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A CNN fact-checker called out President Donald Trump's false claims that the presidential elections in 2016, 2020 and 2024 were "rigged" against him in a rant to reporters on Wednesday.

Trump was speaking to press at Joint Base Andrews when a reporter asked him if he saw himself in Spencer Pratt, a MAGA-backed Los Angeles mayoral candidate. The president called elections in California "dishonest," which CNN Senior Reporter Daniel Dale pointed out was false.

"If we had Jesus Christ come down and count the votes, I would've won California. Because I do great with Hispanics. But it's a rigged vote," Trump claimed. ...

A CNN fact-checker on Tuesday called out President Donald Trump's rambling speech for its 'litany of lies."

Daniel Dale described how several points that Trump made during his nearly two-hour-long press conference on the first anniversary of the inauguration of his second term were hard to keep up with — and that each topic the president attempted to hit was full of confusing comments and misinformation.

"There are just so many. I'm struggling to keep track of it," Dale said. "You know, $18 trillion in investment in the U.S., that's a fictional figure, 600% reduction in prescription drug prices. That's a fictional figure. 'I ended eight unknowable wars.' Eight is a fictional figure. 'We inherited inflation at a historic high.' No. He inherited a 3% inflation just a little bit above where it is now, although it did hit about a 40-year high in June 2022, more than two years before he returned to office."...

CNN's Daniel Dale dissected President Donald Trump's Cabinet meeting Wednesday, during which his secretaries took turns lavishing praise and even touting Trump's presidency as one of the best "ever."

Trump's exaggerations were par for the course, Dale said.

"Well, he kind of vaguely repeated his frequent claim that the U.S. had a trillion-dollar trade deficit with China under President Biden," Dale began. "It did have a big trade deficit, but he's grossly exaggerating it — it was about $263 billion last year — so, he's about quadrupling it." ...

CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale had his hands full Thursday after President Donald Trump held a lengthy cabinet meeting to discuss everything from the trade deficit with China to his repeated claims about immigrants coming from "mental institutions and insane asylums."

Dale intimated that there was so much information to verify that he would "stick mostly to the big news of the day" during his appearance with Boris Sanchez and Brianna Keilar.

"President Trump keeps saying that the U.S. has $1 trillion trade deficit with China — that's about quadruple the actual figure, which was $263 billion last year," Dale began. "If you only count trade and goods, and don't count trade and services, it's about $295 billion. So, still, nowhere close." ...

CNN's Dana Bash and Daniel Dale had their hands full as they fact-checked some of President Donald Trump's remarks during the first Cabinet meeting of his second term Wednesday.

"There was just so much in this Cabinet meeting," Dale said. "So, let me run through some of the big ones."

Dale went on to debunk Trump's assertion that the U.S. has given Ukraine $350 billion worth of aid, claiming it was three times what Europe has given. ...

CNN anchors Brianna Keilar and Boris Sanchez were dumbstruck when President Donald Trump questioned whether Sen. Mitch McConnell ever really had polio during an Oval Office press gaggle Thursday.

Keilar introduced fact-checker Daniel Dale, asking, "Where would you like to start?"

"Well, Mitch McConnell had polio," Dale stated. "I've never heard anyone question that until President Trump did today. Like, is that a conspiracy theory that even existed before today? I don't know. That was something," Dale said. ...