Latest Fact-checks in Foreign Policy Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Donald Trump stated on June 4, 2019 in remarks at a business roundtable in London: The United Kingdom is "our largest (trading) partner." Rick Scott stated on May 13, 2019 in a speech: Says "Nicolás Maduro is carrying out a genocide on his people." Donald Trump stated on May 9, 2019 in remarks at the White House: Tariffs are "paid for mostly by China, by the way, not by us." Viral image stated on May 2, 2019 in social media posts: When Joe Biden’s son Hunter was serving as "a director to Ukraine’s largest private gas producer," the elder Biden "threatened to withhold $1 BILLION in U.S. aid to Ukraine if they didn’t fire a prosecutor looking into" the gas company. Marianne Williamson stated on April 14, 2019 in a CNN town hall: Says Jimmy Carter was the last "U.S. president to say flat out those (Israeli) settlements are illegal." Kevin Downing stated on March 13, 2019 in remarks to reporters: Says Paul Manafort’s sentencing judge, Amy Berman Jackson, "conceded that there was absolutely no evidence of any Russian collusion in this case. So that makes two courts. Two courts have ruled no evidence of any collusion with any Russians." Facebook posts stated on February 28, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Bernie Sanders marched with Fidel Castro and Che Guevara in Cuba. Ilhan Omar stated on February 27, 2019 in a tweet: "#MichaelCohen: Convicted of lying to Congress re: Russia investigation … #ElliottAbrams: Convicted of lying to Congress re: arming Contra death squads" Richard Hudson stated on January 8, 2019 in a tweet: Says Democrats want to give $54 billion in foreign aid, and Trump is only asking for 10 percent of that "to secure our border and build a wall. Mike Pence stated on January 16, 2019 in a speech: "The caliphate has crumbled and ISIS has been defeated." Mark Warner stated on January 13, 2019 in in an interview: Says the Trump administration has "a scheme to try to take (Oleg Deripaska’s) ownership level down from 70 percent to roughly 40, 45" so that the Russian company is no longer subject to sanctions. Donald Trump stated on January 2, 2019 in in a discussion with reporters: "The reason Russia was in Afghanistan was because terrorists were going into Russia." Donald Trump stated on December 20, 2018 in a tweet: "Russia, Iran, Syria & many others are not happy" about U.S. troops leaving Syria. Donald Trump stated on November 21, 2018 in a tweet: Just before Thanksgiving, oil was $54 a barrel, down from $82. "Thank you to Saudi Arabia." Bloggers stated on October 22, 2018 in a post on Facebook: "'Caravan' Migrant Army Paint Swastika on American Flag, Burn It in the Street." Donald Trump stated on October 20, 2018 in an exchange with reporters: Saudi Arabia has ordered $450 billion, "$110 billion of which is a military order," producing "over a million jobs." Donald Trump stated on October 1, 2018 in a White House press event: "Since NAFTA’s adoption, the United States racked up trade deficits totaling more than $2 trillion." Bloggers stated on September 9, 2018 in a website post: Says Barack Obama "referred to the carnage that took place in Benghazi as a conspiracy theory." Donald Trump stated on August 22, 2018 in a tweet: Says the "South African Government is now seizing land from white farmers" and alleges a "large scale killing of farmers" in the country. Jeff Denham stated on July 24, 2018 in a podcast interview: China has "not acted so well with our elections. They’ve tampered with our elections quite a bit." Bloggers stated on July 31, 2018 in a blog post: Says Donald Trump contradicted his own administration when he said the decision to allow blueprints for 3D-printed guns to be distributed "doesn’t seem to make much sense." YourNewsWire.com stated on July 17, 2018 in a headline: "Lisa Page squeals: DNC server was not hacked by Russians." John Kerry stated on July 11, 2018 in a statement: Since 2014, "each year, (NATO) nations have been increasing their contributions." Donald Trump stated on July 12, 2018 in a press conference after the NATO summit: "The United States was paying for anywhere from 70 to 90 percent of (NATO), depending on the way you calculate." Nicholas Burns stated on July 11, 2018 in comments on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": European allies "pay us $2.5 billion a year to keep our forces there. It would cost us more money to bring the troops home than to keep them in Europe." Donald Trump stated on July 11, 2018 in the NATO summit: "Many countries (in NATO) owe us a tremendous amount of money for many years back, where they’re delinquent, as far as I’m concerned, because the United States has had to pay for them." Danielle Pletka stated on July 8, 2018 in remarks on NBC's "Meet the Press": Says Bernie Sanders was indifferent to Russia's annexation of Crimea because he felt "they have a lot of Russians anyway." Donald Trump stated on June 28, 2018 in a speech in Mount Pleasant, Wis.: "The European Union … they send us Mercedes, they send us -- by the millions -- the BMWs -- cars by the millions." Kevin Nicholson stated on May 30, 2018 in an interview: The Iran deal "handed billions of dollars of cash on cargo planes, sent it to a state sponsor of terror, and Tammy Baldwin was one of the first U.S. senators to get on board and support that." Donald Trump stated on June 12, 2018 in Singapore press conference: Says Bill Clinton "spent $3 billion and got nothing. And (North Korea) started making nuclear weapons a day later."
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Donald Trump stated on June 4, 2019 in remarks at a business roundtable in London: The United Kingdom is "our largest (trading) partner." Rick Scott stated on May 13, 2019 in a speech: Says "Nicolás Maduro is carrying out a genocide on his people." Donald Trump stated on May 9, 2019 in remarks at the White House: Tariffs are "paid for mostly by China, by the way, not by us." Viral image stated on May 2, 2019 in social media posts: When Joe Biden’s son Hunter was serving as "a director to Ukraine’s largest private gas producer," the elder Biden "threatened to withhold $1 BILLION in U.S. aid to Ukraine if they didn’t fire a prosecutor looking into" the gas company. Marianne Williamson stated on April 14, 2019 in a CNN town hall: Says Jimmy Carter was the last "U.S. president to say flat out those (Israeli) settlements are illegal." Kevin Downing stated on March 13, 2019 in remarks to reporters: Says Paul Manafort’s sentencing judge, Amy Berman Jackson, "conceded that there was absolutely no evidence of any Russian collusion in this case. So that makes two courts. Two courts have ruled no evidence of any collusion with any Russians." Facebook posts stated on February 28, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Bernie Sanders marched with Fidel Castro and Che Guevara in Cuba. Ilhan Omar stated on February 27, 2019 in a tweet: "#MichaelCohen: Convicted of lying to Congress re: Russia investigation … #ElliottAbrams: Convicted of lying to Congress re: arming Contra death squads" Richard Hudson stated on January 8, 2019 in a tweet: Says Democrats want to give $54 billion in foreign aid, and Trump is only asking for 10 percent of that "to secure our border and build a wall. Mike Pence stated on January 16, 2019 in a speech: "The caliphate has crumbled and ISIS has been defeated." Mark Warner stated on January 13, 2019 in in an interview: Says the Trump administration has "a scheme to try to take (Oleg Deripaska’s) ownership level down from 70 percent to roughly 40, 45" so that the Russian company is no longer subject to sanctions. Donald Trump stated on January 2, 2019 in in a discussion with reporters: "The reason Russia was in Afghanistan was because terrorists were going into Russia." Donald Trump stated on December 20, 2018 in a tweet: "Russia, Iran, Syria & many others are not happy" about U.S. troops leaving Syria. Donald Trump stated on November 21, 2018 in a tweet: Just before Thanksgiving, oil was $54 a barrel, down from $82. "Thank you to Saudi Arabia." Bloggers stated on October 22, 2018 in a post on Facebook: "'Caravan' Migrant Army Paint Swastika on American Flag, Burn It in the Street." Donald