the "autism crisis" and findings of the investigation led by Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., in which he claimed that they had found Tylenol (paracetamol, most commonly called acetaminophen in the United States, Canada, and Japan) taken during pregnancy was the cause of autism, and strongly recommended the public not to take Tylenol nor give it to infants.[22] Scientific American has reported that fever itself in the second [2nd] trimester is a risk factor for autism, and therefore the claims made by the Trump administration are counter-productive.[23] This press conference also announced that the FDA is approving prescription leucovorin (folinic acid) for the treatment of children on the autism spectrum.

Trump also made various claims about vaccines, like that the Amish do not vaccinate nor take "pills", and they have "essentially no autism;" also, he expressed opposition to the vaccination schedule, claiming among other things that "it looks like they are pumping into a horse. You have a little child, little fragile child, and you get a vat of 80 different vaccines, I guess, 80 different blends, and they pump it in." Trump reiterated these claims in a September 26 Truth Social post.[24][25] These claims were determined as false by fact-checkers,[26][27] and the media[28][29][30][31] (which drew parallels with Trump's response to the COVID-19 pandemic),[32][33] plus entities such as the American Academy of Pediatrics,[34] the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists,[35][36] the American Psychiatric Association,[37] the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy,[38] the World Health Organization,[39] the Consumer Healthcare Products Association,[40] the Autism Science Foundation,[41] and the Autistic Self Advocacy Network.[42]

Kenvue, the maker of Tylenol, strongly disagreed with Trump's claims as shares of the company fell 7.5% in trading on September 22, reducing the company’s market value by about $2.6 billion.[43]

Regarding leucovorin, Céline Gounder, CBS News medical contributor and editor-at-large for public health at KFF Health News, said that it can help treat some autism cases, but it is not a universal remedy: "You can have a perfectly normal folate level in your blood, but it may not be getting into the brain, and so there's a defect in the transport of folate into the brain. Leucovorin works around that", Gounder said. "Not all children with autism have this defect, so there's a test you can do to assess whether that's what's at play. For those kids, leucovorin has been shown to help, particularly with speech, getting kids to be more verbal than they were before."[28]

Trump’s comments on Tylenol seemed to be based on several studies,[44][45] including a 2025 American study that summarized 46 studies[46] that identified a slightly increased risk of autism associated with prenatal paracetamol use, but did not demonstrate causation.[47] During the press conference, the study was cited by Marty Makary, along with two others, as justification for officially advising pregnant women against taking Tylenol.[48] The study itself came under strong scrutiny in the scientific community, with members of the scientific community pointing to its inconsistent methodology, deviation from the cited systematic review and evidence grading protocols, and multiple choices that swayed the interpretation of results, with one professor stating “I’ve never seen any kind of review of any kind or any kind of meta analysis, at any time, in which somebody said, I don’t like the adjusted results, so I’m going to include the unadjusted results".[49] Large, well-controlled studies, including sibling-controlled analyses, find no causal link after adjusting for maternal conditions,[50][51][52][53] while untreated pain and fever is known to harm both mother and fetus.[54][55]

Ann Bauer, who co-authored the 2025 American study, declared herself concerned about the effects Trump's use of it could have: "Bauer worries such statements will cut both ways: People may put themselves at risk to avoid vaccines and Tylenol, the only safe painkiller for use during pregnancy. And she frets that scientists might outright reject her team's measured concerns about Tylenol in a backlash against misleading remarks from Trump and other members of his "Make America Healthy Again" movement."[56] In 2023, Andrea Baccarelli, also a co-author of the analysis and current dean of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, was paid at least $150,000 to provide testimony (together with other experts) for a group of parents and guardians of children diagnosed with autism and ADHD, in a class action lawsuit against Tylenol’s manufacturer, Johnson & Johnson/Kenvue (in that year Kenvue spun off from Johnson & Johnson). The plaintiffs paid Baccarelli $700 an hour for his expert testimony, according to a 2023 deposition.[57] Denise Cote, the federal judge overseeing the case in the Southern District of New York, dismissed the lawsuit, describing the experts' testimonies as "unreliable" and not in adherence with the Daubert standard. Regarding Baccarelli's, Cote summarized that he "cherry-picked and misrepresented study results and refused to acknowledge the role of genetics in the etiology" of autism and ADHD. "The discussion in his reports is incomplete, unbalanced, and at times misleading. In general, Baccarelli downplays those studies that undercut his causation thesis and emphasises those that align with his thesis." In a statement, Baccarelli confirmed he consulted with the Trump administration ahead of its autism announcement, and that "further research is needed to confirm the association and determine causality." This stands in contrast to his expert report provided in the Johnson & Johnson lawsuit, Baccarelli wrote, "Substantial evidence supports a strong, positive, causal association between acetaminophen and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (NDDs)."[48][58] Baccarelli's work demonstrated only a correlation and not a causal link, as the Trump administration has asserted.[57]

On October 9, 2025, Trump and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert Kennedy Jr. alleged a link between autism and circumcisions.[59][60] Kennedy cited a 2015 Danish study to justify this claim.[61] The validity of Kennedy's assertion about circumcisions being linked to autism has also been challenged by scientists and medical experts.[60][62] Kennedy Jr appeared to walk back his comments in an October 29, when he spoke with reporters and stated that the causative association between Tylenol use in pregnancy and autism was not definitely proven but instead showed it was very suggestive.[63]

Resulting lawsuits

On October 28, 2025 it was announced that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had sued the makers of Tylenol, Johnson & Johnson and Kenvue, alleging that they had deceptively marketed the drug to pregnant women despite the drug's supposed links to autism and other disorders. In a statement Kenvue stated that they were deeply concerned about the "perpetuation of misinformation" being pushed by Paxton.[64]

September 2025 speech at the United Nations

Main article: 2025 Donald Trump speech at the United Nations
President Trump during his speech in the general debate of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly
Right About Everything

      I'm really good at predicting things. They... had a hat, the best-selling hat, "Trump was right about everything". And I don't say that in a braggadocious way, but it's true. I've been right about everything.

