President Donald Trump rattled off some of his most common false claims about the economy, immigration and his foreign policy record at a Cabinet meeting at Camp David on Friday. Trump also made an entirely baseless allegation about Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
Here is a fact check of some of his remarks at the meeting.
Walz and cyberattacks
Trump spoke about cyberattacks this week that have targeted local water systems in multiple states; it is not publicly known who is behind them, but US and state officials are treating Iran as one of the suspects. Trump said, “I think that Minnesota is behind it. You know who is behind it? Minnesota. Because they’re grossly incompetent. I think the governor is behind it.” He added, “I don’t think there was an Iranian cyberattack. I think that Minnesota ought to get its act together.”
There is simply no basis for claiming Minnesota or Walz – the Democratic vice presidential candidate in 2024 and a vocal Trump critic – is “behind it.” The FBI and Environmental Protection Agency issued a statement Thursday saying that since Monday, “Water and Wastewater Sector (WWS) utility companies in at least seven states have reported incidents to the FBI, and some of that activity degraded water operations.” Trump made no mention of the governors of the six other states.
