At a rally on Sept. 20, President Donald Trump returned to a regular applause-line, promising the crowd in Las Vegas, “We’re renegotiating the worst trade deals ever made by any country at any time.” The idea that the U.S. has long be
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PolitiFact→ Trade and tariffs in 5 charts: A 2018 midterm report
On Sept. 17, President Donald Trump announced a new round of tariffs on $200 billion more of Chinese goods. That’s only the latest salvo in an ongoing trade dispute with China and other U.S. trading partners. As tariffs and counter-tariffs hittin
Snopes→ FBI: No Evidence Clinton Server Hacked Despite Trump Tweet
The FBI said that it has no evidence Hillary Clinton’s private email server was compromised even though President Donald Trump tweeted a news report that alleged the Chinese had hacked it.
FactCheck.org→ Are Trump 2020 Banners Made in China?
Q: Are campaign banners for President Trump’s reelection campaign being made in China? A: News reports have documented Trump 2020 flags being produced in China, but it’s unclear who ordered those. The campaign says that “all of our
Snopes→ Did the Trump 2020 Campaign Order Flags and Banners Made in China?
Bernie Sanders claimed that the president and his re-election campaign are responsible for increased production of Chinese-made "Trump 2020" merchandise.
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Specious Trade Tweets
In recent tweets, President Donald Trump has made erroneous statements about U.S farmers, and soybean prices in particular, while complaining about trade barriers: He falsely claimed that “farmers have done poorly for 15 years.” In fact,
FactCheck.org→ No Evidence Lisa Page Blamed Hacking on China
Q: Did former FBI attorney Lisa Page tell House lawmakers that China, not Russia, was behind the hacking of the Democratic National Committee? A: There’s no evidence of that. Page’s attorney said stories making that claim are “completely fal
Snopes→ Does This Photograph Show an Octopus Falling from the Sky in China?
Strong winds did hit a Chinese city, but the objects they displaced didn't include a whole octopus.
FactCheck.org→ Trump Distorts Facts on Agricultural Trade
In a Fox Business interview, President Donald Trump singled out trade barriers as a reason for five “very bad years” for U.S. farmers. But agricultural economists blame low farm commodity prices — not trade barriers. In fact, U.S. agr
FactCheck.org→ Trump Garbles Canadian Trade Stats
The official U.S. statistics on trade with Canada show that the United States has a trade surplus with our neighbor to the north. The U.S. surplus was $2.8 billion in 2017, according to the Census Bureau. Yet, President Donald Trump has claimed that t
FactCheck.org→ Schiff Shanks Trump Golf Cart Story
Rep. Adam Schiff mistakenly claimed that the Secret Service has paid the Trump Organization “over $150,000 … for the privilege of renting Donald Trump golf carts to protect Donald Trump on his rounds.” In fact, the federal agency rent
FactCheck.org→ Solar Hyperbole?
Three weeks after the Trump administration imposed a 30 percent tariff on imported solar energy cells and panels, the president claimed that “a lot of places are opening up” to “make solar panels again.” Two weeks later, he said
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Numbers (First Quarterly Update)
Summary In the time Donald Trump has been in the White House: Job growth slowed, but unemployment still sank to the lowest rate in 17 years. Economic growth quickened to 2.3 percent last year, but that was roughly half the rate Trump promised. The gro
FactCheck.org→ Trade Surplus in Cars with China
The United States had a trade surplus with China for passenger cars of $8.9 billion in 2017. Exports of cars to China totaled $10.5 billion, while imports from China were $1.6 billion. Yet President Donald Trump claimed that China “won’t t
FactCheck.org→ Q&A: The Death Penalty for Drug Trafficking?
The Trump administration’s initiative to combat the opioid epidemic aims to reduce drug demand, curtail illicit drug supply and expand addiction treatment. But the aspect that garnered headlines was President Trump’s repeated emphasis on seeking th
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – Did the U.S. have a $500 billion deficit with China in 2017?
The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly False | Did the U.S. have a $500 billion deficit with China in 2017? President Donald Trump ratcheted up pressure on Beijing by announcing tariffs on up to $60 billion worth of imported Chinese goods. Trump has long b
Washington Post→ President Trump’s claim that China caused 60,000 U.S. factories to close
“We’ve lost, over a fairly short period of time, 60,000 factories in our country — closed, shuttered, gone. Six million jobs, at least, gone.” — President Trump, in remarks at the White House announcing tariffs on Chinese impo
Internet Archive→ President Signs China Trade Memorandum : CSPAN3 : March 22, 2018 12:45pm-1:01pm EDT
[LIVE] President Trump signs a memorandum imposing tariffs on Chinese imports. Sponsor: White House.This item belongs to: movies/TV-CSPAN3.This item has files of the following types: Closed Caption Text, Columbia Fingerprint TV, Columbia Sparse Fingerp
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s Tweetstorm
Summary President Donald Trump responded to the firing of FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe with a flurry of tweets that contained numerous false, misleading or unsubstantiated claims about the Russia investigation led by Special Counsel Robert S. Mue
Hoax-Slayer→ ‘Canned Beef From Dead Bodies’ Hoax Message
According to this nasty and racist "warning" message, the Chinese have started to produce canned beef with their dead bodies and are sending the resulting products to Africa for sale. The post ‘Canned Beef From Dead Bodies’ Hoax Message
PolitiFact→ Angus King – How much steel does the U.S. import from China?
