After People voted to return former President Donald Trump to the Oval Workplace, some Trump supporters celebrated on social media by sharing lists of issues that had modified just about in a single day.
Pastor Franklin Graham shared a Facebook post Nov. 9 saying, “Somebody posted about a number of the good issues which have already occurred since President Donald J. Trump gained the election this week! Pray for him and for our nation.” Professional-Trump commentator Liz Wheeler posted an analogous record on Instagram.
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A number of the claims say that in simply two to a few days:
- Trump broke up a migrant caravan in Mexico.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin is able to finish the struggle in Ukraine.
- Hamas known as for an finish to struggle in Gaza.
- The inventory market hit report highs.
After we investigated a number of the developments cited within the posts, we discovered that some had been correct (that Trump appointed the first-ever feminine chief of workers; that Bitcoin hit report highs) Some had been incorrect (that Mexico would start stopping migrants; it already was). Many of the relaxation omitted context.
Right here’s a rundown of what we discovered.
Declare: First feminine chief of workers appointed
Susie Wiles will be the primary girl to carry the publish, which serves as an in depth adviser and key gatekeeper for the president.
Declare: Bitcoin hits report excessive
It’s true that Bitcoin, a cryptocurrency, hit record highs the day after Trump’s election victory. The pattern has continued within the days since, with a brand new report excessive reached Nov. 13 and some predictions that Bitcoin might hit a report $100,000 value by Inauguration Day.
Trump sold himself as a cryptofriendly candidate in his marketing campaign, saying he would appoint a crypto Presidential Advisory Council and fireplace Securities and Trade Fee Chair Gary Gensler, who has cracked down on the trade. In September, Trump launched his household’s new cryptocurrency enterprise, World Liberty Monetary, a borrowing and lending service to commerce cryptocurrencies.
Declare: ‘Latest migrant caravan breaking apart’
Reuters reported Nov. 7 {that a} large migrant caravan of about 3,000 individuals dwindled to about 1,600 individuals after Trump’s victory, saying that a lot of them felt much less hopeful of being allowed to remain when Trump takes workplace in January.
Migration Coverage Institute spokesperson Michelle Mittelstadt stated there’s a lengthy historical past of migrant caravans breaking apart in Mexico.
“By a mixture of affords of short-term standing, enforcement, busing of individuals again to southern Mexico and different steps, the Mexican authorities for years has subtle prior caravans,” she stated. “There could, in fact, even have been second-guessing by particular person migrants whether or not it is smart to proceed with their journey to achieve the U.S.”
Declare: Inventory market hit report highs
That is correct, however not particularly important. The S&P 500, a broad inventory index, hit a brand new excessive on Nov. 11, nearly every week after Trump’s election; that put the market 3.8% increased than it had been on Election Day, Nov. 5.
Nevertheless, the inventory market is unstable and positive factors might be short-lived. After that achieve by means of Nov. 11, the S&P 500 fell by 2.1% by means of Nov. 14, with additional losses by means of the buying and selling day Nov. 15. This practically erased the complete Trump postelection bump.
From Election Day 2020, when Joe Biden gained, to Election Day 2024, the S&P 500 rose by 51%, hitting all-time highs often alongside the best way. It’s common for presidents to see inventory market positive factors on their watches; since President Dwight D. Eisenhower, solely two presidents have seen the inventory market retreat throughout a time period, as soon as through the mixed time period of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, and twice below George W. Bush.
Declare: Taliban claims to need “new chapter” and China needs “peaceable coexistence”
It’s frequent for international nations to congratulate incoming presidents on their victories and provide courtesies, whether or not in direct leader-to-leader cellphone calls or in statements from official sources. It doesn’t imply that they’re altering their nationwide pursuits.
In Afghanistan’s case, international ministry spokesman Abdul Qahar Balkhi posted on X that the federal government hopes the incoming Trump administration “will take lifelike steps towards concrete progress in relations between the 2 nations and each nations will be capable of open a brand new chapter of relations.”
As for China, international ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said at a press briefing, “We’ll proceed to method and deal with China-U.S. relations based mostly on the ideas of mutual respect, peaceable coexistence, and win-win cooperation,” including, “Our coverage towards america has been constant.”
Biden was scheduled to meet with Chinese language President Xi Jinping on Nov. 16 in Peru.
Declare: Russia is “prepared” to talk with the U.S. and Putin is able to finish Ukraine struggle
Putin, talking at an occasion within the Russian metropolis of Sochi, praised Trump and congratulated him on his victory, BBC News reported. He stated “we’re prepared” to have conversations with Trump and that Trump’s declare that he may help finish the struggle in Ukraine “deserves consideration,” a Russian transcript of his feedback present.
Trump repeatedly said through the marketing campaign he might finish the struggle in someday, however didn’t specify how. The Washington Publish, citing unnamed sources, reported that Putin and Trump spoke Nov. 7, and that Trump suggested Putin to not escalate the struggle. A Kremlin spokesperson Nov. 11 denied that the 2 males had spoken, The Related Press reported.
