CNN Fact-Checker Floored By Trump Cabinet Meeting: 'There Was Just So Much'

LOADING ERROR LOADING President Donald Trump’s first Cabinet meeting Wednesday of his new administration was riddled with inaccuracies and falsehoods, says CNN’s fact-checking reporter Daniel Dale, who delivered a boatload of receipts on “Inside Politics.” Host Dana Bash kicked things off with Trump’s claim that “60 Minutes” altered the answers of former Vice President Kamala Harris during an interview last year rather than merely editing the footage. Dale went on to fact-check a whole host of other claims Trump made during the meeting, including false claims about U.S. aid to Ukraine, America’s education ranking, mail-in voting, tariffs on China, fentanyl deaths — and Elon Musk’s controversial email to federal workers. “According to a think tank in Germany that closely tracks this aid, it is Europe that has collectively provided more aid to Ukraine than the U.S. has.” Trump also said Wednesday the U.S. ranks 40th out of 40 in various educational rankings, which Dale said he tried to inquire about with the White House, who never offered clarification. “And so, I don’t even know where to go from here.” Dale certainly did, however, and cited Musk’s email Saturday from the Department of Government Efficiency giving federal staffers 48 hours to explain what they’ve done at work last week, which led Trump to claim that the million people who didn’t respond don’t exist.