The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | How much steel does the U.S. import from China? President Donald Trump said his administration would slap tariffs on steel and aluminum imports to the United States, the latest in a series of moves to reorder t
Truth or Fiction?→ Deadly Klebsiella Plague from China Poses Public Health Threat to U.S.-Mostly Fiction!
Deadly Klebsiella Plague from China Poses Public Health Threat to U.S.-Mostly Fiction! Summary of eRumor: The deadly Klebsiella plague from China is coming to the United States, and citizens have been warned to take action. The Truth: Chinese rese
Hoax-Slayer→ ‘Buddha’ Shaped Pears
Circulating message claims that a Chinese farmer has managed to grow pears shaped like baby Buddha figures. The message includes a photograph of the unusually shaped pears still on the tree. The post ‘Buddha’ Shaped Pears appeared first on
Snopes→ Were Cats Used as Prizes in Arcade Claw Machines?
The nature of a video posted to Chinese social media is unclear, but it may have been staged for an advertisement.
Snopes→ Did an Engineer Contract an STD After Having Sex with a Sex Robot?
Reports that a Chinese engineer contracted an STD after having sexual intercourse with a sex robot prototype are fake news.
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Science Claims in 2017
In our roundup of 2016 claims, we hypothesized that SciCheck would have no dearth of false and misleading claims to cover in 2017. That proved true. From President Donald Trump’s decision to exit the Paris Agreement to Environmental Protection A
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Science Claims in 2017
In our roundup of 2016 claims, we hypothesized that SciCheck would have no dearth of false and misleading claims to cover in 2017. That proved true. From President Donald Trump’s decision to exit the Paris Agreement to Environmental Protection A
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s Business Boasts
As President Donald Trump listed the accomplishments of his trip to Asia, one example remains a mystery. “Vietnam is ordering at least $12 billion worth of Boeings. And I think they were going a different route. But now they’re going the r
FactCheck.org→ Video: FactChecking Virginia Race
In a segment that appeared on NBC4 in Washington, D.C., FactCheck.org Director Eugene Kiely discusses TV ads in the Virginia governor’s race that criticize Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam for his role on a state economic development board. The ads say No
Snopes→ Did the Guggenheim Museum Plan to Host Exhibits Criticized by Some as Cruel to Animals?
An online petition accurately describes the basic facts about three installations that were later removed from a Chinese art exhibition.
FactCheck.org→ What ‘China’ Ads in Virginia Race Omit
Television ads in the Virginia governor’s race criticize Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam for his role on a state economic development board. But there is less here than meets the eye: The ads say Northam missed 58 percent of the Virginia Economic Devel
FactCheck.org→ Pompeo Distorts China’s Nuclear Policy
CIA Director Mike Pompeo misrepresented the facts when he suggested the Trump administration was responsible for changing China’s policy on North Korea’s nuclear weapons program. Pompeo said that “the Chinese now … believe the c
Truth or Fiction?→ McDonald’s McRib Sandwiches Made From Inverted Pork Rectums-Fiction!
McDonalds’ McRib Sandwiches Made From Inverted Pork Rectums-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Persistent claims that McDonalds’ McRib sandwiches made from inverted pork rectums surfaced in December 2016 and again in August 2017. The Truth: Althou
Truth or Fiction?→ Child Miners Exploited for Electric Car Batteries-Misleading!
Child Miners Exploited for Electric Car Batteries-Misleading! Summary of eRumor: Reports that child miners in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, some as young as four years old, are forced to mine cobalt needed to make electric car batteries have
Snopes→ Li Ching-Yuen: 256-Year-Old Man?
Claims that a Chinese man named Li Ching-Yuen lived to be 256 years old are poorly documented and highly improbable.
Snopes→ Racist Sofa Label
A Chinese-made sofa set sold in Canada back in 2007 bore a label with a racial pejorative.
PolitiFact→ AntiNews.in – It's fake news that the United States didn't land on the moon
The Truth-o-Meter says: Pants on Fire! | It's fake news that the United States didn't land on the moon An Internet post claiming that high-ranking Chinese officials had called the American moon landing a "complete hoax" is a fake news sto
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Coal Spin
President Donald Trump touted the opening of a new coal mine in Pennsylvania as evidence that his administration is “putting the miners back to work.” But construction of the mine in question began before the 2016 election. And experts say
Climate Feedback→ Breitbart misrepresents research from 58 scientific papers to falsely claim that they disprove human-caused global warming
SCIENTISTS’ FEEDBACK SUMMARY In an article for Breitbart, author James Delingpole claims to provide 58 scientific papers published in 2017 that show global warming to be “a myth”. This claim is sourced entirely from a list on a blog called
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Trump’s Climate Speech
In announcing that the U.S. would withdraw from the Paris Agreement, a global accord aimed at addressing climate change, President Donald Trump made more than a few false and misleading claims: Trump said the U.S. would be exposed to “massive legal