Service members had not received pay raises like the proposed 3.8% under Biden
The preceding three annual military pay increases were 4.6%, 5.2% and 4.5%. Those exceeded the cited 3.8% proposal, and the regular raise follows a statutory formula.
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Trump’s second-term claim record
Claims with documented occurrences since January 20, 2025, with evidence summaries and publisher attribution. Counts describe this selected catalogue, not all statements or every repetition.
FBI agents at the Capitol were instigators of the January 6 attack
The cited report described agents responding after violence began. Inspector-general findings did not show agents directed to participate in or incite the attack.
Trump had conclusively ended seven wars by September 2025
U.S. diplomacy contributed to some ceasefires, but several conflicts continued or remained unresolved. Some leaders disputed Trump’s role, and not every situation was an active war.
Avoiding acetaminophen during pregnancy has no downside
Untreated fever and pain can create risks during pregnancy. PolitiFact reported that medical organizations weighed those risks against inconclusive claims about autism; blanket avoidance was not risk-free.
Small children receive eighty different vaccines
The recommended schedule did not contain eighty distinct vaccines. Vaccine types, doses and injections are different counts, and combination shots reduce the number of separate injections.
Groceries and energy were broadly cheaper by August 2025
Some prices fell, but several food categories and electricity rose. Much of the gasoline decline from earlier peaks had already occurred before the second term.
The average worker had gained $500 in pay during early 2025
A selected full-time-worker measure supported a larger nominal gain, but broader data showed a much smaller rise. Adjusting for inflation further reduced the purchasing-power gain.
The death penalty is an established strong deterrent to murder
A National Research Council review found the research unable to establish whether executions increase, reduce or have no effect on homicide. Inconclusive evidence does not establish the strong preventive effect claimed.
Washington, D.C., always had at least one murder every week
An earlier two-week stretch in 2025 had no reported homicides. A short homicide-free period after deployment did not establish an unprecedented result or a longer-term causal effect.
Smithsonian museums contain nothing about American success
Exhibits document scientific achievements, aviation, military history and gains by Black Americans, among other subjects. Those collections contradict a claim that success is entirely absent.
Hand-counted ballots give immediate results while machines take two weeks
Hand counting generally requires more time and workers and can produce more errors. Election deadlines and processing requirements, not an inherent machine delay, explain many late results.
The United States is the world’s only country using mail voting
International election research identified 34 countries or territories allowing postal voting. Australia and Canada were among the straightforward counterexamples.
The U.S. gave Ukraine $350 billion while Europe gave only $100 billion
Comparable bilateral-aid data placed European allocations above U.S. allocations. Trump also counted U.S. spending more broadly than direct transfers to Ukraine, producing an inflated and inconsistent comparison.
Washington, D.C., had the highest homicide rate anywhere in the world
The comparison used an outdated local rate and omitted cities with higher rates. D.C.’s rate had also fallen substantially after the year cited.
Cashless bail automatically lets murder suspects out of jail the same day
Rules vary by state and often retain detention or cash bail for serious violent charges. Judges can order detention; eliminating a financial condition does not automatically release every accused murderer.
BLS hid a large jobs revision until after the 2024 election
The preliminary benchmark revision was announced in August 2024, before voting. It was part of the standard annual revision process, not a post-election disclosure.
The EU paid a $600 billion unrestricted gift to the U.S.
The joint framework described expected private-company investment over time. It did not establish a cash gift already paid to the government or money the president could spend however he wished.
The U.S. had already reached negative net migration in August 2025
The supporting material was a forecast, not a completed annual measurement. Most estimates reviewed still projected positive net migration, although at a lower level.
The U.S. loses $40 billion annually in overall trade with Switzerland
The goods deficit omitted a large U.S. services surplus. Including services produced a 2024 deficit around $8.6 billion; a trade deficit also represents purchases, not money received for nothing.
The U.S. had already given $60 million in recent food aid to Gaza
Officials had announced a $30 million grant that had not yet been distributed at the relevant date. PolitiFact could not substantiate the additional amount or the claim that the money was already delivered.
Democrats paid Beyoncé $11 million for an endorsement
Campaign disclosures showed a $165,000 payment to her production company for event costs. They did not establish the alleged $11 million endorsement payment.
Bill Clinton visited Epstein’s island twenty-eight times
Plane trips and visits to the island are different facts. The public evidence of flights did not establish twenty-eight island visits, and the White House supplied no supporting record for that count.
Obama and Clinton attempted a coup through the 2016 Russia assessment
The released material concerned intelligence analysis of interference and did not show a plot to overthrow the incoming president. Obama publicly accepted the result and facilitated the transition.
Obama, Biden and Comey fabricated the Epstein files
The records arise from investigations, testimony and court proceedings spanning administrations. Key investigations occurred under Bush and Trump; the allegation of wholesale fabrication lacked evidence.
The June 2025 budget surplus was the first in decades
Other months had recorded surpluses in intervening years. Payment timing also helped produce June’s result, while the fiscal year as a whole remained deeply in deficit.
China uses very few wind farms
China had the world’s largest operating wind capacity, around 44% of the global total in the cited data. Its manufacturing of turbines for export did not mean it rarely used them domestically.
The 2025 law was the “largest tax cut in American history”
Whether extensions of expiring provisions count as new cuts changes the measured size. On the conventional current-law baseline, JCT/CBO estimated $4.5 trillion less revenue over 2025–2034, but historical comparisons use share of GDP and consistent windows. Independent comparisons using Treasury-based historical series do not place either the 2017 act or the new provisions of the 2025 act first; the 1981 Reagan cut and postwar cuts were larger relative to the economy.
“No tax on Social Security”
Public Law 119-21 did not repeal federal taxation of Social Security benefits. It created a temporary additional deduction for people age 65 and older, subject to income phaseouts; the deduction is available regardless of whether the taxpayer receives Social Security. Some seniors still owe tax on benefits, and some beneficiaries under 65 do not receive the deduction.
The 2025 tax-and-spending law “cuts $1.5 trillion in spending” and restores fiscal sanity
CBO’s enacted-law estimate found $1.1 trillion less direct spending but $4.5 trillion less revenue over FY2025–2034, for a $3.4 trillion larger primary deficit. Including estimated debt-service costs raised the cumulative deficit effect to about $4.1 trillion in CBO’s August 2025 analysis. The White House figure describes selected gross spending reductions and omits revenue losses and interest.
“There is no inflation” in June 2025
BLS reported that CPI-U rose 2.7% over the 12 months ending June 2025 and 0.3% in June on a seasonally adjusted monthly basis. A single category or a rounded short interval can show no change, but the broad national measure did not.