30,573 False Claims Documented

The Washington Post Fact Checker completes its four-year project cataloging Trump's false or misleading claims during his first term. The final count: 30,573 — an average of 21 per day. The rate accelerated each year: 1,999 in 2017, 5,689 in 2018, 7,725 in 2019, and 16,241 in his final year.