Here’s our fact-check of President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress, in video form.
Issues: fentanyl
FactChecking Trump’s Address to Congress
Illegal Immigration and Fentanyl at the U.S. Northern and Southwest Borders
In recent remarks to the press, President Donald Trump restated his intention to impose 25% tariffs on U.S. imports from Mexico and Canada as early as Feb. 1. His reasoning: “vast” illegal immigration and “massive” amounts of fentanyl coming to the U.S. from those countries. But Trump drew a false equivalence between the two countries. In fact, the magnitude of the difference is enormous.
Harris Makes Unsupported Claim About Fentanyl Flows
FactChecking the Vice Presidential Debate
Final Night of the GOP Convention
FactChecking the Second GOP Primary Debate
FactChecking Tim Scott’s Presidential Campaign Announcement
FactChecking the House Speaker Election
Ad Misleads on Percentage Increase in Fentanyl Seizures Under Biden
The overall increase in fentanyl seized at the southwest border under President Joe Biden is nowhere near as high as a Republican ad misleadingly claims. U.S. border officials seized 13,021 pounds of the drug in Biden’s first full 15 months in office, which is 70% more than the 7,677 pounds seized in Donald Trump’s last full 15 months as president.