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Claim: the United States left $85 billion in military equipment in Afghanistan
The figure represented broad spending to develop Afghan security forces, not the value of equipment left behind.
See the evidence →Claim: the annual payroll revision showed that the jobs numbers were fraudulent
The Bureau of Labor Statistics performs benchmark revisions every year. A downward revision does not demonstrate fabrication.
See the evidence →Claim: U.S. crime was through the roof and contrary FBI data were fraudulent
National FBI estimates showed violent crime and homicide declining, with agency participation higher than in any year of the first Trump term.
See the evidence →Claim: Biden-era inflation was the worst in U.S. history
The 2022 inflation peak was the highest in roughly four decades, not the highest in the nation’s history.
See the evidence →Claim: inflation was zero during Trump’s first term
Inflation was comparatively low but not zero; the consumer-price index increased during the term.
See the evidence →Claim: Harris was sent to negotiate peace with Putin and Zelenskyy immediately before the invasion
Harris met Zelenskyy and allied leaders at the Munich Security Conference; she did not meet Putin or conduct the claimed bilateral peace negotiation.
See the evidence →Claim: foreign countries pay U.S. tariffs and Americans do not face higher prices
U.S. importers remit tariffs to Customs. Importers, retailers, consumers and foreign suppliers may divide the economic burden, but foreign governments do not directly pay the U.S. duty.
See the evidence →Claim: Haitian immigrants in Springfield were eating residents’ pets
Springfield officials reported no credible or specific reports supporting the allegation, which emerged from unverified social-media rumors.
See the evidence →Claim: every legal scholar and both parties wanted Roe v. Wade overturned
Many legal scholars, elected officials and members of the public opposed overturning Roe. Criticism of a decision’s legal reasoning is not universal support for eliminating it.
See the evidence →Kamala Harris “wants to forcibly compel doctors and nurses against their will to give chemical castration drugs to young children.”
PolitiFact rated this Trump statement False: Kamala Harris “wants to forcibly compel doctors and nurses against their will to give chemical castration drugs to young children.”
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