Fact Checker: Here’s everything Donald Trump got factually wrong in his first week as president

The following article was is a newsletter from the Washington Post January 27, 2017:

Here’s everything Donald Trump got factually wrong in his first week as president.

It’s been a whirlwind of a week at The Fact Checker. As regular readers know, candidate Donald Trump had difficulty with facts — and we learned this week that President Trump does, too.

It started with Trump’s inauguration speech; we fact-checked eight errors and exaggerations. Then, every day in his first week, Trump either said or tweeted something that was factually inaccurate or exaggerated. We issued several Four-Pinocchio ratings this week to the new president. Continue reading “Fact Checker: Here’s everything Donald Trump got factually wrong in his first week as president”

What Trump got wrong on Twitter this week (#2)

The following article by Michelle Ye Hee Lee was posted on the Washington Post website January 13, 2014:

Welcome to the second edition of Fact Checker’s series examining what the incoming president got wrong on Twitter in a given week. Here’s a round-up of 10 dubious tweets from President-elect Donald Trump from the past week.

Intelligence stated very strongly there was absolutely no evidence that hacking affected the election results. Voting machines not touched!

As we’ve noted, this is a clever misdirection that obscures the point of the intelligence community’s report. Intelligence agencies were not tasked with assessing whether Russian activities swayed the election. The report clearly states: Continue reading “What Trump got wrong on Twitter this week (#2)”