During his first term as president of the United States, he made 30,573 false or misleading statements, according to calculations by the Washington Post. Will Donald Trump continue at the same pace when he is due to be inaugurated on Monday, January 20, once again president of the world's leading power?
During his electoral campaign, which he conducted under the Republican banner, and since the announcement of his victory on November 6, Donald Trump has not shown signs that he wishes to abandon this strategy. Before the millionaire finds the keys to the White House, 20 Minutes invites you to (re)discover in images his five most striking misinformation from recent months.
Donald Trump, here on December 22, 2024, continues to use approximations or fake news to rally his voters.
The most striking lie is probably the one that Trump told on September 10 during a televised debate against his rival Kamala Harris.
Live, the then Republican candidate says: “In Springfield [Ohio]migrants eat dogs and cats. »
A lie quickly dismantled, but which hit the Haitian community of Springfield hard. Some schools in the city had to be temporarily closed following threats.
In October, areas of Florida, Georgia and even North Carolina were destroyed after Hurricane Helene.
Trump, who is visiting, accuses Joe Biden and Kamala Harris of having spent federal disaster aid on aid to migrants. This is false.
- On November 3, in one of his last campaign advertisements, Donald Trump attacked Algerian boxer Imane Khelif.
In the ad, a male voice says, over a photo of the athlete: “Men could beat women and win medals. » A transphobic allusion, while the International Olympic Committee had recalled in August that the boxer respected the rules of the competition.
Throughout his campaign, until the night before the results, Donald Trump increased accusations of electoral fraud, without it ever being proven.
Moreover, once elected, the Republican candidate and millionaire quickly put aside these accusations of fraud.
Once elected the 47th President of the United States on November 5, 2024, Donald Trump continued to make false statements. One of his most recent concerns the fires in Los Angeles.
On January 8, Donald Trump accused Gavin Newsom, governor of California since 2019, of having refused to sign a “water restoration declaration” which would have allowed, according to the president-elect, a better distribution of this precious resource in the state.
Issue ? No such “water restoration declaration” exists. Donald Trump did not specify where he got his statement from.
