Trump’s lies in 2023

22 fact-checked lies by Donald Trump in 2023, newest first. Each one links to the fact-check.

After January 20, 2021 the Washington Post stopped logging every claim. Lies from this year are PolitiFact’s selected checks, so the count is far lower than what was said.

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Every lie in 2023

1. Dec 16, 2023 · Rally · Foreign policy“They want to make our Army tanks all electric.”
2. Dec 4, 2023 · Social post · ElectionThe Lincoln Project is “using A.I. (Artificial Intelligence)” in its “television commercials.”
3. Dec 2, 2023 · Speech · Foreign policy“With the historic Abraham Accords, I even made peace in the Middle East.”
4. Nov 11, 2023 · Rally · Health careNew Hampshire has “a worse drug problem per capita than any other state.”
5. Nov 8, 2023 · Rally · Courts & investigations“Just like the Cuban regime, the Biden administration is trying to put their political opponents in jail, shutting down free speech.”
6. Oct 9, 2023 · Social post · Immigration“The same people that raided Israel are pouring into our once beautiful USA, through our TOTALLY OPEN SOUTHERN BORDER, at Record Numbers.”
7. Oct 7, 2023 · Statement or ad · Foreign policy“Sadly, American taxpayer dollars helped fund these attacks, which many reports are saying came from the Biden administration.”
8. Sep 27, 2023 · Speech · TradeWhen I took office, “the auto industry was on its knees gasping its last breath.” Trump administration “tariffs and taxes saved the American auto industry from extinction.”
9. Sep 17, 2023 · Interview · EconomyThe price of “bacon is up five times” under President Joe Biden.
10. Sep 14, 2023 · Interview · Coronavirus“I really don’t know who gave (Dr. Anthony Fauci) the commendation.”
11. Sep 14, 2023 · Interview · Coronavirus“Florida sort of had a mandate because they were giving the vaccine, they were demanding everybody take the vaccine.”
12. Aug 15, 2023 · Social post · Courts & investigationsFulton County District Attorney Fani Willis “campaigned and raised money on, ‘I will get Trump.’”
13. Aug 5, 2023 · Speech · Jobs“During Biden’s first 30 months in office, just 2.1 million new jobs were created, and by contrast, during my first 30 months in office we created 4.9 million new jobs.”
14. Aug 4, 2023 · Speech · Election“They are trying to make it illegal to question the results of a bad election.”
15. Jul 29, 2023 · Speech · TradeSays Gov. Ron DeSantis “opposed my China tariffs and he heartlessly opposed” $28 billion for farm relief, which was paid for by China.
16. Jul 24, 2023 · Statement or ad · Health care“Under ‘Crooked Joe’ Biden, there has been a catastrophic increase in shortages of essential medicines.”
17. Jun 19, 2023 · Interview · ElectionIn 2020 the ballots that were counted “were fake ballots.”
18. Apr 30, 2023 · Social post · ElectionA Florida elections bill “guts everything” “instead of getting tough, and doing what the people want (same day voting, Voter ID, proof of Citizenship, paper ballots, hand count, etc.).”
19. Apr 4, 2023 · Remarks · ElectionRegarding Trump’s January 2021 telephone call with Georgia election officials, “nobody found anything wrong with that perfect call until a book promotion tour many months later.”
20. Mar 4, 2023 · Social post · CrimeViolent crime in Manhattan is “now at a record level.”
21. Feb 28, 2023 · Social post · ElectionThe 2020 election could not have been fair because “Los Angeles County agreed, during litigation, that there were 1.2 million ineligible voters after the election.”
22. Jan 10, 2023 · Interview · Courts & investigationsJoe Biden as vice president didn’t “have the right to declassify” documents.