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Claim: "For 18 months under President Trump, not a single American was harmed in Afghanistan.” (Brigitte Gabriel, 2024-07-02)
Evidence (2024-07-19): "American presidents have scant control over foreign decisions about war and peace unless they show their willingness to commit American power," said Richard Betts, a Columbia University professor emeritus of war and peace studies and of international and public affairs. During the Trump administration, there were no new major overseas wars or invasions. But during his presidency, there were still conflicts within Israel and between Russia and Ukraine. For example, Russia was intervening militarily in the Ukraine’s Donbas region throughout Trump’s administration. Trump also supported weakening NATO, reducing expectations among allies that the U.S. would intervene militarily if they were attacked. Although there’s no way to know how the war in Israel would have played out, experts said the prospect of the Abraham Accords — the peace effort between Israel and Arab nations led by the Trump administration — likely helped drive Hamas’ attack. "There’s no doubt in my mind that the prospect of the Abraham Accords being embraced by countries such as Saudi Arabia was one of the main causes of the Oct. 7 attack," Ambassador Martin Kimani, the executive director of NYU’s Center on International Cooperation said.
Claim: "For 18 months under President Trump, not a single American was harmed in Afghanistan.” (Brigitte Gabriel, 2024-07-02)
Evidence (2021-04-14): When I came to office, I inherited a diplomatic agreement, duly negotiated between the government of the United States and the Taliban, that all U.S. forces would be out of Afghanistan by May 1, 2021, just three months after my inauguration. That’s what we inherited — that commitment. [...] Our diplomacy does not hinge on having boots in harm’s way — U.S. boots on the ground. We have to change that thinking. American troops shouldn’t be used as a bargaining chip between warring parties in other countries. You know, that’s nothing more than a recipe for keeping American troops in Afghanistan indefinitely. [...] For the past 12 years, ever since I became Vice President, I’ve carried with me a card that reminds me of the exact number of American troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. That exact number, not an approximation or rounded-off number — because every one of those dead are sacred human beings who left behind entire families. An exact accounting of every single solitary one needs to be had.
Claim: "For 18 months under President Trump, not a single American was harmed in Afghanistan.” (Brigitte Gabriel, 2024-07-02)
Evidence (2024-07-18): Trump on military equipment left in Afghanistan [...] "We’d begun on an honorable exit from Afghanistan, and not a single Chinese spy balloon flew across the United States of America," Pompeo said.
Claim: "For 18 months under President Trump, not a single American was harmed in Afghanistan.” (Brigitte Gabriel, 2024-07-02)
Evidence (2024-09-10): He cast the investigation as a "truth-seeking mission" rather than a partisan endeavor, but also bragged that out of all the investigations that House Republicans have launched into the Biden administration in the last two years "this investigation is the one they fear the most because they know … they were wrong." Most assessments have concluded Trump and Biden share blame for the disastrous end to the 20-year war, which saw enemy Taliban take over Afghanistan again before the last American troops even flew out of the Kabul airport. Over 2000 U.S. troops were killed in Afghanistan. House Speaker Mike Johnson, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer,(D-N.Y. and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell attend a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony honoring the 13 American service members killed during an attack at the Kabul Airport during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021. Photo by Annabelle Gordon/ Reuters The main U.S. government watchdog for the war points to Trump’s 2020 deal with the Taliban to withdraw all U.S. forces and military contractors as "the single most important factor" in the collapse of U.S.-allied Afghan security forces and Taliban takeover.
Claim: "For 18 months under President Trump, not a single American was harmed in Afghanistan.” (Brigitte Gabriel, 2024-07-02)
Evidence (2021-09-01): The claim: No service members died in Afghanistan in the last 18 months [...] "Not one – not a single American military service member has died in Afghanistan in the past 18 months. Until today," an image posted on Facebook Aug. 26 reads. [...] We rate as MISSING CONTEXT the claim that no service members died in Afghanistan in the last 18 months because it can be misleading without additional information. While there weren't any hostile deaths dating back to February 2020, there were four non-hostile deaths recorded in Afghanistan between Feb. 13 and July 12, 2020, including one in a vehicle rollover.
