Fact-Checking What Donald Trump Said in His Latest Interview With TIME

Five weeks before Election Day, President Donald Trump sat for a White House interview with Time on Sept. 28, and the magazine checked a series of his claims against available data. Several did not hold up well. Trump described Iranian inflation as roughly 300%, but Iran's Central Bank put it at 84% at the end of August, according to The New York Times, and the rial has fallen to 2. 5 million per dollar from 1. 2 million at the end of 2025. His claim of record oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz was also disputed: Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the running average was almost 13 million barrels a day, about 77% of prewar levels.

On the 2024 race, Trump won the popular vote and all seven swing states, but his 86% figure appears to confuse his 312 to 226 electoral margin of 86 votes with the vote share, which was 49. 8% to Kamala Harris's 48. 3%. His claim that Iran killed 75,000 protesters is probably too high; Iranian state media reports 3,117 deaths, while rights groups estimate tens of thousands. No poll shows 99% Israeli approval of him, though surveys show strong support.

Summarized by PolitiKool from Time’s reporting. Read the full story at Time →