Claims extracted
23
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
17%
4 of 23 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
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no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
69/100
Fox News's corrections and
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President Donald Trump sought to reassure voters the day before the midterm elections that Iran is not a "forever war," but a "soft war" that the United States could end at any time.
uncertain
States → seek → time
"We're not fighting a war …
asserted
We → fight → war
When was the last time we fired anything?
asserted
we → fire → anything
This isn't a war, this is a very soft war," Trump said Monday on "Hannity."
asserted
Trump → say → Hannity
Iran could be a key deciding issue as voters go to the polls on Election Day Tuesday as Americans continue to grapple with surging gas prices and the economic fallout from the United States’ conflict, which began eight months ago.
uncertain
which → decide → conflict
"What’s a war?
asserted
What → ’ → ?
A war is fighting.
asserted
war → fight → ?
When was the last time you saw us fighting with them?
asserted
us → see → them
We go months and months, we talk," Trump told host Sean Hannity.
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Trump → go → Hannity
"This is not much of a war, Sean, because there hasn't been shooting for months."
Trump’s comments come shortly after the United States struck Iran’s Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz Monday after Iran fired at a U.S. aircraft.
asserted
Iran → shoot → aircraft
Officials confirmed to Fox News that the "defensive" strike does not indicate a return to full-blown U.S. military strikes in Iran.
asserted
strike → confirm → Iran
The president said Monday that he was in no hurry to resume military strikes against Iran but warned that the U.S. will give Iran "the hammer" soon if the latest round of peace talks are not fruitful.
"With [Operation] Midnight Hammer, we bombed out all of their potential nuclear power.
asserted
we → say → power
Now we have might have to go after Pickaxe [Mountain], but that's not a big deal.
uncertain
that → have → Pickaxe
We can do it in literally one hour," Trump told Fox News.
asserted
Trump → do → News
"This isn't like a war that's going on, there’s no war raging," he added.
asserted
he → go → war
"It could happen if they don't make a deal.
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they → happen → deal
But they want to make a deal very badly, and there is a very good chance we make a deal."
asserted
we → want → deal
The financial toll of the Iran conflict has emerged as a political liability for Republicans ahead of Election Day as the Pentagon estimates the war has cost taxpayers more than $47 billion.
asserted
war → emerge → billion
President Trump, however, dismissed criticism of the staggering price tag, describing the expense as "peanuts" and saying that the war was necessary to disarm Iran from building a nuclear weapon.
asserted
war → dismiss → weapon
"Their military is gone, their navy is gone, their air force is gone, their anti-aircraft is gone, and they have some missiles, but they don't have many of them – very little capacity to build more.
asserted
they → go → more
They have drones, but they don't have very many, they have very little capacity to build more," he said.
asserted
he → have → more
"What we’ve done is amazing," the president continued.
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president → do → What
Trump said the U.S. is dealing from a position of "total strength" and that the conflict can be ended "at any time."
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conflict → say → time