As of snapshot 27745 under ledger-default@0.3.0.
| Claim | Type | Assessment | Score | Review checks | References |
|---|
| Trump cut off NBC's Kelly O'Donnell with "Not you" before she finished a follow-up question and pointed to a different reporter. |
OBSERVATIONAL |
Contradicted |
0.1166 |
3 of 4 |
145 |
| Trump provided no detail about the 50-state drug pricing deal he announced at the September 18, 2026 Oval Office event. |
OBSERVATIONAL |
Contradicted |
0.0059 |
3 of 4 |
140 |
| At the same event Trump announced that all 50 states had signed on to a most-favored-nation program to lower prescription drug prices. |
HISTORICAL |
Supported |
0.8581 |
3 of 4 |
110 |
| Trump's remark about Jewish and Black voters came in an answer about the streamer Hasan Piker, not in his remarks about the press ban. |
TEXTUAL |
Supported |
0.9654 |
3 of 4 |
126 |
| Trump said it is not believable, and not possible in a world of rationality, that a Jewish person or a Black person could vote for a Democrat. |
TEXTUAL |
Supported |
0.9734 |
3 of 4 |
122 |
| Sanders also said the president is right to support the First Amendment and right to ask that the press be honest and fair. |
TEXTUAL |
Supported |
0.8581 |
3 of 4 |
114 |
| Sarah Huckabee Sanders said it is hard to argue against a free press while standing in the Oval Office asking the president questions. |
TEXTUAL |
Supported |
0.9734 |
3 of 4 |
160 |
| Trump said the state dinner for Xi Jinping is a very tough ticket and that he has told good friends of his that they cannot come. |
TEXTUAL |
Supported |
0.9734 |
3 of 4 |
141 |
| Asked about Xi Jinping's visit and China's record on journalists, Trump said he did not know about that and that the United States is repressive also. |
TEXTUAL |
Supported |
0.8581 |
3 of 4 |
128 |
| Asked what the ban means in practice, Trump replied "which ban?" and said he has more bans going than any human being. |
TEXTUAL |
Supported |
0.8581 |
3 of 4 |
109 |
| Trump called the New York Times and Washington Post fake news and said those papers would probably no longer be displayed in the White House. |
TEXTUAL |
Supported |
0.8581 |
3 of 4 |
113 |
| Trump's Breitbart remark came in answer to a question about whether the ban would survive a court challenge, not a question about which outlets cover him fairly. |
TEXTUAL |
Supported |
0.8581 |
3 of 4 |
110 |
| Trump said he does not get fair press, that he gets it from Breitbart and a little from Fox, and that Fox has the worst polls in the business. |
TEXTUAL |
Supported |
0.9734 |
3 of 4 |
134 |
| Trump said a court should not allow fake news to be written day after day, and that what a court allows depends on the judge. |
TEXTUAL |
Supported |
0.9654 |
3 of 4 |
161 |
| Asked whether he was trying to intimidate the press, Trump said he dislikes dishonest press, told the reporter she was terrible, and said he likes to see honest press. |
TEXTUAL |
Supported |
0.9734 |
3 of 4 |
131 |
| Trump used the phrase "ban on the free press" while restating a reporter's question about what the ban would look like, not while announcing it. |
TEXTUAL |
Supported |
0.8581 |
3 of 4 |
112 |
| In the Oval Office on September 18, 2026, Trump referred to his own action as the ban on the free press. |
TEXTUAL |
Supported |
0.9908 |
3 of 4 |
144 |
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