How to read the tracker

What the count means

This is a selected catalogue of checkable propositions. It is not a complete transcript archive, a count of every repetition, or a statistical sample of everything Donald Trump says. The second-term count includes records with a documented occurrence on or after January 20, 2025. Older records and undated records remain separately identifiable.

Who produced the assessment

The tracker compiles original research notes and summaries of reporting by PolitiFact, FactCheck.org, AP, ABC News and other sources. Each claim identifies its source. The October 2026 expansion was compiled with AI assistance from published assessments. No additional independent human editorial review is claimed for these summaries.

PolitiFact’s original rating is preserved. For navigation, False and Pants on Fire map to False; Mostly False and Half True map to Misleading; Mostly True maps to Mostly accurate; True maps to Accurate. FactCheck.org does not use these labels: records based on its reporting carry the tracker’s classification, clearly identified as such. A linked publisher is not an endorsement of this site.

Evidence and uncertainty

False means the material proposition is contradicted. Misleading means the framing or missing context creates a materially wrong impression. Unsupported means adequate evidence has not established the assertion; it does not automatically mean disproved. Accurate and Mostly accurate retain supported statements. Predictions and unresolved questions receive separate labels. Ratings do not establish whether a speaker intended to deceive.

New research summaries are labeled as paraphrases, not quotations. The linked assessment supplies the full wording and supporting documents. Historical findings are tied to the statement date; a current record-review date does not imply that every underlying dataset was newly measured.

Duplicates and coverage gaps

Related repeat statements are attached as occurrences when they concern the same central proposition. Materially different metrics or time periods may require separate records. Translations and syndicated copies are not additional claims. A publisher’s article may contain several independently checkable statements.

Sources and topics are selected, so the verdict proportions cannot establish the percentage of all Trump statements that are false. Read the October 17 research audit.

Promises and proposals

The promise catalogue separates firm commitments from conditional proposals and associated targets. In progress is the display label for PolitiFact’s In the Works; Partially kept corresponds to Compromise. Kept and Broken describe delivery, not the merits of a policy. Stalled is not automatically Broken. Not assessed means a delivery verdict has not been established.

Each record distinguishes the date of the underlying assessment from the catalogue review date. Scheduled checks refresh attributed publisher statuses; supplemental research requires another evidence review. Read the promise catalogue and promise research audit.

Updates and corrections

Scheduled checks collect new publisher assessments and reporting leads. News-feed articles are leads until a checkable statement and supporting evidence are assessed; they do not increase the claim count. A failed feed leaves the last published record available. Publisher changes are retained in the automated import history.

To propose a correction, include the claim ID, the disputed passage, the supporting source and its date. Send a correction or source. The research standard and downloadable research records remain available for inspection.

Editorial perspective

The site describes its editorial perspective as left-leaning. That perspective does not change the requirement to distinguish established facts, omissions and uncertainty. Publisher judgments are attributed, and sources remain open for readers to evaluate.