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.
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A collection of misinformation and rumors around the 45th president of the United States.
by Brandon Echter, Sept. 25, 2020
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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.
Oct. 16, 2015
Donald Trump supposedly proclaimed in a 1998 People magazine interview that Republicans are the ...
Sept. 28, 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly tried to buck the blame for the “empty cupboards” of fede ...
Aug. 14, 2020
Claims about the president's past pronouncements reemerged in August 2020, when Joe Biden named ...
Oct. 6, 2020
Widely shared social media posts, based on news reports, accused the former New Jersey governor ...
Aug. 10, 2020
The president attempted to circumvent Congress in August 2020 to provide coronavirus relief in t ...
Aug. 10, 2020
The president articulated several different plans for payroll taxes during a press conference at ...
June 25, 2020
All eyes were on the president as he appeared for a photo-op amid widespread anti-police-brutali ...
Oct. 5, 2020
The timeline of Trump's diagnosis and treatment for COVID-19 as provided by officials has been i ...
Sept. 29, 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump claimed his predecessor, or unidentified political opponents, "spied ...
Dec. 13, 2019
A list of announced recipients of U.S. President Donald Trump’s donated paychecks since January ...
Aug. 10, 2020
The U.S. president has expressed many (and varied) feelings about mail-in voting.
July 29, 2020
During a White House press briefing, the president compared his approval ratings with those of f ...
July 18, 2020
Confederate flags, monuments and military base names have become a national flashpoint since the ...
Aug. 10, 2020
Apparently the U.S. president has discussed the subject in both seriousness and in jest.
Aug. 7, 2020
A viral Facebook post recounted several supposed gestures of generosity by the U.S. president.
Aug. 5, 2020
Seems odd to describe a video as "banned" while watching it on the platform that supposedly bann ...
Aug. 4, 2020
The viral photos surfaced after Trump's July 31, 2020, tarmac speech in Tampa.
July 30, 2020
Hot mic videos are always popular, but not always accurate.
July 27, 2020
Police tactics at 2020 protests sparked outrage, controversy, debate, and, of course, rumors.
July 27, 2020
A fundraising email advertised a coin with Reagan's likeness on it.
July 23, 2020
The United States is not the only country that has seen violent clashes between police and prote ...
June 24, 2020
According to the Tulsa Fire Department, a little over 6,000 people showed up for Trump's recent ...
June 22, 2020
TikTok users and K-pop music fans claimed to have registered hundreds of thousands of tickets fo ...
March 4, 2016
Various images attempted to connect Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler through slogans promising to m ...
May 29, 2020
A video posted to U.S. President Donald Trump's Facebook page drew instant criticism.
Nov. 14, 2016
A spoof conspiracy theory holds that Donald Trump was born in the country of Pakistan and not in ...
Oct. 6, 2020
Question is whether the coin comes from an official government gift shop.
Oct. 6, 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump's weight and general health were a concern after he tested positive ...
Oct. 6, 2020
A widely shared tweet, supposedly written in mid-September, predicted that "Trump’s October surp ...
Oct. 5, 2020
The president of the United States was taken to Walter Reed Medical Center after testing positiv ...
Nov. 1, 2020
The Alamo City Trump Train Facebook Group was used to organize the convoy's movements.
Nov. 1, 2020
"If you cheat [at golf], you will be the loser, because you are cheating yourself," the actor on ...
Oct. 30, 2020
Democrats are "totally fine keeping liquor stores open, but they want to close churches all over ...
Oct. 30, 2020
The famous golfer said that the 2020 election was not a "personality contest."
March 1, 2018
The comings and goings of the Trump administration's White House staff may seem like a revolving ...
Oct. 29, 2020
With four days to go until Election Day, the president spoke outside Raymond James Stadium in Ta ...
Sept. 25, 2020
Claims, hoaxes, and misinformation abound. Snopes investigates the claims of the 2020 U.S. Election.