Fact-checking Trump talking points at rallies in North Carolina, other key midterm states

PolitiFact listens to President Donald Trump’s public remarks every day. Although there is always room for surprising new lines, he tends to repeat boasts about his achievements and attacks on Democrats. Here’s a list of more than two dozen go-to Trump statements and how they square for accuracy. President Donald Trump is hitting the campaign trail to support Republican candidates in toss-up races that will determine which party controls Congress for the final two years of his presidency. PolitiFact listens to Trump’s public remarks every day. Although there is always room for surprising new lines, he tends to repeat boasts about his achievements and attacks on Democrats. Here’s a list of more than two dozen go-to Trump statements and how they square for accuracy, drawing from his Republican National Convention midterm speech, subsequent speeches and interviews, and his Sept. 16 North Carolina rally. Jump to a section for our analysis of his claims on affordability, taxes and tariffs, artificial intelligence, immigration, military activities and the Iran war, energy and gas prices, voting and elections, crime, the White House ballroom, campaign promises and democratic socialism. The number Trump cites is almost double the $11.2 trillion listed on the White House’s website.…