— President Donald Trump
to the UN General Assembly,
September 23, 2025[65]

On September 23, 2025, Trump delivered a speech to the United Nations General Assembly. He spoke for nearly 57 minutes (despite having been asked to confine his remarks to 15 minutes, like all other speakers),[66] addressing a variety of subjects such as inflation in the US, his standing in national opinion polls, immigration and climate policies both in the US and abroad, and his personal role in settling international conflicts.[67][68]

Many of his claims were determined as false by fact-checkers[69][70][71] and the media.[72][73][74] Trump's claims about climate change were specifically addressed,[75][76][71] and some of his political claims elicited backlash and concern abroad.[77][78][79]

Trump's "your countries are going to Hell" speech[68][66] was also described as "colorful",[80] "combative",[68] "meandering",[81] and "inflammatory",[77] analyzed as a sign of changing times,[82][66] and as a sign of the "waning of US influence." As "Trump has moved to slash US funding of the UN, withdrawn from many of its agencies, and ordered a review of America's interactions with the organisation", this has weakened its capacity to protect human rights, and "creating an opportunity for other nations to step in and attempt to fill the vacuum", with authoritarian nations such as China, Qatar, and Russia already taking initiatives in that regard, and countries like Chile and the Netherlands having their own human rights and cooperation talks.[83]

Demolition of the East Wing for the White House State Ballroom

On July 31, 2025, Trump said the new White House State Ballroom being constructed "won't interfere with the current building', wouldn't be "touching it", and would pay "total respect to the existing building, which I’m the biggest fan of."[84] Demolition of the entire East Wing began in October 2025[85] without review by the National Capital Planning Commission, which oversees federal construction.[86]

December 2025 Address to the Nation

On December 17, Trump addressed the nation from the White House, in an 18-minute-long prime time address that was broadcast live by major television networks.[87][88][89] News media and fact-checkers declared that Trump made multiple false and misleading statements,[90] especially about the economy.[91]

January 2026 First Anniversary press conference

On January 20, the first anniversary of his second-term inauguration, Trump took over a White House press briefing that was originally scheduled to be conducted by Karoline Leavitt. In it, he touted the accomplishments of his administration and answered questions.[92][93] News media and fact-checkers declared that Trump made multiple false and misleading statements, mostly about economic figures, foreign and domestic affairs, and the 2020 elections.[94][95][96] Relatedly, political commentators opined that many of his inauguration pledges had gone unfulfilled.[97]

January 2026 Speech at Davos

On January 21, Trump addressed the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, after which he dialogued with Børge Brende, its president and CEO.[98][99][100] News media and fact-checkers declared that Trump made multiple false and misleading statements, mostly about Greenland and NATO.[101] It was also noted that Trump repeatedly referred to Greenland as "Iceland."[102]

February 2026 State of the Union Address

On February 24, 2026, Trump delivered the 2026 State of the Union Address to a joint session of the United States Congress.[103] Before the event, media outlets and fact-checkers described Trump's expected falsehoods, mostly about the economy.[104]

During and after the event, news media and fact-checkers declared that Trump made multiple false and misleading statements.[105]

False and misleading statements by topic

Blame for start of Russo-Ukrainian War

Trump has falsely stated that Ukraine is to blame for the Russian invasion of Ukraine that started the Russo-Ukrainian War:[106]

In Mr. Trump's telling, Ukrainian leaders were at fault for the war for not agreeing to surrender territory and therefore, he suggested, they do not deserve a seat at the table for the peace talks that he has just initiated with Mr. Putin. 'You should have never started it,' Mr. Trump said, referring to Ukrainian leaders who, in fact, did not start it. 'You could have made a deal.'

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rebutted that claim and accused Trump of spreading disinformation:[107]

"I would like to have more truth with the Trump team," Mr. Zelensky told reporters in Kyiv during a broader discussion about the administration, which this week opened peace talks with Russia that excluded Ukraine. Mr. Zelensky said that the U.S. president was "living in a disinformation space" and in a "circle of disinformation."

Peter Baker of The New York Times described how Trump has never uttered "one word of reproach for Mr. Putin or for Russia". He also debunked other false claims by Trump:[106]

As he often does, Mr. Trump flavored his comments with multiple false claims. Among them, he said that the United States has contributed three times as much aid to Ukraine since the war started as Europe has. In fact, according to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Europe has allocated $138 billion compared with $119 billion from the United States.

On November 23, 2025, Trump posted to Truth Social that "UKRAINE 'LEADERSHIP' HAS EXPRESSED ZERO GRATITUDE FOR OUR EFFORTS". The next day, CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale published 78 examples of Zelenskyy expressing thanks.[108]

Jeffrey Epstein hoax

On July 12, 2025, during the controversy related to Jeffrey Epstein's client list, Trump posted on Truth Social in defense of Pam Bondi's handling of the case, stating that the file had been "written by Obama, Crooked Hillary, Comey, Brennan, and the Losers and Criminals of the Biden Administration, who conned the World with the Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax, 51 'Intelligence' Agents, 'THE LAPTOP FROM HELL';" he compared the "Epstein Files" to the Steele dossier declaring both as "FAKE", and requested MAGA to "not waste Time and Energy on Jeffrey Epstein, somebody that nobody cares about."[109] Trump's post was not well received by his supporters.[110][111][112]

On July 16, he posted again on the subject, declaring it was a "totally fake and made up story" created by Democrats, and stating: "Their new SCAM is what we will forever call the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax", a label he continued to use thereafter.[113] Trump's labelling of the Jeffrey Epstein case as a hoax made up by Democrats was declared as a falsehood by the media.[114]

On the July 17 episode of Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough noted that Trump supporters have been the ones talking about the case "for years", that it has been "almost a foundational belief for MAGA", and that Trump calling it a Democratic hoax, "it's just not true." Willie Geist noted the case existed and asked, "What part of this is a hoax?" Clips of Charlie Kirk, Benny Johnson, and Alex Jones, along with a tweet by Michael Flynn, were featured, calling for transparency regarding the case. Scarborough noted that Trump's false claim makes other claims of his dubious, and it is a baffling strategy.[115]

Family

Uncle's acquaintance with Ted Kaczynski

On July 15, 2025, Trump spoke at an "Energy and Innovation" event in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. During discussion of artificial intelligence,[116][117] Trump professed to the intelligence of his uncle Prof. John G. Trump with a false anecdote of Prof. Trump teaching Ted Kaczynski (who he commented "very little difference between a madman and a genius")[117] at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and their supposed reaction to Kaczynski's identification as the Unabomber; this is impossible as John Trump died in 1985, a decade before Kaczynski was identified as the Unabomber and arrested in 1996. Kaczynski was an alumnus of Harvard University and the University of Michigan, having never attended MIT, a fact confirmed by MIT in response to Donald Trump's claim. Kaczynski could not contest Trump's claim, having himself died in 2023.[116][117] Trump also miscredited his uncle as having university degrees "in nuclear, chemical, and math"; Prof. Trump actually had a Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Science in electrical engineering, and a Master of Science in physics.[116]

Father's birthplace

On March 3, 2026, Trump acknowledged that his mother was born in the UK. Then, gesturing at German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, he said: “my father was born there.”[118] Though Fred Trump was born in New York City, Donald Trump has repeatedly falsely claimed he was born in Germany.[119]

Alleged apology from Tucker Carlson

On June 13, 2025, Tucker Carlson accused Trump of having been "complicit" in Israel's attack on Iran. Five days later, Trump told White House reporters that Carlson "called and apologized the other day because he thought he had said things that were a little bit too strong, and I appreciate that." However, when (in an interview that aired July 19), a German journalist asked Carlson if this was true, Carlson denied having made any such phone call or apology.[120]

