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Fact Checker: Here’s everything Donald Trump got factually wrong in his first week as president

The following article was is a newsletter from the Washington Post January 27, 2017:

Here’s everything Donald Trump got factually wrong in his first week as president.

It’s been a whirlwind of a week at The Fact Checker. As regular readers know, candidate Donald Trump had difficulty with facts — and we learned this week that President Trump does, too.

It started with Trump’s inauguration speech; we fact-checked eight errors and exaggerations. Then, every day in his first week, Trump either said or tweeted something that was factually inaccurate or exaggerated. We issued several Four-Pinocchio ratings this week to the new president. Continue reading “Fact Checker: Here’s everything Donald Trump got factually wrong in his first week as president”

What Trump got wrong on Twitter this week (#2)

The following article by Michelle Ye Hee Lee was posted on the Washington Post website January 13, 2014:

Welcome to the second edition of Fact Checker’s series examining what the incoming president got wrong on Twitter in a given week. Here’s a round-up of 10 dubious tweets from President-elect Donald Trump from the past week.

Donald J. Trump

✔@realDonaldTrump

Intelligence stated very strongly there was absolutely no evidence that hacking affected the election results. Voting machines not touched!

As we’ve noted, this is a clever misdirection that obscures the point of the intelligence community’s report. Intelligence agencies were not tasked with assessing whether Russian activities swayed the election. The report clearly states: Continue reading “What Trump got wrong on Twitter this week (#2)”