Daniel Dale
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The president is trying to concoct a fantasy world in which prices are “all down,” like not a single price is up, and his opponents are liars for correctly pointing out that federal data shows prices continue to rise: cnn.com/2025/07/23/pol…
No, there aren’t 5 states (or any) with $1.99 gas. No, prices aren’t “all down” under Trump. No, it isn’t a lie to note prices are up. No, grocery prices aren’t down. No, core inflation isn’t below 2%. Fact check on Trump’s inflation lies last night: cnn.com/2025/07/23/pol…
“We have no enrollment record or information that Ted Kaczynski ever attended MIT,” an MIT spokesperson said in 2025 in response to a fictional story from the president of the United States that baselessly connected his late uncle to the Unabomber. cnn.com/2025/07/16/pol…
GasBuddy’s @GasBuddyGuy is the best source for debunkings of the president’s frequent lies about two, three, or five unnamed states supposedly having sub-$2 gas prices. AAA’s web page of state averages (gasprices.aaa.com/state-gas-pric…), updated daily, is also helpful.
Here's a fact check of 11 of the false claims the president made at his Cabinet meeting, spanning such subjects as inflation, immigration, tariffs, his domestic policy law, aid to Ukraine, China's use of wind power, California's power system, and the US defense relationship with…
President Trump said today that “smart countries” don’t use wind power and that China makes turbines for other countries but has “very, very few” wind farms itself. In reality, China is by far the world’s leading generator of wind energy, with many massive wind farms both on land…
First the president said there were “a couple” states where gas was under $2 per gallon, then made it “three states,” then yesterday said “five states.” It’s zero states. This has been a lie the whole time, even as the list gets longer and longer. cnn.com/2025/07/02/pol…
President Trump claims his big bill leaves Medicaid “the same.” It actually makes major changes, and major cuts, to Medicaid. President Trump claims not passing his big bill means a 68% tax increase. That figure is pure fiction even the White House didn’t try to defend.…
President Trump is using repeated dishonesty to sell his big domestic policy bill - falsely saying it’ll leave Medicaid “the same” (it makes big changes and cuts), end tax on Social Security (it doesn’t), and prevent a 68% tax hike (fiction). Fact check: cnn.com/2025/06/28/pol…
#personalnews: You might notice a Toronto location tag when I’m on TV starting next week. I’m staying in the same job at CNN, so this post is boring even by the standards of these posts, but I wanted to tell you I moved back to my hometown yesterday to live near family. Longer…
I asked the spokesperson for the Stanford School of Medicine about this “very top of her medical class at Stanford” claim. The spokesperson said there are no rankings because they use a pass-fail system rather than grades.
Baier: She never finished her residency and doesn't currently have an active medical license. RFK JR: She was top of her medical class at Stanford. During her residency, she won every award that she can win. She walked away from traditional medicine because she was not curing…
CBC: President Trump blasted former PM Justin Trudeau for getting Russia expelled from the G8…except “the decision took place more than a year before Trudeau came to power” - under Conservative PM Stephen Harper, a vocal advocate of the move. cbc.ca/amp/1.7528717
As President Trump meets with Prime Minister Carney, here's a fact check of 11 false claims Trump has made about Canada in 2025. For one, that "$200 billion" figure he just used again in a social media post is imaginary. cnn.com/2025/05/06/pol…
Trump said yesterday that gas prices are $1.88 in three states, “can you believe it?” No, because prices weren’t close to $1.88 in any state. Trump posted today that gas prices are the “lowest in years.” They’re higher than the day he was inaugurated. cnn.com/2025/05/02/pol…
Trump two weeks ago: Two states just hit $1.98 gas (not even close to true) Trump the day after that: Three states just hit $1.98 gas (not even close to true) Trump last night: Three states just hit $1.88 gas (not even close to true) cnn.com/2025/05/02/pol…
No, Trump did not warn voters during the campaign that his tariffs would require a “transition period.” He said they would make voters “so rich” and are “not going to be a cost to you,” with none of his current rhetoric about temporary issues. Fact check: cnn.com/2025/05/01/pol…
Asked for any evidence Trump actually did warn Americans during his campaign that his tariffs would require a “transition period,” the White House responded 10 hours later with a single quote….that Trump uttered a month after the campaign ended. cnn.com/2025/05/01/pol…