Economy

Though Trump claimed in early December 2025—before November numbers were released—that "inflation has stopped", the consumer price index (CPI) began increasing in the months following his April 2025 announcement of tariffs.[121]
Though Trump on December 9, 2025 rated his economy as "A+++++", the unemployment rate had increased during his second term.[122]
Upon imposing the highest U.S. tariffs since the Great Depression (called "Liberation Day" in April 2025), Trump claimed that "jobs and factories will come roaring back". However, manufacturing employment declined every month for the rest of the year.[123]

Drug prices

On July 22, 2025, Trump posted to social media: "We’re gonna get the drug prices down. Not 30% or 40% ... we’re gonna get them down 1,000%, 600%, 500%, 1,500%." Reducing the price of something more than 100% would mean that the seller pays the buyer and not the other way around.[124]

Grocery prices

In an interview that aired on Fox News on November 10, 2025, Trump asserted that "prices are down" and that only beef and coffee prices remained high. University of Michigan economics professor Justin Wolfers told CNN the next day that, to the contrary, "almost every category of goods or services sees the prices rising".[125]

Firing of Erika McEntarfer

See also: Bureau of Labor Statistics § Firing of Commissioner McEntarfer, and Erika McEntarfer § Firing by Donald Trump

On July 31, 2025, Trump issued an executive order imposing tariffs on imports from many of America's trading partners. On August 1, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly report on job creation, indicating that only 73,000 jobs were added in July, significantly below the expected 115,000. Additionally, revisions reduced 258,000 jobs from the May and June reports, increasing the unemployment rate to 4.2%.[126][127] Maria Bartiromo delivered the news live on Mornings with Maria; the panel members elaborated on the likely reasons for those results and possible ways to address the issues.[128]

Officials such as Stephen Miran,[126] Karoline Leavitt,[129] and Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer[130] sought to explain the report's results and to reassure the public on the grounds that the weak performance was tied to the fate of Trump's domestic spending legislation and the outcome of the tariff policy. They said that as Congress had passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, deregulations are being enacted, federal expenses are being cut, inflation has decreased, wages have increased, and new tariff deals that will rake in "billions of dollars" have been announced, uncertainty ended; Trump's policies are starting to sort into place, as the numbers still show that jobs for American workers are increasing.

Trump fired BLS director Erika McEntarfer soon after a downward revision to the July 2025 employment statistic, but subsequent months showed no net improvement over July's number.[131] In December 2025, Trump rated his economy as "A+++++".[122]

Later on August 1, Trump ordered[132] the firing of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics Erika McEntarfer, stating without evidence, both in posts on Truth Social[133][134] and public statements,[135][136]: min.00:20  that she had "rigged" the numbers, that is, that she had previously inflated the numbers to favor Kamala Harris's presidential bidding, that she had reduced his numbers to make him look bad, and the numbers were "a scam, in my opinion."[137][138] Trump's officials, such as Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer,[139][140][136]: min.00:53  and Kevin Hassett,[141] defended his decision on the grounds that the economy is growing; BLS's massive revisions since COVID make no sense and have been detrimental to the markets; the President has the right to fire the BLS head; the Bureau needs overhauling, to revise its formulas, and to be apolitical; their duty is to support the President, who is doing a great job; and reliable information, and transparency, are important for the economy.

Fact-checkers[142][143] and the media[144] established that Trump's claims were false, based on the way the data are collected and processed, which prevents the Commissioner from tampering with them; releases are regular; revisions are routine due to low response to the surveys, lack of resources, and the firing of the Technical Advisory Committee and Data Users Advisory Committee;[145][146] his timeline doesn't match reality; and Trump has a history of claiming that the BLS data are biased against him.

Trump announced he would soon choose a replacement for Ms. McEntarfer, "somebody who's gonna be honest"[135]: min.05:55  On August 7, Stephen Moore made an impromptu presentation[147] at the Oval Office to defend Trump's decision, showing a series of graphs favorable to him. With the first one, Moore stated that the reports' revisions manifested errors and incompetence, whereas Trump declared it was made purposely. The other graphs showed increasing or larger household income under Trump, "based on unpublished Census Bureau data", mostly by comparing Trump's first term's numbers to Biden's, including the impact of COVID in one graph.[148] The media noted that revisions are usual, the graphs' data were unverifiable, and it was not explained how they were calculated for the graphs.[149][150][151][145] On August 11, Trump named E.J. Antoni as McEntarfer's replacement.[152][153]

Killing of Rob Reiner

On December 14, 2025, American film producer Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner, both highly critical of Trump, were fatally stabbed in their Brentwood, Los Angeles home.[154] In response to the news of the Reiners' deaths, Trump made a post to Truth Social the morning of December 15 blaming Rob Reiner for his and his wife's deaths: Trump insulted Reiner as "a tortured and struggling, but once very talented movie director and comedy star" and asserted the motive for the murder was "reportedly due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, sometimes referred to as TDS.”[154][155][156]

While Los Angeles Police Department arrested the Reiners' son Nick for their double murder,[157] the LAPD had yet to issue any statement to a motive, let alone one related to right-wing extremism.[155] "Trump Derangement Syndrome" is not a recognized disease, and is instead seen as an example of political abuse of psychiatry.[154][158]

Claims about Venezuela

Media and fact-checkers declare that Trump has made several false and unsubstantiated claims regarding Venezuela, reiterated after the 2026 strikes.[159][160]

  • Trump has repeatedly claimed that the Maduro regime released "thousands of prisoners and mentally ill people" into the United States as undocumented immigrants.[161][162]
  • Trump has claimed that the Venezuelan government coordinated with the Tren de Aragua gang to send gang members, drug dealers, and drugs to the US.[163] An intelligence assessment found no such coordination, contradicting these statements used to justify mass deportations and the invocation of the Alien Enemies Act.[164][165][166]
  • The Trump administration has conducted deadly strikes against small boats in international waters, which Trump claims carry illegal drugs to the US, and that each strike on a Venezuelan boat "saves 25,000 American lives". No evidence has been provided that the vessels belonged to drug traffickers,[167] and the amount of "American lives saved" has been contested.[168][169] A reason given for the strikes and subsequent actions is Trump's claim that fentanyl, a contributor to the opioid epidemic in the United States, arrives from Venezuela. The claim has been deemed false, since fentanyl arrives mostly from Mexico.[168][166][170][171]
  • Trump's description of Venezuela’s nationalization of its oil industry as Venezuela having stolen US oil has been called "baseless."[172]

