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  • Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Admit The 2024 Election Was Rigged So He Could Be President Again

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    Did Donald Trump admit in an Oval Office ceremony on March 7, 2025, that the 2024 election was rigged so that he could become president again? No, that's not true: President Trump was claiming the 2020 presidential election won by Joe Biden was rigged, not the 2024 election. If he had won in 2020, he would not be president when…

    • Mar 9, 2025
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Admit The 2024 Election Was Rigged So He Could Be President Again About 2020
  • Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Tweet 'The USA Needs To Hold An Election. Trump Would Lose By A Landslide' -- Fake Screenshot

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    Did Elon Musk tweet "The USA needs to hold an election. Trump would lose by a landslide." on March 7, 2025? No, that's not true: The post in question does not appear on Musk's X account and it was not indexed by Google. A viral screenshot that appears to show such a post bears signs of digital manipulation. An example…

    • Mar 8, 2025
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: Elon Musk Did NOT Tweet 'The USA Needs To Hold An Election. Trump Would Lose By A Landslide' -- Fake Screenshot Fake Post
  • Fact Check: INAUTHENTIC Audio Suggests BBC Reporter Joked On Open Mic That Trump F***ed Zelenskyy In Oval Office Meeting

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    Did a video clip shared to X authentically show a BBC reporter joking the February 28, 2025 Oval Office meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President Donald Trump was " ... the second time that a U.S. president f***ed someone in the Oval Office." ? No, that's not true: The audio was generated using artificial intelligence. The original newscast…

    • Mar 6, 2025
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: INAUTHENTIC Audio Suggests BBC Reporter Joked On Open Mic That Trump F***ed Zelenskyy In Oval Office Meeting AI-Generated
  • Fact Check: FAKE Truth Social Screenshot Shows Trump Threatening Capital Controls And Tariffs On 'Foreign Selling' To Protect Stock Market

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    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…

    • Mar 6, 2025
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: FAKE Truth Social Screenshot Shows Trump Threatening Capital Controls And Tariffs On 'Foreign Selling' To Protect Stock Market Fake Post
  • Fact Check: Old Video Of Mexican Border Closure NOT Related To U.S. Tariffs -- Border Not Closed

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    Does a viral video show Mexico closing the U.S. border in response to President Trump's announcement about imposing tariffs on March 3, 2025? No, that's not true: The video predated the announcement by several days. The gate closure seen in the video happened during a protest against security-related delays on the Mexican side of the crossing. At the time of…

    • Mar 6, 2025
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: Old Video Of Mexican Border Closure NOT Related To U.S. Tariffs -- Border Not Closed Before Tariffs
  • Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Tweet 'If The Dow Drops 1,000 Points In Two Days The President Should Be Impeached Immediately' In 2012

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    Did Donald Trump post a tweet on November 6, 2012, that read, "If the Dow drops 1,000 points in two days the President should be impeached immediately!"? No, that's not true: This is a fake tweet that was manufactured in 2018, years after it was purportedly first posted. There is no record of the original tweet on Donald Trump's Twitter…

    • Mar 5, 2025
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Tweet 'If The Dow Drops 1,000 Points In Two Days The President Should Be Impeached Immediately' In 2012 Fake Tweet
  • Fact Check: Canada Does NOT Bar American Banks From Operating In Country

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    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…

    • Mar 5, 2025
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: Canada Does NOT Bar American Banks From Operating In Country At Least 16
  • Fact Check: President Trump Did NOT Post 'Cardano Is The Future Of America' On Truth Social -- Fake Screenshot

    Fact Check

    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…

    • Mar 4, 2025
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: President Trump Did NOT Post 'Cardano Is The Future Of America' On Truth Social -- Fake Screenshot Fake Post
  • Fact Check: Video Falsely Implies Zelenskyy Said 'Fuck Him' About Trump

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    Does a video show Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying "fuck him" after a reporter asked him about Donald Trump as Zelenskyy entered a meeting with U.K. Prime Minster Keir Starmer? No, that's not true: The video uses a tone to cover a supposed obscenity by Zelenskyy, and the post obscures the word with "F* him" in the caption, but the…

    • Mar 3, 2025
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check:  Video Falsely Implies Zelenskyy Said 'Fuck Him' About Trump Audio Refutes
  • Fact Check: Zelenskyy Did NOT Wear Suit In Meeting With Klaus Schwab After February 2025 White House Visit

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    Did Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wear a suit in a meeting with Klaus Schwab, World Economic Forum executive chairman, following his February 2025 White House visit in which he wore a black shirt? No, that's not true: This photo of Zelenskyy and Schwab was taken in 2020, two years before Russia invaded Ukraine. Zelenskyy publicly said he would "wear a…

    • Mar 3, 2025
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: Zelenskyy Did NOT Wear Suit In Meeting With Klaus Schwab After February 2025  White House Visit Taken In 2020
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