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In his first interview since winning the 2024 presidential election, President-elect Donald Trump discussed his plans for birthright citizenship, tariffs and the Affordable Care Act. Here's some of what Trump said, fact-checked.

  • Bias Rating

    48% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

    85% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -8% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : Trump also said, "You know, if somebody sets a foot, just a foot, one foot, you don't need two, on land, congratulations, you are now a citizen of the United States of America.
53% : Most likely, yeah."Here are some of the things Trump said in his interview, fact-checked.
51% : A 2023 survey by the health care policy research group KFF found strong satisfaction with plans purchased on the marketplaces for the Affordable Care Act, sometimes called Obamacare.
50% : Trump reiterated his promise to end the granting of birthright citizenship, meaning citizenship bestowed to anyone born on U.S. soil.
43% : However, this data refers to people who entered the country over the past 40 years, including under Trump -- which Welker pointed out.
31% : On his plans to carry out mass deportations, Trump said he would start with people convicted of crimes and try to find a way to allow "Dreamers" -- people brought to the U.S. illegally as minors -- to remain.
29% : Trump said members of the House committee that investigated the events preceding the Capitol riot Jan. 6, 2021, "committed a major crime ...
29% : When host Kristen Welker asked Trump whether he would pardon the people convicted of Jan. 6-related crimes, he said, "We're looking at it right now.
22% : However, the rise in inflation under President Joe Biden began sooner than Trump said.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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