Fact Check: Trump’s Claim He Has ‘Received Awards On The Environment’ [1]
President Trump's claim to have "received awards on the environment" flunks the fact check.
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Washington Post [6], 01/25/2017
President Trump's claim to have "received awards on the environment" flunks the fact check.
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"The Interior Department reactivated its official Twitter accounts early Saturday after an abrupt shutdown following shares of two tweets during the inauguration the agency considered unsympathetic to President Trump."
"Within moments of the inauguration of President Trump, the official White House website on Friday deleted nearly all mentions of climate change. The one exception: Mr. Trump’s vow to eliminate the Obama administration’s climate change policies, which previously had a prominent and detailed web page on whitehouse.gov."
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