Tag: Trump fact check

President Trump’s first six months: The fact-check tally

The following article by Glenn Kessler, Michelle Ye Hee Lee and Meg Kelly was posted on the Washington Post website July 20, 2017:

Six months into President Trump’s term, he has made 836 misleading claims, averaging 4.6 per day. (Video: Meg Kelly/Photo: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)

Shortly before reaching the six-month mark of his presidency, President Trump made an assertion and then paused that perhaps he should not be so definitive. “I better say ‘think,’ otherwise they’ll give you a Pinocchio. And I don’t like those — I don’t like Pinocchios.”

As it turned out, the president’s claim — that he has signed more bills (42) at this point than “any president ever” — was completely wrong. Just among recent presidents, he’s behind Jimmy Carter (70 bills signed), George H.W. Bush (55) and Bill Clinton (50). Continue reading “President Trump’s first six months: The fact-check tally”

Trump’s claim about the ‘catastrophe’ of Obamacare premiums increasing 204 percent in Alaska

The following article by Michelle Ye Hee Lee was posted on the Washington Post website June 23, 2017:

“In Alaska, they’ve gone up 207 percent on Obamacare. You know, I used to mention only Arizona because they were up 116 percent in Arizona. Now Arizona is like good by comparison to some of the numbers. But they’re way up in Arizona, also.”
— President Trump, remarks at lunch with members of Congress, June 13

“Okay, so I have been saying all hundred and 116 percent for so long. That was Arizona. That was — so yesterday I have a new number — 204 percent in Alaska increase. It is a catastrophe.”
— Trump, remarks at Faith and Freedom Coalition’s conference, June 8

President Trump likes to talk about premium increases under the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare. As Trump says, he used to point out Arizona as the extreme example of premium increases. But he is now using Alaska as a new example, where premiums soared more than 200 percent. Is that really the case?

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A map showing climate anomalies during the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Le Bourget, France, in 2015. Credit Stephane Mahe/Reuters

The following article by Glenn Kessler and Michelle Ye Hee Lee was posted on the Washington Post website June 1, 2017:

In his speech announcing his decision to withdraw from the Paris Accord on climate change, President Trump frequently relied on dubious facts and unbalanced claims to make his case that the agreement would hurt the U.S. economy. Notably, he only looked at one side of the scale — claiming the agreement left the United States at a competitive disadvantage, harming U.S. industries. But he often ignored the benefits that could come from tackling climate change, including potential green jobs.

Trump also suggested that the United States was treated unfairly under the agreement. But each of the nations signing the agreement agreed to help lower emissions, based on plans they submitted. So the U.S. target was set by the Obama administration. Continue reading “A map showing climate anomalies during the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Le Bourget, France, in 2015. Credit Stephane Mahe/Reuters”