Claims extracted
20
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
0%
0 of 20 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
withheld
no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
65/100
The Guardian's corrections and
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Outlets on this story
4
Politics
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
A new statue mocking Donald Trump was installed on Washington’s National Mall on Monday, this time poking fun at bone spurs that the US president was diagnosed with, which allowed him to defer the Vietnam war draft.
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him → mock → draft
Just two days before Veterans Day, the gilded statue – titled The Foot Soldier – appeared near the National Gallery of Art’s Sculpture Garden.
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statue → title → Garden
Created by the Secret Handshake, a group of anonymous artists, the statue depicts Trump sitting down while rubbing his bare foot.
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Trump → create → foot
“We honor the service and sacrifice of our commander in chief, Donald J Trump.
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We → honor → 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,” a plaque on the statue reads.
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plaque → ’ → statue
The art piece refers to allegations that Trump dodged the Vietnam war draft in 1968 by receiving a diagnosis of bone spurs in his heels after he graduated from college.
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he → refer → college
“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,” the plaque read.
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plaque → salute → feet
“Toey”, a 6ft-tall mascot of a toe suffering from bone spurs, stood next to the art installation serving as an interactive element, the Secret Handshake said in a statement.
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Handshake → suffer → statement
I hardly know her,” a person dressed as Toey told the Washington Post.
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person → know → Post
“I’m the biggest toe.
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I → ’m → ?
Largest toe that anyone’s ever seen.”
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anyone → see → that
Trump has faced draft-dodging allegations since his first term.
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Trump → face → term
In 2018, the New York Times published an article accusing a foot doctor in Queens of doing “a favor” for Trump’s father by diagnosing Trump with bone spurs.
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Times → publish → spurs
In 2019, Michael Cohen, a former lawyer for Trump, told Congress that the president deliberately avoided the draft.
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president → tell → draft
David Ingle, a spokesperson for the White House, said in a statement,: “Trump Derangement Syndrome is a sick and incurable disease that has rotted the brains of these Democrat activists.
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that → say → activists
President Trump will never waver in fighting for and protecting the American people.”
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Trump → waver → people
The Secret Handshake has also erected statues making fun of Trump’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and Trump’s remodeling of the Lincoln bathroom during a government shutdown.
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Handshake → erect → shutdown
Last year, the anonymous group of artists created Best Friends Forever, a statue that showed Trump holding hands with Epstein.
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Trump → create → Epstein
In March, the Secret Handshake installed a statue called King of the World, which depicted Trump holding Epstein in a Titanic-inspired pose.
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Trump → instal → pose
The Foot Soldier and Toey will be at the National Mall through Veterans Day, the Secret Handshake said.
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Handshake → say → Day
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