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Donald J. Trump · January 20–April 29, 2017
The first 100 days.
Assessed day by day.
A completed calendar-day record of Donald J. Trump's first presidency, connecting each date to the located Trump-participation transcripts and every claim retained after segment-by-segment review. The assessment remains entirely separate from Trump's second-presidency YTD, Overall Claims and PRIQ trend.
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Memorable public quotes
Editorially selected for their public resonance and preserved with exact wording, date and context. Inclusion here is historical context, not a claim verdict.
Telephone conversation with President Volodymyr ZelenskyyDeclassified White House memorandum ↗“I would like you to do us a favor though because our country has been through a lot and Ukraine knows a lot about it.”
Remarks to the National Governors AssociationAmerican Presidency Project transcript ↗“Nobody knew that health care could be so complicated.”
Day 1 begins at noon on January 20, 2017; Day 100 is April 29, 2017. Only specific claims attributable to President Donald J. Trump receive verdicts. Staff remarks, written-only records, reporter questions, predictions, policy preferences and nonfactual rhetoric are excluded.
138 complete and 0 pending out of 138 indexed Trump-participation transcripts. Every Trump-spoken segment in the 100-day inventory has been checked; records with no retained assessment contained no specific attributable factual claim that could responsibly receive one of the four verdicts.
How this day-by-day record works
Every date is visible.
The Roll Call/Factba.se inventory contains 138 distinct Trump-participation transcripts from inauguration through Day 100. Each calendar day appears below, including dates with no located Trump-participation transcript.
Terms stay separate.
Supported findings remain beside False, Misleading and Unresolved ones. A blank claim count after review means no specific attributable factual claim was retained for assessment that day—not that no public activity occurred. This first-presidency tally does not change Trump's second-presidency YTD, Overall Claims or PRIQ trend.
2017-01
January 2017
January 20–31 only: inauguration, initial executive actions and the opening twelve presidential days.
12calendar days21transcripts
Transcript status: 21 complete · 0 pending.
Supported4False5Misleading6Unresolved1
2 attributable claims assessed
2 indexed transcripts · 2 complete · 0 pending
Misleading
The United States had made other countries rich while its own wealth had disappeared over the horizon.
The United States remained the world's largest economy and one of its wealthiest countries. Manufacturing losses were real, but national wealth had not disappeared or simply been transferred abroad.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Inaugural address ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org inaugural-address review · PolitiFact inaugural-address review
Misleading
Factories had shuttered and left U.S. shores, leaving millions of American workers behind.
Manufacturing employment was about 37% below its 1979 peak, but research attributed the decline to several forces, including automation and productivity—not only factories moving overseas.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Inaugural address ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org manufacturing context
2 attributable claims assessed
1 indexed transcript · 1 complete · 0 pending
False
The media made it sound as though Trump had a feud with the intelligence community.
Trump's own public remarks and posts had attacked intelligence agencies and compared their conduct to Nazi Germany; the press did not invent the dispute.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
Evidence: Archived White House CIA transcript · PolitiFact intelligence-feud review
False
The inaugural crowd looked like one million to one-and-a-half million people.
No official count exists, but aerial imagery, crowd-area analysis and transit data all placed attendance well below one million and below the 2009 inauguration.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
Evidence: FactCheck.org crowd-size review
Transcript review complete · no assessable attributable claim identified
1 indexed transcript · 1 complete · 0 pending
1 attributable claim assessed
2 indexed transcripts · 2 complete · 0 pending
False
Three million to five million illegal votes caused Trump to lose the 2016 popular vote.
Election officials and researchers found no evidence of fraud on that scale. Registration-record inaccuracies cited by the administration were not proof that illegal votes were cast.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
Evidence: FactCheck.org voter-fraud review · Fox News contemporaneous report
Transcript review complete · no assessable attributable claim identified
1 indexed transcript · 1 complete · 0 pending
2 attributable claims assessed
2 indexed transcripts · 2 complete · 0 pending
Supported
A new poll showed that people loved or liked Trump's inaugural speech.
Two polls found favorable reactions exceeded unfavorable ones by roughly ten points. The results were positive, although weaker than reactions to the three preceding inaugural addresses.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- ABC News interview ↗
Misleading
The United States had already spent about $6 trillion on wars in the Middle East.
Direct war-related appropriations were about $1.7 trillion; estimates near $6 trillion included projected future veterans' care, interest and broader long-term costs.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- ABC News interview ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org address-to-Congress review
2 attributable claims assessed
2 indexed transcripts · 2 complete · 0 pending
False
Philadelphia's murder total was steadily and terribly increasing.
Philadelphia homicides fell in 2016 from 2015, and the 2016 total was the city's third-lowest since 1990. The claim mistook a longer-term decline for a steady increase.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
Evidence: PolitiFact Philadelphia homicide review
False
The Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines were required to use American steel.
The administration exempted Keystone XL, and Dakota Access was already largely built when the domestic-steel memorandum was issued.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
Evidence: FactCheck.org early-jobs review
1 attributable claim assessed
3 indexed transcripts · 3 complete · 0 pending
Supported
The U.S. goods trade deficit with Mexico was roughly $60 billion to $70 billion.
Census data put the 2016 goods deficit with Mexico at about $63 billion.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
Evidence: Census Bureau 2016 trade statistics
1 attributable claim assessed
2 indexed transcripts · 2 complete · 0 pending
Misleading
Sanctuary cities are not safe.
The statement treated a broad class of jurisdictions as unsafe without supporting comparative evidence. Available research found no statistically discernible increase in violent or property crime attributable to sanctuary policies.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Weekly address ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org first-100-days review
2 attributable claims assessed
No indexed transcript for this date.This does not establish that no public activity occurred; it records only the boundary of the located Trump-participation transcript inventory.
Supported
The seven countries named in the travel order had previously been identified under the Obama administration.
The same seven countries were covered by Obama-era visa-waiver restrictions. Those earlier rules limited visa-waiver eligibility; they did not impose Trump's broader entry suspension.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
Misleading
Trump's travel policy was similar to what President Obama did to Iraqi refugees in 2011.
Both policies temporarily slowed entry, but Obama's action was narrower, followed a specific security case and did not ban Iraqi refugees. Trump's order covered most travelers from seven countries and suspended all refugee admissions.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
Evidence: PolitiFact Obama-policy comparison · FactCheck.org immigration-order explainer
2 attributable claims assessed
2 indexed transcripts · 2 complete · 0 pending
Unresolved
As much as 75%—or slightly more—of federal regulation could be eliminated.
The statement did not define whether 75% referred to rules, pages, costs or another denominator. The signed order required two repeal candidates for each new rule but did not establish that three-quarters of regulation was removable.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
Evidence: Executive Order 13771 · PolitiFact regulation-promise record
Misleading
Trump's intervention saved roughly $700 million on an F-35 order.