Claim: "For 18 months under President Trump, not a single American was harmed in Afghanistan.” (Brigitte Gabriel, 2024-07-02)
Evidence (2013-04-29): This review is now complete. And as Commander-in-Chief, I have determined that it is in our vital national interest to send an additional 30,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan. After 18 months, our troops will begin to come home. These are the resources that we need to seize the initiative, while building the Afghan capacity that can allow for a responsible transition of our forces out of Afghanistan. [...] Most of all, I know that this decision asks even more of you -- a military that, along with your families, has already borne the heaviest of all burdens. As President, I have signed a letter of condolence to the family of each American who gives their life in these wars. I have read the letters from the parents and spouses of those who deployed. I visited our courageous wounded warriors at Walter Reed. I've traveled to Dover to meet the flag-draped caskets of 18 Americans returning home to their final resting place. I see firsthand the terrible wages of war. If I did not think that the security of the United States and the safety of the American people were at stake in Afghanistan, I would gladly order every single one of our troops home tomorrow. [...] We will meet these objectives in three ways. First, we will pursue a military strategy that will break the Taliban's momentum and increase Afghanistan's capacity over the next 18 months.
Claim: "For 18 months under President Trump, not a single American was harmed in Afghanistan.” (Brigitte Gabriel, 2024-07-02)
Evidence (2023-11-17): CLAIM: When former President Donald Trump was in charge, 18 months went by in Afghanistan when "we didn’t lose one American soldier." [...] THE FACTS: While speaking in Austin, Texas, on Saturday, Trump claimed while discussing the U.S. war in Afghanistan: "When I was in charge, in 18 months, we didn’t lose one American soldier." "In 18 months in Afghanistan, we lost nobody," he later emphasized after mentioning that day’s deadly shooting in Buffalo, New York, in which a white gunman killed 10 Black people in a supermarket.
Claim: "For 18 months under President Trump, not a single American was harmed in Afghanistan.” (Brigitte Gabriel, 2024-07-02)
Evidence (2024-09-04): A Trump campaign spokesman did not respond to queries about why Trump says there were no fatalities over 18 months. Using the Defense Casualty Analysis System, we first reviewed every 18-month period in Trump’s four years as president, looking only at deaths in hostile action in Afghanistan during Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, not accidental deaths such as in a vehicle or helicopter crash. There was no such period. [...] But on occasion, Trump gets it close to correct, such as in these remarks during a news conference in Palm Beach, Fla., on Aug. 8: "You know, if you go back and check your records, for 18 months, I had a talk with Abdul. Abdul was the leader of the Taliban, still is. But I had a strong talk with him. For 18 months, not one American soldier was shot at or killed, not even shot at, 18 months." [...] Trump has a basis for citing 18 months without a death from hostile action in Afghanistan. The period of relative quiet began with his deal with the Taliban. A case could be made that the seeds of the collapse of the Afghan government — and the chaotic withdrawal of Americans that accompanied it — stemmed from the same deal.
Claim: "For 18 months under President Trump, not a single American was harmed in Afghanistan.” (Brigitte Gabriel, 2024-07-02)
Evidence (2024-08-27): Three years ago this week, the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan. It was a dangerous and chaotic exit. Thirteen troops and many, many Afghan civilians died. Former President Trump has laid the blame squarely on President Joe Biden and presidential candidate Kamala Harris. We wanted to talk more about some of those charges. Here to help us out are NPR Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman and NPR's Quil Lawrence, our former Kabul bureau chief. Welcome to both of you. [...] LAWRENCE: And just to fact-check one thing former President Trump repeated yesterday - that, during his presidency, there were no casualties in Afghanistan for 18 months. Trump's been saying this for years, and it's just not true, according to Pentagon records. [...] LAWRENCE: There is a lot of failure to go around to the four presidents over the 20 years of war. Trump was clearly interested in ending American entanglements overseas, and Biden wanted out of Afghanistan, too, since as far back as 2009, as Obama's VP. I can say I watched on the ground. From about 2005, the Taliban started gaining territory, and they did so for the next 15 years. At the end, when Kabul fell, it was on Biden's watch. All the intel reports at the time suggested that the city would stand for a few more months. Friends of mine in Kabul told me they expected that, and they didn't flee. In hindsight, it was a massive intelligence failure.
