From The Washington Post today: ‘The Fact Checker’ has evaluated false statements President Trump has made repeatedly and analyzed how often he reiterates them. The claims included here – which we’re calling “Bottomless Pinocchios” – are limited to ones that he has repeated 20 times and were rated as Three or Four Pinocchios by the Fact Checker.
- The Trump tax cut was the biggest in history – Trump repeated some version of this claim 123 times
- Overstating the size of U.S. trade deficits – Trump repeated some version of this claim 117 times
- The U.S. economy has never been stronger – Trump repeated some version of this claim 99 times
- Inflating our NATO spending – Trump repeated some version of this claim 87 times
- The U.S. has started building the wall -Trump repeated some version of this claim 86 times
- The U.S. has the loosest immigration laws in the world — thanks to Democrats – Trump repeated some version of this claim 52 times
- Democrats colluded with Russia during the campaign – Trump repeated some version of this claim 42 times
- The border wall will stop drug trafficking – Trump repeated some version of this claim 40 times
- U.S. Steel is building many new plants – Trump repeated some version of this claim 37 times
- The U.S. has spent $6 trillion (or more) on Middle East wars – Trump repeated some version of this claim 36 times
- Thousands of MS-13 members have been removed from the country – Trump repeated some version of this claim 33 times
- McCain’s vote was the only thing that blocked repeal of the Affordable Care Act – Trump repeated some version of this claim 30 times
- Robert S. Mueller III is biased because of conflicts of interest – Trump repeated some version of this claim 30 times
- Inflating gains from a 2017 trip to Saudi Arabia – Trump repeated some version of this claim 23 times