The contract price fell by about $728 million, but Pentagon negotiations and a long-running cost-reduction program predated Trump's involvement, so sole credit was unwarranted.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
Evidence: Defense Department F-35 contract announcement · FactCheck.org address-to-Congress review
1 attributable claim assessed
3 indexed transcripts · 3 complete · 0 pending
Supported
Trump nominated a Supreme Court candidate from the public list he had released during the campaign.
Neil Gorsuch appeared on Trump's September 2016 expansion of his public Supreme Court list, and Trump nominated him on January 31.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
Evidence: Archived White House nomination record · CBS News September 2016 list
2017-02
February 2017
Early executive actions, a full White House news conference and the first address to a joint session of Congress.
28calendar days43transcripts
Transcript status: 43 complete · 0 pending.
Supported13False12Misleading28Unresolved3
Transcript review complete · no assessable attributable claim identified
2 indexed transcripts · 2 complete · 0 pending
1 attributable claim assessed
2 indexed transcripts · 2 complete · 0 pending
False
Australia was sending more than 1,000 illegal immigrants from prisons to the United States.
The agreement concerned screened refugees and asylum seekers held in offshore immigration detention, not a transfer of convicted criminals from Australian prisons.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
Evidence: FactCheck.org review of the Australia refugee agreement
1 attributable claim assessed
2 indexed transcripts · 2 complete · 0 pending
Supported
The January 2017 employment report showed about 227,000 jobs added.
BLS initially reported a 227,000 increase in nonfarm payroll employment; most survey data preceded inauguration day.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
Evidence: BLS Employment Situation, January 2017
No Trump-participation transcript indexed
No indexed transcript for this date.This does not establish that no public activity occurred; it records only the boundary of the located Trump-participation transcript inventory.
No Trump-participation transcript indexed
No indexed transcript for this date.This does not establish that no public activity occurred; it records only the boundary of the located Trump-participation transcript inventory.
1 attributable claim assessed
1 indexed transcript · 1 complete · 0 pending
Misleading
Trump's intervention saved roughly $700 million on an F-35 order.
The contract price fell by about $728 million, but Pentagon negotiations and a long-running cost-reduction program predated Trump's involvement, so sole credit was unwarranted.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech tampa fl ↗
Evidence: Defense Department F-35 contract announcement · FactCheck.org address-to-Congress review
2 attributable claims assessed
1 indexed transcript · 1 complete · 0 pending
Misleading
The Keystone XL pipeline would create roughly 32,000 to 42,000 jobs.
The State Department estimated about 42,100 direct, indirect and induced positions during construction, equal to about 3,900 jobs for one year, and only about 35 permanent operating jobs.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Remarks washington dc ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org Keystone XL jobs review · FactCheck.org CPAC-speech review
False
The U.S. murder rate was at its highest level in 45 to 47 years.
The murder rate had risen, but the 2015 rate was less than half its 1980 peak and below rates throughout much of the preceding decades.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Remarks washington dc ↗
Evidence: FBI Crime in the United States 2015 · FactCheck.org first-100-days review
2 attributable claims assessed
1 indexed transcript · 1 complete · 0 pending
Supported
The 2015 murder rate experienced its largest single-year percentage increase in nearly half a century.
FBI data showed a 10.8% increase from 2014, the largest percentage rise since 1971, while the rate remained well below earlier peaks.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech washington dc ↗
Evidence: FBI Crime in the United States 2015 · FactCheck.org address-to-Congress review
Supported
More than 4,000 people were shot in Chicago in 2016.
Chicago Police Department figures recorded more than 4,300 shooting victims in 2016.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech washington dc ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org review of Chicago's 2016 shooting total
1 attributable claim assessed
3 indexed transcripts · 3 complete · 0 pending
Misleading
The United States had already spent about $6 trillion on wars in the Middle East.
Direct war-related appropriations were about $1.7 trillion; estimates near $6 trillion included projected future veterans' care, interest and broader long-term costs.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
Evidence: FactCheck.org address-to-Congress review
Transcript review complete · no assessable attributable claim identified
2 indexed transcripts · 2 complete · 0 pending
Transcript review complete · no assessable attributable claim identified
1 indexed transcript · 1 complete · 0 pending
No Trump-participation transcript indexed
No indexed transcript for this date.This does not establish that no public activity occurred; it records only the boundary of the located Trump-participation transcript inventory.
1 attributable claim assessed
2 indexed transcripts · 2 complete · 0 pending
Supported
Women were the sole or primary breadwinners in about 40% of households with children.
Pew's analysis of Census data found mothers were the sole or primary provider in 40% of households with children under 18, though the cited age cutoff sometimes varied in Trump's wording.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
1 attributable claim assessed
1 indexed transcript · 1 complete · 0 pending
Unresolved
Autism itself had increased tremendously among children.
Reported diagnoses rose, but scientists could not separate any change in underlying prevalence from broader definitions, greater awareness and improved diagnosis.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Remarks washington dc ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org first-100-days review
4 attributable claims assessed
3 indexed transcripts · 3 complete · 0 pending
Misleading
Trump won 306 Electoral College votes.
The election-night allocation was 306, but two Trump electors defected, so the certified total was 304.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
False
News reports about Michael Flynn's contacts with Russia were fabricated or based on invented sources.
The White House and Flynn's resignation letter confirmed the core reporting about his sanctions discussions and misleading account to the vice president.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
Evidence: FactCheck.org CPAC-speech review
Supported
The January 2017 employment report showed about 227,000 jobs added.
BLS initially reported a 227,000 increase in nonfarm payroll employment; most survey data preceded inauguration day.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
Evidence: BLS Employment Situation, January 2017
Unresolved
Federal regulation cost the economy about $2 trillion per year.
The figure came from contested extrapolations of regulatory costs and did not net out regulatory benefits; no official comprehensive annual total established it.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
7 attributable claims assessed
3 indexed transcripts · 3 complete · 0 pending
False
Trump's Electoral College victory was the biggest since Ronald Reagan.
George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama each won more electoral votes than Trump's 304.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
Evidence: FactCheck.org news-conference review
False
The Ninth Circuit had been overturned by the Supreme Court at a record rate.
Its recent reversal rate was high but not a record; several other circuits had higher rates in the reviewed period.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
Evidence: FactCheck.org Ninth Circuit analysis
Misleading
Ford, Fiat Chrysler, General Motors, Intel and other companies were expanding in the United States because of Trump's election.
The announcements were real, but several investments had been planned before the election or reflected longer-running market decisions.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
Evidence: FactCheck.org investment context
Misleading
Trump won 306 Electoral College votes.
The election-night allocation was 306, but two Trump electors defected, so the certified total was 304.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
Supported
A Rasmussen poll reported Trump's approval rating at 55%.
