Topic: tariffs
El-Sayed’s $5,619 tariff figure measures Michigan importers, not households
The $5,619 is Michigan importers’ $23.2 billion tariff bill split across the state’s households. The group behind the figure says it is not what each household paid.
Trump never said the banana line, but the trade-deficit idea it mocks is his
A viral banana quote came from a parody account. On the same day, Trump did say trade deficits are money the US loses, a view trade data and tariff research contradict.
Trump’s Third Dividend Promise
A $5,000 check to every adult, if Republicans keep Congress. Two earlier per-person dividend promises produced no payments. The one that did pay was already funded by Congress.
Fact-Check: Are American Consumers “Hitting a Breaking Point”?
Executive quotes check out, statistics are accurate — but the article picks weaker numbers over stronger ones and never asks what is driving the consumer stress it describes.
Fact-Check: Trump’s August 2026 Canada Trade Claims — ‘Ripping Off,’ the $200B Subsidy, ‘Don’t Need Canada,’ and a False Auto History
Trump’s ‘ripping off,’ ‘$200B subsidy,’ and ‘don’t need Canada’ claims rated alongside Greer’s false Auto Pact history and Canadian counterclaims.
Trump’s Canada Wildfire Post: Negligence, Tariffs, and What the Science Says
Three of six claims are False (Canada ‘refused to engage,’ ‘willful negligence,’ and adding pollution costs to tariffs — which have no legal mechanism post-IEEPA); two are Misleading (forest…
Trump’s Toyota-Texas Post: What the Announcement Actually Says
Toyota is shifting Tacoma pickup production from one Baja California plant to Texas in a $3.6B investment, but maintains Mexico operations and cited USMCA uncertainty rather than endorsing tariff…
Jeffries on the Mail-Ballot Ruling: Seven Claims, Checked
After the Supreme Court upheld state grace periods for mail ballots, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries indicted Trump’s whole record. The facts mostly hold; the framing is partisan.
Recession Scorecard: Fact-Checking the Economic Divergence
Most consumer and household indicators show significant stress while the stock market hits record highs, but ‘every single indicator’ overstates the case.
The Documented Record: Trump’s Verifiable Lies Across Two Terms
A sourced record of claims the evidence contradicts, from inauguration crowds to the 2020 election, set against how presidential dishonesty is measured and the strongest counter-argument.
8,499 Posts, Fact-Checked: What the President Told America From Truth Social
A data-driven, bipartisan fact-check of the most significant claims Trump made on Truth Social during his second term — 8,499 posts categorized, cross-referenced against court filings, government…
The Insider Trading Pattern: Who’s Making Billions Before Trump’s Announcements?
The DOJ is investigating $2.6 billion in suspicious oil futures trades placed minutes before Trump’s Iran announcements, cabinet officials dumped stocks days before tariff crashes, and the agencies…
The $39 Trillion Paradox: How America Is Both the Richest Nation and Deeply in Debt
The US holds well over $160 trillion in household wealth and owes $39 trillion in federal debt. Both numbers are real; whether it is a crisis turns on the dollar privilege and the interest bill.