Claim: "For 18 months under President Trump, not a single American was harmed in Afghanistan.” (Brigitte Gabriel, 2024-07-02)
Evidence (2020-02-29): President Trump said it had been a "long and hard journey" in Afghanistan. "It's time after all these years to bring our people back home," he said. [...] "I really believe the Taliban wants to do something to show we're not all wasting time," Mr Trump added. "If bad things happen, we'll go back with a force like no-one's ever seen." [...] More than 2,400 US troops have been killed during the conflict. About 12,000 are still stationed in the country. President Trump has promised to put an end to the conflict.
Claim: "For 18 months under President Trump, not a single American was harmed in Afghanistan.” (Brigitte Gabriel, 2024-07-02)
Evidence (2024-08-29): Trump was at Arlington on Monday to commemorate the third anniversary of an attack in Afghanistan that killed 13 U.S. service members amid the disastrous withdrawal of troops. Trump and other Republicans have blamed President Biden and Vice President Harris for the chaos and loss of life. [...] "We lost 13 great, great people — what a horrible day it was," Trump says over somber music. "We didn't lose one person in 18 months, and then they took over the disaster, the leaving of Afghanistan." Trump has been making this claim about 18 months without military casualties during his administration for years, and it’s not true. The 18-month period from February 2020 to August 2021 saw no combat-related deaths in Afghanistan, with part of that when Biden was in office.
Claim: "For 18 months under President Trump, not a single American was harmed in Afghanistan.” (Brigitte Gabriel, 2024-07-02)
Evidence (2024-09-04): "We lost 13 great, great people, what a horrible day it was," Trump said in the video, with clips of him laying wreaths at soldiers' gravestones and talking to members of Gold Star families. "We didn't lose one person in 18 months and then took over that disaster, the leaving of Afghanistan." Trump's phrasing suggests that no troops were killed in Afghanistan during the last 18 months of his presidency, which an analysis of the Defense Casualty Analysis System, a Department of Defense database, proves to be false. The Washington Post confirmed that there was no 18-month period in Trump's presidency that did not see combat fatalities in Afghanistan; during the last 18 months of his presidency before Biden took over, the database shows 12 deaths from hostile action in that period. [...] "You know, they were executing a lot of our soldiers. And I spoke to him, I said, ‘Abdul, don’t do it anymore. There’ll be no more,'" he said at a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, referring Abdul Rahman al-Logari, the Islamic State-Khorasan member who an investigative report by the Department of Defense identified as the suicide bomber. "Anyway, I said it pretty tough. And you know what? For 18 months, we didn’t have one American soldier killed in Afghanistan. And then I left, and then I left, and there’s a bunch of incompetent people took over, and it all started up again."
Claim: "For 18 months under President Trump, not a single American was harmed in Afghanistan.” (Brigitte Gabriel, 2024-07-02)
Evidence (2021-08-31): Now we believe that about 100 to 200 Americans remain in Afghanistan with some intention to leave. Most of those who remain are dual citizens, long-time residents who had earlier decided to stay because of their family roots in Afghanistan. [...] The previous administration’s agreement said that if we stuck to the May 1st deadline that they had signed on to leave by, the Taliban wouldn’t attack any American forces, but if we stayed, all bets were off. [...] Their recommendation was that the safest way to secure the passage of the remaining Americans and others out of the country was not to continue with 6,000 troops on the ground in harm’s way in Kabul, but rather to get them out through non-military means.
