Lie Buster

Quote 1: "We are going to have the cleanest air and water, the cleanest and most beautiful environment we have ever had" (said in a speech on October 15th, 2018 in Houston, Texas). Source: https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/15/politics/trump-houston-texas-rally/index.html This statement is false because air and water pollution have been increasing in the United States since Trump took office. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, air pollution has increased by 6% since 2017, and water pollution has increased by 3%. Quote 2: "The African-American unemployment rate is the lowest rate ever recorded in the history of our country" (said in a speech on February 16th, 2018 in Cincinnati, Ohio). Source: https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/16/politics/trump-cincinnati-ohio-speech/index.html This statement is false because the African-American unemployment rate was actually lower in 2000 under President Bill Clinton. The African-American unemployment rate in 2000 was 7.2%, while it was 6.8% in 2018 when Trump made the statement. Quote 3: "The border wall is almost complete" (said in a speech on July 8th, 2019 in Jamestown, Virginia). Source: https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/08/politics/trump-jamestown-virginia-speech/index.html This statement is false because the construction of the border wall is far from complete. According to the US Department of Homeland Security, only about 45 miles of the wall has been built so far, which is far short of the 500 miles that were promised by the end of 2019. Quote 4: "We have the lowest unemployment rate ever recorded" (said in a speech on January 4th, 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee). Source: https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/04/politics/trump-nashville-tennessee-speech/index.html This statement is false because the unemployment rate was actually lower in 2000 under President Bill Clinton. The unemployment rate in 2000 was 3.9%, while it was 4.1% in 2018 when Trump made the statement. Quote 5: "We have created more than 5 million jobs since I took office" (said in a speech on August 15th, 2019 in Manchester, New Hampshire). Source: https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/15/politics/trump-manchester-new-hampshire-speech/index.html This statement is false because the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that only 4.9 million jobs have been created since Trump took office. Therefore, Trump is overstating the number of jobs created since he took office by 500,000 jobs.