The White Home launched a press release detailing a few of the faux information articles launched throughout Donald Trump’s first 100 days in workplace.
In no explicit order, listed here are a few of the most egregious hoaxes peddled by the same old suspects up to now in President Trump’s second time period:
- HOAX: Pretend Information CNN attempted to “truth examine” President Trump’s declare that the Biden Administration spent tens of millions on “making mice transgender.”
- FACT: After their so-called “truth examine” was thoroughly debunked, they had been forced to update it in shame and admit the declare was, actually, true.
- HOAX: The Pretend Information claimed the Division of Protection eliminated Gen. Colin Powell’s title from an inventory of notable Individuals buried at Arlington Cemetery.
- FACT: No service members’ names had been removed from that part — and Gen. Powell’s title stays amongst these listed.
- HOAX: Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) claimed “no president” presided over extra airplane crashes throughout their first month in workplace as President Trump.
- FACT: “There have been 55 aviation accidents within the U.S. between Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 21, 2021, and Feb. 17, 2021, in comparison with 35 throughout the identical interval for Trump,” Fox News reported.
- HOAX: Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL) and Chicago Public Schools officials claimed, with out bothering to verify, that ICE brokers had carried out a “raid” at an elementary college — a false declare echoed by media shops, together with the Chicago Tribune.
- FACT: It was actually the U.S. Secret Service investigating a risk unrelated to immigration.
- HOAX: Far-left influencers and different leftist hacks falsely claimed the Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE) and Elon Musk had been out to “reduce Social Safety.”
- FACT: They had been referencing an interview through which Musk was clearly referring to the tremendous amount of waste, fraud, and abuse inside entitlement applications.
- HOAX: The media smeared DOGE as “younger, inexperienced engineers” engineering a “authorities takeover.”
- FACT: In actuality, DOGE is led by seasoned industry professionals, together with profitable CEOs who paused their lives to help within the effort of streamlining authorities and holding the forms accountable.
- HOAX: NBC’s Peter Alexander peddled the lie that “constituents in some historically purple districts” had been sad with President Trump’s effort to chop waste, fraud, and abuse in authorities.
- FACT: The identical “protests” cited by the Pretend Information had been funded and organized by far-left particular curiosity teams.
- HOAX: NPR claimed NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore — who had been stuck on the Worldwide Area Station for greater than 9 months following issues with their spacecraft — had been “not stranded.”
- FACT: NPR itself had described the astronauts as stranded in prior reporting, and solely appeared to take challenge with the outline as soon as President Trump and Elon Musk made it a precedence to deliver them residence.
- HOAX: A overseas Pretend Information outlet reported that President Trump “shut down” the British prime minister throughout a information convention.
- FACT: In actuality, President Trump was merely moving on from a reporter who was making an attempt to goad the 2 leaders into division.
- HOAX: NPR falsely claimed the White Home was actively looking for a brand new secretary of protection.
- FACT: This lie was instantly shut down by a number of Trump Administration officers, together with President Trump himself.
- HOAX: The Pretend Information attempted to color unlawful immigrant gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia as an harmless “Maryland father” who was unjustly deported by the Trump Administration — and actively censored the reality about him.
- FACT: Abrego Garcia is a citizen of El Salvador and was deported to his residence nation amid overwhelming evidence of his gang affiliation.
- HOAX: Deranged “filmmaker” Michael Moore questioned whether or not deported unlawful immigrants would go on to treatment most cancers or cease “that asteroid (sic) that’s gonna hit us.”
- FACT: Moore’s assertion was a strong early contender for the dumbest, most ridiculous assertion of the 12 months contemplating these deported unlawful immigrants had been violent criminals.
- HOAX: The Pretend Information portrayed Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Hamas radical who led violent protests at Columbia, as an harmless graduate pupil with an absolute proper to stay within the U.S.
- FACT: An immigration decide ruled Khalil — who just isn’t a U.S. citizen — will be deported.
- HOAX: The Monetary Instances reported that Senior White Home Counselor Peter Navarro needed to take away Canada from the “5 Eyes” intelligence sharing community.
