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Fact-Checkers Mark Trump’s “Lowest Murder Rate” Claim Half True

By Drooid · Oct 25, 2026, 11:58 AM UTC · How we work

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President Donald Trump misspoke about the murder-rate year at a Florida rally, citing 1990 as the lowest in 125 years.
Fact-checkers rated the claim “Half True” because the correct year was likely 1900.
Trump confused the Nobel Peace Prize with the Pulitzer and tried renaming Lake Ontario “Lake America.”
He later said he “aced” cognitive tests, calling himself a “frickin’ genius.”

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President Donald Trump misspoke about the murder-rate year at a Florida rally, citing 1990 as the lowest in 125 years.
Fact-checkers rated the claim “Half True” because the correct year was likely 1900.
Trump confused the Nobel Peace Prize with the Pulitzer and tried renaming Lake Ontario “Lake America.”
He later said he “aced” cognitive tests, calling himself a “frickin’ genius.”