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Claim: the United States loses $2 trillion every year through trade
A trade deficit is not the same as a national financial loss, and the cited figure substantially exceeded the official 2024 goods-and-services deficit.
See the evidence →In 2024, “China made $1 trillion off trade with the United States.”
PolitiFact rated this Trump statement False: In 2024, “China made $1 trillion off trade with the United States.”
See the evidence →The U.S. is “taking in almost $2 billion a day in tariffs.”
PolitiFact rated this Trump statement False: The U.S. is “taking in almost $2 billion a day in tariffs.”
See the evidence →Former President Joe Biden’s pardons of lawmakers on the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack “are hereby declared void, vacant, and of no further force or effect,” because “they were done by autopen.”
PolitiFact rated this Trump statement False: Former President Joe Biden’s pardons of lawmakers on the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack “are hereby declared void, vacant, and of no further force or…
See the evidence →The Trump administration identified $1.9 billion in federal dollars going to a “decarbonization of homes” group Stacey Abrams “headed up.”
PolitiFact rated this Trump statement False: The Trump administration identified $1.9 billion in federal dollars going to a “decarbonization of homes” group Stacey Abrams “headed up.”
See the evidence →The United States is “last in education out of 40 states … but we’re number one in cost per pupil.”
PolitiFact rated this Trump statement False: The United States is “last in education out of 40 states … but we’re number one in cost per pupil.”
See the evidence →CBS News and “60 Minutes” “replaced” former Vice President Kamala Harris’ interview answers “with completely different, and far better, answers, taken from another part of the interview.”
PolitiFact rated this Trump statement False: CBS News and “60 Minutes” “replaced” former Vice President Kamala Harris’ interview answers “with completely different, and far better, answers, taken from another part of the interview.”
See the evidence →“I changed the Obama policy (on hiring air traffic controllers) … And then Biden came in and he changed it.”
PolitiFact rated this Trump statement False: “I changed the Obama policy (on hiring air traffic controllers) … And then Biden came in and he changed it.”
See the evidence →The U.S. House Select Committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol “deleted and destroyed all of the information that they collected over two years.”
PolitiFact rated this Trump statement False: The U.S. House Select Committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol “deleted and destroyed all of the information that they collected over two years.”
See the evidence →The United States is the only country with unrestricted birthright citizenship.
PolitiFact rated this Trump statement False: The United States is the only country with unrestricted birthright citizenship.
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