Donald Trump said that when he was president, he told the leader of a large NATO country that if the country was “delinquent” in its payments to NATO and Russia attacked it, “I would not protect you. In fact, I would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want.” Trump has long mischaracterized what he calls “delinquent” payments.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III reportedly told House members that failure to provide more aid for Ukraine could lead to Russia’s invasion of a NATO ally and a direct U.S. military response in accordance with the NATO treaty. A viral post by Tucker Carlson misleadingly omits Austin’s explanation of why U.S. troops might be required.
President Donald Trump accepted his party’s nomination in a speech filled with familiar falsehoods.
President Donald Trump repeated a slew of false claims to an international audience at the annual NATO summit.
Over the course of 17 hours, President Donald Trump repeated 17 false and misleading claims that we have written about since he became president.
In a wide-ranging interview on CBS’ “60 Minutes,” President Donald Trump repeated several false and misleading claims, while putting a new twist on some of them.
Trump’s August speech in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was packed with familiar factual distortions.
In this video, CNN’s Jake Tapper looks at some of the false and misleading statements that President Donald Trump made at a press conference after the NATO summit in Brussels.
In an interview with The Sun in England, President Donald Trump claimed “the GDP since I’ve taken over has doubled and tripled.” It hasn’t. Not even close.
At the NATO summit in Brussels, President Donald Trump made several false statements about the defense spending of the member countries.