- FACT: Mr. Navarro instantly shut down this faux story.
- HOAX: A overseas Pretend Information reporter claimed President Trump referred to European nations as “parasites.”
- FACT: President Trump instantly pushed back on this ridiculous declare — as did the Italian prime minister.
- HOAX: Pretend Information CNN’s Brianna Keilar implied the Trump Administration was one way or the other mistaken for stopping unlawful immigrants from stealing taxpayer {dollars} within the type of welfare advantages.
- FACT: Deputy Chief of Employees Stephen Miller summarily embarrassed her with the details: “The federal authorities will discover EVERY unlawful alien who’s stealing American taxpayer {dollars} — and that’s what Individuals anticipate to occur. I don’t even fathom the premise of your query.”
- HOAX: A favorite refrain of the Pretend Information is that Secretary of Well being and Human Companies Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., is “anti-vaccine.”
- FACT: Kennedy debunked the lie in his affirmation hearings: “This has been repeatedly debunked … Bringing this up proper now’s dishonest.”
- HOAX: WIRED falsely claimed the Social Safety Administration is “shifting its public communication solely to X” underneath President Trump.
- FACT: Not happening.
- HOAX: Reuters falsely reported that the Trump Administration “stalled a United Nations program in Mexico aimed toward stopping imported fentanyl chemical substances from reaching the nation’s drug cartels.”
- FACT: The Division of State is definitely trying to increase the initiative.
- FACT: The Pretend Information regularly pushed the lie that as a part of the Trump administration, Secretary Kennedy would implement a nationwide abortion ban and “prohibit and even ban medicine abortion with no single act of Congress.”
- FACT: Secretary Kennedy persistently pledged to implement President Trump’s insurance policies — which embody leaving abortion to the states, ending barbaric late-term abortions, defending conscientious objections, and ending federal funding for abortions.
- HOAX: Pretend Information savant Tara Palmeri falsely reported that President Trump’s proposal for Gaza was conceived by Jared Kushner.
- FACT: This lie was instantly and summarily debunked by the Trump Administration: “The worst reporter in America makes up faux information for clout as a result of she has no actual sources. Sit down, dummy.”
- HOAX: Sen. Chris Murphy, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, and media shops claimed President Trump’s directive to pause radical, wasteful authorities spending meant an finish to Medicaid, meals help, and different particular person help applications.
- FACT: Particular person help applications — Social Safety, Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP, and so forth. — had been explicitly excluded, as was made clear by Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and the Workplace of Administration and Price range. Solely pointless spending — DEI, Inexperienced New Rip-off, NGOs that undermine the nationwide curiosity — had been included within the directive.
- HOAX: A “physicians advocacy group” was widely cited as opposing President Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., to guide the Division of Well being and Human Companies.
- FACT: The “advocacy group” was actually an astroturfed partisan group funded by outstanding left-wing donors — and accepted fake signatures.
- HOAX: Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) and different Democrats pushed the lie that DOGE posted “categorised data” on their web site.
- FACT: That alleged “categorised data” was actually simply an employment headcount — which has been publicly out there for years.
- HOAX: Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) claimed Secretary of Homeland Safety Kristi Noem referred to as all Venezuelan immigrants “dirtbags.”
- FACT: Secretary Noem actually called unlawful immigrant members of the vicious Tren de Aragua gang “dirtbags,” which is true.
- HOAX: The New York Instances wrote that Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., needed to “ban fluoride in ingesting water” and “reverse … one of the vital public well being practices within the nation’s historical past.”
- FACT: New York Instances made no point out of their own reporting that fluoride could also be “linked to decrease IQ scores in kids.”
- HOAX: Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) repeatedly lied about President Trump “going after” Social Safety.
- FACT: President Trump has repeatedly pledged to guard Social Safety and make it extra sturdy for Americans.
- HOAX: Sen. Mark Kelley (D-AZ) tried to scare veterans by shamelessly claiming their care was in jeopardy resulting from “layoffs” at VA hospitals.
- FACT: The lie was debunked by Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins: “What adjustments are you speaking about? We’ve not had these layoffs… I put $360 million again into group care… It’s regarding to me {that a} veteran would truly inform tales to veterans that aren’t true.”
