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President Donald Trump on Tuesday declared a war on fraud during his State of the Union address and announced that he was putting Vice President JD Vance in charge of it. But many of the president’s critics were quick to argue that the real fraud was coming from inside the White House.
Trump has faced extensive allegations of fraud over the years.
In 2024, he was convicted of falsifying business records in his criminal hush-money trial. That same year, he lost a civil case related to fraudulent business practices.
In 2022, a jury found the Trump Organization guilty of tax fraud and other crimes.
In 2019, Trump had to pay $2 million to eight charities after admitting that he misused funds raised by his Donald J. Trump Foundation, which was dissolved as part of the settlement.
In 2018, he agreed to pay $25 million to settle allegations of fraud by his Trump University, although he did not admit to any wrongdoing.
And since returning to the White House last year, Trump has also issued many pardons and commutations for fraud and fraud-adjacent offenses.
Given that history, Trump’s critics had some advice on where Vance could start his work as he leads the war on fraud:
Trump talking about waste, fraud, and abuse is rich as his family has made billions off crypto schemes and foreign deals since taking office.
JD should start in the White House. https://t.co/giMjrKShWf
If Trump was serious about fraud, taxpayers wouldn’t be paying to retrofit his Qatari jet – while their health care costs double. https://t.co/TChnJ3vkyu
— John Hickenlooper (@Hickenlooper) February 25, 2026Trump promises a "War on Fraud" lol!
Hilarious from a guy who is a fraudster, convicted criminal, and just pardoned several fraudsters and criminals. Now he's attacking "Somali pirates" in Minnesota.
LOL.
MAGA is a joke.#SOTU2026
If JD was serious about it, he should probably look into Trump then
— Hosep (@Hosep21) February 25, 2026
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