Topic: trade
Iowa steel plant builder is Indian-owned and files H-1B visas, as Greene said
Verdicts: 3 True, 2 Mostly True, 2 Unproven, 1 Misleading
Mesabi Metallics is owned by India’s Essar Group and has filed for H-1B workers in Minnesota. It is not new to the U.S., and its Iowa plant is still only a plan.
El-Sayed’s $5,619 tariff figure measures Michigan importers, not households
Verdicts: 1 Mostly True, 1 Mixed, 1 Misleading, 1 False
The $5,619 is Michigan importers’ $23.2 billion tariff bill split across the state’s households. The group behind the figure says it is not what each household paid.
Trump never said the banana line, but the trade-deficit idea it mocks is his
Verdicts: 1 True, 5 False
A viral banana quote came from a parody account. On the same day, Trump did say trade deficits are money the US loses, a view trade data and tariff research contradict.
Fact-Check: Trump’s August 2026 Canada Trade Claims — ‘Ripping Off,’ the $200B Subsidy, ‘Don’t Need Canada,’ and a False Auto History
Verdicts: 1 Mostly True, 1 Mixed, 3 Misleading, 3 Contested, 1 False
Trump’s ‘ripping off,’ ‘$200B subsidy,’ and ‘don’t need Canada’ claims rated alongside Greer’s false Auto Pact history and Canadian counterclaims.