Fact-check: Trump's border, "25 million," Ukraine-aid and D.C. crime claims in his Nov. 8 60 Minutes and Nov. 9 C-SPAN interviews Case In a Nov. 8, 2026 60 Minutes interview and a Nov. 9 call-in to C-SPAN, Trump said "zero people came in through our southern border," that 25 million people came in under Biden, that Biden gave Ukraine $350 billion, and that D.C. crime is down 89%. FactCheck.org's earlier analyses of the same or similar claims find official data do not support them; some other claims in the C-SPAN call (Iran inflation, oil gift) remain unchecked. Border claims On 60 Minutes (aired Nov. 8) Trump said "zero people came in through our southern border" and that "25 million people come in through Biden over a four-year period." On C-SPAN (Nov. 9) he said the administration had gone "17 months without one person coming in illegally" and that the real number under Biden was "25 million over four years." CBP reported in an Oct. 16 release no releases at the border in 17 consecutive months; FactCheck.org notes that a release means someone caught crossing was temporarily let in, and that Trump and JD Vance have sometimes described the statistic as meaning no one entered illegally, which apprehensions and "gotaway" data show is not accurate. CBP reported 8,870 apprehensions in August 2026. FactCheck.org, addressing a similar Trump claim at an October rally, called "25 million" inflated: it counts about 10.5 million under Biden (7.3 million caught crossing illegally, including repeat crossers; 1.2 million who presented at ports without authorization; and an estimated 2 million who evaded capture). Ukraine aid claim On 60 Minutes Trump said "Biden gave them $350 billion worth of cash and weapons" and "I gave them-- nothing." Earlier in the same interview he said, "I gave them the anti-tank busters." In an August 2025 analysis of the same $350 billion figure, FactCheck.org found about $187 billion made available through June 2025 per a special inspector general report (about $174.2 billion approved in five bipartisan bills per the Congressional Research Service), plus a $20 billion loan repaid from frozen Russian assets; the Kiel Institute put direct bilateral aid at about $133 billion. The $350 billion figure included White House-calculated indirect costs such as about $93 billion in inflation. These figures are as of mid-2025. D.C. crime, Hormuz and claims not yet checked On 60 Minutes Trump said "the crime rate in Washington, D.C. is down 89%" and that before the federal deployment it was "a killing field, three murders a week." In August 2026 FactCheck.org examined a similar claim (D.C. crime down 81%): Metropolitan Police data showed overall crime down about 20% year over year, violent crime up 4%, and 67 homicides from Jan. 1 to Aug. 14, 33% fewer than the same period of 2025; a Niskanen Center analyst put the improvement at about 40%, not 81%. FactCheck.org did not address the 89% figure and the White House did not say where Trump's numbers came from. On 60 Minutes Trump said "The strait is open, Ross" and, citing the Wall Street Journal, that more oil is going through Hormuz than at the start of the war; Douthat replied that traffic moving through it is being protected by a large U.S. military presence. No independent fact-check of this exchange was found in the sources reviewed. Also stated on C-SPAN and not independently verified here: that Iran has "301% inflation," that Iran gave the U.S. "a million barrels of oil last week free," and that Venezuela was won "in 48 minutes," later "literally... in 40 minutes." Perspectives Expert view — FactCheck.org, CSIS's Mark Cancian, Niskanen Center's Richard Hahn FactCheck.org says apprehensions and gotaways show the zero-release statistic does not mean no one entered illegally, and calls "25 million" inflated against about 10.5 million counted. Mark Cancian of CSIS said the White House's $350 billion total "looks like it was thrown together." Niskanen's Richard Hahn estimated D.C.'s homicide improvement at about 40% rather than 81% and found the Guard had no detectable effect on violent crime. Official position — President Trump (in the interviews) Trump's position in both interviews is that the border has been effectively sealed, that Biden gave Ukraine $350 billion in "cash and weapons," that D.C. crime is down 89%, and that the Strait of Hormuz is open with more oil moving than at the start of the war. The White House has counted indirect costs such as inflation toward the $350 billion total, per FactCheck.org's 2025 reporting; in the sources reviewed it did not say where his D.C. figures came from. Note The White House did not say where Trump's figures came from in the sources reviewed; the fact-checks cited predate these interviews and address the same or similar claims. Sources [1] CBS News — Full transcript of Ross Douthat's interview with President Trump (60 Minutes) (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/read-the-full-transcript-of-ross-douthats-interview-with-president-trump/) · 2026-11-08 [2] Roll Call Factba.se — Trump call-in to C-SPAN's Washington Journal (Nov. 9, 2026) (https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-interview-mimi-geerges-c-span-washington-journal-november-9-2026/) · 2026-11-09 [3] FactCheck.org — Trump's Numbers, October 2026 Update (https://www.factcheck.org/2026/10/trumps-numbers-october-2026-update/) · 2026-10 [4] FactCheck.org — FactChecking Claims from Trump's Midterm Rallies (https://www.factcheck.org/2026/10/factchecking-claims-from-trumps-midterm-rallies/) · 2026-10 [5] FactCheck.org — Trump repeats false Ukraine aid claim (https://www.factcheck.org/2025/08/trump-repeats-false-ukraine-aid-claim/) · 2025-08 [6] FactCheck.org — Trump's Misleading Crime Drop Claims (https://www.factcheck.org/2026/08/trumps-misleading-crime-drop-claims/) · 2026-08 Connections Related — Trump at Fort Myers rally: "thrown out of the party like a dog," "Marxist maniac," and repeated fact-checked claims (Oct. 23, 2026) The "25 million" migrant claim was also repeated and fact-checked after the Oct. 23 Fort Myers rally. Same context — Trump on 60 Minutes: says he could work with Democrats "very easily" without insulting them, then repeats "Dumbocrats" (Nov. 8, 2026) Fact-check of other claims from the same Nov. 8 60 Minutes interview.