Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is “a jihadist Muslim Brotherhood member.”
PolitiFact assessed this statement as Pants on Fire!. Follow the source link for its reasoning, supporting documents, and any subsequent corrections.
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Donald Trump fact checks · Sources, context and evidence
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For gasoline prices, “You’re still paying lower than (under) Biden and Obama.”
PolitiFact assessed this statement as Half True. Follow the source link for its reasoning, supporting documents, and any subsequent corrections.
Ohio gubernatorial candidate Dr. Amy Acton “is trying to double your state income tax.”
PolitiFact assessed this statement as False. Follow the source link for its reasoning, supporting documents, and any subsequent corrections.
Trump described Katie Zacharia as an attorney
Zacharia acknowledged in an October 15 interview that she had not passed the bar exam. Popular Information's search found no admission in any U.S. state or D.C.; the White House supplied no licensing evidence. She has a Pepperdine law degree and cited work in China, but those facts do not establish admission as an attorney. She herself distinguished the label lawyer from attorney at law.
Fast Brazilian election results prove that slower U.S. counts are rigged
Brazil and the United States use different voting systems, deadlines and counting procedures. A difference in reporting speed does not establish election fraud.
James Talarico is vegan and vomits at the sight of meat
PolitiFact found examples of Talarico eating animal products and his denial that he is vegan. No evidence supported the allegation about vomiting.
The original four-to-six-week Iran timeline referred only to nuclear threats
PolitiFact compared the original remarks with the later explanation. The earlier forecast concerned the military operation overall; the nuclear-only description changed its scope.
U.S. munitions exceed any conceivable need
CSIS documented depleted missile inventories and multiyear replacement timelines, exposing vulnerabilities in a potential Pacific conflict. AP's reporting also identified interceptor shortages.
U.S. and Venezuela hold over 60% of global oil
AP calculated roughly 22% of global reserves, or 19.6% of crude production, for the two countries combined. Neither supports 60%.
Boat strikes destroyed 97% of incoming maritime drugs
Seizure totals measure intercepted shipments, not all trafficking. AP found the cited comparison covered two months and did not establish a 97% reduction.
Employment is at a record high
AP confirmed the employment record while noting that growing payrolls frequently reach new highs.
AI critics are the same people behind climate and Russia-Ukraine controversies
The people raising AI concerns include technology executives and figures across party lines. PolitiFact found that the blanket description misrepresented this varied group.
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Desk / 02 — Commitments under review
The Promise File
A selected catalogue of campaign and second-term commitments, with sources, deadlines and delivery assessments. This is not every promise he has made.
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Bring gasoline below $2 per gallon
PolitiFact's assessment dated 2026-10-26 is Promise Broken. This status is automatically indexed. Open the publisher's updated record for its reasoning and supporting evidence.
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- No fixed deadline established in this record
- Assessment
- 2026-10-26 · PolitiFact
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Pursue Musk's $2 trillion federal-savings target
The $2 trillion figure was Musk's campaign-era savings target. AP later reported claimed DOGE savings far below that amount and unresolved verification questions. This record is retained as an associated target, rather than assigning Trump an independently verified, unconditional $2 trillion promise or a final audit finding.
- Deadline
- No separately verified Trump deadline for this amount
- Assessment
- 2026-10-17 · Tracker synthesis
03
Create a tuition-free online American Academy
The campaign proposed a free online institution funded from penalties and taxes on large university endowments. The statement is documented, but the research assembled here does not establish a current operating institution or a sufficiently complete implementation history to assign a delivery verdict.
- Deadline
- No fixed deadline established in this record
- Assessment
- 2026-10-17 · Tracker synthesis
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Push for a congressional term-limits amendment
Agenda47 committed to advocating a constitutional amendment. A resolution was introduced in the 119th Congress, but that alone does not establish the extent of Trump's advocacy. This record does not substitute a stricter promise to achieve ratification for his promise to push for it.
- Deadline
- No fixed deadline established in this record
- Assessment
- 2026-10-17 · Tracker synthesis
05
Pay every adult citizen $5,000 if Republicans retain Congress
Trump attached the payment to a Republican congressional victory. Reuters reported that the roughly $1.2 trillion cost exceeded available tariff receipts and required congressional action. The election condition had not yet occurred at this record's October review.
- Deadline
- Conditional on Republicans retaining both chambers in November 2026
- Assessment
- 2026-09-10 · Tracker synthesis
06
Pay a $2,000 tariff dividend to lower- and middle-income Americans
ABC News reported that the promised payments had not materialized ten months after the announcement. The later $5,000 conditional proposal is recorded separately because its amount, eligibility and election condition differ. Stalled is this tracker's assessment, not an ABC rating.
- Deadline
- No fixed payment deadline established in this record
- Assessment
- 2026-09-10 · Tracker synthesis
07
Conduct a record-scale deportation campaign
Enforcement expanded, but the available removal data did not establish the promised scale. PolitiFact reported substantial gaps in public deportation data.
- Deadline
- No fixed deadline established in this record
- Assessment
- 2026-09-08 · PolitiFact
08
Immediately replenish the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
The reserve remained depleted. Releases associated with the Iran war moved its level further from the promised refill.
- Deadline
- Immediately
- Assessment
- 2026-09-04 · PolitiFact
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“No tax on Social Security.”
A categorical commitment to eliminate federal taxation of benefits.
Congress had to change the tax code.
The president could advocate for the change but could not deliver it alone.
A temporary senior deduction was enacted.
The 2025 law lowered taxes for some older taxpayers through a separate deduction.
Benefits can still be federally taxed.
The policy provided partial relief without fulfilling the literal promise.
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