Rasmussen's daily tracking poll did report a 55% approval figure, although other contemporaneous polls were lower.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
Supported
Major U.S. stock indexes had reached record highs.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq reached record closing levels during the first 100 days.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
Evidence: Federal Reserve Economic Data, Dow Jones Industrial Average
False
The Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines were required to use American steel.
The administration exempted Keystone XL, and Dakota Access was already largely built when the domestic-steel memorandum was issued.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
Evidence: FactCheck.org early-jobs review
Transcript review complete · no assessable attributable claim identified
2 indexed transcripts · 2 complete · 0 pending
1 attributable claim assessed
1 indexed transcript · 1 complete · 0 pending
Misleading
Sweden's acceptance of refugees had produced extraordinary new crime or a recent terrorist incident.
No terrorist attack had occurred on the referenced night, and crime trends did not establish the sweeping causal link to refugee admissions.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech melbourne fl ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org CPAC-speech review
No Trump-participation transcript indexed
No indexed transcript for this date.This does not establish that no public activity occurred; it records only the boundary of the located Trump-participation transcript inventory.
Transcript review complete · no assessable attributable claim identified
1 indexed transcript · 1 complete · 0 pending
Transcript review complete · no assessable attributable claim identified
1 indexed transcript · 1 complete · 0 pending
1 attributable claim assessed
1 indexed transcript · 1 complete · 0 pending
Misleading
The national debt doubled during the preceding eight years.
Debt held by the public more than doubled, while gross federal debt rose about 88%; the unqualified claim blurred the two measures and rounded upward.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Remarks washington dc ↗
Evidence: Treasury historical debt outstanding
3 attributable claims assessed
2 indexed transcripts · 2 complete · 0 pending
Misleading
Major corporate investment and hiring announcements occurred because Trump won the election.
The announcements were real, but several investments were planned before the election or reflected longer-running market and merger decisions.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Remarks ceos washington dc ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org February 16 news-conference review · FactCheck.org address-to-Congress review · FactCheck.org CPAC-speech review · FactCheck.org Charter investment review
Misleading
The United States lost roughly one-third of its manufacturing jobs because of NAFTA.
Manufacturing employment fell by roughly that share from its historical peak, but much of the decline occurred outside the NAFTA period and reflected automation, productivity, recessions and trade with many countries.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Remarks ceos washington dc ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org inaugural-address review · FactCheck.org CPAC-speech review
Misleading
The United States lost 60,000 to 70,000 factories after China joined the World Trade Organization.
Census data show a large net decline in manufacturing establishments, but the quoted total varied with endpoints and did not establish that China's WTO entry caused every closure.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Remarks ceos washington dc ↗
Evidence: Census Bureau business-dynamics statistics · FactCheck.org address-to-Congress review
8 attributable claims assessed
4 indexed transcripts · 4 complete · 0 pending
False
News reports about Michael Flynn's contacts with Russia were fabricated or based on invented sources.
The White House and Flynn's resignation letter confirmed the core reporting about his sanctions discussions and misleading account to the vice president.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech cpac oxon hill md ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org CPAC-speech review
Misleading
The national debt doubled during the preceding eight years.
Debt held by the public more than doubled, while gross federal debt rose about 88%; the unqualified claim blurred the two measures and rounded upward.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech cpac oxon hill md ↗
Evidence: Treasury historical debt outstanding
Unresolved
As much as 75% of federal regulation could be eliminated.
The statement did not define whether the percentage referred to rules, pages or costs; the two-for-one order did not establish a three-quarter reduction.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech cpac oxon hill md ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org first-100-days review
Misleading
Major corporate investment and hiring announcements occurred because Trump won the election.
The announcements were real, but several investments were planned before the election or reflected longer-running market and merger decisions.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech cpac oxon hill md ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org February 16 news-conference review · FactCheck.org address-to-Congress review · FactCheck.org CPAC-speech review · FactCheck.org Charter investment review
Misleading
The Keystone XL pipeline would create roughly 32,000 to 42,000 jobs.
The State Department estimated about 42,100 direct, indirect and induced positions during construction, equal to about 3,900 jobs for one year, and only about 35 permanent operating jobs.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech cpac oxon hill md ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org Keystone XL jobs review · FactCheck.org CPAC-speech review
False
The Affordable Care Act covered very few people.
Federal estimates found about 20 million more people had gained health coverage because of the law by early 2016.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech cpac oxon hill md ↗
Evidence: HHS Affordable Care Act coverage estimate · FactCheck.org CPAC-speech review
False
The United States had left its borders wide open for anyone to cross.
Border Patrol staffing and budgets had more than doubled since 2001, and hundreds of thousands of apprehensions were made annually.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech cpac oxon hill md ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org address-to-Congress review
Misleading
The United States had already spent about $6 trillion on wars in the Middle East.
Direct war-related appropriations were about $1.7 trillion; estimates near $6 trillion included projected future veterans' care, interest and broader long-term costs.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech cpac oxon hill md ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org address-to-Congress review
No Trump-participation transcript indexed
No indexed transcript for this date.This does not establish that no public activity occurred; it records only the boundary of the located Trump-participation transcript inventory.
Transcript review complete · no assessable attributable claim identified
1 indexed transcript · 1 complete · 0 pending
6 attributable claims assessed
2 indexed transcripts · 2 complete · 0 pending
Misleading
Affordable Care Act premiums had risen by double or triple digits nationwide.
Average benchmark premiums rose about 25% across HealthCare.gov states for 2017; Arizona's 116% increase was an outlier, and subsidies shielded most marketplace enrollees from the full increase.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Remarks health ceos ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org address-to-Congress review
Misleading
The Affordable Care Act was dead, collapsing or in a nationwide death spiral.
Some state marketplaces had serious insurer and premium problems, but CBO and other analysts found the national individual market was likely to remain stable; conditions varied substantially by state.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Remarks health ceos ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org first-100-days review · FactCheck.org first-100-days health-market review
Supported
Nearly half of insurers had stopped participating in Affordable Care Act exchanges.
The number of insurer issuers fell by roughly 44% from 2015 to 2017, although consumers still had coverage options in nearly all counties.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Remarks health ceos ↗
Misleading
Nearly 20 million people chose to pay the Affordable Care Act penalty or claim an exemption rather than buy insurance.
Tax filings did include roughly that many penalty or exemption cases, but exemptions covered many circumstances and did not show that all consciously rejected affordable coverage.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Remarks health ceos ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org CPAC-speech review
False
The proposed defense increase was one of the largest or most historic in U.S. history.
The proposed base-budget increase was large, but several enacted increases in the 1980s and other years were larger in percentage and inflation-adjusted dollar terms.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech governors ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org defense-increase review
Misleading
The United States had already spent about $6 trillion on wars in the Middle East.
