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#TrumpCheck
Agence France-Presse - AFP
False: Trump defends former South Korean leader's martial law bid on Truth Social.
A fabricated Truth Social post supposedly from Donald Trump has been widely shared across social media in posts falsely claiming it shows the US leader defending former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived imposition of martial law. The purported post does not appear on Trump's verified Truth Social account or in archives of his feed, and is inconsistent with the appearance of genuine posts on the platform.
Africa Check
False: US president Trump has admitted there's no 'white genocide' in South Africa.
What appears to be a social media post from Donald Trump is circulating on social media, with a statement reversing his previous position on South Africa. But the screenshot has been clumsily Photoshopped and isn’t of a real Truth Social post.
Lead Stories
False: President Donald Trump threatened, in a TruthSocial post, to "drop Chris Christie" on Iran, in June 2025.
A widely-shared screenshot which appeared to show such a message was, in fact, fake. Chris Christie is an American politician and former governor of New Jersey who gained national prominence for his outspoken style and later ran for the Republican presidential nomination. A search of the president's Truth Social account yielded no record of his having written those words.
#Conflicts
India Today
Half True: Iranian lawmakers burned the US flag in Iran's Parliament amid the Iran-Israel conflict.
There is a video of Iranian lawmakers that shows them burning US related materials. However, the video dates back to May 9, 2018, and shows Iranian lawmakers burning a representation of a nuclear deal from which the first Donald Trump administration pulled out.
Newschecker
False: People of Israel rallying for peace with Iran, saying, “Iran, stop the war. We apologise. We want peace.”
A faint “Veo” watermark on the video that the claims are made suggests it was created using Google’s AI video generator. Further analysis using Hive Moderation and Deepfake-o-Meter confirmed a high likelihood the clip was AI-generated, with most detectors flagging it as such.
#Politics
Snopes
True: Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier proposed the creation of a detention center for migrants called "Alligator Alcatraz."
In June 2025, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier proposed building a migrant detention center in the Everglades nicknamed "Alligator Alcatraz," describing it as a remote, low-cost facility surrounded by alligators and pythons to deter escapes. The proposal, shared on social media and supported by Florida's GOP and DHS, would serve as a detention, processing, and deportation hub under ICE.
Africa Check
False: Kenya's William Ruto responded to Tanzanian president after she accused Kenyan activists of meddling.
A viral video claims Kenyan President William Ruto responded to Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu after she warned Kenyan activists against interfering in Tanzania’s politics. However, fact-checkers found that Ruto’s speech, recorded on 21 May during a domestic meeting, did not mention Suluhu or Tanzania, making the video misleading and unrelated to the incident.
#Economy
PolitiFact
Half-True: The Republican tax and spending bill will provide a “tax cut for Social Security recipients."
The GOP tax bill passed by the House includes a $4,000 deduction for people 65 and older, while the Senate version proposes $6,000. The deduction doesn’t apply to all Social Security recipients, as changes to Social Security are barred under the Byrd rule.
#Healthcare
FactCheck.org
False: President Donald Trump issued a rule that VA doctors can refuse treatment to Democrats
No. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs changed the wording in its bylaws to comply with recent executive orders. In making the changes, words including “national origin, politics, marital status” were removed from language prohibiting discrimination. But existing federal law already prohibits discrimination on those grounds, the VA says.
#Economy
FactCheck.org
False: The US took in $88 billion in tariffs in two months.
Treasury Department data show that revenue from tariffs on imported foreign goods increased substantially in April and May, setting monthly records. But the total is less than half the figure President Donald Trump has cited. At least twice this month, the president has wrongly claimed that the U.S. “brought in $88 billion” from tariffs in “two months.”
#Nordics
Tjekdet
Det er ikke sandt: Seksualiserede videoer og billeder af unge kvinder, der ser ud til at have Downs syndrom, er i hastig vækst på de sociale medier.
Videoer og billeder af unge kvinder, der ser ud til at have Downs syndrom, er begyndt at florere på de sociale medier, men ingen af kvinderne har faktisk Downs syndrom. Der er tale om manipulerede videoer og billeder med klare seksuelle undertoner, som forsøger at lokke betalende brugere til. Formanden for National Down Syndrome Association kalder tendensen foruroligende og meget bekymrende.
#WTF?! What The Fact of the week
Snopes
True: A man survived without eating for 382 days.
In 1965, a severely obese Scottish man known as Mr. A.B. fasted for 382 days under medical supervision, losing 276 pounds by surviving on body fat, vitamins, and occasional mineral supplements. His case, documented in a 1973 medical report, showed no major adverse effects, with extremely infrequent bowel movements and consistent self-monitoring at home. Though once a popular treatment for obesity, prolonged fasting later declined due to health risks, despite some evidence of safety under strict medical oversight.
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