Trump rewrites Obama's history with North KoreaTrump crossed briefly into North Korea on Sunday, becoming the first sitting U.S. president to enter the country. It was his third...
| |  | | Democracy Dies in Darkness | | | | | | | | | | The truth behind the rhetoric | | | | | | Trump rewrites Obama's history with North Korea Trump crossed briefly into North Korea on Sunday, becoming the first sitting U.S. president to enter the country. It was his third meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. That's a lot of face time and photo ops. What has Trump gotten in return, aside from a hazy commitment from Kim to denuclearize North Korea? Well, at least Kim is open to discussion, Trump says, after "constantly" rebuffing requests to meet with President Barack Obama. In Seoul, Trump said: "President Obama wanted to meet, and Chairman Kim would not meet him. The Obama administration was begging for a meeting. They were begging for meetings constantly. And Chairman Kim would not meet with him." We gave Four Pinocchios to Trump, as there is no evidence for this claim. The White House provided no evidence for Trump's claim that Obama tried repeatedly and unsuccessfully to meet with Kim. No public records or news articles show Obama tried to meet with Kim. Former U.S. intelligence officials and experts on North Korea said they knew of no evidence for Trump's claim. Many of Obama's top advisers on North Korea said Trump's claim was false. "I don't know where he's getting that," James R. Clapper Jr., who was director of national intelligence during the Obama years, said on CNN. "In all the deliberations that I participated in on North Korea during the Obama administration, I can recall no instance whatever where President Obama ever indicated any interest whatsoever in meeting with Chairman Kim. That's news to me." |  | | Enjoy this newsletter? Forward it to someone else who'd like it! If this e-mail was forwarded to you, sign up here, for the weekly newsletter. Hear something fact-checkable? Send it here, we'll check it out. Would Medicare-for-all spark widespread hospital closures? This is a good case study in how a snappy talking point can stray far from reality, especially when it comes to a complex policy issue such as health care. In a crowded Democratic debate stage featuring many candidates who support Medicare-for-all, former Maryland congressman John Delaney stood out with a doomsday prediction that it would force all hospitals to close. Shifting the U.S. health-care industry to a single-payer system such as Medicare-for-all would be a huge endeavor, and it's impossible to foresee every potential consequence. But we couldn't find any expert or research study supporting Delaney's claim that Medicare-for-all would cause widespread hospital closures. We asked health-care experts to game out what would happen if Sen. Bernie Sanders's Medicare-for-all proposal became law. Their assessments varied, but all rejected Delaney's claim that the Sanders bill "will have every hospital closing." Some could close. Others might find themselves flush with new revenue. Some hospitals could take a financial hit, lay off staff, close a wing or two, but remain open. The government, meanwhile, could step in to control rates if needed. We raised many of those points to Delaney's campaign officials, but they were unmoved. For his unfounded scare tactics, we gave Four Pinocchios to Delaney. | | | "Tracey from Florida" You may have seen "Tracey from Florida," a smiling blonde, or "AJ from Texas," a sharply dressed gentleman, in videos from President Trump's reelection campaign. They're not real Trump supporters, as the Associated Press reported. They're models who were paid to film stock video footage. "Though the 20-second videos include tiny disclaimers that say 'actual testimonial, actor portrayal,' they raise the question why a campaign that can fill arenas with supporters would have to buy stock footage of models," the AP's Bernard Condon reported. "It's a practice that, under different circumstances, Trump himself would likely blast as 'fake news.' "Trump campaign officials declined repeated requests for comment on Tuesday. Political experts say that, while it's not unusual for stock footage to find its way into ads, a presidential campaign should have been more careful." We're always looking for fact-check suggestions. | | | | | The most-read fact checks so far in 2019 | | Our most-read fact checks have dug into President Trump's pumped-up immigration numbers, Sen. Kamala Harris's spin on the Republican tax cuts, the special counsel's Russia investigation and the Democrats' Green New Deal. | | By Salvador Rizzo • Read more » | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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