Direct war-related appropriations were about $1.7 trillion; estimates near $6 trillion included projected future veterans' care, interest and broader long-term costs.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech governors ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org address-to-Congress review
16 attributable claims assessed
4 indexed transcripts · 4 complete · 0 pending
Supported
The 2015 murder rate experienced its largest single-year percentage increase in nearly half a century.
FBI data showed a 10.8% increase from 2014, the largest percentage rise since 1971, although the murder rate remained below earlier peaks.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
Evidence: FactCheck.org joint-address review
Supported
Major U.S. stock indexes had reached record highs.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq reached record closing levels during the first 100 days.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech congress ↗
Evidence: Federal Reserve Economic Data, Dow Jones Industrial Average
Supported
U.S. stock-market value had increased by roughly $3 trillion since the election.
Broad-market capitalization estimates were in that range by late February, although market moves cannot be attributed to one cause.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech congress ↗
Evidence: S&P Dow Jones Indices market data
Misleading
Ninety-four million Americans were out of the labor force.
The count was numerically close but included retirees, students, caregivers and others not seeking work; most said they did not want a job.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech congress ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org address-to-Congress review · BLS labor-force participation tables
Misleading
Major corporate investment and hiring announcements occurred because Trump won the election.
The announcements were real, but several investments were planned before the election or reflected longer-running market and merger decisions.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech congress ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org February 16 news-conference review · FactCheck.org address-to-Congress review · FactCheck.org CPAC-speech review · FactCheck.org Charter investment review
False
The proposed defense increase was one of the largest or most historic in U.S. history.
The proposed base-budget increase was large, but several enacted increases in the 1980s and other years were larger in percentage and inflation-adjusted dollar terms.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech congress ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org defense-increase review
Misleading
The United States lost roughly one-third of its manufacturing jobs because of NAFTA.
Manufacturing employment fell by roughly that share from its historical peak, but much of the decline occurred outside the NAFTA period and reflected automation, productivity, recessions and trade with many countries.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech congress ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org inaugural-address review · FactCheck.org CPAC-speech review
Misleading
The United States lost 60,000 to 70,000 factories after China joined the World Trade Organization.
Census data show a large net decline in manufacturing establishments, but the quoted total varied with endpoints and did not establish that China's WTO entry caused every closure.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech congress ↗
Evidence: Census Bureau business-dynamics statistics · FactCheck.org address-to-Congress review
Misleading
Affordable Care Act premiums had risen by double or triple digits nationwide.
Average benchmark premiums rose about 25% across HealthCare.gov states for 2017; Arizona's 116% increase was an outlier, and subsidies shielded most marketplace enrollees from the full increase.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech congress ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org address-to-Congress review
Misleading
The Affordable Care Act was dead, collapsing or in a nationwide death spiral.
Some state marketplaces had serious insurer and premium problems, but CBO and other analysts found the national individual market was likely to remain stable; conditions varied substantially by state.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech congress ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org first-100-days review · FactCheck.org first-100-days health-market review
Supported
One-third of U.S. counties had only one insurer participating in the Affordable Care Act marketplace.
A Kaiser Family Foundation analysis found 32% of counties had one marketplace insurer in 2017.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech congress ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org first-100-days health-market review · FactCheck.org address-to-Congress review
Supported
More than 4,000 people were shot in Chicago in 2016.
Chicago Police Department figures recorded more than 4,300 shooting victims in 2016.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech congress ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org review of Chicago's 2016 shooting total
Misleading
The vast majority of people convicted of terrorism-related offenses since 9/11 came from outside the United States.
The Justice Department list mixed international-terrorism cases with limited details and excluded domestic-terrorism prosecutions, so it could not support the broad comparison Trump drew.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech congress ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org address-to-Congress review
False
The United States had left its borders wide open for anyone to cross.
Border Patrol staffing and budgets had more than doubled since 2001, and hundreds of thousands of apprehensions were made annually.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech congress ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org address-to-Congress review
Misleading
The United States had already spent about $6 trillion on wars in the Middle East.
Direct war-related appropriations were about $1.7 trillion; estimates near $6 trillion included projected future veterans' care, interest and broader long-term costs.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech congress ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org address-to-Congress review
Misleading
The current immigration system cost American taxpayers many billions of dollars per year.
The cited National Academies report found mixed fiscal effects across generations and an overall positive long-run economic impact; Trump presented only the first-generation cost estimate.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech congress ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org address-to-Congress review
2017-03
March 2017
Health-care advocacy, economic claims and the unsupported wiretap allegation.
31calendar days38transcripts
Transcript status: 38 complete · 0 pending.
Supported12False11Misleading22Unresolved2
No Trump-participation transcript indexed
No indexed transcript for this date.This does not establish that no public activity occurred; it records only the boundary of the located Trump-participation transcript inventory.
1 attributable claim assessed
1 indexed transcript · 1 complete · 0 pending
False
The proposed defense increase was one of the largest or most historic in U.S. history.
The proposed base-budget increase was large, but several enacted increases in the 1980s and other years were larger in percentage and inflation-adjusted dollar terms.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Remarks uss gerald ford ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org defense-increase review
Transcript review complete · no assessable attributable claim identified
1 indexed transcript · 1 complete · 0 pending
1 attributable claim assessed
No indexed transcript for this date.This does not establish that no public activity occurred; it records only the boundary of the located Trump-participation transcript inventory.
False
President Obama had Trump's phones wiretapped during the 2016 campaign.
Trump offered no evidence, and the FBI director and congressional intelligence leaders said they had no information supporting the allegation.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Public Twitter statements ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org wiretap evidence review
No Trump-participation transcript indexed
No indexed transcript for this date.This does not establish that no public activity occurred; it records only the boundary of the located Trump-participation transcript inventory.
No Trump-participation transcript indexed
No indexed transcript for this date.This does not establish that no public activity occurred; it records only the boundary of the located Trump-participation transcript inventory.
1 attributable claim assessed
1 indexed transcript · 1 complete · 0 pending
Misleading
The Affordable Care Act was dead, collapsing or in a nationwide death spiral.
Some state marketplaces had serious insurer and premium problems, but CBO and other analysts found the national individual market was likely to remain stable; conditions varied substantially by state.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Remarks deputy whip ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org first-100-days review · FactCheck.org first-100-days health-market review
No Trump-participation transcript indexed
No indexed transcript for this date.This does not establish that no public activity occurred; it records only the boundary of the located Trump-participation transcript inventory.
Transcript review complete · no assessable attributable claim identified
1 indexed transcript · 1 complete · 0 pending
2 attributable claims assessed
1 indexed transcript · 1 complete · 0 pending
Misleading
Affordable Care Act premiums had risen by double or triple digits nationwide.
