US EditionFact check: Trump makes numerous false claims to generals and admirals, some about the military
Trump made false claims about military strength, migration, the 2020 election, and Ukraine aid despite evidence disproving these assertions, including $135 billion committed to Ukraine.
- President Donald Trump spoke at Marine Corps Base Quantico on a Tuesday, making false claims his campaign and White House could not corroborate.
- Trump repeated disputed figures about migration and Ukraine aid, claiming President Joe Biden `gave $350 billion` to Ukraine despite a German think tank citing about $135 billion, and asserted `25 million` migrants entered under Biden.
- Criticizing design, President Donald Trump said he was `not a fan` of some US Navy ships, calling them `ugly` and citing changes that made one ship `like a yacht with missiles on it`, while also condemning Ford-class cost overruns.
- Trump mischaracterized Biden's remarks about the military, falsely claiming `You never heard Biden say that` despite Biden repeatedly affirming US military strength in his 2023 speech.
- Those competing claims could shape perceptions among military leaders and the public as President Donald Trump repeated the false claim he has settled seven wars, contrasting Biden's 2023 democracy speech and his January 2025 praise of the US military.
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Fact check: Trump makes numerous false claims to generals and admirals, some about the military
President Donald Trump made numerous false claims in a rambling Tuesday speech to hundreds of generals and admirals who were summoned to a military base in Virginia to listen to addresses by the president and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Some of Trump’s false claims were about the military itself.
President Donald Trump told the generals and the Admirals of the U.S. Army leadership positions that the U.S. are "in-house" - referring to immigrants.
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