- HOAX: Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) exploited the Ronald Reagan Washington Nationwide Airport airplane crash tragedy by claiming President Trump “froze the hiring” of air visitors controllers.
- FACT: Air visitors controllers had been exempt from the federal hiring freeze.
- HOAX: Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) implied that “slicing” members of an aviation advisory committee was one way or the other a explanation for the Ronald Reagan Washington Nationwide Airport airplane crash tragedy.
- FACT: The advisory group hadn’t met since 2023 and was comprised of enterprise and union leaders who gave “recommendation” to the TSA and had nothing to do with precise air journey.
- HOAX: A far-left author claimed Elon Musk and DOGE staffers “illegally put in a business server to manage federal HR databases that comprise delicate private data, together with SSNs, residence addresses, and medical histories.”
- FACT: A high official confirmed “there’s nothing unlawful and no server, simply extra made up tall tales from uninformed profession bureaucrats.”
- HOAX: The Washington Submit alleged the Trump Administration was setting “quotas” for immigration authorities — and gave the administration simply 4 minutes to remark earlier than publishing.
- FACT: As traditional, this was a fake story.
- HOAX: On-line liberal activists claimed President Trump “took down” President Obama’s portrait within the White Home.
- FACT: Obama’s portrait was not taken down — it was merely moved solely ft away from its earlier location.
- HOAX: Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) claimed Legal professional Basic Pam Bondi created a “weaponizing job pressure.”
- FACT: It was a job pressure to END weaponization on the Division of Justice.
- HOAX: CBS Information reported that Secretary of Protection Pete Hegseth ordered a “make-up studio” be put in contained in the Pentagon.
- FACT: It was a “totally fake story,” and the alleged studio was really an current inexperienced room with no frills.
- HOAX: Politico reported the Trump Administration was debating lifting sanctions on Russian vitality property, together with the Nord Stream pipeline.
- FACT: This was debunked by each Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff.
- HOAX: An unlawful immigrant in U.S. custody “merely disappeared,” The New York Times reported.
- FACT: The unlawful immigrant was a confirmed member of the vicious Tren de Aragua gang. An immigration decide ordered his removing, and he was deported together with different threats to nationwide safety.
- HOAX: The Wall Avenue Journal alleged that Particular Envoy Steve Witkoff was receiving delicate data on a private cellphone whereas in Moscow and that Russian Intelligence should’ve had entry to the data.
- FACT: This was a complete fabrication. Particular Envoy Witkoff did not even have a private cellphone with him in Russia. He had solely a authorities cellphone; a safe line of communication.
- HOAX: The Wall Avenue Journal claimed the Trump Administration “sought to painting” deported felony unlawful immigrant gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia as “violent.”
- FACT: Abrego Garcia’s personal spouse filed an order of safety towards him and testified that he brutally beat her.
- HOAX: An AP reporter claimed that FAA workers who labored on “radar, touchdown and navigational support upkeep, amongst others” had been “harassed on Fb” by DOGE.
- FACT: That was a total lie. DOGE doesn’t have a Fb web page and no professionals who carry out crucial security features had been fired.
- HOAX: The Every day Beast claimed Vice President JD Vance “broke one of the infamous Vatican guidelines throughout his Easter weekend go to” by being photographed within the Sistine Chapel.
- FACT: Buried all the way in which down within the 14th paragraph, The Every day Beast admitted the vp was given particular permission by the Vatican to have images taken contained in the Sistine Chapel.
- HOAX: Left-wing social media accounts promoted faux, AI-generated audio of Vice President Vance “disparaging Elon Musk in non-public.”
- FACT: The audio was debunked as faux.
- HOAX: The New York Instances reported that funding for the Ladies’s Well being Initiative was being slashed by the Division of Well being and Human Companies.
- FACT: Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., himself declared this Pretend Information and acknowledged the mission is “mission crucial.”
- HOAX: Fox Information’s Jennifer Griffin gave legitimacy to a hoax from delusional Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) and Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) that Secretary of Protection Pete Hegseth requested almost $140,000 in “upgrades” to his authorities residence.
