"At this year's ceremonial turkey pardon, Trump praised a farmer from Wayne County, North Carolina, for raising two "record-setting" birds, but then pivoted to his own electoral margin of victory: "I won that county by 92 percent." (In fact, he won it by 16 percentage points.) At a McDonald's corporate event last month, Trump claimed that the United States controls 92 percent of the shoreline of the Gulf of Mexico (the Gulf of America, as he calls it). It's really about 46 percent."
"Trump won the veterans' vote, he said on Veterans Day, with "about 92 percent or something," and in July, he said he won farmers-well, "by 92 percent." (More accurate estimates of the portion of the electorate he won would be 65 percent of veterans and 78 percent of voters in farming counties, according to exit polls and election data.) His fixation on the number between 91 and 93 has been a feature for a while."
A recurring pattern appears in several public statements in which the number between 91 and 93 is repeatedly invoked and frequently inaccurate. Examples include a claim of winning a North Carolina county by 92 percent (actual margin 16 points), asserting U.S. control of 92 percent of Gulf of Mexico shoreline (about 46 percent), and saying he won veterans and farmers by roughly 92 percent (more accurate estimates: about 65 percent of veterans and 78 percent in farming counties). Other exaggerated claims include egg prices falling 92 percent (Bureau of Labor Statistics: 12.7 percent). The pattern emerged while examining claims tied to a U.S. military buildup near Venezuela and related strikes.
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