Terrorists

Trump: “In the past, we have foolishly released hundreds and hundreds of dangerous terrorists only to meet them again on the battlefield, including the Isis leader, (Abu Bakr) al-Baghdadi, who we captured, who we had, who we released.”

Mr Trump is correct that al-Baghdadi had been released after being detained at Abu Ghraib and Camp Bucca, US detention facilities in Iraq. But the president made his comment while announcing that he had signed an executive order to keep open the controversial US detention centre at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. If he meant that “hundreds and hundreds” of Guantanamo detainees had been released only to return to the battlefield, his maths is off.

The office of the Director of National Intelligence said this summer in its most recent report on the subject that of the 728 detainees who have been released from Guantanamo, 122 are “confirmed” and 90 are “suspected” of re-engaging in hostile activities.

The bipartisan National Governors Association does not think he has lived up to that commitment. Earlier this month, the governors called on Mr Trump and Congress to do more to pay for and co-ordinate a response to the opioid epidemic.

The Trump administration has allowed states to seek permission to use Medicaid to cover addiction treatment in larger facilities - a measure advocates say is needed. The facts: