FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims made by Trump during his first week back in office - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : In an interview Wednesday night with Fox News host Sean Hannity, Trump said that he "won youth by 36 points.
52% : CLAIM: Speaking to attendees at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday, Trump said he won by millions of votes in the 2024 election, which gave him "a massive mandate from the American people, like hasn't been seen in many years.
50% : The popular vote, however, was far closer, with Trump receiving 49.9% of the vote with 77,303,573 votes cast to Harris' 75,019,257 votes (48.4%), according to AP Vote Cast.
41% : U.S. Customs and Border Protection reports more than 10.8 million arrests for illegal crossings from Mexico from January 2021 through December 2024.
36% : Trump also claimed that "they turned off the spigot from up north in order to protect the Delta smelt.
35% : About 1,100 of the rioters had been sentenced, with roughly two-thirds of them receiving a term of imprisonment ranging from a few days to 22 years, before Trump on Tuesday pardoned, commuted the prison sentences or vowed to dismiss the cases of all the 1,500-plus people charged with crimes in the riot.
29% : Some fire hydrants in Los Angeles ran dry in early efforts to fight the fires, prompting a swirl of criticism on social media, including from Trump.
26% : CLAIM: "The government wouldn't do it any longer, which is ridiculous," Trump said during a visit to North Carolina on Friday, referencing temporary housing in hotels provided to survivors of Hurricane Helene by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
24% : Trump won voters over 45 against Harris, with 52% supporting him.
24% : Trump told Hannity that rather than let it go into the Pacific Ocean, California Gov. Gavin Newsom "can release the water that comes from north" to help fight ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles.
17% : , Trump said, "They were treated like the worst criminals in history.
17% : Trump said during his interview with Hannity that it "was a gross miscarriage of common sense" to let 21 million enter the U.S. illegally.
10% : In 2020, Joe Biden defeated Trump by more than 7 million votes.

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