In a speech announcing the framework for a pared-down spending plan, President Joe Biden made some questionable claims.
Biden Spins Facts on Framework
Issues: deficit
Trump’s Numbers October 2019 Update
Statistical measures of how things have changed since the president took office.
Trump’s Numbers July 2019 Update
Statistical measures of how things have changed since the president took office.
Trump’s Numbers, April 2019 Update
Statistical measures of how things have changed since the president took office.
Video: Trump on Deficits
In this week’s video, CNN’s Jake Tapper explains that federal deficits are rising rather than “coming down,” as President Donald Trump claimed.
Trump Disinformation on Deficits
President Donald Trump misleadingly claimed that “deficits seem to be coming down,” when in fact deficits are rising, largely because of the tax cuts he enacted.
Trump’s Numbers January 2019 Update
Statistical measures of how things have changed since the president took office.
Trump’s Budget Wouldn’t Erase Deficits, CBO Said
Under President Trump’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2018, there would have been hundreds of billions of dollars in deficits each year from 2018 to 2027, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. That contradicts White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney’s claim that the U.S. “would actually be on a glide path to balancing the budget” under the plan.
Video: Trump’s False Trade Claims
In this week’s fact-checking video, CNN’s Jake Tapper looks at two of President Donald Trump’s recent claims about trade.
Trump’s Numbers (First Quarterly Update)
Statistical measures of how things have changed since the president took office.