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Do You Know More About America Than Donald Trump?

Trump has made this assertion several times. No matter how you cut it, this assumption is [wrong](http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/may/08/donald-trump/donald-trump-us-not-highest-taxed-nation-in-world/).

False

During the first presidential debate, Trump [accused President Obama and Secretary Clinton of creating ISIS](https://www.buzzfeed.com/hayesbrown/trump-falsely-claimed-that-clinton-caused-isiss-rise-by-leav?utm_term=.ioyXavpqk#.ltvnlmK2J) by pulling US troops out of Iraq. This is false because the deal to withdraw troops was created under the Bush administration.

The Bush administration

During the second presidential debate, Trump claimed that the U.S. took in ["tens of thousands"](https://www.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeednews/fact-checking-the-second-debate?utm_term=.icGx3Z42r#.hsad0MGVq) of Syrian refugees. On Aug. 29, 2016, the White House announced it had taken in exactly 10,000.

10,000

During the Republican debate, Trump said that the "[GDP was zero](http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/10/politics/republican-debate-fact-check/) essentially for the last two quarters." He probably meant GDP growth, but either way this is [false](http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/jun/16/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-us-gdp-never-negative-ter/).

2% for the third quarter; 1% for the fourth

It's just under [three times](https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RS21729.pdf) as long. When asked why Mexico needs a wall and not Canada, Trump [said](https://www.us-immigration.com/blog/donald-trump-republican-candidate), "You're talking about a border that would be about four times longer."

As of 2014 (the last full year with published data from the [Commerce Department](http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/us/elections/fact-check.html?_r=0)), the trade deficit with China was $315 billion. In an interview with [Fox News](http://video.foxnews.com/v/4713509271001/donald-trump-many-people-wanted-sarah-palins-endorsement/?playlist_id=930909787001), Donald Trump claimed it was $500 billion.

$315 billion

Of the US's 611,000 bridges, 10% are rated as [structurally deficient](http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/nbi/no10/defbr14.cfm), and 14% are rated as functionally obsolete. On [MSNBC's _Morning Joe_](http://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/trump-says-world-truly-hates-the-united-states-588157507988), Trump said that "61% of our bridges are in danger."

State's laws apply to state court, not the wishes of the president. Trump said " [anybody killing a police officer](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/12/10/donald-trump-wants-the-death-penalty-for-those-who-kill-police-officers/), death penalty is going to happen, okay?" This goes against the US legal system, and is [unconstitutional](https://www.oyez.org/cases/1975/75-5491).

During the final presidential debate, Trump said $6 billion went missing when Hillary Clinton ran the state department. The [_paperwork_](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/10/13/trumps-false-claim-that-clinton-lost-6-billion-at-state/) for over $6 billion worth of contracts went missing, not the money.

The United States currently ranks [third-highest in the world](https://ratings.fide.com/topfed.phtml) in the number of chess grandmasters. At a rally in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, Trump claimed that the US had [none](https://www.c-span.org/video/?416683-1%2Fdonald-trump-campaigns-ambridge-pennsylvania=).

According to the [Bureau of Labor Statistics](http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS14000000), the unemployment rate was 4.9% for the month of February when Trump made this [statement](http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/feb/11/donald-trump/donald-trump-repeats-pants-fire-claim-unemployment/): "The number's probably 28, 29, as high as 35. In fact, I even heard recently 42%." No matter how you try to calculate unemployment, those numbers don't add up.

4.9%

During the Republican primary debate in Miami, Trump said [Common Core](http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/mar/10/donald-trump/common-core-education-through-washington-dc-trump-/) is "education through Washington, DC," and that he wants "local education."

True

Well, depending on who you ask, apparently. Trump [urged his supporters](https://www.buzzfeed.com/franciswhittaker/donald-trump-has-urged-people-to-vote-on-november-28?utm_term=.ttqkzyDjK#.heDALN3VO) at a rally in Florida to vote on Nov. 28.

Nov. 8

But you're also not running for president!!!

You don't know more about America than Donald Trump

Congrats! Maybe you should run for president next term.

You do know more about America than Donald Trump

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