Trump's jobs number is correct since 11/16. The scale of monthly job gains under Trump are broadly in line with the scale of monthly job gains under Obama politifact.com/truth-o-meter/…
The Asian unemployment rate has only been calculated since 2003, so "in history" should be taken with a grain of salt. (More stats here) politifact.com/truth-o-meter/…
Did the US lose $500 billion to China in trade last year? Mostly False #trumptampapolitifact.com/truth-o-meter/… in terms of both goods and services, the trade deficit with China in '17 was $336 billion — meaning Trump was off by roughly $164 billion.
No, polls don't show Trump is the most popular Republican president in history. We rate Trump's claim False: politifact.com/truth-o-meter/…
You know, deep down, you want to read about the history of modern polling --> politifact.com/truth-o-meter/… (It was not around for Honest Abe.)
Trump again says ICE is liberating towns from the grips of gangs like MS-13. That's hyperbolic and misleading. As one expert told us, "Liberation is usually the terminology of military forces — as in, the Allies liberated France from the Nazis." politifact.com/truth-o-meter/…
Trump has so far kept his promise to say Merry Christmas. We're monitoring that promise on our Trump-O-Meter (yep, he promised it, so we're tracking it!) politifact.com/truth-o-meter/…
Trump said "large portions of the wall are underway." That's wrong, because Congress did not approve funding for wall prototypes — only some repairs. bit.ly/2v6Tgqt@CAPolitiFact#TrumpTampa
Couple of a little changes in Cabinet? Fact-check: "Whether chaos or great energy, the turnover in Trump’s White House is certainly unprecedented." bit.ly/2NX5r06
A cheering crowd greets @realDonaldTrump in Rochester, Minn. "So this is supposed to be a Democrat state," he said. We're live tweeting.
.@realDonaldTrump says "we now have a fair deal" to replace NAFTA. Cars must have 75% North American content - up from 2/3rds. Access to 3.5% of Canada’s diary market. Here's our guide to what's in the deal and where it stands. politifact.com/truth-o-meter/…
.@realDonaldTrump says Democrats open up borders to drugs and violent crime. "They are the party of crime."
Dems have backed stronger borders many times. “It’s not even in the conversation in Washington," said an analyst we talked to bit.ly/2xVZxXw
In Las Vegas, @realDonaldTrump opens with a list of the ways the economy has improved.
See our recent look at his economics talking points. bit.ly/2OHjbgn
THREAD: @realdonaldtrump’s administration has separated some 2,000 migrant kids from adults after illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. Critics say breaking up families this way is a distinctly cruel feature of Trump’s presidency
Yet some Republicans counter that the policy is merely a continuation of President @BarackObama’s approach
So, is @realdonaldtrump’s separation of immigrant families the same policy of @BarackObama? Let’s recap what the Trump administration is doing, before turning to Obama
THREAD: @VP Mike Pence recently said, "Religion in America isn’t receding. It’s just the opposite. Faith is gaining new life across America every day." @LouJacobson spoke to experts and found this to be Half True. Here’s why:
(2/7) Vice President Pence overlooked some notable nuances in the long-running data on religion in the United States.
(3/7) But first! A metaphor: Sociologist @LandonSchnabel says the changing shape of religion is "espresso versus coffee. There's less of it, and it's stronger. And if some people didn't like how coffee tastes, they're really not going to like espresso."
THREAD: We fact-checked @realdonaldtrump's top CIA pick Gina Haspel’s Senate hearing today (1/11)
Haspel faced tough questions about her oversight of waterboarding and role in the agency’s controversial decision to destroy video recordings of CIA interrogations (2/11)
At one point Haspel said, "CIA historically has not done interrogations." That didn’t sound quite right. (3/11)