President Donald Trump has claimed he predicted both the 11 September 2001 attacks and Iran's decision to use the Strait of Hormuz as leverage in the ongoing US-Israel-Iran conflict. These assertions have drawn renewed scrutiny, given his history of statements that fact-checkers have disputed. Trump has long been monitored by fact-checking organisations, who have documented a pattern of misleading claims across his public appearances dating back to his first term. Fact-checkers have documented an average of at least 21 misleading or incorrect claims per day across his public appearances.
His pattern of disputed claims includes remarks about the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccination programmes, as well as his assertion, made without concrete evidence, that the 2020 presidential election was rigged. His latest remarks came as questions mount about whether his administration underestimated Iran's response to the conflict, prompting a fresh round of debate about how seriously his predictive claims should be taken.
