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Claims assessed
April 2025,
by the verdicts.
A claims-only index of every assessment published in that month’s daily editions. Activity without an assessed claim is excluded.
What the verdicts show
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Every assessed claim
Supported 0
False 10
A deported Salvadoran man's knuckle tattoos literally read MS-13.
↗The letters and numbers shown in a circulated image were digitally added labels, not tattoos spelling MS-13.
Nobody was really investing in the United States during Biden's presidency, including Apple.
↗Foreign direct investment continued under Biden, and Apple announced major U.S. spending and investment commitments during his term.
For the first time in modern history, more Americans thought the country was on the right track than the wrong track.
↗The cited result came from one Trump-aligned poll; multiple other contemporary polls found the opposite.
International tourism to the United States was doing great.
↗Overseas visits in March were 11.6% lower than in March 2024, contradicting the contemporaneous claim.
Seven to eight trillion dollars was invested in the United States in Trump's first two months.
↗The White House cited future announcements above $5 trillion, not completed investment, and the stated $7 trillion to $8 trillion total was not supported.
Prices were going down, not up.
↗The Consumer Price Index and food-at-home index were still rising in the available data; the statement was not true as a broad price claim.
Gasoline was averaging $1.98 in several states.
↗No statewide average was below $2; the national average was above $3.
Retail egg prices had fallen 93% or 94% since inauguration.
↗The latest retail average was higher than in January.
Grocery prices were down.
↗The food-at-home index increased in the latest available month.
The administration had already solved inflation.
↗Prices were still rising, though the annual rate had slowed.
Misleading 4
Democrats claimed the government was not allowed to deport people in the country illegally.
↗The cited objections concerned due process and compliance with court orders, not a categorical claim that deportation was forbidden.
The administration had banned eight major artificial food dyes.
↗The administration announced a plan to seek voluntary phaseouts and further regulatory action, not an immediate comprehensive ban.
The military suddenly had the best recruiting numbers in 30 years because Trump returned to office.
↗Recruiting had improved, but the gains began before Trump took office and analysts said the shift reflected work over the prior two to five years.
Native-born job gains exceeded foreign-born job gains for the first time in recent memory.
↗Native-born employment did exceed foreign-born employment over the cited recent span, but similar two-month periods occurred several times in 2024.
Totals reflect verdicts on attributable Trump claims published in the daily editions for this month. Evidence gaps that are not claims are excluded.