Killing of U.S. citizens in Operation Metro Surge

Killing of Renée Good

Main article: Killing of Renée Good

On January 7, 2026, in Minneapolis, a 37-year-old woman uninvolved in ongoing protests against ICE deployment, Renée Nicole Good, was killed by an ICE agent. Good was driving when several masked ICE agents conflictingly ordered her to drive away from the scene and get out of her vehicle,[173][174] and was fatally shot by one agent when she attempted to drive away.[175][176] Addressing the shooting death on Truth Social within hours, Trump denounced Good as "very disorderly, obstructing and resisting, who then violently, willfully, and viciously ran over the ICE Officer, who seems to have shot her in self defense," adding that it is "hard to believe [the agent] is alive, but is now recovering in the hospital".[176][177]

Good's family say she had not planned any involvement in the protest,[178] and was returning home with her wife after bringing their son to school.[179][180] Video recordings of the incident show that Good's vehicle never struck any of the agents, and the shooting officer had fled the scene in his own vehicle with no apparent injuries,[181][174][182] but had reportedly visited hospital for treatment according to DHS.[183]

Subsequently, Trump reiterated his claims,[184] which were supported and amplified by officials of his administration,[185] such as JD Vance[186] and Kristi Noem.[187] Trump, in turn, repeated their amplifications,[188][189] adding new falsehoods.[190][191]

Killing of Alex Pretti

Main article: Killing of Alex Pretti

On January 24, 2026, a 37-year-old American intensive care nurse for the Department of Veterans Affairs, Alex Jeffrey Pretti, was shot and killed by Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis.

On the same day, Trump posted about the incident, calling Pretti a "gunman," mentioning the Minnesota fraud scandal, and adding that "[t]he Mayor and the Governor are inciting Insurrection, with their pompous, dangerous, and arrogant rhetoric!"[192] Officials of his administration, such as Gregory Bovino,[193][194][195] Kristi Noem,[196] Stephen Miller,[197][198][199] and JD Vance,[200] gave press conferences, talked in interviews, and posted on social media, stating that the deceased had behaved violently and threatened the agents, who shot him in self-defense. They also blamed Governor Tim Walz, Mayor Jacob Frey, liberal activists, and the media for the incidents leading to the shooting, accusing them of not helping the federal forces and of fueling chaos.

Videos recorded at the scene by witnesses contradicted the official position,[201][202] followed by reports and analysis by fact checkers[203] and the media,[204] which declared that the Trump administration had made false and misleading statements.

The local authorities rebuked the Trump administration's accusations,[205][206] and the parents of Alex Pretti called those statements "sickening lies (...) reprehensible and disgusting," requesting to "get the truth out" about their son.[207][208] On January 28, a video showing a prior confrontation between Pretti and ICE surfaced.[209] After that, Trump posted on Truth Social several times, amplifying accusations of Alex Pretti being a "domestic terrorist,"[210] calling him an "agitator" and "insurrectionist,"[211] and overlaying the footage with Sen. Elizabeth Warren reading a post praising Pretti.[212] Several media outlets pointed out that this was another attempt at victim blaming, and that Pretti's past actions didn't justify his killing days after.[213]

Claims about NATO

NATO allies invaded Afghanistan in 2001 when NATO's collective defense provisions were invoked. NATO as an organization officially entered the war in 2003[214] and maintained combat operations in Afghanistan until 2014.[215][216] Britain, to cite one country as an example, lost 457 soldiers in the war.[217] Yet on January 22, 2026, Trump said of NATO: "We have never really asked anything of them. You know, they'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan or this or that, and they did. They stayed a little back, a little off the frontlines."[217]

Cheating at golf

Main article: Donald Trump and golf § Trump as cheater

Trump's cheating at golf has been described by many.[218][219][220][221] Sportswriter Rick Reilly's book Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump details Trump's cheating at golf.[222]

Claims about Iran

Media, fact-checkers, and officials have declared that Trump has made several false or unsupported claims about Iran, regarding the results of the 2025 strikes on nuclear sites, and to justify the "major combat operations" that started in February 2026.

