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If the “Big, Beautiful” tax and spending bill doesn’t pass, “there will be a 68% tax increase.”
PolitiFact rated this Trump statement False: If the “Big, Beautiful” tax and spending bill doesn’t pass, “there will be a 68% tax increase.”
See the evidence →Harvard University “refuse(s) to tell us” who its international students are.
PolitiFact rated this Trump statement False: Harvard University “refuse(s) to tell us” who its international students are.
See the evidence →In the House bill, “we’re not changing Medicaid,” only cutting “waste, fraud and abuse.”
PolitiFact rated this Trump statement False: In the House bill, “we’re not changing Medicaid,” only cutting “waste, fraud and abuse.”
See the evidence →Declining cargo traffic at U.S. ports “means we lose less money. … When you say it’s slowed down, that’s a good thing.”
PolitiFact rated this Trump statement False: Declining cargo traffic at U.S. ports “means we lose less money. … When you say it’s slowed down, that’s a good thing.”
See the evidence →The Digital Equity Act is a handout “based on race,” and “illegal.”
PolitiFact rated this Trump statement False: The Digital Equity Act is a handout “based on race,” and “illegal.”
See the evidence →“If people come into our country illegally, there’s a different standard” for due process.
PolitiFact rated this Trump statement False: “If people come into our country illegally, there’s a different standard” for due process.
See the evidence →“We have now close to $10 trillion” in investments. “We’re talking about essentially two months.”
PolitiFact rated this Trump statement False: “We have now close to $10 trillion” in investments. “We’re talking about essentially two months.”
See the evidence →“We had a couple of states where gasoline was at $1.98 gallon.”
PolitiFact rated this Trump statement False: “We had a couple of states where gasoline was at $1.98 gallon.”
See the evidence →Claim: the United States subsidized Canada by roughly $200 billion annually
The figure was framed from trade flows, but the official bilateral trade deficit was far smaller and a trade deficit is not a government subsidy.
See the evidence →Claim: grocery prices broadly fell immediately after the 2025 inauguration
Official food-at-home indexes did not show a broad decline matching the claim; individual products can move differently from the overall grocery basket.
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