Overview
- In a Fox Business interview that aired Wednesday, President Trump wrongly said Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died after the 2020 election, though she died on September 18, 2020 while he was still president.
- He also said Senator Thom Tillis was no longer in office, but Tillis remains a sitting Republican senator from North Carolina who has said he will not seek reelection in 2026.
- The comments came during questions about possible Supreme Court vacancies, a high‑stakes issue because lifetime appointments let a president and Senate majority shape the court for decades.
- Host Maria Bartiromo did not correct the misstatements on air, prompting criticism of the network’s handling of clear factual errors.
- News outlets and social media framed the remarks as part of a recent pattern of confused statements, citing other slips such as claiming he started NASA’s Artemis II and saying “NASA was closed.”