"Donald Trump wrong about rarity of Republicans winning in Nassau County, NY"
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lies told by Donald Trump since taking office
🇺🇸 War with Iran 🇮🇷
How many times Trump has claimed a deal with Iran is imminent
38
times Trump has claimed an imminent deal with Iran
Latest Lies
Recent false claims fact-checked by reputable sources
"Trump said the pace of California ballot counting proves a rigged election. Pants on Fire!"
Read full fact-check →"come down very substantially"
Read full fact-check →"President Donald Trump said U.S. consumer confidence is ‘way up.’ Metrics don’t bear that out"
Read full fact-check →"Pope Leo XIV thinks it's OK for Iran to have a nuclear weapon."
The pope has repeatedly spoken against nuclear weapons. The Vatican signed the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
Read full fact-check →"Drugs entering our country by sea are down 97%."
The White House cited a cherry-picked drop in CBP seizures; Coast Guard data shows seizures actually increased.
Read full fact-check →"We did the biggest tax cut in history."
The 2025 tax cut ranks well behind Reagan's 1981 cut and others as a share of GDP.
Read full fact-check →Most Frequent Lies
Based on the Washington Post Fact Checker database, these are the false claims Trump has repeated most often:
- 493+ times "We built the greatest economy in the history of the world" — GDP growth under Trump lagged behind the Eisenhower, Clinton, and Reagan administrations by multiple metrics. AP
- 296+ times "The biggest tax cut in history" — The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ranked 8th largest as a share of GDP, well behind Reagan's 1981 cut. Wikipedia
- 258+ times "Mexico will pay for the wall" — Mexico never paid a cent. U.S. taxpayers funded border barrier construction, with no reimbursement mechanism. AP
- 248+ times "China pays the tariffs" — Tariffs are paid by U.S. importers, not China. The cost is passed to American consumers through higher prices. AP
- 200+ times "The 2020 election was rigged and stolen" — Dozens of court cases found no evidence of widespread fraud. Multiple audits and recounts confirmed Biden's victory. AP