Social Media Accounts Collect Revenue by Spreading Fake Trump Plan to Stop Property Taxes for Older Americans

NewsGuard's Reality Check · last updated June 10, 2025 – 7:55 AM

*A TikTok “engagement farm” posts a video with an AI-generated voiceover falsely claiming that Trump eliminated property taxes for elderly homeowners. (Screenshot via NewsGuard)*

What happened: TikTok and X accounts that regularly share fabricated news stories to attract engagement and thus revenue are spreading the falsehood that President D…

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