Fact check: President Trump Gaggles with Press at Joint Base Andrews, Oct. 10, 2026

Donald Trump · October 10, 2026 · 8 min

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FALSEat 4:54
“The federal the federal deficit last year, last fiscal year, was $2,000,000,000,000.”
What the data shows: FY2025 deficit was $1.8 trillion per Treasury's final Monthly Treasury Statement; FY2024 was also $1.8 trillion. No recent fiscal year reached $2 trillion.
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FALSEat 6:30
“CNN at 9899% approval”
What the data shows: No approval rating can exceed 100%. Speaker appears to have misspoken or conflated numbers. Gallup and other polling firms track presidential approval; no credible poll shows approval above 100%.
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FALSEat 6:30
“my approval rating is 99%, and I'm the most popular Republican in the history of the country, beating Abe Lincoln by 53 to 8%”
What the data shows: Pew Research (Oct 4, 2026): Trump approval 30%. YouGov (Sep 14, 2026): 40%. Highest ever recorded: 49% (Roper iPoll). Lincoln comparison conflates modern favorability poll with historical approval estimates.
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