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Donald Trump

President of the US · Republican Party

Frequent bluff & spin

Bluff61%Spin29%

Our model rated these statements. Lower is better.

Against the field

Donald Trump

Republican · US

Highest BS Index of 9

Frequent bluff & spin

BS Index · 45Lower is better

0 · straight talk50

Accuracy · 39% of checked claims hold upHigher is better

0%100%

Answers · 71% of questions answered straightHigher is better

0%100%

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Five Tells

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Unsupported claims 61% Checked claims that did not hold up (partly supported counts as half) Self-contradictions – Not checked yet Dodged questions 29% Questions not answered straight (partly answered or openly declined counts as half) Emotional appeal 26% Emotional passages used in place of an answer or evidence, or off the subject. Emotion that fits the subject is not counted Vague answers Shown, not scored – Not measured yet

Each spoke shows how often it happened: further out means more often. The BS Index goes up with the first four; a hollow dot is context only and does not change the score.

What makes up the score

Definitions

Accuracy39%

Checked claims that hold upadds 30.3 of 50.0

Not supported“That's the 81st time during a brief 1½ years.” Press Q&A, 27 Aug 2026 · CNBC · MarketScreener (Reuters)

Partly supported“Honda announced and Toyota announced they're moving in from Mexico.” Press Q&A, 27 Aug 2026 · CNBC · Mexico News Daily

Not supported“I won it every time by record numbers—have the alltime record by millions of votes.” Press Q&A, 27 Aug 2026 · 270toWin · Wikipedia

All 114 checked claims, with sources

Answers questions71%

Questions answered straightadds 14.5 of 50.0

AnsweredQ: “Mr. President, that video you put up yesterday, crossing out "Lake Ontario" and writing "Lake America"—it's been seen by about 30 million people, mayb…” Remarks on signing an executive order renaming Lake Ontario, and an exchange with reporters, 27 Aug 2026 · official record

AnsweredQ: “Mr. President, why are you so focused on doing things like this towards America's allies instead of doing things that target adversaries?” Remarks on signing an executive order renaming Lake Ontario, and an exchange with reporters, 27 Aug 2026 · official record

Partly answeredQ: “Mr. President, Ted Cruz keeps teasing a 2020 [2028; White House correction] Presidential run. You've run against him for President. Do you think he co…” Remarks on signing an executive order renaming Lake Ontario, and an exchange with reporters, 27 Aug 2026 · official record

All 98 questions

ConsistencyNot checked

No unacknowledged contradictionsshown, not in the score

Contradiction checks start once more of the record is in. Until then this measure is left out, not counted as perfect.

Substance74%

Emotion that comes with substanceshown, not in the score

35 emotional passages labelled, 9 flagged as deflecting. Needs 20.