See also

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    • "Fact Check: Donald Trump's inaugural speech examined". Reuters. January 20, 2025. Retrieved January 30, 2025. Reuters assessed seven statements made by President Donald Trump during his inaugural address on Monday. While we monitored the speech in its entirety, we did not examine opinions or policy pledges. The statements are listed with timestamps in Eastern Standard Time (ET).
    • Léonie Chao-Fong, Guardian staff (January 20, 2025). "Factchecking Trump's inauguration speech, from inflation to healthcare". The Guardian. Retrieved January 30, 2025. Donald Trump repeatedly made false and misleading claims during his inaugural address.
      Here are the facts on some of the false claims offered during Trump's speech.
    • Zachary B. Wolf, Curt Merrill (January 20, 2025). "Trump's inaugural address, annotated and fact-checked". CNN. Retrieved January 30, 2025. President Donald Trump completed his incredible comeback by delivering his second inaugural address in the rotunda of the US Capitol. Before closing with a pledge to bind the nation and unify Americans, he borrowed lines from his campaign speeches and he promised broad changes in US government, to guard against an invasion at the southern border and to rename the Gulf of Mexico.
      Here's Trump's second inaugural address with context and with multiple fact checks from CNN's Fact Check team.
    • Glenn Kessler (January 20, 2025). "Fact-checking President Trump's 2025 inaugural address. Trump relies on many claims debunked during the election campaign". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 30, 2025. Inaugural addresses, with their emphasis on lofty rhetoric, are generally not fertile ground for fact-checking. But President Donald Trump's 2025 inauguration speech was more akin to a State of the Union address, with a laundry list of proposals and plans — and a hefty dose of false claims that we've fact-checked before. Here's a quick rundown of what was inaccurate or misleading in Trump's address, in the order in which he made the claims. We'll ignore rhetoric that is expressed more as an opinion — "for many years, a radical and corrupt establishment has extracted power and wealth from our citizens" — even though the factual basis for such statements is thin.
    • Farley, Robert; Gore, D'Angelo; McDonald, Jessica; Jaramillo, Catalina; Robertson, Lori; Jaffe, Alan; Spencer, Saranac Hale; Cohen, Ben; Fox, Ian; Chapman, Logan (January 20, 2025). "FactChecking Trump's Inaugural Address". FactCheck.org. Retrieved March 18, 2025. Summary. In a half-hour inaugural address, newly sworn-in President Donald Trump twisted some facts while painting the last few years under his predecessor, Joe Biden, as a time of "decline" and promising that "the golden age of America begins right now."
      We also flagged a few falsehoods in Trump's subsequent remarks to supporters in Emancipation Hall in the Capitol.
    • Daniel Dale (January 20, 2025). "Fact check: Trump made more than 20 false claims in his Inauguration Day remarks". CNN. Retrieved January 30, 2025. President Donald Trump made only a smattering of false claims in his inaugural address on Monday, mostly sticking to vague rhetoric, subjective assertions and uncheckable promises of action.
      But then he embarked on a lying spree.
      In an unscripted second speech on Monday, to supporters who had gathered in the US Capitol Visitor Center's Emancipation Hall, Trump made false claims about elections, immigration and the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, among other subjects. He then made additional false claims in a freewheeling third speech at Washington's Capital One Arena and again while speaking to reporters as he signed executive orders in the Oval Office.
      Here is a fact check of some of his Monday claims.
    • Linda Qiu (January 20, 2025). "Trump Repeats Inaccurate Claims in Inaugural Remarks. In his Inaugural Address, President Trump delivered a more tempered version of election talking points. But in remarks afterward, he reprised his grievances about the 2020 election". The New York Times. Retrieved January 30, 2025. President Trump began his second administration much as he left the first one, falsely questioning the outcome of the 2020 election and berating the criminal justice system in remarks throughout the day.
      In his inaugural remarks, Mr. Trump delivered a more tempered version of election talking points, including inaccurate claims about the state of the economy, immigration, world affairs, and federal and local investigations into his own conduct.
      But in addressing supporters afterward at the Capitol Rotunda, he reprised his grievances about the 2020 election, falsely blaming Nancy Pelosi for security lapses and asserting, incorrectly, that the election had been rigged.
      Here's a fact-check.
    • "FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims Trump made at inaugural events". Associated Press. January 21, 2025. Retrieved January 30, 2025. In his first address after being sworn in on Monday, President Donald Trump repeated several false and misleading statements that he made during his campaign. They included claims about immigration, the economy, electric vehicles and the Panama Canal. In remarks later at the Capitol's Emancipation Hall, he issued a number of other false claims, including one that distorts pardons made by President Joe Biden as he left office. Here's a look at the facts.
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    • "Trump Speech to Congress 2025. Live Updates". Politico. March 4, 2025. Retrieved March 28, 2025. [Sequence of live updates by multiple authors, both fact-checking statements and describing the event.]
    • NPR Staff (March 4, 2025). "Read NPR's annotated fact check of President Trump's address to Congress". NPR. NPR. Retrieved March 28, 2025. President Trump delivered an address to a joint session of Congress in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday night, six weeks into his second term. Since his inauguration, he has worked briskly to try to radically reshape the government and has signed dozens of executive orders, many upending policies created by former President Joe Biden. Trump took stock of what he's done so far and laid out his vision for the economy, immigration and foreign affairs.
      Reporters from across NPR's newsroom fact-checked the address and offered context as the speech unfolded.
    • PolitiFact (March 4, 2025). "Live fact checks of President Donald Trump's speech to Congress". Poynter Institute. Retrieved March 28, 2025. PolitiFact is live fact-checking President Donald Trump's speech to Congress at 9 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, March 4.
      PolitiFact has fact-checked Trump 1,078 times since 2011. Tonight, we'll draw on that deep archive to check the accuracy of his statements.
    • Laura Doan; Emily Pandise; Alexander Tin (March 5, 2025). "Trump speech fact check for his 2025 joint address to Congress". CBS News. Retrieved March 28, 2025. CBS News' Confirmed team is fact checking President Trump's 2025 joint address to Congress on Tuesday night, his first speech to both chambers of Congress since he won the presidential election in November. He spoke about his domestic and foreign policy agenda, as well as the economy.
    • "Fact-checking Trump's address to Congress". CNN. March 5, 2025. Retrieved March 28, 2025. President Donald Trump made numerous false and misleading claims in his Tuesday speech to a joint session of Congress. The falsehoods spanned a variety of topics, including the economy, climate, immigration and more.
      In his speech, just under one hour and 40 minutes, Trump also made a number of false claims about his predecessor, Joe Biden. Here is a fact check of some of Trump's statements.
    • Jake Tapper, Daniel Dale, Donald Trump (March 5, 2025). Daniel Dale fact-checks Trump's address to Congress (Internet video). CNN. Retrieved March 28, 2025. [Running time, 04:10 min. ]
    • "FactChecking Trump's Address to Congress". FactCheck.org. March 5, 2025. Retrieved March 28, 2025. [Multiple authors.] Summary. In his first address to a joint session of Congress in his second term, President Donald Trump distorted the facts on fraud, immigration, aid to Ukraine, the economy, autism and more.
    • Robert Mackey (March 5, 2025). "Out-of-date polls to wrong aid amounts: factchecking Trump's Congress address". The Guardian. Retrieved March 28, 2025. The president's marathon address to a joint session of Congress was littered with false claims he's been corrected on but continued to repeat.
    • Riley Hoffman (March 5, 2025). "Fact-checking Trump's speech to Congress". ABC News. Retrieved March 28, 2025. Six weeks into his presidency, Donald Trump addressed Congress and the nation Tuesday evening, laying out his goals for the next four years.
      ABC News, along with PolitiFact, live fact-checked Trump's speech statements that were exaggerated, needed more context or were false. [Includes contextual videos]