Claim: "For 18 months under President Trump, not a single American was harmed in Afghanistan.” (Brigitte Gabriel, 2024-07-02)
Evidence (2021-02-08): KABUL, Afghanistan — No U.S. troops have died in combat in Afghanistan for a year as of Monday, but the Taliban have threatened to target them again if Washington opts to keep international forces in the country after a May withdrawal deadline. Army Sgts. 1st Class Javier Gutierrez and Antonio Rodriguez were the last Americans to die in battle in Afghanistan on Feb. 8, 2020. Two other service members — Army Staff Sgt. Ian McLaughlin and Army Pfc. Miguel Villalon — were killed in combat there in January last year. [...] Keeping troops in Afghanistan beyond May 1 would drag "U.S. troops back into a violent counterinsurgency," said Adam Weinstein, a former Marine who served in Afghanistan and is now a research fellow for the Middle East at the Washington D.C.-based Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. Having no American combat fatalities for a year was not a guarantee of "diminished risks in the future," he said.
Claim: “WNBA organizers have officially announced an investigation into the referees in all of Caitlin Clark's games for ignoring all dirty actions by her opponents against her.” (Facebook posts, 2024-06-28)
Evidence (2024-06-28): There’s no evidence to support this claim.
Claim: “WNBA organizers have officially announced an investigation into the referees in all of Caitlin Clark's games for ignoring all dirty actions by her opponents against her.” (Facebook posts, 2024-06-28)
Evidence (2024-07-12): WNBA Launches Investigation into Refereeing in Caitlin Clark’s Games The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) has officially announced an investigation into the refereeing of all games involving Caitlin Clark, following allegations that referees have consistently ignored dirty actions by her opponents. This move comes after numerous complaints and growing concerns about the fairness and integrity of the officiating in these matches. [...] Caitlin Clark has not publicly commented on the investigation, but her team has expressed support for the WNBA’s decision. "We believe in the fairness of the game and trust that the league will take the necessary steps to ensure that all players are protected and that the rules are enforced equally," a team representative said.
Claim: “WNBA organizers have officially announced an investigation into the referees in all of Caitlin Clark's games for ignoring all dirty actions by her opponents against her.” (Facebook posts, 2024-06-28)
Evidence (2024-06-01): Caitlin Clark is not pleased with the way she's been guarded in her first 10 WNBA games. [...] For Clark, that marks the second time in as many games she has offered pointed criticism of how opponents are defending her and how officials are policing it. Here's what you need to know about the 22-year-old point guard's complaints. [...] Nevertheless, Carter's bump is certain to loom large in the minds of those disillusioned with Clark's opponents, their physicality towards her and her alleged lack of protection by referees.
Claim: “WNBA organizers have officially announced an investigation into the referees in all of Caitlin Clark's games for ignoring all dirty actions by her opponents against her.” (Facebook posts, 2024-06-28)
Evidence (2024-05-22): One day after the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority announced an unprecedented $1.2 million sponsorship of the dozen Aces, the WNBA announced it was opening an investigation into the deal. [...] Davis said the WNBA using the word investigation could have a chilling effect on other potential sponsors both in Las Vegas and other markets. [...] "Nike is an owner of the WNBA and they're allowed to sponsor Caitlin Clark for $28 million on one player. And nobody's complaining or investigating," Davis said. "And I think it's great that Nike's doing that. But let's give credit to where credit's due: Las Vegas Convention Authority is stepping up and recognizing these women."
Claim: “WNBA organizers have officially announced an investigation into the referees in all of Caitlin Clark's games for ignoring all dirty actions by her opponents against her.” (Facebook posts, 2024-06-28)
Evidence (2024-06-04): Caitlin Clark, physical play and questions about fouls dominating discussions around the WNBA Caitlin Clark has been tested during her first month in the WNBA with physical play from opponents that has brought an increased spotlight on the league. [...] Clark has said she won’t let the physical play get into her head and that she will continue to play her game. At times, however, her frustration has shown when she feels she doesn’t get a call. She has been hit with a league-leading three technical fouls. A seventh technical during the regular season would result in a one-game suspension.
