Claims extracted
19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
11%
2 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
withheld
no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
95/100
Los Angeles Times's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
3
Politics
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
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- A golden statue on the National Mall depicts President Trump rubbing his bare foot, mocking the bone-spurs diagnosis that exempted him from Vietnam War service.
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that → depict → service
- The work by Secret Handshake, accompanied by a toe-costumed performer, is the anonymous art activist group’s latest anti-Trump protest piece and will remain on display through Veterans Day.
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work → accompany → Day
The anonymous satirical art activist group Secret Handshake is at it again — this time erecting a giant golden statue of a seated President Trump rubbing a bare foot.
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group → erect → foot
Titled “The Foot Soldier,” the statue pokes fun at the president’s famous bone spurs — a diagnosis he received in 1968, which led to a medical exemption during the Vietnam War.
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which → title → War
A plaque affixed to the granite pedestal reads, “We honor the service and sacrifice of our Commander in Chief, Donald J. Trump.
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We → affix → Chief
He’s a soldier in spirit, who marched to the front lines of dodging the draft, armed with a perfect diagnosis of bone spurs.
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who → ’ → spurs
We salute a leader who knows you can’t spell sacrifice without ‘I,’ and a warrior who reminds us that sometimes when you’re called to stand up, it’s best to just sit down and rest your feet.”
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it → salute → feet
For the first time, the statue is accompanied by an interactive element: an actor wearing a toe suit, complete with dark black toe hair and a big red welt.
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statue → accompany → hair
According to an email from Secret Handshake, the live addition is “a 6-foot draft-dodging bone spur mascot named ‘Toey’ — who will be on hand to celebrate Trump’s unique history with military service and pay tribute to the President’s feet.”
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who → accord → feet
Toey is almost like a Minor League Baseball mascot, the group explained in a follow-up email, “Out there to pump up the crowd and celebrate a well-heeled excuse to dodge the draft.”
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group → explain → draft
Toey also makes a few remarks when people walk up to take a look, including, “This little piggy went to ... well, not the military, that’s for sure.”
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that → make → military
Secret Handshake has created more than a dozen statues mocking Trump on the National Mall over the past few years.
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Handshake → create → years
Since February, when the United States and Israel invaded Iran, most of their installations have focused on that war.
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most → invade → war
In July, Secret Handshake created a playable video game, “Operation Epic Furious: Strait to Hell,” which revolved around a variety of choices to make as the commander in chief, including whether to order a Diet Coke or bomb Iran.
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which → create → Iran
That same month it also built a 10-foot-tall Iran War participation trophy that later appeared in New York City and at the Minnesota State Capitol.
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that → build → Capitol
The site’s debut is yet another sign of how much Trump is leaning into his efforts to make over the White House and Washington to his own gilded tastes, even after his party lost control of Congress in a midterm-election drubbing.
This latest piece of anti-Trump, anti-war protest art has cropped up in the wake of last week’s midterm elections, which saw a wave of dissatisfaction with the war sweep the Democrats to power by a wide margin.
“Since the President is so focused on waging wars, we wanted to pay tribute to a time when he would do just about anything to avoid combat,” Secret Handshake wrote.
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Handshake → lean → combat
“If only he could have gotten a doctor’s note on the way to invading Iran or wherever we threaten next.”
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we → get → Iran
“The Foot Soldier” will remain on the National Mall through Veterans Day.
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Soldier → remain → Day
As will Toey, who will appear on and off during daylight hours.
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who → appear → hours
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