‘I Made It Up’: Viral Tweet Claiming Donald Trump Allows Men Paying Child Support to Claim Children on Taxes is Fake

Social media has been abuzz with claims from influencers that Donald Trump has changed the tax code, preventing child support recipients from claiming dependents and the benefits that accompany them. A TikToker attracted 16 million views with his video asserting, “Trump passed a new law that whoever is paying the child support would get to declare those children on their taxes. So, say you’re a single father, single mother, and you are not the one paying the child support, you will not get the tax return for your child.”& Another TikTok video, posted on Jan. 16 and watched over 12 million times, claims, “Oh my God, Trump just tweeted if you put your baby daddy on child support that the baby daddy now gets all of the income tax.” President Donald Trump speaks at a news conference at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort on Dec. 16, 2024. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) One problem: Trump never made such an announcement on social media or anywhere else. And even if he did, the president couldn’t make such a change by himself. An executive order would be null and void. Congressional approval is required, as Verify.com detailed. & Amending the tax code requires Congress...