August 2026 , by the verdicts.

The executive order established the President's Military Spouse Commission to advise on policies affecting military spouses and families.

The signed August 3 order creates the commission and directs it to advise the president on housing, employment, health care, education, deployment support and military-family quality of life.

The United States and Japan jointly intervened in foreign-exchange markets to support the yen.

AP reported that Trump and Japan's finance minister both confirmed the intervention. The yen had weakened to a 40-year low against the dollar before the coordinated action.

False 3

In 15 months, not one person had come through the southern border illegally.

DHS and CBP reported 9,848 Border Patrol apprehensions along the southwest border in June 2026 alone. The administration's zero figure referred to releases after apprehension, not to illegal crossings or apprehensions.

The United States made $25 billion on its currency-swap deal with Argentina.

AP reported that Argentina drew $2.5 billion from the $20 billion facility and that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent described the U.S. profit as tens of millions of dollars, not $25 billion.

The United States made about $75 billion to $80 billion from its Intel stake.

Intel's agreement records 433.3 million government shares bought at $20.47 each. At Intel's $90.20 Nasdaq close on July 31, the entire stake was worth about $39.1 billion and its unrealized gain was about $30.2 billion, both far below the claim.

Misleading 3

Every service member received a $1,776 Warrior Dividend last Christmas.

About 1.45 million service members received the payment, but eligibility was limited to active-duty members at pay grade O-6 or below and qualifying reserve members on active-duty orders. The payment was real, but 'every service member' erased those limits.

There is already a deal on the Strait of Hormuz, with Iranian denuclearization to follow.

AP reported that mediators had only a proposal to return the parties to negotiations and that no deal had been reached. Iran's Foreign Ministry said there was no current discussion of reopening the strait.

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Iran and other Middle Eastern countries had agreed to the parameters of a deal that would fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end Iran's nuclear threat.

AP found that mediators had a proposal and talks were continuing, but a regional official said no deal had been reached. Iran's Foreign Ministry said there were no current talks about reopening the strait. The post therefore overstated preliminary mediation as regional agreement on deal parameters.

Unresolved 2

The United States and Iran were talking at Iran's request on August 3.

Trump said direct talks were underway at Iran's request, while Iran's Foreign Ministry said its negotiations were with Oman, not the United States. Reporting supports mediator-carried messages, but the public record cannot establish whether private or indirect contacts amounted to the talks Trump described.

Iran asked Trump to call off the planned U.S. attack.

Reporting corroborated requests for restraint from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, but Iran publicly disputed Trump's account. The reviewed public record cannot resolve whether an indirect or private Iranian request was made.