AP FACT CHECK: Trump considers 20 million people ‘very few’
He took another mysterious poke at
Here's a look at his statements at the
TRUMP: "Obamacare covers very few people."
THE FACTS: More than 20 million people are covered by the two major components of former President
The
The other, more visible, component is HealthCare.gov. The federal website and state-run online insurance markets have signed up 12.2 million people for this year, according to an
This is lower than the 12.7 million who initially enrolled for 2016. But it is not dramatically lower when considering the problems the markets have had with rising premiums and dwindling insurer participation, not to mention Trump's vow to repeal the program.
Altogether, since Obama's law passed in 2010, the number of uninsured people has dropped by about 20 million and the uninsured rate has declined below 9 percent, a historic low.
According to the
Although employers also added coverage as the economy recovered, experts say the vast majority of the coverage gains are due to Obama's law.
However, the progress in reducing the number of uninsured people appears to have stalled. The 28.2 million uninsured last year, from January to September, is not statistically different from the 28.6 million uninsured for all of 2015, according to the
TRUMP, repeating a week-old assertion that
THE FACTS: Trump was ridiculed in
Two days later, though, a riot broke out after police arrested a drug crime suspect. Cars were set on fire and shops looted, but no one was injured. Attacks in the country related to extremism remain rare; the biggest surprise for many Swedes was that a police officer found it necessary to fire his gun.
TRUMP: The
THE FACTS: His wide-open border claim is bogus. The number of arrests of illegal border crossers — the best measure of how many people are trying to cross illegally — remains at a 40-year low. The
In addition, the number of people expelled from the country since Trump took office
Altogether in January, 16,643 people were deported, a drop from December (20,395) but a number that is similar to monthly deportations in early 2015 and 2016.
This month, Homeland Security officials have said 680 people were arrested in a weeklong effort to find and arrest criminal immigrants living in
That roundup was largely planned before Trump took office and was alternately described by the Trump administration as a routine enforcement effort and a signal of his pledge to take a harder line on illegal immigration. During the Obama administration, similar operations were carried out that yielded thousands of arrests.
TRUMP: "We have authorized the construction, one day, of the Keystone and Dakota Access pipelines. And issued a new rule — this took place while I was getting ready to sign. I said who makes the pipes for the pipeline? Well, sir, it comes from all over the world, isn't that wonderful? I said nope, comes from
THE FACTS: It's not that straightforward. Trump's executive order leaves lots of wiggle room on how much
What's judged possible in the Keystone XL project remains to be seen. Pipes for it are already purchased and stocked in yards. Contrary to his statement, Trump has not approved the project; rather, he revived it by asking
Trump's
The order gives the commerce secretary until late July to produce a plan on
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