Truth Social

Does a viral image authentically capture the exterior of the Kennedy Center under the second Trump presidency? No, that's not true: A picture of banners reading "President Trump Welcomes You" is not a product of reportage photography. It is a digitally created illustration. The claim appeared in a post (archived here) on X where it was published on March 11,…

Did President Donald Trump make a post on Truth Social on March 11, 2025, calling people "BROKIES" and saying "I don't care about the stock market"? No, that's not true: A viral screenshot of what looked like a Truth Social post had been digitally manipulated. There is no record of this post on Donald Trump's Truth Social account or on…

Did President Donald Trump publish a post on X offering his "referral link" for a discount on a Tesla purchase? No, that's not true: The image purporting to show the Trump post was made-up. Searches across Trump's account on X and across news reports did not show any evidence he published the supposed offer in question. The claim appeared in…

Did President Trump post a message on Truth Social that showed a slashed-through upside-down pink triangle symbol that looked like the badge used in Nazi camps to identify those imprisoned as being homosexual? Yes, that's true: The image appeared as the social media preview card when Trump posted a link to a Washington Times opinion piece about military recruitment ads.…

Did President Donald Trump post he would impose capital controls because "TERRIBLE things" were happening to "our BEAUTIFUL AND GREAT STOCK MARKET" and that he would put a tariff on "foreign selling"? No, that's not true: A viral screenshot of what looked like a Truth Social post has been digitally manipulated. Trump's actual account did not show such a message…

Does Canada bar American banks from operating in the country? No, that's not true: As of this writing, 16 U.S.-based bank subsidiaries and branches were operating in Canada, according to the Canadian Bank Association. These banks hold around 113 billion Canadian dollars in assets and "make up half of all foreign bank assets in Canada," the association added. Canada's Department…

Did U.S. President Donald Trump ask people to forward the "Congressional Reform Act of 2017," also described as "the TRUMP Rules," to "a minimum of 20 people" in early 2025? No, that's not true: His social media posts did not mention the purported proposal in 2025. The text of the so-called "Congressional Reform Act" has been circulating on the internet…

Did President Donald Trump publish a Truth Social post that said "Cardano is the future of America", promoting a cryptocurrency by that name? No, that's not true: A screenshot showing such a post was later described by the original uploader as "a meme." No such post appeared on Trump's account or was indexed by Google. The meme appeared in an…

Did President Trump just copy and paste another person's Facebook post about Ukrainian President Zelenskyy for a March 2, 2025, Truth Social post? No, that's not true: The X.com post suggesting Trump ripped off the post word-for-word failed to show the full Trump post, cutting off the bottom where it credited the author of the Facebook post. That author even…

Did U.S. President Donald Trump call his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy "a dictator"? Yes, that's true: Trump used the word "dictator" to describe Zelenskyy in a February 19, 2025, post on Truth Social. Despite that fact, Trump later attempted to cast doubt on his earlier description. During a joint press appearance featuring Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in…