Claim: “WNBA organizers have officially announced an investigation into the referees in all of Caitlin Clark's games for ignoring all dirty actions by her opponents against her.” (Facebook posts, 2024-06-28)
Evidence (2024-06-19): Officiating Caitlin Clark? Outside refs weigh in on heated dynamic: 'We're pros. Not perfect' [...] The way Clark is being officiated, the calls and non-calls, the three technical fouls she's accumulated, the flagrant hits, the grabs and the flopping from both sides has been scrutinized in a way no other player in the WNBA has been subject to before. [...] As Boroski sees it, there are three opportunities for Clark's opponents to be held accountable.
Claim: “WNBA organizers have officially announced an investigation into the referees in all of Caitlin Clark's games for ignoring all dirty actions by her opponents against her.” (Facebook posts, 2024-06-28)
Evidence (2024-07-24): WNBA rookie Caitlin Clark, a guard for the Indiana Fever, has criticized what she’s described as unfair officiating, but we found no evidence to support claims that the league is investigating referees involved in her games. "BREAKING: The WNBA organizers have officially announced an investigation into the referees in all of Caitlin Clark’s games for ignoring all dirty actions by her opponents against her," a June 28 Facebook post said. "’Some referees have been suspended.’" [...] We rate claims the WNBA announced an investigation into, and suspended some, referees that have officiated Clark’s games False
Claim: “WNBA organizers have officially announced an investigation into the referees in all of Caitlin Clark's games for ignoring all dirty actions by her opponents against her.” (Facebook posts, 2024-06-28)
Evidence (2024-06-28): Referees officiating WNBA rookie Caitlin Clark’s games are not under league investigation [...] WNBA rookie Caitlin Clark, a guard for the Indiana Fever, has criticized what she’s described as unfair officiating, but we found no evidence to support claims that the league is investigating referees involved in her games. "BREAKING: The WNBA organizers have officially announced an investigation into the referees in all of Caitlin Clark's games for ignoring all dirty actions by her opponents against her," a June 28 Facebook post said. "’Some referees have been suspended.’"
Claim: “WNBA organizers have officially announced an investigation into the referees in all of Caitlin Clark's games for ignoring all dirty actions by her opponents against her.” (Facebook posts, 2024-06-28)
Evidence (2024-06-20): Caitlin Clark at the center of WNBA foul controversy AGAIN as fans slam 'joke' officials over call in Fever win - READ MORE: Caitlin Clark leads the Indiana Fever to third straight win - READ MORE: Clark slams critics demanding 'instant satisfaction' from Fever - READ MORE: Fever's showdown with Chicago Sky draws in 2.25 million viewers Caitlin Clark suffered another brutal attack on the court Wednesday night when a 235-pound rival nearly smacked her in the head. [...] Caitlin Clark was attempting a layup when Stefanie Dolson knocked the ball out of her hands 'How is this not a foul for Caitlin Clark???' one fan captioned a clip of the incident on X.
Claim: “WNBA organizers have officially announced an investigation into the referees in all of Caitlin Clark's games for ignoring all dirty actions by her opponents against her.” (Facebook posts, 2024-06-28)
Evidence (2024-09-19): Caitlin Clark keeps breaking records! Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) celebrates after a three-point basket against the Dallas Wings in the first half of last Sunday's game in Indianapolis. [...] Wow! Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark breaks the 18-year-old WNBA single season rookie scoring record!
Claim: “WNBA organizers have officially announced an investigation into the referees in all of Caitlin Clark's games for ignoring all dirty actions by her opponents against her.” (Facebook posts, 2024-06-28)
Evidence (2024-08-15): The FAA is investigating the matter [...] The Washington Post first reported the investigation [...] Meanwhile, the FAA launches another investigation