- FACT: This lie was debunked by Secretary Hegseth — and it was so outrageous, even the AP was forced to admit it was utterly faux.
- HOAX: Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) and lots of others claimed the Supreme Court docket ordered the return of unlawful immigrant gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the US.
- FACT: Even CNN admitted that’s not what occurred: “They didn’t order the administration to return him to the US … they might’ve stated ‘we order him returned,’ however they didn’t try this.”
- HOAX: Joe Biden accused the Trump Administration of “taking purpose at Social Safety.”
- FACT: As traditional, he was lying — President Trump has repeatedly pledged to guard Social Safety.
- HOAX: Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) claimed the arrest of a Milwaukee decide who helped an unlawful immigrant evade arrest was “unprecedented.”
- FACT: It wasn’t; it has happened before.
- HOAX: Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) called the arrest of a Milwaukee decide who helped an unlawful immigrant evade arrest a “gravely severe and drastic transfer.”
- FACT: The decide violated the law by obstructing an ICE arrest of an unlawful immigrant.
- HOAX: Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) claimed the arrest of the Milwaukee decide who obstructed a fear of a felony unlawful immigrant “threatens the rule of legislation.”
- FACT: It actually does the alternative as a result of nobody is above the legislation.
- HOAX: Politico claimed the Trump Administration “wipe[d] out firefighter well being and security applications.”
- FACT: The applications stay a high precedence for the administration — and will remain intact.
- HOAX: Sen. Elizabeth Warren claimed that President Trump’s insurance policies make it so “nobody needs to make investments in the US.”
- FACT: President Trump has secured greater than $5 trillion in investments since taking workplace, which is predicted to create greater than 451,000 new jobs — and the listing is barely anticipated to develop.
- HOAX: NBC’s Kristen Welker peddled a Pretend Information hoax that the Trump Administration was deporting kids.
- FACT: Secretary of State Marco Rubio shut down her determined try at a hoax by highlighting how the mom, who was within the nation illegally, made that selection all on her personal.
- HOAX: The New York Instances implied President Trump was alone in carrying a blue swimsuit to the funeral of Pope Francis.
- FACT: Photographs present dozens of world leaders and different attendees — many located close to President Trump — also wearing blue clothes.
- HOAX: Lecturers’ union boss Randi Weingarten accused President Trump of taking lecturers’ salaries and giving them to “billionaires” by slicing the Division of Schooling.
- FACT: President Trump has repeatedly called lecturers “crucial folks on this nation” who ought to be paid extra, not much less. The federal authorities doesn’t pay the salaries of lecturers; state and native governments do.
- HOAX: The Pretend Information and their predictable allies ran with a story that claimed an American citizen was detained by authorities after he knowledgeable them he was, actually, a citizen.
- FACT: That’s not what happened. The person “approached Border Patrol in Tucson and said he had entered the U.S. illegally by Nogales. He stated he needed to show himself in and accomplished a sworn assertion figuring out as a Mexican citizen who had entered unlawfully … Just a few days later, his household introduced paperwork displaying U.S. citizenship. The fees had been dismissed, and he was launched to his household.”
- HOAX: PBS Information claimed “DOGE operatives tried to realize entry to safe areas,” implying they tried to entry categorised data with out approval.
- FACT: This wasn’t even remotely true.
- HOAX: The AP falsely claimed Director of Nationwide Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard stated President Trump is “excellent buddies” with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
- FACT: The AP was humiliatingly forced to retract its story, admitting they had been mistaken. Stephanie Ruhle also had to challenge a correction. DNI Gabbard was referencing President Trump’s relationship with Indian PM Narendra Modi.
- HOAX: Pupil visa holders should have unfettered access to do no matter they need in the US.
- FACT: Fallacious. As Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, “Whenever you apply to enter the US and also you get a visa, you’re a visitor… Should you inform us whenever you apply for a visa ‘I’m coming to the U.S. to take part in pro-Hamas occasions,’ that runs counter to the overseas coverage curiosity of the US… Should you had informed us you had been going to try this, we by no means would have given you the visa.”
