Fact Checker: President Trump has made 9,014 false or misleading claims over 773 days
By Glenn Kessler , Glenn Kessler The Fact Checker Email Bio Follow Salvador Rizzo and Salvador Rizzo Reporter for The Fact Checker Email Bio Follow Meg Kelly Meg Kelly Video editor for The Fact Checker Email Bio Follow March 4 at 3:00 AM Powered by his two-hour stemwinder at the Conservative Political Action Conference on March 2 — which featured more than 100 false or misleading claims — President Trump is on pace to exceed his daily quota set during his first two years in office.
The speech included his greatest hits: 131 times he has falsely said he passed the biggest tax cut in history, 126 times he has falsely said his border wall is already being built, and 116 times he has asserted that the U.S. economy today is the best in history. All three of those claims are on The Fact Checker’s list of Bottomless Pinocchios, as well as other claims Trump made during his CPAC speech.
Trump in previous comments has said earnestly that he wanted Russia to release Hillary Clinton’s emails. In July 2016, he said it gave him “no pause” to call for these emails’ release. Another paper, published March 3, found similar results, with the impact heaviest in Republican counties. “We estimate that the U.S. economy has lost $68.8 billion due to higher import prices,” the economists concluded.
Obstruction of justice charges were part of the impeachment resolutions against Bill Clinton and Richard Nixon. Trump has not been formally accused by anyone of obstructing justice, though some Democratic lawmakers believe he did so. Potential obstruction also appears to be a line of inquiry for the special counsel, according to news reports.
Trump signed legislation allowing drilling in a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The drillable portions of the area are not the largest in the world , and oil production capacity is less than that of Saudi Arabia, according to congressional Republicans.It’s undeniable that there is a pattern of women suffering sexual abuse on the journey north, but it’s hard to quantify.
Trump says he filled airport hangars — not one but four! — during a rally with Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp in Georgia. He previously claimed it was two hangars. But there was only one hangar. The crowd at this event was divided in three: the people inside, the people just outside the open hangar, and a third group watching a TV screen on a different part of the premises, sandwiched between the airport and a corporate office.
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