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Fact-Check: Trump’s August 2026 Canada Trade Claims — ‘Ripping Off,’ the $200B Subsidy, ‘Don’t Need Canada,’ and a False Auto History

Trump’s ‘ripping off,’ ‘$200B subsidy,’ and ‘don’t need Canada’ claims rated alongside Greer’s false Auto Pact history and Canadian counterclaims.

2 True1 Mixed1 Misleading1 Contested

Operation Puppet Master: What the DHS Surveillance Records Show

DHS court records confirm Minneapolis surveillance of unions and protesters — but the AFL-CIO subpoena claim is wrong, and the entrapment theory remains unresolved.

2 True1 Mostly True1 Mixed1 Unproven1 Contested

COVID Accountability, Strand by Strand: Fact-Checking the Pre-Pandemic Preparedness Record

PREDICT’s end was scheduled. The NSC directorate was dissolved. The April 23 remarks are on video. The causal chain is unproven. PPE to China preceded domestic need. Trump’s private and public COVID…

1 Contested

Did Biden’s Pardon Strip Fauci of His Fifth Amendment Rights?

Brown v. Walker supports the claim’s logic, but perjury exposure, three state AG subpoenas, and autopen questions leave Fauci’s Fifth Amendment invocation legally unresolved.

1 True2 Mostly True1 Contested

Fact-Check: Senate Panel Votes to Hold Fauci in Contempt — Five Disputed Figures, One Unresolved Procedure

The committee vote was 8-5, the Senate floor was bypassed, and five circulating figures need correction. The pardon-vs.-Fifth Amendment legal fight is headed to the courts.

2 True1 Mostly True1 Unproven1 Misleading1 Contested2 False

Fact-Check: Trump’s Truth Social Attack on Maggie Haberman’s “Regime Change”

Trump calls the co-authored Regime Change book ‘largely fiction’ — but his own White House confirmed its accuracy. His electoral stats are mostly correct; his tape denial is unproven; his Iran…

2 True1 Mostly True1 Contested1 False

Was Trump’s Iran Deal a “Catastrophic Capitulation” for Israel?

The NYT’s reporting on Israel’s shock is accurate, but its ‘none of Israel’s war aims’ verdict omits Israel’s real tactical wins, and the Lebanon-withdrawal claim remains contested.

1 True1 Misleading1 Contested1 False

Billions for Iran, None for Health Care? A Fact-Check

A viral framing pairs one true claim with three shaky ones: the money to Iran is its own frozen assets, the US did not pay Venezuela $20 billion, and Trump did call Medicaid unaffordable amid war.

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