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Controversial claims by President Donald Trump

Hillary Clinton gave uranium to Russia
At a press conference on February 16, 2017, President Trump said that "Hillary Clinton gave Russia 20% of the uranium in the United States." He was repeating a claim he made during the presidential campaign on June 22, 2016 where he commented that Hillary Clinton approved the transfer "while nine investors in the deal funneled $145 million to the Clinton Foundation." This is contrary to the details of the deal. The company, Uranium One, which purchased the reserves, had a 51% ownership by Rosatom, Russia's nuclear agency. The purchase was cleared by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). The State Department was but one of 9 agencies on the CFIUS, and at the time the State Department was represented by Assistant Secretary of State Jose W. Fernandez and not by Hillary Clinton, who did not participate in the clearance of the purchase of uranium.

Biggest Electoral College win
At a press conference on February 16, 2017, President Trump claimed his election with 306 electoral votes was "the biggest Electoral College win since Ronald Reagan." This is contrary to U.S. presidential Electoral College results, however, where five elections since Ronald Reagan had higher Electoral College wins: George H. W. Bush (1988) with 426 votes, Bill Clinton (1992) with 370 votes, Bill Clinton (1996) with 379 votes, Barack Obama (2008) with 365 votes, and Barack Obama (2012) with 332 votes. Only two elections since Ronald Reagan had lower Electoral College wins: George W. Bush (2000) with 271 votes and George W. Bush (2004) with 286 votes. In addition, the Electoral College win by Donald Trump ranks in the bottom of U.S. Presidential elections with one of the narrowest wins - 45th out of 58.