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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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Did Donald Trump stop a mugger in 1991?

Claim In the year 1991, Donald Trump witnessed a mugging from his limousine. He told his driver to pull over, got out, confronted the attacker, and caused him to stop. Sources I googled this a bit, and found an article in The Epoch Times…
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Did Obama's administration bug Trump Tower?

Trump tweeted this: Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my "wires tapped" in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism! At time of writing, this statement has been retweeted more than 48,000 times. The Washington…
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Is Trump's election the first successful presidential election campaign with a female campaign manager?

From a tweet with over six thousand retweets, also retweeted by Nazí Paikidze, International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM): The first woman in American history to successfully manage a presidential campaign was Trump's campaign…
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Did President Trump sign an executive order defunding Planned Parenthood (International)?

Several of my conservative friends have taken to social media, sharing this LiveActionNews article that claims President Trump issued an executive order to defund Planned Parenthood (International). On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an…
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Did Trump publicly out Jeffrey Epstein as a pedophile in 2002?

A new Facebook claim about Epstein has been making the rounds - this one talking about Trump's past relationship with Epstein. There are a number of claims about the relationship between Trump and Epstein here, but I want to focus on this one in…
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Did Comey say that Trump did not try to obstruct justice?

According to a Fox News post on Facebook, Comey said during his testimony before the Senate committee that in his opinion, Trump did not try to obstruct justice: Comey said flatly that President Trump did not tell him to drop his investigation into…
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Did Trump's inauguration have the "largest audience to ever witness an inauguration ... both in person and around the globe"?

White House press secretary Sean Spicer claims that the audience for President Trump's inauguration was the: largest audience to ever witness an inauguration - period - both in person and around the globe Source: "Trump team in fresh war of words…
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Are these statements about Trump accurate?

This image seems to be going around: It states: Donald Trump sheltered Jennifer Hudson rent-free after her family was murdered. Donald Trump sued the City of Palm Beach when he bought a segregated club, Mar A Lago, to open it to Jews and…
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Did Trump save on taxes by burying his ex wife on a golf course?

This article claims that burying Ivana Trump on a Bedminster golf course eliminates property, income and sales tax. Trump is accused of burying Ivana at his Bedminster golf club to take advantage of TAX BREAK offered to cemeteries: Move eliminates…
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Did Trump tweet the most liked Persian language tweet in history?

Saeed Ghasseminejad (advisor to a foreign policy think tank) claimed yesterday: This tweet by @realDonaldTrump with more than 100k likes is already the most liked Persian tweet in the history of Twitter. A strong show of support by Iranians…
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Did Google search manipulation push millions of voters towards Clinton in the 2016 US Presidential Election?

Donald Trump tweeted on August 19, 2019 Wow, Report Just Out! Google manipulated from 2.6 million to 16 million votes for Hillary Clinton in 2016 Election! This was put out by a Clinton supporter, not a Trump Supporter! Google should be sued. My…
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Can the US president order the army into construction?

I know the President can order the troops into battle "in defense of the nation", but can he order the troops into manual labor? I'm skeptical over this claim of presidential power from Politico President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the U.S.…
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Did Donald Trump ever say whether or not to arm teachers?

In the media today, reports from the press are being seen in which President Donald Trump said "I never said to give teachers guns." Given his bombastic personality, it doesn't seem outside the realm of possibility, but I'm skeptical whether or not…
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Was Carolin Gallego the secretary of Donald Trump in 1992?

Some people seem to believe that this letter to the New York magazine in 1992 was written by Donald Trump, and not his secretary. “Based on the fact that I work for Donald Trump as his secretary—and therefore know him well—I think he treats…
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Is Trump the first politician to go on a victory tour since the Nuremberg Rallies?

I've seen articles going around on my Facebook feed, which seem to stem from this article: For example, as Trump launches his “Thank You” victory tour tonight at a rally in Cincinnati, you may find yourself wondering, “Did Obama have post-victory…
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