On Jan. 20, President Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States. On his first day in office, he took 42 presidential actions, including signing 26 executive orders.
In the days leading up to his inauguration, viral videos circulated online, claiming Trump announced a new law that would change how child support recipients could claim dependents on their taxes.
A TikTok video, posted on Jan. 16 and viewed over 12 million times, claims, “Oh my God, Trump just tweeted if you put your baby daddy on child support that the baby daddy now gets all of the income tax.”
Another TikToker, whose video has more than 16 million views, says, “Trump passes insane new child support law. Patriots, if you don’t know about this, Trump passed a new law that whoever is paying the child support would get to declare those children on their taxes. So, say you’re a single father, single mother, and you are not the one paying the child support, you will not get the tax return for your child.”
Similar claims have been shared on X, Facebook, Instagram, Threads and YouTube. Many of these claims say Trump posted about the new law on social media.
Several VERIFY readers, including Kerri and Jeannie, asked us if those claims are true.
Did Trump pass a new law that would prevent child support recipients from claiming dependents?
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