Fact check: Trump makes false claims about the economy, elections and crime in State of the Union

President Donald Trump made numerous false or misleading claims in his State of the Union address on Tuesday night.

A fact-check of Trump’s 2026 State of the Union address

Most major network and cable news channels will broadcast Trump’s address. The White House’s YouTube channel will also stream ...
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Follow PolitiFact’s live fact-check of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union

PolitiFact is live fact-checking President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address to Congress Feb. 24. PolitiFact has fact-checked 1,144 of Trump ’s statements since 2011. Tonight, we’ll draw on ...
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Fact Check: Is Trump's SOTU address claim more Americans are working now than ever before true?

During his SOTU speech on Tuesday, Donald Trump said, "More Americans are working today than at any time in the history of our country. Think about that — at any time in the history of our country, ...

Fact Check: Trump once said Obama would start war with Iran due to his inability to negotiate

In a years-old video that resurfaced online in early 2026 amid increasing U.S. tensions with Iran, Trump also called Obama ...