Trump stated on October 20, 2018 in an exchange with reporters: Saudi Arabia has ordered $450 billion, "$110 billion of which is a military order," producing "over a million jobs." Donald Trump stated on October 1, 2018 in a White House press event: "Since NAFTA’s adoption, the United States racked up trade deficits totaling more than $2 trillion." Bloggers stated on September 9, 2018 in a website post: Says Barack Obama "referred to the carnage that took place in Benghazi as a conspiracy theory." Donald Trump stated on August 22, 2018 in a tweet: Says the "South African Government is now seizing land from white farmers" and alleges a "large scale killing of farmers" in the country. Jeff Denham stated on July 24, 2018 in a podcast interview: China has "not acted so well with our elections. They’ve tampered with our elections quite a bit." Bloggers stated on July 31, 2018 in a blog post: Says Donald Trump contradicted his own administration when he said the decision to allow blueprints for 3D-printed guns to be distributed "doesn’t seem to make much sense." YourNewsWire.com stated on July 17, 2018 in a headline: "Lisa Page squeals: DNC server was not hacked by Russians." John Kerry stated on July 11, 2018 in a statement: Since 2014, "each year, (NATO) nations have been increasing their contributions." Donald Trump stated on July 12, 2018 in a press conference after the NATO summit: "The United States was paying for anywhere from 70 to 90 percent of (NATO), depending on the way you calculate." Nicholas Burns stated on July 11, 2018 in comments on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": European allies "pay us $2.5 billion a year to keep our forces there. It would cost us more money to bring the troops home than to keep them in Europe." Donald Trump stated on July 11, 2018 in the NATO summit: "Many countries (in NATO) owe us a tremendous amount of money for many years back, where they’re delinquent, as far as I’m concerned, because the United States has had to pay for them." Danielle Pletka stated on July 8, 2018 in remarks on NBC's "Meet the Press": Says Bernie Sanders was indifferent to Russia's annexation of Crimea because he felt "they have a lot of Russians anyway." Donald Trump stated on June 28, 2018 in a speech in Mount Pleasant, Wis.: "The European Union … they send us Mercedes, they send us -- by the millions -- the BMWs -- cars by the millions." Kevin Nicholson stated on May 30, 2018 in an interview: The Iran deal "handed billions of dollars of cash on cargo planes, sent it to a state sponsor of terror, and Tammy Baldwin was one of the first U.S. senators to get on board and support that." Donald Trump stated on June 12, 2018 in Singapore press conference: Says Bill Clinton "spent $3 billion and got nothing. And (North Korea) started making nuclear weapons a day later."
Donald Trump stated on June 4, 2019 in remarks at a business roundtable in London: The United Kingdom is "our largest (trading) partner."
Rick Scott stated on May 13, 2019 in a speech: Says "Nicolás Maduro is carrying out a genocide on his people."
Donald Trump stated on May 9, 2019 in remarks at the White House: Tariffs are "paid for mostly by China, by the way, not by us."
Viral image stated on May 2, 2019 in social media posts: When Joe Biden’s son Hunter was serving as "a director to Ukraine’s largest private gas producer," the elder Biden "threatened to withhold $1 BILLION in U.S. aid to Ukraine if they didn’t fire a prosecutor looking into" the gas company.
Marianne Williamson stated on April 14, 2019 in a CNN town hall: Says Jimmy Carter was the last "U.S. president to say flat out those (Israeli) settlements are illegal."
Kevin Downing stated on March 13, 2019 in remarks to reporters: Says Paul Manafort’s sentencing judge, Amy Berman Jackson, "conceded that there was absolutely no evidence of any Russian collusion in this case. So that makes two courts. Two courts have ruled no evidence of any collusion with any Russians."
Facebook posts stated on February 28, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Bernie Sanders marched with Fidel Castro and Che Guevara in Cuba.
