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How candidates’ statements measured up with the facts
About Trump business loan
TRUMP: ‘‘My father gave me a small loan in 1975 . . .’’
THE FACTS: Trump got a lot more than a small loan. Aside from a $1 million financing from his father, Trump received loan guarantees, bailouts, and a drawdown from his future inheritance. Tim O'Brien noted in a 2005 book that Trump not only drew an additional $10 million from his future inheritance during hard times, but also inherited a share of his father’s real estate holdings, which were worth hundreds of millions when they were eventually sold.
About Trade agreement
CLINTON, denying Donald Trump’s accusation that she called the Trans-Pacific Partnership the ‘‘gold standard’’ of trade agreements: ‘‘I did say I hoped it would be a good deal.’’
THE FACTS: Trump is correct. As secretary of state, Clinton called the deal that was taking shape the ‘‘gold standard’’ of trade agreements, in a 2012 trip to Australia, and championed the agreement in other venues around the world. She did not merely express the hope that it would turn out well. Clinton flip-flopped into opposing the trade deal in the Democratic primary when facing Bernie Sanders, who was strongly opposed to it.
About Islamic State
TRUMP: ‘‘No wonder. You’ve been fighting ISIS your entire adult life.’’
THE FACTS: Hillary Clinton was born in 1947 and is 68 years old. She reached adulthood in 1965. The Islamic State grew out of an Al Qaeda spinoff, Al Qaeda in Iraq in 2013, the year Clinton left the State Department. . . .
About Trump tax audit
TRUMP: ‘‘I’ve been under audit for almost 15 years.’’
THE FACTS: Donald Trump has never provided any evidence to the public that he is actually under audit. A letter released by his tax attorneys never used the word, merely describing his tax returns under continuous review. ‘‘Review’’ is not a formal term for any action by the Internal Revenue Service. Trump has declined to provide the IRS’s notice of audit to news outlets. And former IRS officials have expressed skepticism that anyone would be audited so frequently.
About Climate change
TRUMP, when Clinton accused him of calling climate change a hoax invented by the Chinese: ‘‘I did not say that.’’
THE FACTS: Yes he did, in the form of a 2012 tweet: ‘‘The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make US manufacturing noncompetitive.’’ He later claimed he was kidding, but he’s also repeated the claim that climate change is a hoax, and one that benefits China.
About Federal Reserve
TRUMP: ‘‘The Fed, by keeping interest rates at this level, the Fed is doing political things. . . . The Fed is being more political than Secretary Clinton.’’
THE FACTS: This is a recurrent claim by Trump with no evidence to back it up. It’s the Federal Reserve’s job to help improve the economy and to the extent that happens, political leaders and their party may benefit. But presidents can’t make the Fed, an independent agency, do anything.
About Racial bias case
TRUMP: Donald Trump said that a 1970s racial discrimination case against his real estate business was settled ‘‘with no admission of guilt’’ and that the case was ‘‘brought against many real estate developers.’’
THE FACTS: The first claim is technically correct; the second is flatly false. Trump and his father fiercely fought a 1973 discrimination lawsuit brought by the Justice Department for their alleged refusal to rent apartments in predominantly white buildings to black tenants. Testimony showed that the applications filed by black apartment seekers were marked with a ‘‘C'’ for ‘‘colored.’’ A settlement that ended the lawsuit did not require the Trumps to explicitly acknowledge that discrimination had occurred — but the government’s description of the settlement said Trump and his father had ‘‘failed and neglected’’ to comply with the Fair Housing Act. Trump is also wrong to say that the suit was brought against many real estate developers — it was specific to buildings rented by him and his father.
About Iraq war support
TRUMP: ‘‘Wrong. Wrong,’’ he said when Clinton pointed out that he supported the Iraq war. Trump later returned to the issue when asked about it by moderator Lester Holt. ‘‘I did not support the war in Iraq,’’ he said. ‘‘That is a mainstream media nonsense put out by her. I was against the war in Iraq.’’
THE FACTS: There is no evidence Trump expressed public opposition to the war before the United States invaded. Rather, he offered lukewarm support. Trump only began to voice doubts about the conflict well after it began in March 2003. His first known public comment on the topic came on Sept. 11, 2002, when he was asked whether he supported a potential Iraq invasion in an interview with radio host Howard Stern.