    • The New York Times (March 5, 2025). "Fact-Checking Trump's Address to Congress". The New York Times. Retrieved March 28, 2025. President Trump, in a speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night, ticked off a list of purported accomplishments and justifications for his many executive actions that have upended domestic and foreign policy. The speech, the longest presidential address to Congress in modern history, clocked in at over an hour and 40 minutes and was replete with familiar exaggerations and falsehoods.
      Mr. Trump overstated the amount of what he called fraud uncovered by the Department of Government Efficiency, misled about energy and environmental policy, and justified sweeping tariffs with hyperbolic claims about world trade, among other statements.
      Here's a fact check.
    • The Associated Press (March 5, 2025). "FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims made by Trump during his address to Congress". Associated Press. Retrieved March 28, 2025. President Donald Trump 's Tuesday night address to a joint session of Congress highlighted several of the initiatives he's started in his first six weeks in office, but many of his comments included false and misleading information.
      Here's a look at the facts.
    • Adam Edelman, Jane C. Timm (March 5, 2025). "Fact-checking Trump's speech to Congress". NBC News. Retrieved March 28, 2025. President Donald Trump delivered his first speech to Congress of his second term Tuesday night, celebrating the big spending cuts, crackdown on migration and economic vision from the opening weeks of his administration.
      In his remarks, Trump bent the facts on issues including Social Security, immigration, fentanyl and the Russia-Ukraine war.
      Here's what Trump got right — and wrong — during his 100-minute address. [Includes highlights videos.]
    • Amna Nawaz, Laura Barrón-López (March 5, 2025). Fact-checking Trump's claims during his address to Congress (Internet video). PBS News Hour. Retrieved March 28, 2025. Many of President Trump's statements during his address to Congress on Tuesday on a multitude of issues have been called into question. PBS News Hour's White House correspondent Laura Barrón-López joins Amna Nawaz for a deeper dive and fact check. [05:23 min., includes transcript.]
    • Glenn Kessler (March 5, 2025). "Fact-checking 26 suspect claims in Trump's address to Congress". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on March 5, 2025. Retrieved March 28, 2025. President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday was vintage Trump: long, rambling and chock-full of stretched facts and dubious figures. Many of these claims have been fact-checked repeatedly, yet the president persists in using them. Here, in the order in which he made them, are 26 statements by the president that were untrue, misleading or lacked context.
      As is our practice, we do not award Pinocchios in speech roundups.
    • Steve Benen (March 5, 2025). "Trump's address to Congress was built on a foundation of lies". MSNBC. Retrieved March 28, 2025. [Includes video of Rachel Maddow fact-checking the address immediately after it ended, "For the record…" 04:35 min.]
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  10. ^ a b "Is "radical-left" violence really on the rise in America?". The Economist. September 12, 2025.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) (Based on chart: "Might is right" / United States, criminal cases* involving political violence, by ideology / Source: The Prosecution Project / *Resulting in a guilty verdict)
  11. ^ Donald Trump, Doug Burgum, Pete Hegseth, Pam Bondi, Kash Patel, Jeanine Pirro, Will Scharf, Karoline Leavitt (August 11, 2025). LIVE: Trump announces plan to tackle homelessness and crime in DC (Internet video). Associated Press. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
  12. ^ a b "Trump Details Crime Crackdown For D.C. Donald Trump holds a White House press briefing to detail a federal crackdown on crime in Washington, D.C. Read the transcript here". Rev. August 2025. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
  13. ^ Ana Faguy (August 11, 2025). "Trump deploys National Guard to Washington DC and pledges crime crackdown". BBC News. Retrieved August 13, 2025. Updated August 12, 2025.
  14. ^ David Klepper (August 11, 2025). "FACT FOCUS: Trump exaggerates, misstates facts on Washington crime". Associated Press. Retrieved August 13, 2025. Overall crime in D.C. down from a year ago
    Statistics rebut Trump's claims about violent crime in Washington
    Murders in 2023 in Washington were high, but not the highest ever
    Washington murder rate compared to international capitals
    Trump blames cashless bail for crime without evidence.
  15. ^ Dana Bash, Kristen Holmes, Daniel Dale, Alayna Treene, Eva McKend, Eli Stokols (August 11, 2025). CNN fact-checks Trump's claims about crime in DC (Internet video). CNN. Event occurs at 02:48 min. Retrieved August 13, 2025. [Includes reporting and commentary.]
  16. ^ Alan Jaffe, Lori Robertson (August 12, 2025). "Trump Distorts Violent Crime Statistics in Ordering Takeover and Troops to D.C." FactCheck.org. Retrieved August 13, 2025. (...) Statistics released by the Metropolitan Police Department on the same day as Trump's remarks showed the number of homicides had decreased by 32% from 2023 to 2024 and by 12% so far from 2024 to 2025. In addition, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia reported in January that violent crime overall for 2024 was down 35% from the previous year and was "the lowest it has been in over 30 years." (...) There are a few aspects to Trump's actions regarding policing in Washington, D.C. He took control of the Metropolitan Police Department, boosted federal law enforcement officers' presence in the city and activated the D.C. National Guard. (...)
  17. ^ Linda Qiu (August 12, 2025). "Trump Misstates Washington Crime Data to Justify Takeover. The president cited a number of false and misleading claims about homicides and youth crime in the nation's capital". The New York Times. Retrieved August 13, 2025. (...) On Monday, Mr. Trump and his newly confirmed federal prosecutor for Washington cited an array of inaccurate statistics about murders in the city and crimes committed by children. It was part of a broader bid by his administration to rail against crime in urban, largely liberal cities, often turning to exaggerated and inaccurate figures to portray soaring violence and lawlessness. (...)
  18. ^ Donald Trump (August 13, 2025). "Washington, D.C., has one of the Highest Rates of Crime in the World, more than many of the most violent Third World Countries". Truth Social. Retrieved August 16, 2025.
  19. ^ Paul Wagner (July 18, 2025). "DC police commander suspended, accused of changing crime statistics. Police union says directive to change offense classifications comes from command staff". NBC 4. Retrieved August 16, 2025. [The article includes a video: Report, interview with Gregg Pemberton, statement by Chief Pamela Smith, 05:41 min. ]
  20. ^ "FACT: Yes, D.C. Crime Is Out of Control". The White House. August 11, 2025. Retrieved August 16, 2025. Washington, D.C. should be a symbol of pride and patriotism for the American people — and a safe location for tourists, residents, and public servants. Unfortunately, while Fake News journalists and politicians go out of their way to claim otherwise, the reality is that our nation's capital is anything but safe.
  21. ^ Ted Oberg, Rick Yarborough (August 12, 2025). "DC police union head tells why he doubts city crime statistics". NBC 4. Retrieved August 16, 2025. [The article includes two videos: Interview to Chairman Pemberton with contextualization, 03:27 min. Fact-checking of Jeanine Pirro's claims on juvenile crime, 3:21 min.]
  22. ^ Donald Trump, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Jay Bhattacharya, Marty Makary, Mehmet Oz, Dorothy Fink (September 22, 2025). LIVE: Trump makes an announcement on autism (Internet video). Associated Press. Retrieved September 24, 2025. [Two mothers of autistic children gave personal testimonies after the officials' statements.]
  23. ^ "RFK, Jr., Is Wrong about Cause of Rising Autism Rates, Scientists Say". Scientific American. April 17, 2025.
  24. ^ Donald Trump (September 26, 2025). "Pregnant Women, DON'T USE TYLENOL UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, DON'T GIVE TYLENOL TO YOUR YOUNG CHILD FOR VIRTUALLY ANY REASON, BREAK UP THE MMR SHOT INTO THREE TOTALLY SEPARATE SHOTS (NOT MIXED!), TAKE CHICKEN P SHOT SEPARATELY, TAKE HEPATITAS [sic] B SHOT AT 12 YEARS OLD, OR OLDER, AND, IMPORTANTLY, TAKE VACCINE IN 5 SEPARATE MEDICAL VISITS! President DJT". Truth Social. Retrieved September 26, 2025 – via Roll Call.
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  26. ^ Jessica McDonald; Lori Robertson; Robert Farley (September 23, 2025). "Repeated Falsehoods at Autism Press Conference". FactCheck.org. Retrieved September 24, 2025. An hourlong press conference about autism was filled with false and misleading claims about the condition and vaccines from President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., many of which we have written about before.
