The Whoppers of 2025

Every December, we review our work for the year and decide on a list of "whoppers" -- the most egregious falsehoods and deceptions. This year's list includes 11 main claims. 

Since he entered politics, President Donald Trump has been a regular on our whoppers compilations, and this year is no different. Our list includes:

• In a falsehood-filled press conference in September, Trump, along with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., touted an unproven link between autism and taking Tylenol during pregnancy. 
• Trump wrongly said he “inherited the worst inflation in the history of our country.”
• He falsely reprimanded Ukraine, saying, “You should have never started” the war with Russia. 
• In firing the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Trump claimed without evidence that low job growth figures were “phony” or “rigged.”
• Kennedy pushed cod liver oil and unproven therapeutics for treating measles during an outbreak in Texas. Cod liver oil would need to be consumed in a potentially dangerous amount to get the vitamin A dosage used for measles.
• Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, dismissed a news report that a government intelligence assessment concluded the Venezuelan government was not directing the migration of members of the Tren de Aragua gang to the U.S. A redacted copy of the intelligence memo later corroborated the news story. 
• Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth claimed that he received “total exoneration” in an investigative report by the Defense Department’s Office of Inspector General regarding a Signal group chat about a military attack in Yemen. But the report contradicted that assessment. 

For more on these and the other whoppers of 2025, read our full story.