Russian President Vladimir Putin made several false and misleading claims during his press conference in Finland with President Donald Trump and in an interview with Fox News.
Stories by Lori Robertson
Managing Editor, FactCheck.org
Trump’s Remarks on Putin and the Russia Investigation
Kavanaugh and the Preexisting Conditions Debate
Trump’s ‘Travel Ban’ Doesn’t Affect All Muslims
Illegal Immigration Statistics
Sessions vs. Sessions on Separating Families
More Bogus Border Claims
Did the Obama Administration Separate Families?
In defending its “zero tolerance” border policy that has caused the separation of families, the Trump administration has argued that the Obama and Bush administrations did this too. That’s misleading. Experts say there were some separations under previous administrations, but no blanket policy to prosecute parents and, therefore, separate them from their children.
Trump Misleads on IG Report
Trump Garbles Canadian Trade Stats
The official U.S. statistics on trade with Canada show that the United States has a trade surplus with our neighbor to the north. The U.S. surplus was $2.8 billion in 2017, according to the Census Bureau. Yet, President Donald Trump has claimed that the U.S. has “close to $100 billion a year loss with Canada” or $17 billion “minimum.”