Average benchmark premiums rose about 25% across HealthCare.gov states for 2017; Arizona's 116% increase was an outlier, and subsidies shielded most marketplace enrollees from the full increase.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Remarks healthcare ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org address-to-Congress review
Supported
One-third of U.S. counties had only one insurer participating in the Affordable Care Act marketplace.
A Kaiser Family Foundation analysis found 32% of counties had one marketplace insurer in 2017.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Remarks healthcare ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org first-100-days health-market review · FactCheck.org address-to-Congress review
No Trump-participation transcript indexed
No indexed transcript for this date.This does not establish that no public activity occurred; it records only the boundary of the located Trump-participation transcript inventory.
No Trump-participation transcript indexed
No indexed transcript for this date.This does not establish that no public activity occurred; it records only the boundary of the located Trump-participation transcript inventory.
6 attributable claims assessed
3 indexed transcripts · 3 complete · 0 pending
Supported
One-third of U.S. counties had only one insurer participating in the Affordable Care Act marketplace.
A Kaiser Family Foundation analysis found 32% of counties had one marketplace insurer in 2017.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
Evidence: PolitiFact county-insurer review
Misleading
Nearly half a million jobs had been added in the first two employment reports issued after Trump took office.
The reports initially totaled about 454,000 jobs, but January's survey was conducted largely before inauguration and the short-run gain could not reasonably be credited entirely to Trump.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Remarks cabinet ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org early-jobs review · BLS Employment Situation, January 2017 · BLS Employment Situation, February 2017
False
The proposed defense increase was one of the largest or most historic in U.S. history.
The proposed base-budget increase was large, but several enacted increases in the 1980s and other years were larger in percentage and inflation-adjusted dollar terms.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Remarks cabinet ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org defense-increase review
Supported
Southwest-border apprehensions had fallen by roughly 40% to 73%, depending on the comparison date.
CBP data showed exceptionally steep declines from late 2016 and inauguration-period levels through March and April 2017; apprehensions are a proxy, not a complete count of illegal immigration.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Remarks cabinet ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org first-100-days border-data review · FactCheck.org first-100-days interview review
Misleading
Affordable Care Act premiums had risen by double or triple digits nationwide.
Average benchmark premiums rose about 25% across HealthCare.gov states for 2017; Arizona's 116% increase was an outlier, and subsidies shielded most marketplace enrollees from the full increase.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Remarks healthcare ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org address-to-Congress review
Misleading
The Affordable Care Act was dead, collapsing or in a nationwide death spiral.
Some state marketplaces had serious insurer and premium problems, but CBO and other analysts found the national individual market was likely to remain stable; conditions varied substantially by state.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Remarks healthcare ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org first-100-days review · FactCheck.org first-100-days health-market review
No Trump-participation transcript indexed
No indexed transcript for this date.This does not establish that no public activity occurred; it records only the boundary of the located Trump-participation transcript inventory.
10 attributable claims assessed
4 indexed transcripts · 4 complete · 0 pending
Misleading
Nearly half a million jobs had been added in the two employment reports issued since Trump took office.
The reports showed 454,000 added jobs, but most January survey data were collected before Trump took office and could not reasonably be credited to his administration.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Nashville rally ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org jobs-number review
Misleading
The Keystone and Dakota Access pipelines would have to use American steel.
The memorandum promoted domestic steel, but the administration exempted Keystone XL and the largely completed Dakota Access pipeline.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Nashville rally ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org pipeline-steel review
Unresolved
As much as 75% of federal regulation could be eliminated.
The statement did not define whether the percentage referred to rules, pages or costs; the two-for-one order did not establish a three-quarter reduction.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Remarks ceo michigan ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org first-100-days review
Misleading
Major corporate investment and hiring announcements occurred because Trump won the election.
The announcements were real, but several investments were planned before the election or reflected longer-running market and merger decisions.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech acm ypsilanti mi ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org February 16 news-conference review · FactCheck.org address-to-Congress review · FactCheck.org CPAC-speech review · FactCheck.org Charter investment review
Misleading
The United States lost roughly one-third of its manufacturing jobs because of NAFTA.
Manufacturing employment fell by roughly that share from its historical peak, but much of the decline occurred outside the NAFTA period and reflected automation, productivity, recessions and trade with many countries.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech acm ypsilanti mi ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org inaugural-address review · FactCheck.org CPAC-speech review
Misleading
The United States lost 60,000 to 70,000 factories after China joined the World Trade Organization.
Census data show a large net decline in manufacturing establishments, but the quoted total varied with endpoints and did not establish that China's WTO entry caused every closure.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech acm ypsilanti mi ↗
Evidence: Census Bureau business-dynamics statistics · FactCheck.org address-to-Congress review
False
The proposed defense increase was one of the largest or most historic in U.S. history.
The proposed base-budget increase was large, but several enacted increases in the 1980s and other years were larger in percentage and inflation-adjusted dollar terms.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech nashville ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org defense-increase review
False
The Affordable Care Act covered very few people.
Federal estimates found about 20 million more people had gained health coverage because of the law by early 2016.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech nashville ↗
Evidence: HHS Affordable Care Act coverage estimate · FactCheck.org CPAC-speech review
Misleading
Affordable Care Act premiums had risen by double or triple digits nationwide.
Average benchmark premiums rose about 25% across HealthCare.gov states for 2017; Arizona's 116% increase was an outlier, and subsidies shielded most marketplace enrollees from the full increase.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech nashville ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org address-to-Congress review
Supported
Southwest-border apprehensions had fallen by roughly 40% to 73%, depending on the comparison date.
CBP data showed exceptionally steep declines from late 2016 and inauguration-period levels through March and April 2017; apprehensions are a proxy, not a complete count of illegal immigration.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech nashville ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org first-100-days border-data review · FactCheck.org first-100-days interview review
Transcript review complete · no assessable attributable claim identified
2 indexed transcripts · 2 complete · 0 pending
3 attributable claims assessed
4 indexed transcripts · 4 complete · 0 pending
Misleading
Affordable Care Act premiums had risen by double or triple digits nationwide.
Average benchmark premiums rose about 25% across HealthCare.gov states for 2017; Arizona's 116% increase was an outlier, and subsidies shielded most marketplace enrollees from the full increase.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Meeting gop study ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org address-to-Congress review
Misleading
The Affordable Care Act was dead, collapsing or in a nationwide death spiral.
Some state marketplaces had serious insurer and premium problems, but CBO and other analysts found the national individual market was likely to remain stable; conditions varied substantially by state.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Meeting gop study ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org first-100-days review · FactCheck.org first-100-days health-market review
False
Half of Tennessee had no Affordable Care Act marketplace insurer.
