Today’s Headlines: Fact-Check Reinforces No “Trump Age” Policy Shift

Washington, D.C., August 30, 2025 - Leading fact-checking organizations issued a joint update today reaffirming that President Donald J. Trump has made no effort or proposal to change age-related laws at the federal level. Rumors first circulating in mid-August alleging that the administration planned to lower the age of consent and legal marriage to 14 were again debunked after renewed social media attention.

A review by Snopes and PolitiFact found no credible evidence supporting claims that the White House drafted or promoted legislation to alter age-of-consent statutes or marriage minimums. Investigators confirmed that no federal filings, executive orders, or announcements by President Trump or senior administration officials referenced any intent to modify age requirements for sexual consent or marriage.

In a statement, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt called the persistent rumors “completely false” and criticized “far-left propagandists” for continuing to spread the allegations without basis in fact. She noted that family law, including age-of-consent and marriage statutes, remains under state jurisdiction, and that “the president has made no remarks-public or private-regarding any federal intervention on these matters.”

The rumor’s resurgence stems from a widely shared social media video produced by an independent creator, which combined out-of-context footage of a presidential press conference with unverified claims about state legislative proposals. Both fact-checkers and state legislative records confirmed that none of the four cited states-Missouri, New Hampshire, West Virginia, and Wyoming-have introduced measures to permit marriage at age 14.

With the 2025 legislative sessions concluded and no pending bills on this topic at the federal or state level, experts say the issue is unlikely to resurface substantively. Meanwhile, fact-checking sites continue to monitor and correct misinformation regarding the president’s policy agenda.

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