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Donald Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American businessman, politician, television personality, author, and president-elect of the United States for the Republican Party in the 2016 election. He is scheduled to take office on January 20, 2017. At age 70, he will become the oldest President to assume office in U.S. history, and the wealthiest.

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Do a third of Trumps twitter followers also follow white supremacists?

A number of articles like this one Have refereed to a study which claims that over 1/3 of trump's followers on twitter are followers of 'white supremacists'. Is this claim true? are 1/3 of all of trumps supports followers of white supremacists,…
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Is Melania Trump barely able to speak English?

Chelsea Handler has claimed that Melania Trump can barely speak English. From The Sun Handler, 41, was asked in a filmed interview if she would have Mrs Trump on her Netflix show Chelsea. "Melania? What's to talk about what, she can barely even…
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Did the World Bank discredit any claims related to Hunter Biden's work in Ukraine?

During the first 2020 U.S. Presidential debate, Former Vice President Biden claimed that President Donald Trump's assertion that his son Hunter Biden had improper dealings with the Ukrainian government through his involvement in Burisma was…
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Did Joe Biden write a letter of apology over Trump's COVID-19 handling?

In a recent press conference, within the context of talking about the Trump administration's response to COVID-19, Trump said: And when you ask me that question—let me ask you this. Why did Biden apologize? Why did he write a letter of…
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Did Downer claim Israel told him to spy on Papadopoulos?

Former Trump Campaign foreign policy advisor George Papadopoulos just tweeted this: Alexander Downer has made a bizarre, and unfounded, claim and perpetuated a conspiracy theory that the Israelis were the ones who told him to spy on me in London. I…
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Has Trump authorized the construction of 115 miles of border wall?

Accordign to Twitter @realDonaldTrump I am in the Oval Office & just gave out a 115 mile long contract for another large section of the Wall in Texas. We are already building and renovating many miles of Wall, some complete. Democrats must end…
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Was Joseph Mifsud working for Western intelligence agencies?

George Papadopoulos, who was a foreign policy advisor on President Trump’s 2016 Presidential campaign, just tweeted this: I just have a responsibility to inform America of the truth. Western intelligence had elaborate sting operations and or fake…
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Did Trump say that laziness is a Black trait?

Recently CNN interviewed Jack O'Donnell and they talked about a quote from Trump in his (Jack O'Donnell) book. I've got black accountants at Trump Castle and at Trump Plaza. Black guys counting my money! I hate it. The only kind of people I want…
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Did Air Force personnel tell Trump the F-35 is something "you can't see"?

I know there's a question here which addresses the "it is invisible" claim. What I want to ask here is based on the two of the earliest (and most detailed) claims that Trump made on the topic, according to a Task & Purpose article: Oct. 3, 2017:…
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Has Trump proposed the following cuts to HIV/AIDS related spending?

According to Refusefascism.org, Trump Administration has proposed the following policies: Proposed Trump/Pence budget includes a $186 million funding cut for the Centers for Disease Control’s HIV/AIDS prevention, testing and support…
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Is Trump tweeting himself on realDonaldTrump?

I have heard that most of the politicians today have some employees who manage all the social media accounts like Facebook, Twitter, etc. and they don't post/tweet anything themselves. I think that is reasonable but there are several sources that…
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Was Steve Bannon's appointment to the National Security Council done by mistake?

On the podcast Pod Save America, an Obama aide claimed that the appointment of Steve Bannon to the National Security Council was a mistake. They said Trump was upset because he found out Bannon was on the council, insinuating (rather explicitly) …
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Is there systemic bias in the approval ratings for Donald Trump?

I'm reading the news and came across a story regarding Donald Trump's approval ratings and I'm unclear on who the survey respondents were. I have no basis to see which groups of people were represented by the approval ratings polls, and it appears…
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Does Trump have bathmophobia-- a fear of slopes?

This really could be two questions. First we have the image of Trump and May holding hands in this article in the Telegraph. Then they claim from an unsourced insider: But Government sources in Washington DC were suggesting that the hand-holding…
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Do majority of Trump supporters think that black people are less evolved than white people?

Mehdi Hasan says in this UpFront video at 1.30: Other studies found a strong relationship between anti-Black attitudes and support for Trump. With Trump supporters more likely to describe African Americans as "criminal, unintelligent, lazy and…
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