Every Tennessee rating area had at least one marketplace carrier for 2017, though parts of the state faced uncertainty for 2018.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Meeting gop study ↗
No Trump-participation transcript indexed
No indexed transcript for this date.This does not establish that no public activity occurred; it records only the boundary of the located Trump-participation transcript inventory.
No Trump-participation transcript indexed
No indexed transcript for this date.This does not establish that no public activity occurred; it records only the boundary of the located Trump-participation transcript inventory.
11 attributable claims assessed
3 indexed transcripts · 3 complete · 0 pending
Misleading
The Affordable Care Act was dead, collapsing or in a nationwide death spiral.
Some state marketplaces had serious insurer and premium problems, but CBO and other analysts found the national individual market was likely to remain stable; conditions varied substantially by state.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
Evidence: FactCheck.org first-100-days review · FactCheck.org first-100-days health-market review
Supported
U.S. stock-market value had increased by roughly $3 trillion since the election.
Broad-market capitalization estimates were in that range by late February, although market moves cannot be attributed to one cause.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech louisville ky ↗
Evidence: S&P Dow Jones Indices market data
False
The Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines were required to use American steel.
The administration exempted Keystone XL, and Dakota Access was already largely built when the domestic-steel memorandum was issued.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech louisville ky ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org early-jobs review
False
The proposed defense increase was one of the largest or most historic in U.S. history.
The proposed base-budget increase was large, but several enacted increases in the 1980s and other years were larger in percentage and inflation-adjusted dollar terms.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech louisville ky ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org defense-increase review
Misleading
The United States lost roughly one-third of its manufacturing jobs because of NAFTA.
Manufacturing employment fell by roughly that share from its historical peak, but much of the decline occurred outside the NAFTA period and reflected automation, productivity, recessions and trade with many countries.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech louisville ky ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org inaugural-address review · FactCheck.org CPAC-speech review
Misleading
The United States lost 60,000 to 70,000 factories after China joined the World Trade Organization.
Census data show a large net decline in manufacturing establishments, but the quoted total varied with endpoints and did not establish that China's WTO entry caused every closure.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech louisville ky ↗
Evidence: Census Bureau business-dynamics statistics · FactCheck.org address-to-Congress review
Misleading
Affordable Care Act premiums had risen by double or triple digits nationwide.
Average benchmark premiums rose about 25% across HealthCare.gov states for 2017; Arizona's 116% increase was an outlier, and subsidies shielded most marketplace enrollees from the full increase.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech louisville ky ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org address-to-Congress review
Supported
One-third of U.S. counties had only one insurer participating in the Affordable Care Act marketplace.
A Kaiser Family Foundation analysis found 32% of counties had one marketplace insurer in 2017.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech louisville ky ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org first-100-days health-market review · FactCheck.org address-to-Congress review
Misleading
The Affordable Care Act was a 2,700-page law that no one read or understood.
Page counts vary by document format, and the assertion that no lawmaker read or understood it was an unsupported universal claim.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech louisville ky ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org address-to-Congress review
False
Many of the best physicians were leaving medicine entirely because of the Affordable Care Act.
The number of active physicians increased by nearly 8% after the law was enacted; no evidence supported a mass exodus caused by it.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech louisville ky ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org first-100-days review
Supported
Southwest-border apprehensions had fallen by roughly 40% to 73%, depending on the comparison date.
CBP data showed exceptionally steep declines from late 2016 and inauguration-period levels through March and April 2017; apprehensions are a proxy, not a complete count of illegal immigration.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech louisville ky ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org first-100-days border-data review · FactCheck.org first-100-days interview review
5 attributable claims assessed
2 indexed transcripts · 2 complete · 0 pending
Supported
The U.S. statutory corporate income-tax rate was among the highest in the developed world.
The combined federal and average state statutory rate was the highest among OECD countries, although effective rates were lower.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech nrcc dinner ↗
Evidence: OECD corporate tax statistics
False
The Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines were required to use American steel.
The administration exempted Keystone XL, and Dakota Access was already largely built when the domestic-steel memorandum was issued.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech nrcc dinner ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org early-jobs review
Misleading
Affordable Care Act premiums had risen by double or triple digits nationwide.
Average benchmark premiums rose about 25% across HealthCare.gov states for 2017; Arizona's 116% increase was an outlier, and subsidies shielded most marketplace enrollees from the full increase.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech nrcc dinner ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org address-to-Congress review
Supported
Southwest-border apprehensions had fallen by roughly 40% to 73%, depending on the comparison date.
CBP data showed exceptionally steep declines from late 2016 and inauguration-period levels through March and April 2017; apprehensions are a proxy, not a complete count of illegal immigration.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech nrcc dinner ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org first-100-days border-data review · FactCheck.org first-100-days interview review
False
TransCanada dropped its multibillion-dollar Keystone XL lawsuit after Trump threatened to terminate the pipeline.
The company had only suspended the proceeding at the time; it formally discontinued the claim after the State Department issued the permit.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech nrcc dinner ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org first-100-days review
Transcript review complete · no assessable attributable claim identified
2 indexed transcripts · 2 complete · 0 pending
No Trump-participation transcript indexed
No indexed transcript for this date.This does not establish that no public activity occurred; it records only the boundary of the located Trump-participation transcript inventory.
2 attributable claims assessed
4 indexed transcripts · 4 complete · 0 pending
Misleading
Major corporate investment and hiring announcements occurred because Trump won the election.
The announcements were real, but several investments were planned before the election or reflected longer-running market and merger decisions.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Charter rutledge remarks ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org February 16 news-conference review · FactCheck.org address-to-Congress review · FactCheck.org CPAC-speech review · FactCheck.org Charter investment review
Misleading
Charter Communications had newly committed to invest $25 billion and create 20,000 jobs after Trump's election.
The investment and hiring plans were tied to a merger and had been announced well before the election.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Charter rutledge remarks ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org Charter investment review
No Trump-participation transcript indexed
No indexed transcript for this date.This does not establish that no public activity occurred; it records only the boundary of the located Trump-participation transcript inventory.
No Trump-participation transcript indexed
No indexed transcript for this date.This does not establish that no public activity occurred; it records only the boundary of the located Trump-participation transcript inventory.
1 attributable claim assessed
2 indexed transcripts · 2 complete · 0 pending
Supported
Women were the sole or primary breadwinners in about 40% of households with children.
Pew's analysis of Census data found mothers were the sole or primary provider in 40% of households with children under 18, though the cited age cutoff sometimes varied in Trump's wording.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
1 attributable claim assessed
3 indexed transcripts · 3 complete · 0 pending
Supported
Southwest-border apprehensions had fallen by roughly 40% to 73%, depending on the comparison date.
