Post Shared by X 2024 Republican candidate and former President Donald Trump claims he is offering $50 gas to Florida residents fleeing Hurricane Milton.
What a rip-off. Talk about price gouging. Inflation is probably 1,000%. He wants to make America great again.
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— David L. Thrisher (@l_savid) October 9, 2024
Verdict: False
This claim is satirical and originally comes from an article published by WhoWhatWhy.org.
Fact check:
More than 3 million homes and businesses in Florida are without power due to Hurricane Milton. forbes. The hurricane made landfall near Siesta Key on Wednesday night with winds of 190 mph, the paper said.
The X-Post, which has been viewed more than 100 times at the time of writing, purports to show President Trump offering $50 worth of gas to Florida residents fleeing Hurricane Milton.
“What a terrible rip-off. He’s talking about price gouging, which will likely lead to 1,000% inflation, and he wants to make America great again,” the post reads. This post also includes a link to an article about this claim via Smart News.
That claim is false. of Full article, Published by WhoWhatWhy.org and contains language indicating that the content is satire.
“Four weeks left until one of the craziest election cycles in recent memory ends…well, at least the pre-litigation part is over. This is largely due to Donald Trump being an obviously ridiculous person. This is due to the fact that it turned the Republican Party into a strange cult and tried to exploit it in ridiculous ways. Therefore, we sometimes use satire to explain all the absurdities. “One,” the article says.
The article claims that President Trump made a TRUTH social post offering $50 in gas to Florida residents fleeing Hurricane Milton “due to fuel shortages at gas stations in the Tampa area.” . (Related: Is $750 in FEMA grants for hurricane victims actually a loan?)
Similarly, “Check your facts” did not find the referenced claim. President Trump’s official website, His TRUTH social accountsor his Verified socializing media account. Additionally, “Check the facts” was not found Trustworthy news reporting to support the claim. In fact, the opposite is true. October 9th, snoop reported that the claim was false and traced its origins to the same satirical article.
Check Your Fact has reached out to President Trump’s spokesperson for comment.
