WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) -- President Donald Trump on Tuesday (Jan. 20) marked his first year back in office by presiding over a meandering press briefing of nearly two hours, recounting his accomplishments but also repeating many false claims he made throughout 2025.
Among the topics about which he continued to spread falsehoods were the 2020 election, foreign policy, the economy and energy.
Here’s a closer look at the facts:
Trump referenced former President Joe Biden as “a man that didn’t win the election, by the way, it’s a rigged election. Everybody knows that now.”
The Facts: This is a blatant falsehood that has been disproven many times over — the 2020 election was not stolen. Biden earned 306 electoral votes to Trump’s 232. He also won over 7 million more popular votes than Trump.
But Trump has been persistent in claiming that he won the 2020 race since its completion, even after he earned a second term in 2024, and has continued to claim in the lead-up to the 2026 midterm elections.
Biden’s Electoral College victory was nearly the same margin that Trump had in 2016 when he beat Hillary Clinton, 306-227 (304 after two electors defected). Biden triumphed by prevailing in key states such as Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona and Georgia.
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