In his inaugural address, President Trump portrayed the United States as a nation in decline. But his rhetoric did not always match reality.
President Trump’s Inaugural Address
What President Trump Inherits
These are some of the numbers by which the future successes or failures of the new presidency will be measured.
Video: Obama’s Whoppers
In this video, we look back at some of the more egregious falsehoods uttered by President Obama during his two terms in office.
Obama and Russia’s Nuclear Stockpile
President Obama boasted that a treaty he signed with Russia in 2011 “has substantially reduced our nuclear stockpiles, both Russia and the United States.” In fact, Russia has increased its deployed strategic nuclear warheads since the treaty took effect.
Lewis Skipped Bush’s Inauguration, Too
Rep. John Lewis said he will boycott President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, claiming it will be the first time he has missed a presidential inauguration since joining Congress 30 years ago. In fact, Lewis also skipped George W. Bush’s 2001 inauguration in protest.
Video: Trump’s Press Conference
This video highlights some of the false or misleading statements that Donald Trump made in his first press conference as president-elect.
Tillerson on Climate Change
During his confirmation hearing for secretary of state, Rex Tillerson said “our ability to predict” the effect of increased greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere “is very limited.” That’s not entirely accurate.
FactChecking Trump’s Press Conference
In his first press conference since July, President-elect Donald Trump repeated some false and misleading claims on jobs, health care and his tax returns.
Spinning the Russian Report
Ever since U.S. intelligence agencies released a report on Russia’s attempts to influence the U.S. presidential election, President-elect Donald Trump and his top aides have made false and misleading comments about the report’s findings.
Trump Errs in Reply to Streep
On Twitter, President-elect Donald Trump falsely wrote that a reporter “totally changed a 16 year old story that he had written in order to make me look bad.” As we have written before, the reporter never changed his story about the 9/11 terrorist attacks.