April 2025 Fact-Checks

Verdict key

• True — accurate and supported by strong evidence.
• Misleading — contains elements of truth but presented in a deceptive or incomplete way.
• False — factually incorrect or contradicted by reliable sources.
• Lacks Evidence — cannot be verified or substantiated with available data.

Statements and rulings

Date	Claim	Verdict	Source	Summary
Apr 30	Trump’s 100‑day rally claims about executive orders, deportations, and economic records were accurate.	Misleading	PolitiFact	PolitiFact’s review found multiple exaggerations and omissions across immigration, workforce cuts, and economic claims.
Apr 18	“Tariffs are bringing in $2 billion a day.”	False	AP Fact Focus	AP found Treasury receipts and projections don’t support the daily figure; Trump conflated estimates with realized revenue.
Apr 17	“Biden lost $2–$3B a day; now we’re making $2B a day in tariffs.”	False	FactCheck.org	Economists said Trump mixed trade deficits with tariff revenue and used inflated assumptions.
Apr 10	“We’re taking in almost $2B/day from tariffs.”	Misleading	PolitiFact	Could approach that level only under unlikely assumptions; Treasury data showed much less.
Apr 15	“Since NAFTA, the U.S. lost 90,000 plants and factories.”	Misleading	FactCheck.org	Figure conflates establishments and manufacturing plants and lacks time‑frame context.
Apr 4	Viral graphic: “Trump ends dual citizenship.”	False	Reuters Fact Check	Reuters traced the image to an April Fools’ joke; no such announcement was made.
Apr 3	White House tariff chart accurately shows foreign barriers vs. U.S. rates.	Misleading	FactCheck.org	Chart mixed tariffs with non‑tariff barriers and used selective comparisons, skewing the picture.
Apr 2	“We’ve implemented a simple, global 10% tariff” on most imports.	Lacks Evidence / Context	Reuters	Reuters summarized orders and fact sheet; implementation details and carve‑outs complicate the blanket claim.

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