Ilhan Omar stated on February 27, 2019 in a tweet: "#MichaelCohen: Convicted of lying to Congress re: Russia investigation … #ElliottAbrams: Convicted of lying to Congress re: arming Contra death squads"
Richard Hudson stated on January 8, 2019 in a tweet: Says Democrats want to give $54 billion in foreign aid, and Trump is only asking for 10 percent of that "to secure our border and build a wall.
Mike Pence stated on January 16, 2019 in a speech: "The caliphate has crumbled and ISIS has been defeated."
Mark Warner stated on January 13, 2019 in in an interview: Says the Trump administration has "a scheme to try to take (Oleg Deripaska’s) ownership level down from 70 percent to roughly 40, 45" so that the Russian company is no longer subject to sanctions.
Donald Trump stated on January 2, 2019 in in a discussion with reporters: "The reason Russia was in Afghanistan was because terrorists were going into Russia."
Donald Trump stated on December 20, 2018 in a tweet: "Russia, Iran, Syria & many others are not happy" about U.S. troops leaving Syria.
Donald Trump stated on November 21, 2018 in a tweet: Just before Thanksgiving, oil was $54 a barrel, down from $82. "Thank you to Saudi Arabia."
Bloggers stated on October 22, 2018 in a post on Facebook: "'Caravan' Migrant Army Paint Swastika on American Flag, Burn It in the Street."
Donald Trump stated on October 20, 2018 in an exchange with reporters: Saudi Arabia has ordered $450 billion, "$110 billion of which is a military order," producing "over a million jobs."
Donald Trump stated on October 1, 2018 in a White House press event: "Since NAFTA’s adoption, the United States racked up trade deficits totaling more than $2 trillion."
Bloggers stated on September 9, 2018 in a website post: Says Barack Obama "referred to the carnage that took place in Benghazi as a conspiracy theory."
Donald Trump stated on August 22, 2018 in a tweet: Says the "South African Government is now seizing land from white farmers" and alleges a "large scale killing of farmers" in the country.
Jeff Denham stated on July 24, 2018 in a podcast interview: China has "not acted so well with our elections. They’ve tampered with our elections quite a bit."
Bloggers stated on July 31, 2018 in a blog post: Says Donald Trump contradicted his own administration when he said the decision to allow blueprints for 3D-printed guns to be distributed "doesn’t seem to make much sense."
YourNewsWire.com stated on July 17, 2018 in a headline: "Lisa Page squeals: DNC server was not hacked by Russians."
John Kerry stated on July 11, 2018 in a statement: Since 2014, "each year, (NATO) nations have been increasing their contributions."
Donald Trump stated on July 12, 2018 in a press conference after the NATO summit: "The United States was paying for anywhere from 70 to 90 percent of (NATO), depending on the way you calculate."
Nicholas Burns stated on July 11, 2018 in comments on MSNBC's "Morning Joe": European allies "pay us $2.5 billion a year to keep our forces there. It would cost us more money to bring the troops home than to keep them in Europe."
Donald Trump stated on July 11, 2018 in the NATO summit: "Many countries (in NATO) owe us a tremendous amount of money for many years back, where they’re delinquent, as far as I’m concerned, because the United States has had to pay for them."
Danielle Pletka stated on July 8, 2018 in remarks on NBC's "Meet the Press": Says Bernie Sanders was indifferent to Russia's annexation of Crimea because he felt "they have a lot of Russians anyway."
Donald Trump stated on June 28, 2018 in a speech in Mount Pleasant, Wis.: "The European Union … they send us Mercedes, they send us -- by the millions -- the BMWs -- cars by the millions."
Kevin Nicholson stated on May 30, 2018 in an interview: The Iran deal "handed billions of dollars of cash on cargo planes, sent it to a state sponsor of terror, and Tammy Baldwin was one of the first U.S. senators to get on board and support that."
Donald Trump stated on June 12, 2018 in Singapore press conference: Says Bill Clinton "spent $3 billion and got nothing. And (North Korea) started making nuclear weapons a day later."