Biden and Putin haven’t spoken since February 2022, earlier than the struggle started.
Declare: Ukraine president in talks with Trump and Elon Musk
It’s untimely to border their communication as being “in talks,” however Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke with Trump to congratulate him on his victory, and multiple news reports citing unnamed sources say Trump briefly put Elon Musk, a marketing campaign booster and the the brand new Division of Authorities Effectivity’s co-head, on the cellphone.
It’s unclear what they mentioned, however Zelenskyy in an X post stated they “agreed to keep up shut dialogue and advance our cooperation.”
Declare: U.S. corporations carry manufacturing dwelling
That is untimely. The day after the election, The Wall Road Journal reported that Jim Clayton, the CEO of Breville, an equipment maker with about $1 billion in annual income, stated it’s contemplating methods to keep away from Trump’s proposed tariffs by producing extra items within the U.S.
Nevertheless, it takes time to maneuver factories and Breville is just not a U.S. firm, it’s Australian.
This isn’t a brand new sample, although Trump’s proposals could also be accelerating it.
A survey of prime executives at $1 billion-plus multinational corporations by the consulting agency Bain & Firm, discovered that 63% had already been planning to carry their provide chains nearer to dwelling when surveyed two years in the past; that quantity rose to 81% this yr. The survey discovered that 2% of respondents had totally accomplished their plans.
Bain discovered that the pattern started partly as a result of a number of Biden initiatives favoring U.S.-based know-how enlargement, together with the CHIPS and Science Act and the Inflation Discount Act, had handed.
Declare: New York Metropolis ends migrant voucher program
Town Nov. 7 stated it was ending a controversial program that supplied debit playing cards for asylum-seeking migrant households staying in city-funded motels to purchase meals. This system was a lightning rod for critics involved about potential fraud, serving to migrants earlier than struggling People and a no-bid contract Mayor Eric Adams gave to run this system.
The change was introduced two days after Trump’s election, however Adams didn’t point out Trump in interviews. Adams and Trump did communicate on the cellphone the day earlier than the announcement, however Adams was imprecise in a Nov. 7 news briefing about what they mentioned.
In a Nov. 7 interview with New York’s WABC-TV, Adams once more declined to say what he and Trump had mentioned.
Adams stated the debit card program was an emergency contract scheduled to sundown in a yr.
“Now we’ve got moved away from emergency response as a result of we’ve got had a continuing lower in our (migrant) inhabitants,” Adams stated.
PolitiFact emailed Adams’ press workplace for remark however acquired no response.
Declare: Qatar kicks out Hamas leaders
This occurred, however the reason being murky. Qatar suspended its mediation efforts in stalled talks between Israel and Gaza to finish the struggle there and free Israeli hostages, multiple news reports stated.
Whether or not Qatar requested Hamas leaders to exit the nation is unclear. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated at a Nov. 13 press briefing in Brussels that Hamas has demonstrated that it gained’t interact in talks for a hostage deal and stated “it’s one of many causes Qatar has instructed them to go away Qatar.” A number of news reports cited unnamed U.S. sources saying the U.S. requested Qatar to expel Hamas and that Qatar had agreed.
Qatar’s Ministry of Overseas Affairs and senior Hamas officers told The Wall Street Journal that experiences Hamas was requested to go away Hamas’ political workplace in Doha had been inaccurate. The ministry launched a statement Nov. 9 that stated talks would resume if either side show “willingness and seriousness” to finish the struggle.
PolitiFact contacted Qatar’s Ministry of Overseas Affairs for readability, however acquired no response.
Declare: Hamas requires an finish to struggle in Gaza
Hamas has been calling for an finish to Israeli army motion in Gaza within the aftermath of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist assaults in Israel. Hamas’ reiteration of those calls means nothing absent concessions and negotiations between the 2 sides.
A Hamas spokesperson instructed Newsweek in a Nov. 6 article that “the election of Trump because the forty seventh president of the USA is a personal matter for the People, however Palestinians stay up for a right away cessation of the aggression towards our individuals, particularly in Gaza, and search for help in reaching their reliable rights of freedom, independence, and the institution of their unbiased self-sovereign state with Jerusalem as its capital.”
Declare: Mexico to cease migrants at border
Mexico has been stopping migrants in Mexico since January 2024, Mittelstadt stated.
“Stepped-up Mexican enforcement has been ongoing since January and has been an actual issue within the important decline seen since January in arrivals on the U.S.-Mexico border,” Mittelstadt instructed PolitiFact. “Mexican officers have stated they may proceed with their present posture.”
Mexico Overseas Minister Juan Ramon de la Fuente stated Nov. 8 that Mexico will proceed current measures to cease migrants from reaching the U.S. border, Reuters reported.
He stated Mexico’s mannequin is working, pointing to a 76% drop since December in migrants caught on the border by the U.S., Reuters reported.
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