Media Bias Fact Check selects and publishes fact checks from around the world. We only utilize fact-checkers that are either a signatory of the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) or have been verified as credible by MBFC. Further, we review each fact check for accuracy before publishing. We fact-check the fact-checkers and let you know their bias. When appropriate, we explain the rating and/or offer our own rating if we disagree with the fact-checker. (D. Van Zandt)
Claim Codes: Red = Fact Check on a Right Claim, Blue = Fact Check on a Left Claim, Black = Not Political/Conspiracy/Pseudoscience/Other
Fact Checker bias rating Codes: Red = Right-Leaning, Green = Least Biased, Blue = Left-Leaning, Black = Unrated by MBFC
| TRUE | Claim via Social Media: A photo authentically showed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents escorting a U.S. citizen wearing only underwear, shoes and a blanket in freezing temperatures out of his home in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Snopes.com rating: True (He wasn’t escorted. He was forcefully removed at gunpoint and brought back an hour later with no charges.) Photo authentically shows ICE agents detaining US citizen in freezing weather |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Donald Trump (R): “After World War II, we gave Greenland back to Denmark.”
PolitiFact rating: False (Although the U.S. defended Greenland during World War II after Germany occupied Denmark, the United States never possessed Greenland and therefore could not have “given it back.” Greenland’s sovereignty as part of Denmark has been settled for more than a century. |
| TRUE | Claim via Social Media: In January 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump shared a photograph of a map with Venezuela, Canada and Greenland covered with the U.S. flag on his Truth Social account.
Snopes.com rating: True Trump shared edited photo featuring map with Venezuela, Canada and Greenland covered by US flag |
| FALSE | Claim by Donald Trump (R): Tariff revenues can “easily” pay for a $500 billion increase to the military budget, “pay down Debt, and likewise, pay a substantial Dividend to moderate income Patriots.”
FactCheck.org rating: False (Tariff revenues totaled $264 billion in 2025) Trump’s Tariffs Don’t Come Close to Funding Everything He’s Proposed |
| FALSE | (International: Ukraine): French channel LCI reported Ukrainian intelligence services sent false strategic info to US intel services and observed that the information had been relayed to Russia and was used by Russian forces
Lead Stories rating: False (He did not say anything about Ukraine deliberately sharing false information.) |
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