The 2020 Election Collections: Claims About Donald Trump

Voting in the 2020 U.S. Election may be over, but the misinformation keeps on ticking. Never stop fact-checking. Follow our post-election coverage here.

No, there isn't always a tweet. Since the 2016 presidential campaign, U.S. President Donald Trump has been the focus of American political life. Hoaxes, misinformation, and claims abound on all platforms — including those about him.

Did Trump Say Republicans Are the Dumbest Group of Voters?

Oct 16, 2015 Donald Trump supposedly proclaimed in a 1998 People magazine interview that Republicans are the ...

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Did Trump Inherit a 'Depleted' Stockpile of Ventilators From Obama?

Sep 28, 2020 U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly tried to buck the blame for the “empty cupboards” of fede ...

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Did Trump Say of Women, 'You Have To Treat 'Em Like Shit'?

Aug 14, 2020 Claims about the president's past pronouncements reemerged in August 2020, when Joe Biden named ...

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Did Chris Christie Advise Trump to Provoke Biden's Stutter in Debates?

Oct 6, 2020 Widely shared social media posts, based on news reports, accused the former New Jersey governor ...

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Did Trump Criticize Obama Because He Was 'Unable to Negotiate with Congress'?

Aug 10, 2020 The president attempted to circumvent Congress in August 2020 to provide coronavirus relief in t ...

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Did Trump Vow to 'Terminate' Social Security?

Aug 10, 2020 The president articulated several different plans for payroll taxes during a press conference at ...

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Did Trump Hold the Bible Upside Down?

Jun 25, 2020 All eyes were on the president as he appeared for a photo-op amid widespread anti-police-brutali ...

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Was Trump Carrying a Concealed Oxygen Concentrator When He Boarded Marine One?

Oct 5, 2020 The timeline of Trump's diagnosis and treatment for COVID-19 as provided by officials has been i ...

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Did Obama Get Caught 'Spying' on Trump's 2016 Campaign?

Sep 29, 2020 U.S. President Donald Trump claimed his predecessor, or unidentified political opponents, "spied ...

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Where Did President Trump Donate His Salary?

Dec 13, 2019 A list of announced recipients of U.S. President Donald Trump’s donated paychecks since January ...

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Did Trump Call USPS 'Most Corrupt and Anti-American Way of Voting'?

Aug 10, 2020 The U.S. president has expressed many (and varied) feelings about mail-in voting.

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Did Trump Say ‘Nobody Likes Me’?

Jul 29, 2020 During a White House press briefing, the president compared his approval ratings with those of f ...

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Did Trump Tweet That the Confederate Flag Is a 'Symbol of Love'?

Jul 18, 2020 Confederate flags, monuments and military base names have become a national flashpoint since the ...

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Has Trump Suggested He Wants His Image on Mount Rushmore?

Aug 10, 2020 Apparently the U.S. president has discussed the subject in both seriousness and in jest.

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Donald Trump's 'Quiet Acts of Random Kindness'

Aug 7, 2020 A viral Facebook post recounted several supposed gestures of generosity by the U.S. president.

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Was Trump 'Campaign Ad' Banned by YouTube and Facebook?

Aug 5, 2020 Seems odd to describe a video as "banned" while watching it on the platform that supposedly bann ...

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Did the White House Alter Trump Rally Photos To Show More Attendees?

Aug 4, 2020 The viral photos surfaced after Trump's July 31, 2020, tarmac speech in Tampa.

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Was Trump Caught on Hot Mic Insulting His Supporters?

Jul 30, 2020 Hot mic videos are always popular, but not always accurate.

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Does Image Show Police Officer in 'Trump's America'?

Jul 27, 2020 Police tactics at 2020 protests sparked outrage, controversy, debate, and, of course, rumors.

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Did Reagan Foundation Tell Trump Campaign to Stop Using His Likeness for Fundraising?

Jul 27, 2020 A fundraising email advertised a coin with Reagan's likeness on it.

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Did a Trump Campaign Ad Use a Photo from Ukraine of Protesters Hitting Police?

Jul 23, 2020 The United States is not the only country that has seen violent clashes between police and prote ...

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Does This Photo Show a Full Crowd at Trump's Tulsa Rally?

Jun 24, 2020 According to the Tulsa Fire Department, a little over 6,000 people showed up for Trump's recent ...

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Did Trump Say People Who Didn't Attend His Rally Should Be Arrested?

Jun 22, 2020 TikTok users and K-pop music fans claimed to have registered hundreds of thousands of tickets fo ...

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Hitler and Trump: Common Slogans?

Mar 4, 2016 Various images attempted to connect Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler through slogans promising to m ...

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Did Trump Post a Video with Biden Logo on a Coffin?

May 29, 2020 A video posted to U.S. President Donald Trump's Facebook page drew instant criticism.

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Was Donald Trump Born in Pakistan?

Nov 14, 2016 A spoof conspiracy theory holds that Donald Trump was born in the country of Pakistan and not in ...

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Is the White House Gift Shop Selling a 'Trump Defeats COVID-19' Coin?

Oct 6, 2020 Question is whether the coin comes from an official government gift shop.

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Does Trump Weigh 322 Pounds?

Oct 6, 2020 U.S. President Donald Trump's weight and general health were a concern after he tested positive ...

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Did a Twitter User Predict Trump's COVID-19 Announcement?

Oct 6, 2020 A widely shared tweet, supposedly written in mid-September, predicted that "Trump’s October surp ...

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Were These Bikers Praying for Trump at Walter Reed?

Oct 5, 2020 The president of the United States was taken to Walter Reed Medical Center after testing positiv ...

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Did Armed Trump Supporters Harass a Biden Bus in Texas?

Nov 1, 2020 The Alamo City Trump Train Facebook Group was used to organize the convoy's movements.

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Did Sean Connery Help Secure Approval for a Trump Golf Course?

Nov 1, 2020 "If you cheat [at golf], you will be the loser, because you are cheating yourself," the actor on ...

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Did Eric Trump Say His Father 'Literally Saved Christianity'?

Oct 30, 2020 Democrats are "totally fine keeping liquor stores open, but they want to close churches all over ...

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Did Golfer Jack Nicklaus Endorse Trump?

Oct 30, 2020 The famous golfer said that the 2020 election was not a "personality contest."

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Did Nuns Attend a Trump Rally?

Oct 30, 2020 Some suggested they were paid actors.

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Was Ivanka Trump Fired from the White House?

Mar 1, 2018 The comings and goings of the Trump administration's White House staff may seem like a revolving ...

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Were Trump Supporters Injured by a Fire Hose at Tampa Rally?

Oct 29, 2020 With four days to go until Election Day, the president spoke outside Raymond James Stadium in Ta ...

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The 2020 Election Collection: Fact-Checking the Presidential Race

Sep 25, 2020 Claims, hoaxes, and misinformation abound. Snopes investigates the claims of the 2020 U.S. Election.

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By Brandon Echter