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Claims made about Donald Trump. Do not use this tag for questions about claims made by Trump.

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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Is this a photo of Trump's inauguration crowd?

Metro.us claims: Tuesday afternoon, Trump tweeted a photo of a framed image of the crowds at his inauguration, adding that he plans to hang the picture in the White House press hall. The date printed on the picture seems incorrect, however is it…
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Were additional fencing and magnetometers used on the National Mall for Trump's inauguration?

On 21 Jan 2017, the White House called a press conference where the press secretary accused the media of "deliberately false reporting" on two issues of which the number of people attending President Trump's inauguration was one. The use of…
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Did Trump fight against racial segregation at his golf resort?

This Truthfeed article, via Reddit, claims that Donald Trump fought Palm Beach authorities to ensure that the Mar-a-Lago golf club that he owned could be opened up to Jewish and African-American customers: When it came to segregation in the South…
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Are there sections across Europe that are so radicalized by Islamic Jihadists that police refuse to go there?

In a recent MSNBC interview, Donald trump said this: "Paris is no longer the same city it was. They have sections in Paris that are radicalized and the police refuse to go there. They're petrified. ... We have places in London and other places that…
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Did the judge in the Rittenhouse case have a Trump rally ringtone on his phone?

According to MSN: The phone belonging to the judge presiding over the closely watched double homicide trial of Kyle Rittenhouse rang at least twice during the trial with Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA” as his ringtone. The song has been heavily…
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Were Trump 2020 campaign banners made in China?

This 2018 Reuters story on reuters.com says: The red, white and blue banners for U.S. President Donald Trump’s second-term campaign are ready to ship, emblazoned with the words “Keep America Great!” But they are made in eastern China and soon…
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Can the USA easily get thousands of doctors back very quickly?

Source President Donald Trump defended his huge budget cuts to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention during a Wednesday press conference on the federal government's response to the coronavirus. He said it was easy to bolster the…
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Has anyone been convicted of campaign finance violations by paying an informant before an election?

The Atlantic reports In pleading guilty to violations of campaign-finance laws, Cohen said that the then-candidate Trump had directed him to do so, arranging payments to two women who alleged affairs with Trump in order to hush them up and affect…
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Are the statements attributed to Donald Trump and his sons about Russian connections accurately quoted?

Holly O'Reilly posted an image on twitter that gives the following quotes: "I have nothing to do with Russia - no deals, no loans, no nothing." -- Donald Trump "Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets. We see…
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Did Donald Trump leak his own tax returns?

Part of Trump's tax returns for 2005 were leaked yesterday. Some source claim that Trump leaked them, while others say he didnt (1, 2, 3, 4, 5). Is there any credible evidence showing that Trump did or did not leak the documents?
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Are Twitter censoring positive responses to President Trump's tweets?

This article quotes Mike Keen saying, “The (anti-Trump) tweet that I replied to was deleted once mine started outpacing it in number of favorites and retweets. It was interesting to observe that once that tweet was deleted, mine stopped being…
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Are there many per capitas?

Politico quotes Donald Trump : Just this past week, Trump reveled in a mental list he has been keeping of how many tests the U.S. has conducted, approaching 14 million, in comparison with other countries — Germany at 3 million, Italy at 3 million.…
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Did President Trump suggest the public should inject disinfectant?

A number of media outlets recently released articles loudly announcing that Donald Trump suggested use of disinfectant internally for Covid19. For example this quote in relation to disinfectant from the BBC: Donald Trump suggested they could…
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Did the Trump admin. hire an Israeli private security firm to spy on Obama aides?

According to Ynetnews.com: Black Cube, notorious for its work for disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, reportedly hired by Trump administration officials to spy on 2 Obama aides involved with Iran nuclear deal; Black Cube investigators…
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Did Donald Trump dare Nancy Pelosi to cancel his State of the Union speech?

A CNN article by Chris Cillizza has the headline: Donald Trump dared Nancy Pelosi to cancel his State of the Union speech. So she did. The article does not give evidence to support the claim, but it mentions: ... an exchange of hugely…
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