CBP data showed exceptionally steep declines from late 2016 and inauguration-period levels through March and April 2017; apprehensions are a proxy, not a complete count of illegal immigration.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Remarks fop ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org first-100-days border-data review · FactCheck.org first-100-days interview review
1 attributable claim assessed
2 indexed transcripts · 2 complete · 0 pending
Unresolved
Illegal drugs crossing the southern border had fallen by about 61%.
The percentage cited tracked migrant apprehensions, not drug flows; seizure totals do not measure all trafficking and did not establish the same decline.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Remarks opiod addiction ↗
No Trump-participation transcript indexed
No indexed transcript for this date.This does not establish that no public activity occurred; it records only the boundary of the located Trump-participation transcript inventory.
2 attributable claims assessed
2 indexed transcripts · 2 complete · 0 pending
Supported
A manufacturers' survey reported a record 93% positive business outlook.
The National Association of Manufacturers' first-quarter 2017 survey reported 93.3% optimism, the highest in that survey's history.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Remarks manufacturers ↗
Evidence: National Association of Manufacturers first-quarter 2017 survey
Misleading
The United States lost nearly $800 billion in trade in 2016.
The goods trade deficit was about $753 billion, which could be rounded toward $800 billion, but calling a trade deficit a national loss ignored services and the value of imports received.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Remarks trade ↗
Evidence: Census Bureau 2016 trade statistics · FactCheck.org address-to-Congress review
2017-04
April 1–29, 2017
The first 100 days, immigration and jobs claims, and an Associated Press interview.
29calendar days36transcripts
Transcript status: 36 complete · 0 pending.
Supported16False6Misleading8Unresolved0
No Trump-participation transcript indexed
No indexed transcript for this date.This does not establish that no public activity occurred; it records only the boundary of the located Trump-participation transcript inventory.
No Trump-participation transcript indexed
No indexed transcript for this date.This does not establish that no public activity occurred; it records only the boundary of the located Trump-participation transcript inventory.
Transcript review complete · no assessable attributable claim identified
1 indexed transcript · 1 complete · 0 pending
5 attributable claims assessed
2 indexed transcripts · 2 complete · 0 pending
Supported
Major U.S. stock indexes had reached record highs.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq reached record closing levels during the first 100 days.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech nabtu ↗
Evidence: Federal Reserve Economic Data, Dow Jones Industrial Average
Supported
A manufacturers' survey reported a record 93% positive business outlook.
The National Association of Manufacturers' first-quarter 2017 survey reported 93.3% optimism, the highest in that survey's history.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech nabtu ↗
Evidence: National Association of Manufacturers first-quarter 2017 survey
Misleading
The Keystone XL pipeline would create roughly 32,000 to 42,000 jobs.
The State Department estimated about 42,100 direct, indirect and induced positions during construction, equal to about 3,900 jobs for one year, and only about 35 permanent operating jobs.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech nabtu ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org Keystone XL jobs review · FactCheck.org CPAC-speech review
Supported
Southwest-border apprehensions had fallen by roughly 40% to 73%, depending on the comparison date.
CBP data showed exceptionally steep declines from late 2016 and inauguration-period levels through March and April 2017; apprehensions are a proxy, not a complete count of illegal immigration.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech nabtu ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org first-100-days border-data review · FactCheck.org first-100-days interview review
False
The Obama stimulus was a trillion-dollar infrastructure bill that produced no visible construction projects.
The roughly $840 billion law included tax cuts and social benefits as well as about $80 billion for infrastructure, which financed numerous transportation and public-works projects.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Town hall ceo ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org first-100-days review
Transcript review complete · no assessable attributable claim identified
2 indexed transcripts · 2 complete · 0 pending
Transcript review complete · no assessable attributable claim identified
3 indexed transcripts · 3 complete · 0 pending
Transcript review complete · no assessable attributable claim identified
1 indexed transcript · 1 complete · 0 pending
No Trump-participation transcript indexed
No indexed transcript for this date.This does not establish that no public activity occurred; it records only the boundary of the located Trump-participation transcript inventory.
No Trump-participation transcript indexed
No indexed transcript for this date.This does not establish that no public activity occurred; it records only the boundary of the located Trump-participation transcript inventory.
Transcript review complete · no assessable attributable claim identified
1 indexed transcript · 1 complete · 0 pending
3 attributable claims assessed
1 indexed transcript · 1 complete · 0 pending
Misleading
The administration had created roughly 600,000 jobs in its first 100 days.
Payroll employment rose by roughly that amount across the first three reports, but January largely predated the administration and presidents cannot claim sole, immediate causation for national employment changes.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Remarks ceo policy ↗
Evidence: BLS Employment Situation, January 2017 · BLS Employment Situation, February 2017 · BLS Employment Situation, March 2017 · FactCheck.org first-100-days interview review
Supported
A manufacturers' survey reported a record 93% positive business outlook.
The National Association of Manufacturers' first-quarter 2017 survey reported 93.3% optimism, the highest in that survey's history.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Remarks ceo policy ↗
Evidence: National Association of Manufacturers first-quarter 2017 survey
Supported
The U.S. statutory corporate income-tax rate was among the highest in the developed world.
The combined federal and average state statutory rate was the highest among OECD countries, although effective rates were lower.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Remarks ceo policy ↗
Evidence: OECD corporate tax statistics
2 attributable claims assessed
1 indexed transcript · 1 complete · 0 pending
Supported
NATO membership had grown from 12 founding states to 28 members.
NATO had 12 founding members in 1949 and 28 members before Montenegro joined in June 2017.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
Evidence: NATO defence spending guidance
Supported
NATO allies had agreed to move toward spending 2% of GDP on defense.
The 2014 Wales pledge called for allies below the guideline to move toward 2% within a decade; it was a political commitment rather than a debt owed to the United States.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
Evidence: NATO defence spending guidance
Transcript review complete · no assessable attributable claim identified
1 indexed transcript · 1 complete · 0 pending
No Trump-participation transcript indexed
No indexed transcript for this date.This does not establish that no public activity occurred; it records only the boundary of the located Trump-participation transcript inventory.
No Trump-participation transcript indexed
No indexed transcript for this date.This does not establish that no public activity occurred; it records only the boundary of the located Trump-participation transcript inventory.
No Trump-participation transcript indexed
No indexed transcript for this date.This does not establish that no public activity occurred; it records only the boundary of the located Trump-participation transcript inventory.
Transcript review complete · no assessable attributable claim identified
1 indexed transcript · 1 complete · 0 pending
2 attributable claims assessed
1 indexed transcript · 1 complete · 0 pending
Misleading
The United States lost 60,000 to 70,000 factories after China joined the World Trade Organization.
Census data show a large net decline in manufacturing establishments, but the quoted total varied with endpoints and did not establish that China's WTO entry caused every closure.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
Evidence: Census Bureau business-dynamics statistics · FactCheck.org address-to-Congress review
False
No prior administration had accomplished more in its first 90 or 100 days.
