Trump on refugees, ISIS, public aid

“Forty-three million Americans are on food stamps.” — Donald Trump on July 21 at the 2016 Republican National Convention

The Republican policy platform approved at the RNC recommends breaking the SNAP program away from the USDA and the farm bill, under which funding for the program is usually negotiated in Congress.

As an independent entity, SNAP would be more vulnerable to budget cuts.

The number of SNAP participants has been falling in recent years amid the economic recovery, but Trump is reciting the most recent participation.

We rated Trump’s claim True.

Says Hillary Clinton “has called for a radical 550 percent increase in Syrian ... refugees ... despite the fact that there’s no way to screen these refugees in order to find out who they are or where they come from.” — Donald Trump on July 21 in a speech at the Republican convention

The 550 percent figure is correct.

To say that there’s no way to screen them to find out who they are or where they come from ignores the extensive screening they undergo. We rated the claim Half True.

“Hillary Clinton invented ISIS with her stupid policies. She is responsible for ISIS.” — Donald Trump on July 17 in an interview on “60 Minutes”

There were several factors that contributed to the growing power of ISIS, but it’s misleading to pin the responsibility solely on Clinton.

For starters, the roots of ISIS trace back to 2004, when George W. Bush was president and before Clinton was Obama’s secretary of state.

She did vote to authorize force in Iraq in 2002 while a senator, but that was advocated by the Bush administration and the vast majority of senators. The intervention in Libya, which she supported, did give ISIS an opening, but Trump is overstating her role by saying she is responsible for ISIS.

This claim is inaccurate. We rated it False.

ALEX WONG / GETTY IMAGES Donald Trump has criticized his opponent, Hillary Clinton, on Syrian refugees and ISIS.