U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (not pictured) in the Oval Office at the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 21, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
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US President Donald Trump speaks to journalists aboard Aire Force One as he travels from West Palm Beach back to Washington on March 9, 2025. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP) (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)
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Fact check: Trump falsely claims Canada is ‘one of the highest tariffing nations’

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President Donald Trump is applauded by Vice President JD Vance and House Speaker Mike Johnson as he arrives to deliver his address to a joint session of Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 4.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy holds an American flag that was gifted to him by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., after he addressed a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a Cabinet Meeting at the White House on February 26, in Washington, DC.
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President Donald Trump listens as Elon Musk speaks in the Oval Office at the White Hous on Feb. 11, 2025. (Photo/Alex Brandon)
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U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) annual meeting in National Harbor, Maryland, U.S., February 22, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
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President Donald Trump speaks to the media at Mar-a-Lago, Tuesday, February 18, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida.
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President Donald Trump speaks as Tulsi Gabbard is sworn in as the Director of National Intelligence in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in Washington.
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah (not pictured) in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 11, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
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President Donald Trump delivers remarks before singing the “No Men in Women’s Sports” executive order in the East Room at the White House on February 5 in Washington, DC.
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This October 2024 photo shows seized firearms and illicit drugs, including fentanyl, on display at a Royal Canadian Mounted Police news conference in Surrey, British Columbia.
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The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) logo near its headquarters in Washington, DC, in 2021.
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President Donald Trump is seen on a giant screen during his address by video conference at the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 23.
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President Donald Trump during an Oval Office interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity taped Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during inauguration ceremonies in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Donald Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States.
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President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a rally Sunday in Washington, DC.
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President-elect Donald Trump speaks to members of the media during a press conference at the Mar-a-Lago Club on January 7, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida.
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President Joe Biden greets his son, Hunter, at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, August 19, 2024.
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President-elect Donald Trump speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, on January 7, 2025.
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President-elect Donald Trump in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press."
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In this January 20, 2017 photo, then-President Donald Trump signs an executive order commanding federal agencies to try to waive or delay requirements of former President Barack Obama's health-care law, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC.
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Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump delivers remarks at a campaign rally in Reading, Pennsylvania, on October 09, 2024.
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Republican presidential nominee former US President Donald Trump, participates in a town hall at the Crown Center Arena, October 4, 2024, in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
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Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump delivers remarks to the press in the aftermath of powerful storm Helene at Chez What furniture store in Valdosta, Georgia, September 30, 2024. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP) (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)
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MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - OCTOBER 1: Former President and Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks at a press conference in the Discovery Center on October 1, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Trump spoke to reporters about citizens being able to choose their own schools and promises he would keep if elected. (Photo by Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)
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Vice President Kamala Harris appears during an interview with MSNBC, released on Wednesday, September 25.
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TOPSHOT - Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Ed Fry Arena in Indiana, Pennsylvania, on September 23, 2024. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)
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Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris attend a presidential debate hosted by ABC in Philadelphia on September 10.
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ASHEBORO, NORTH CAROLINA - AUGUST 21: Republican Presidential candidate, former U.S. president, Donald Trump, left, poses for photos with Republican Vice Presidential candidate, U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance, (R-OH), before making remarks to a crowd during an event on August 21, 2024 in Asheboro, North Carolina at the North Carolina Aviation Museum and Hall of Fame. Mr. Trump and Vice Presidential hopeful JD Vance stood behind a thick plate glass as added security measures were visible around the event. (Photo by Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images)
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