About Trump business loan
TRUMP: ‘‘My father gave me a small loan in 1975 . . .’’
THE FACTS: Trump got a lot more than a small loan. Aside from a $1 million financing from his father, Trump received loan guarantees, bailouts, and a drawdown from his future inheritance. Tim O'Brien noted in a 2005 book that Trump not only drew an additional $10 million from his future inheritance during hard times, but also inherited a share of his father’s real estate holdings, which were worth hundreds of millions when they were eventually sold.
About Trade agreement
CLINTON, denying Donald Trump’s accusation that she called the Trans-Pacific Partnership the ‘‘gold standard’’ of trade agreements: ‘‘I did say I hoped it would be a good deal.’’
THE FACTS: Trump is correct. As secretary of state, Clinton called the deal that was taking shape the ‘‘gold standard’’ of trade agreements, in a 2012 trip to Australia, and championed the agreement in other venues around the world. She did not merely express the hope that it would turn out well. Clinton flip-flopped into opposing the trade deal in the Democratic primary when facing Bernie Sanders, who was strongly opposed to it.
About Islamic State
TRUMP: ‘‘No wonder. You’ve been fighting ISIS your entire adult life.’’
THE FACTS: Hillary Clinton was born in 1947 and is 68 years old. She reached adulthood in 1965. The Islamic State grew out of an Al Qaeda spinoff, Al Qaeda in Iraq in 2013, the year Clinton left the State Department. . . .
About Trump tax audit
TRUMP: ‘‘I’ve been under audit for almost 15 years.’’
THE FACTS: Donald Trump has never provided any evidence to the public that he is actually under audit. A letter released by his tax attorneys never used the word, merely describing his tax returns under continuous review. ‘‘Review’’ is not a formal term for any action by the Internal Revenue Service. Trump has declined to provide the IRS’s notice of audit to news outlets. And former IRS officials have expressed skepticism that anyone would be audited so frequently.
About Climate change
TRUMP, when Clinton accused him of calling climate change a hoax invented by the Chinese: ‘‘I did not say that.’’
THE FACTS: Yes he did, in the form of a 2012 tweet: ‘‘The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make US manufacturing noncompetitive.’’ He later claimed he was kidding, but he’s also repeated the claim that climate change is a hoax, and one that benefits China.
About Federal Reserve
TRUMP: ‘‘The Fed, by keeping interest rates at this level, the Fed is doing political things. . . . The Fed is being more political than Secretary Clinton.’’
THE FACTS: This is a recurrent claim by Trump with no evidence to back it up. It’s the Federal Reserve’s job to help improve the economy and to the extent that happens, political leaders and their party may benefit. But presidents can’t make the Fed, an independent agency, do anything.
About Racial bias case
TRUMP: Donald Trump said that a 1970s racial discrimination case against his real estate business was settled ‘‘with no admission of guilt’’ and that the case was ‘‘brought against many real estate developers.’’
THE FACTS: The first claim is technically correct; the second is flatly false. Trump and his father fiercely fought a 1973 discrimination lawsuit brought by the Justice Department for their alleged refusal to rent apartments in predominantly white buildings to black tenants. Testimony showed that the applications filed by black apartment seekers were marked with a ‘‘C'’ for ‘‘colored.’’ A settlement that ended the lawsuit did not require the Trumps to explicitly acknowledge that discrimination had occurred — but the government’s description of the settlement said Trump and his father had ‘‘failed and neglected’’ to comply with the Fair Housing Act. Trump is also wrong to say that the suit was brought against many real estate developers — it was specific to buildings rented by him and his father.
About Iraq war support
TRUMP: ‘‘Wrong. Wrong,’’ he said when Clinton pointed out that he supported the Iraq war. Trump later returned to the issue when asked about it by moderator Lester Holt. ‘‘I did not support the war in Iraq,’’ he said. ‘‘That is a mainstream media nonsense put out by her. I was against the war in Iraq.’’
THE FACTS: There is no evidence Trump expressed public opposition to the war before the United States invaded. Rather, he offered lukewarm support. Trump only began to voice doubts about the conflict well after it began in March 2003. His first known public comment on the topic came on Sept. 11, 2002, when he was asked whether he supported a potential Iraq invasion in an interview with radio host Howard Stern.