Estimated false or misleading claims
Trump Lie Counter
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A running projection for Trump's current term, using the Washington Post Fact Checker's documented first-term average.
20.9
claims per day
69
minutes per claim
0
days in current term
Method
Projection, not a live database
The Washington Post Fact Checker cataloged 30,573 false or misleading claims during Trump's first term. This page divides that by the first term's 1,461 days, then applies the daily rate to the time elapsed since Jan. 20, 2025 at noon Eastern.
30,573 / 1,461 = 20.9 per day
elapsed days x 20.9 = current estimate
Source: Washington Post Fact Checker claims database. The label says "false or misleading claims" because the source tracks both categories.