    [Content:] Misleading Autism Rate Comparison / Kennedy Selectively Cites Research on Autism Rise / Autism Exists in People Over 50 / Kennedy Misleads on Autism/Vaccine Research / False Claim About Amish / Hepatitis B Vaccine / Mercury and Aluminum / 'Too Much Liquid' / No Need to 'Break Up' MMR Vaccine.
  27. ^ Lauran Neergaard (September 23, 2025). "FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims made by Trump about autism, Tylenol and pregnancy". Associated Press. Retrieved September 24, 2025. [Contents:] Are autism rates increasing? / Does maternal Tylenol use increase the baby's chances of autism? / The risks of not treating a fever / Autism has been gaining in visibility in Cuba / Autism is found in Amish communities / Trump overstates childhood vaccinations / Why infants should get a hepatitis B vaccine / The issue with up MMR vaccines / Would it be safer for parents to break up vaccines for infants? / Trump touts an unproven treatment for autism.
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  29. ^ Berkeley Lovelace Jr.; Aria Bendix; Erika Edwards (September 22, 2025). "With RFK Jr. behind him, Trump pushes unproven link between Tylenol and autism. Acetaminophen has been used for decades in Tylenol and many other over-the-counter medications as a pain and fever reliever during pregnancy". NBC News. Retrieved September 24, 2025. (...) But GSK, the maker of the brand name version of leucovorin, said in a statement that a drug application still needs to be submitted to update the label to include the new indication. / The Department of Health and Human Services also noted in a news release that leucovorin "is not a cure" for autism and "may only lead to improvements in speech-related deficits for a subset of children with ASD." [Article includes video.]
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  32. ^ Will Weissert (September 23, 2025). "Trump again dispenses unproven medical advice, reminiscent of his COVID claims". PBS. Retrieved September 24, 2025. (...) The presentation recalled the early days of the coronavirus pandemic during Trump's first term, when the president stood for daily White House briefings and tossed out grossly inaccurate claims — including famously suggesting that injecting disinfectants could help people. (...)
  33. ^ Chantelle Lee (September 23, 2025). "A Brief History of Donald Trump's False and Questionable Claims About Health and Science". Time. Retrieved September 24, 2025. [Content:] COVID-19 / Climate change / Vaccines / Abortion / Gender-affirming care
  34. ^ "AAP Statement on White House Autism Announcement". AAP. September 22, 2025. Retrieved September 24, 2025. Today's White House event on autism was filled with dangerous claims and misleading information that sends a confusing message to parents and expecting parents and does a disservice to autistic individuals. / Studies have repeatedly found no credible link between life-saving childhood vaccines and autism. This research, in many countries, involving thousands of individuals, has spanned multiple decades. Any effort to misrepresent sound, strong science poses a threat to the health of children. [Includes links to fac-checking articles on related matters.]
  35. ^ Steven J. Fleischman (September 22, 2025). "ACOG Affirms Safety and Benefits of Acetaminophen during Pregnancy". ACOG. Retrieved September 24, 2025. In more than two decades of research on the use of acetaminophen in pregnancy, not a single reputable study has successfully concluded that the use of acetaminophen in any trimester of pregnancy causes neurodevelopmental disorders in children. In fact, the two highest-quality studies on this subject—one of which was published in JAMA last year—found no significant associations between use of acetaminophen during pregnancy and children's risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability.
  36. ^ Ahlqvist, Viktor H.; Sjöqvist, Hugo; Dalman, Christina (April 9, 2024). "Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children's Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability". JAMA. 331 (14): 1205–1214. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.3172. PMC 11004836. PMID 38592388. Findings In this population-based study, models without sibling controls identified marginally increased risks of autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) associated with acetaminophen use during pregnancy. However, analyses of matched full sibling pairs found no evidence of increased risk of autism (hazard ratio, 0.98), ADHD (hazard ratio, 0.98), or intellectual disability (hazard ratio, 1.01) associated with acetaminophen use. (...) Conclusions and Relevance Acetaminophen use during pregnancy was not associated with children's risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability in sibling control analysis. This suggests that associations observed in other models may have been attributable to familial confounding.
  37. ^ "APA Statement on White House Announcement on Autism". APA. September 22, 2025. Retrieved September 24, 2025. Vaccines do not cause autism. Claims of any such association have been repeatedly discredited in peer reviewed studies. / Autism is a complex disorder, and it is incorrect to imply that a handful of studies have established causation. A strong base of evidence shows that acetaminophen, when taken as directed, is safe for use during pregnancy. / Leucovorin (folinic acid) has not been a recommended treatment for autism. It will require many more years of research before we know if leucovorin is an appropriate treatment for individuals with autism.
  38. ^ Stephanie Soucheray (September 23, 2025). "Experts push back on Trump's tying autism to childhood vaccines, Tylenol". CIDRAP. Retrieved September 24, 2025. The announcements were not based on any new evidence or research on the relationship between Tylenol use and autism or between vaccines and autism and was immediately discredited by scientists, researchers, and professional organizations around the globe.
  39. ^ "WHO statement on autism-related issues". September 24, 2025. Retrieved September 24, 2025. The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes that there is currently no conclusive scientific evidence confirming a possible link between autism and use of acetaminophen (also known as paracetamol) during pregnancy. (...) When immunization schedules are delayed or disrupted, or altered without evidence review, there is a sharp increase in the risk of infection not only for the child, but also for the wider community. Infants too young to be vaccinated and people with weakened immune systems or underlying health conditions are at greatest risk.(...)
  40. ^ "White House: No Single Cause of Autism, Calls for More Research. Today's announcement focusing on acetaminophen presented no new data, creating confusion across medical and consumer communities". CHPA. September 22, 2025. Retrieved September 26, 2025. (...) "The troubling claims made in today's announcement, suggesting that acetaminophen use during pregnancy or infancy can be associated with an increased risk of autism, are misleading, lacking broad support in the scientific community, and risk harming American families and the public," said CHPA President & CEO Scott Melville. (...) "By suggesting links not backed by strong peer-reviewed science, announcements like today's may discourage expectant mothers from consulting with their doctors about treating a fever, a concern made even greater when considering the limited self-treatment options available during pregnancy. The result is to expose both mother and baby to serious, well-documented health risks, including dehydration, infection progression, miscarriage, neural tube defects, congenital heart problems, and preterm birth."
  41. ^ "ASF Statement on White House Announcement on Autism". ASF. September 22, 2025. Retrieved September 25, 2025. Today's announcement distracts from the urgent scientific work needed to understand the true causes of autism and to develop better supports and interventions for autistic people and their families. Autism doesn't have a single cause. It is the result of a complex mix of genetics and environmental factors. We know that genetic factors play the biggest role; hundreds of genes have been linked to autism, and inherited or spontaneous changes in these genes can alter brain development. Environmental factors also matter, especially during pregnancy, such as advanced parental age at conception, prematurity or low birth weight, and exposures that affect brain development, like fever or illness during pregnancy. The best current science shows autism arises from the complex interaction of genetic susceptibility with environmental influences during brain development.
