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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(130,983 posts) Mon Nov 3, 2025, 12:56 PM Nov 3

Fact check: 18 false claims Trump made on '60 Minutes'

Source: CNN

President Donald Trump littered his new “60 Minutes” interview with a wide-ranging assortment of false claims, the vast majority of them previously debunked. We counted at least 18 inaccurate assertions.

Trump told his usual lie that the free and fair 2020 election was stolen from him. He lied again that grocery prices “are down” even after CBS’ Norah O’Donnell informed him they are up. He declared once more that there is now “no inflation,” though there certainly is, and then that inflation is 2% or “even less than 2%,” though the most recent available Consumer Price Index figure is now up to 3%.

The president also deployed multiple other fictional numbers during his exchanges with O’Donnell, which were recorded Friday and released by CBS on Sunday.

He falsely claimed “$17 trillion” is being invested in the US “right now,” though the $17 trillion figure is nearly double the White House’s own wildly inflated figure.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fact-check-18-false-claims-162115559.html

I'm sure most are surprised.

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Fact check: 18 false claims Trump made on '60 Minutes' (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 3 OP

Only eighteen? bluescribbler Nov 3 #1

Or Mark Thompson took some executive editorial license BaronChocula Nov 3 #2

That was probably just on the short teaser they run before the actual segment. nt SeattleVet Nov 3 #3

CLEARLY Just Jerome Nov 3 #10

I read the full transcript, Trump lied a lot more than just 18 times. sop Nov 3 #4

Does he ever tell the truth, about anything? question everything Nov 3 #5

He did tell the truth once during the campaign. bluescribbler Nov 3 #8

He told the truth when he said: "I don't care about you; I just want your vote." MLWR Nov 3 #11

"inaccurate assertions" Come on, CNN, say the word. Trump LIED. chia Nov 3 #6

LOL Big Time popsdenver Nov 3 #7

Only eightieen? He is slipping. twodogsbarking Nov 3 #9

I have a question Bob_in_VA Nov 3 #12

I know Trump talks about these things in a misleading way on purpose, but... Wiz Imp Nov 3 #13

bluescribbler

(2,449 posts)

1. Only eighteen?

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Nov 3, 2025, 01:13 PM

Nov 3

I guess he's slipping.

BaronChocula

(3,760 posts)

2. Or Mark Thompson took some executive editorial license

Reply to bluescribbler (Reply #1)

Mon Nov 3, 2025, 01:27 PM

Nov 3

like he did when he allegedly told CNN staff to lay off coverage of the East Wing story.

SeattleVet

(5,782 posts)

3. That was probably just on the short teaser they run before the actual segment. nt

Reply to bluescribbler (Reply #1)

Mon Nov 3, 2025, 02:06 PM

Nov 3

Just Jerome

(388 posts)

10. CLEARLY

Reply to bluescribbler (Reply #1)

Mon Nov 3, 2025, 03:34 PM

Nov 3

he is not well.

sop

(16,882 posts)

4. I read the full transcript, Trump lied a lot more than just 18 times.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Nov 3, 2025, 02:07 PM

Nov 3

'Read the full transcript of Norah O'Donnell's interview with President Trump here':

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/read-full-transcript-norah-odonnell-60-minutes-interview-with-president-trump/

question everything

(51,400 posts)

5. Does he ever tell the truth, about anything?

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Nov 3, 2025, 02:32 PM

Nov 3

bluescribbler

(2,449 posts)

8. He did tell the truth once during the campaign.

Reply to question everything (Reply #5)

Mon Nov 3, 2025, 03:05 PM

Nov 3

He said that he hadn't read Project 2025. Everyone knows that he doesn't read.

MLWR

(672 posts)

11. He told the truth when he said: "I don't care about you; I just want your vote."

Reply to question everything (Reply #5)

Mon Nov 3, 2025, 03:57 PM

Nov 3

chia

(2,722 posts)

6. "inaccurate assertions" Come on, CNN, say the word. Trump LIED.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Nov 3, 2025, 02:36 PM

Nov 3

popsdenver

(1,017 posts)

7. LOL Big Time

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Nov 3, 2025, 02:56 PM

Nov 3

The inflation is 2% ??????????????? If you don't count food, gas, Car insurance, Health insurance, Homeowners insurance, Medical not covered by insurance....the list is endless........

Also the fact that our nation's debt has gone up by nearly TWO TRILLION dollars since January 20th.......

twodogsbarking

(16,760 posts)

9. Only eightieen? He is slipping.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Nov 3, 2025, 03:10 PM

Nov 3

Bob_in_VA

(122 posts)

12. I have a question

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Nov 3, 2025, 04:14 PM

Nov 3

Well, I already know that the premise is BS but I'll ask it anyway. If the US has gotten $17T in tariffs why wasn't the money used to reduce the national debt? I mean, $17T is just under half of the debt. Dropping it down from $38T to $21T would kick the US economy into overdrive. Reducing the debt by $17T would mean the the Treasury would not need to find approximately (let's see.3% of $17T is $510B) $510B to pay out in interest on the debt this year alone. Just one year of that savings would pay for expanding SS payments, cover the cost of Medicare/Medicaid, cover the total cost of the ACA subsidy and maybe have enough left over to even cover the ridiculous tax giveaway to the rich found in the "Big, Ugly, Disgusting Bill" that the Republicans pushed through in July.

Wiz Imp

(8,152 posts)

13. I know Trump talks about these things in a misleading way on purpose, but...

Reply to Bob_in_VA (Reply #12)

Mon Nov 3, 2025, 04:43 PM

Nov 3

he hasn't actually claimed that the US has gotten $17 trillion in tariff revenue (unless he misspoke). The $17 Trillion figure is bullshit (The total GDP of the US is only $29 Trillion), but it refers to supposed "promises" of investment in the US. Theoretically, companies investing $1 trillion in the US (through building factories, buying American products, etc.) would generate millions or even billions in extra revenues for the US government ($1 Trillion in investment in the US does not mean the US government gets a Trillion dollars or anywhere close to that despite that being what Trump wants people to believe). But even under the most optimistic scenarios, $1 trillion in investment is never going to generate close to $1 trillion in additional revenues.

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