The sweeping historical claim was contradicted most clearly by Franklin Roosevelt's first 100 days and was not supported by legislative or executive-action comparisons.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
Evidence: PolitiFact historical first-100-days comparison · FactCheck.org first-100-days interview review
Transcript review complete · no assessable attributable claim identified
2 indexed transcripts · 2 complete · 0 pending
Transcript review complete · no assessable attributable claim identified
3 indexed transcripts · 3 complete · 0 pending
4 attributable claims assessed
1 indexed transcript · 1 complete · 0 pending
False
China stopped manipulating its currency after President Xi met Trump because Xi respected him.
China had not been intervening to weaken the yuan for years and had recently acted to keep it from falling.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Associated Press interview ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org first-100-days review
False
The proposed border wall would cost $10 billion or less.
Contemporaneous internal and congressional estimates placed construction substantially higher, before maintenance and land-acquisition costs.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Associated Press interview ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org wall-cost review
Supported
Illegal border crossings were at their lowest level in at least 17 years.
Southwest-border apprehensions in March 2017 were the lowest monthly total in available Customs and Border Protection data going back to 2000.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Associated Press interview ↗
Evidence: PolitiFact border-apprehension review
Supported
The U.S. statutory corporate income-tax rate was among the highest in the developed world.
The combined federal and average state statutory rate was the highest among OECD countries, although effective rates were lower.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Remarks financial services ↗
Evidence: OECD corporate tax statistics
No Trump-participation transcript indexed
No indexed transcript for this date.This does not establish that no public activity occurred; it records only the boundary of the located Trump-participation transcript inventory.
No Trump-participation transcript indexed
No indexed transcript for this date.This does not establish that no public activity occurred; it records only the boundary of the located Trump-participation transcript inventory.
Transcript review complete · no assessable attributable claim identified
2 indexed transcripts · 2 complete · 0 pending
1 attributable claim assessed
2 indexed transcripts · 2 complete · 0 pending
Misleading
The administration had created more than 500,000 jobs.
Payrolls had risen by about that amount in the first three reports, but January's survey largely preceded the inauguration and short-run changes cannot be attributed wholly to one administration.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Public Twitter statement ↗
Evidence: PolitiFact jobs review
Transcript review complete · no assessable attributable claim identified
3 indexed transcripts · 3 complete · 0 pending
2 attributable claims assessed
3 indexed transcripts · 3 complete · 0 pending
Misleading
The administration had created roughly 600,000 jobs in its first 100 days.
Payroll employment rose by roughly that amount across the first three reports, but January largely predated the administration and presidents cannot claim sole, immediate causation for national employment changes.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Remarks aluminum imports ↗
Evidence: BLS Employment Situation, January 2017 · BLS Employment Situation, February 2017 · BLS Employment Situation, March 2017 · FactCheck.org first-100-days interview review
Supported
All 168 VA medical centers offered same-day primary and mental-health services.
The VA announced systemwide same-day primary and mental-health services at its medical centers by the end of 2016, before Trump took office.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
Evidence: VA same-day services announcement
2 attributable claims assessed
2 indexed transcripts · 2 complete · 0 pending
Supported
Neil Gorsuch had been confirmed and seated on the Supreme Court during Trump's first 100 days.
The Senate confirmed Gorsuch on April 7, and he took the judicial oath on April 10, 2017.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
Evidence: Supreme Court biography of Neil Gorsuch
Supported
Trump was the first sitting president since Ronald Reagan to address the NRA's annual leadership forum.
Reagan addressed the NRA convention in 1983; later presidents did not appear in person at its annual meeting before Trump in 2017.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
Evidence: Reagan Presidential Library NRA remarks
9 attributable claims assessed
3 indexed transcripts · 3 complete · 0 pending
Misleading
The administration had created roughly 600,000 jobs in its first 100 days.
Payroll employment rose by roughly that amount across the first three reports, but January largely predated the administration and presidents cannot claim sole, immediate causation for national employment changes.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
Evidence: BLS Employment Situation, January 2017 · BLS Employment Situation, February 2017 · BLS Employment Situation, March 2017 · FactCheck.org first-100-days interview review
Supported
Construction employment had risen by about 99,000 jobs during Trump's opening months.
BLS payroll estimates showed construction gains of approximately that scale from January through April, subject to later revisions.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech rally harrisburg pa ↗
Evidence: BLS Employment Situation, January 2017 · BLS Employment Situation, February 2017 · BLS Employment Situation, March 2017
Supported
Manufacturing employment had risen by about 49,000 jobs during Trump's opening months.
BLS estimates showed a manufacturing increase close to that rounded figure over the cited months.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech rally harrisburg pa ↗
Evidence: BLS Employment Situation, January 2017 · BLS Employment Situation, February 2017 · BLS Employment Situation, March 2017
Supported
Major U.S. stock indexes had reached record highs.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq reached record closing levels during the first 100 days.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
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- Speech rally harrisburg pa ↗
Evidence: Federal Reserve Economic Data, Dow Jones Industrial Average
Misleading
Trump's intervention saved roughly $700 million on an F-35 order.
The contract price fell by about $728 million, but Pentagon negotiations and a long-running cost-reduction program predated Trump's involvement, so sole credit was unwarranted.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
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- Speech rally harrisburg pa ↗
Evidence: Defense Department F-35 contract announcement · FactCheck.org address-to-Congress review
Misleading
The Affordable Care Act was dead, collapsing or in a nationwide death spiral.
Some state marketplaces had serious insurer and premium problems, but CBO and other analysts found the national individual market was likely to remain stable; conditions varied substantially by state.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
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- Speech rally harrisburg pa ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org first-100-days review · FactCheck.org first-100-days health-market review
False
Half of Tennessee had no Affordable Care Act marketplace insurer.
Every Tennessee rating area had at least one marketplace carrier for 2017, though parts of the state faced uncertainty for 2018.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech rally harrisburg pa ↗
False
The United States had left its borders wide open for anyone to cross.
Border Patrol staffing and budgets had more than doubled since 2001, and hundreds of thousands of apprehensions were made annually.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech rally harrisburg pa ↗
Evidence: FactCheck.org address-to-Congress review
Supported
Trump signed 13 Congressional Review Act resolutions overturning regulations, more than any previous president.
Before 2017 only one Congressional Review Act disapproval resolution had ever become law; Trump signed 13 during his first 100 days.
- Speaker
- Donald J. Trump
- Context
- Speech rally harrisburg pa ↗
Evidence: Congressional Research Service Congressional Review Act overview
This is a completed review of the 138 located Trump-participation transcripts for the first 100 days. It assesses specific factual claims that could be checked against reliable evidence; predictions, policy preferences, nonfactual rhetoric, questions and other speakers' words remain outside the tally. Later evidence can still justify a documented correction.