  42. ^ "ASAN Condemns Administration's Rampant Misinformation about Autism, Acetaminophen, and Vaccines; Calls for Respectful, Fact-Based Approach". ASAN. September 23, 2025. Retrieved September 25, 2025. There is no cure-all for autism, but there are measures we can take to empower autistic people to have good lives. Autistic people require self-directed, individualized supports and services informed by our needs. Using cherrypicked, poorly collected, and out-of-date data to justify anything besides that is irresponsible. Using such data to enact sweeping policy change and make new medical recommendations is dangerous. (...) We are horrified by comments that call for "ending" autism, a crude, yet plain, endorsement of eugenics demonstrating a callous lack of understanding of what autism is.
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    We identified 46 studies for inclusion in our analysis. Of these, 27 studies reported positive associations (significant links to NDDs), 9 showed null associations (no significant link), and 4 indicated negative associations (protective effects). Higher-quality studies were more likely to show positive associations. Overall, the majority of the studies reported positive associations of prenatal acetaminophen use with ADHD, ASD, or NDDs in offspring, with risk-of-bias and strength-of-evidence ratings informing the overall synthesis.
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    Here are some of the more colorful moments, along with some context.
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    • Daniel Dale (January 21, 2026). "Fact check: Trump's barrage of false claims in Davos about Greenland and NATO". CNN. Retrieved January 23, 2026. Trump also repeated numerous long-debunked false claims about foreign affairs, the economy and other issues. Here is a fact check of some of his remarks. / NATO / Greenland / Other claims.
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      Here's what Trump got wrong. / 'I've now been working on this war for one year, during which time I settled eight other wars.' / 'We're leading the world in AI by a lot. We're leading China by a lot.' / 'China makes almost all of the windmills, and yet I haven't been able to find any windfarms in China. (...)' / 'We're there for Nato 100%. I'm not sure if they'd be there for us.' / 'They called me Daddy.' / After the war, we gave Greenland back to Denmark. (...)' / 'If we were able to cut out 50% of the fraud … we would have a balanced budget without having to talk about even growth.'
    • Linda Qiu (January 21, 2026). "Fact-Checking President Trump's Davos Speech. The president gave misleading accounts of the U.S. role in Greenland's history and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, among other claims". The New York Times. Retrieved January 23, 2026. In a speech at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland on Wednesday, President Trump rebuked European allies and reasserted his ambitions to seize Greenland.
      Mr. Trump also distorted Greenland's history, attacked the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and repeated familiar falsehoods on the economy and his own record.
      Here's a fact-check. / "After the war, we gave Greenland back to Denmark. How stupid were we to do that? But we did it. But we gave it back." / "Until I came along, NATO was only supposed to pay 2 percent of G.D.P., but they weren't paying them. Most of the countries weren't paying anything. The United States was paying for virtually 100 percent of NATO. And I got that stopped. I said, 'That's not fair.' But then, more importantly, I got NATO to pay 5 percent, and now they were paying." / "So what we have gotten out of NATO is nothing, except to protect Europe from the Soviet Union and now Russia." / Mr. Trump also made a host of other inaccurate claims that The New York Times has previously fact-checked: [9 claims.]
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      He also delved into a range of domestic political issues, airing grievances against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, and former President Joe Biden. / The U.S. gave Greenland back / The U.S. pays for NATO / China has no wind farms / Europe's energy prices are higher / The 2020 election was stolen.
    • Monir Ghaedi (January 21, 2026). "Fact check: Trump's speech at the World Economic Forum". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved January 23, 2026. At Davos, Trump made bold claims about Greenland, NATO spending and China's wind power. DW Fact Check examines where his statements clash with historical records and current data. / Greenland, the centerpiece of Trump's speech / US cannot defend Greenland without ownership? / Claims about NATO spending / China and wind energy. [Includes two videos.]
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      I'm sure fact-checkers are well-prepared for Trump's predictable lies. I'm more interested in truths that will go unspoken. (...)
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      Trump also correctly noted on Friday the BLS revised lower initial jobs totals in August and September 2024 by a combined 112,000 positions before last year's presidential election. But that revision was not out of the ordinary – several revisions were larger earlier in the year and in previous years. And October's jobs numbers, reported just days before the election, constituted the worst month for jobs since the pandemic.
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      False: Recent revisions 'record-setting.'
      What is the US jobs report? Revisions are normal.
      Former BLS commissioner says it's "impossible" for a commissioner to manipulate data.
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      Days before Trump fired McEntarfer, a bipartisan group of economists—including Nobel Laureate Paul Romer—wrote a letter to Congress asking for funding to modernize the data-collection process.
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    "I showed him about five or six of these charts, and he was excited about the good news," Mr. Moore said in an interview. "So he said let's have an impromptu press conference."
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    "They're not going to do that again," Trump told reporters. "We had a lot of oil there. As you know they threw our companies out, and we want it back."
    But U.S. companies never owned oil or land in Venezuela, home to the world's largest proven reserves of crude, and officials didn't kick them out of the country.
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    Asked by a Fox News correspondent to expand on JD Vance's comments about Good, the president said that the vice-president "is generally very accurate" and then cited what he referred to as evidence that at least one person in Good's vicinity when she was killed was "probably a paid agitator".
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    Vice-President JD Vance declared "the reason this woman is dead is because she tried to ram somebody with her car… You have a woman who aimed her car at a law enforcement officer and pressed on the accelerator. Nobody debates that."
    These statements, and others that doubled down on them, were made even as videos showing they were clearly false were in wide circulation.
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    In his comments, Trump repeatedly avoided acknowledging that Good was married to a woman, referring to her wife only as "her friend."
    Advocacy groups responded swiftly and forcefully to the deadly incident. Kierra Johnson, president of the National LGBTQ Task Force, said the killing was "preventable and reprehensible" (...)
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    Take it from those who actually know:
    President Trump: "Monumental Damage was done to all Nuclear sites in Iran, as shown by satellite images. Obliteration is an accurate term! The white structure shown is deeply imbedded into the rock, with even its roof well below ground level, and completely shielded from flame. The biggest damage took place far below ground level. Bullseye!!!" [Includes links to contemporary statements and articles from various sources, and to articles published post February 28, 2026.]
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    A new intelligence assessment, reported by multiple news outlets on Thursday, indicates that Iran's nuclear enrichment site in Fordow was mostly destroyed during the June 21 strikes, but the two other principal sites — Natanz and Isfahan — were not and could potentially resume enriching uranium if Tehran greenlights it.
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    He laid out his justifications in an eight-minute video he shared on social media. But three of his key claims — blaming Iran for a terrorist attack in 2000, characterizing its nuclear program as destroyed by previous American strikes, and warning that its weapons could soon reach the United States — were inaccurate.
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    In response, democracy advocates {Ian Bassin, Marc Elias} warned that a dangerous and unconstitutional plan is coming into view, in which Trump uses an Iranian war to claim a national emergency that allows him to take control of the midterm elections.
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