Trump’s lies in 2026

27 fact-checked lies by Donald Trump in 2026, 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 2026

1. Oct 4, 2026 · Social post · ElectionBrazil’s quick election results are proof that places like Detroit, Philadelphia and California “take weeks to rig” their elections.
2. Oct 1, 2026 · Social post · Foreign policy“I stated, numerous times, that it would take 4-6 weeks to get rid of THE IRAN NUCLEAR THREAT, and I did it in one night!”
3. Sep 22, 2026 · Speech · OtherThe people who warned of climate change, the “Russia hoax” and the “Ukraine hoax” are the same people “now saying that AI is going to kill us all.”
4. Sep 21, 2026 · Social post · EnvironmentRoy Cooper was “in New York speaking at a New York Times ‘Climate Forward’ event” when Hurricane “Helene slammed into North Carolina.”
5. Aug 10, 2026 · Remarks · CoronavirusWhen the measles, mumps and rubella vaccines are given together in the combined MMR vaccine, “there could be a possibility they’re quite lethal.”
6. Aug 10, 2026 · Remarks · CoronavirusThere are vaccines the size of a “bottle of soda … poured into a little child’s body.”
7. Aug 4, 2026 · Interview · EconomyIn Venezuela, “We’re making hundreds of billions of dollars (in oil revenue), and so are they.”
8. Aug 3, 2026 · Remarks · Other“There was vandalism” at the Reflecting Pool.
9. Jun 7, 2026 · Interview · ElectionThe ongoing ballot counting in California means “they’re cheating on the election.”
10. May 31, 2026 · Social post · Biographical recordSays his cognitive test results showed he has “extreme intelligence.”
11. May 18, 2026 · Remarks · Economy“There’s been numerous other occasions over the years” when the federal government created a reserve similar to a new $1.776 billion anti-weaponization settlement fund.
12. May 7, 2026 · Remarks · EconomyGasoline prices have “come down very substantially today.”
13. May 4, 2026 · Remarks · Economy“Consumer confidence is way up.”
14. Apr 15, 2026 · Interview · Other“Thom Tillis is no longer a senator.”
15. Apr 12, 2026 · Social post · Foreign policyPope Leo XIV “thinks it’s OK for Iran to have a nuclear weapon.”
16. Mar 23, 2026 · Remarks · Election“Mail-in voting means mail-in cheating.”
17. Mar 9, 2026 · Press conference · Foreign policyIran “also has some Tomahawks.”
18. Mar 3, 2026 · Remarks · Foreign policyThe 2015 Iran nuclear agreement “gave (Iran) the right to have top-of-the-line nuclear weapons.”
19. Feb 22, 2026 · Social post · OtherU.S. men’s hockey Olympian Brady Tkachuk said about the Canadian hockey team, “They booed our national anthem, so I had to come out and teach those maple syrup eating f—-s a lesson.”
20. Feb 2, 2026 · Interview · ImmigrationAmong Somalis in Minnesota, “92% of them don’t work.”
21. Jan 29, 2026 · Remarks · CrimeAfter U.S. vessel strikes in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean, “drugs entering our country by sea are down 97%.”
22. Jan 21, 2026 · Speech · ImmigrationProtesters against the federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota are conducting “fake protests done by agitators and professional insurrectionists. …They’re professional troublemakers.”
23. Jan 13, 2026 · Speech · Economy“If we stop this fraud, this massive fraud, we’re going to have a balanced budget.”
24. Jan 11, 2026 · Remarks · EconomyCredit card companies would be “in violation of the law” if they don’t cap interest rates at 10% by Jan. 20.
25. Jan 5, 2026 · Social post · CoronavirusThe former U.S. childhood vaccine schedule called for babies to get “72 injections.”
26. Jan 5, 2026 · Social post · CrimeMaduro was “flooding America with deadly fentanyl.”
27. Jan 3, 2026 · Social post · CrimeGov. Tim Walz had Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman killed.