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Trump's Greenland/Iceland mix-up, claim ICE used child as 'bait' & more

Trump's Greenland/Iceland mix-up, claim ICE used child as 'bait' & more

Plus: Did Italian TV show claim 'Goodfellas' image depicted real Iranian family before 1979 Islamic Revolution?

January 23, 2026

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A white man speaks at a podium. White words "WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM" can be seen in the bottom left corner behind him. In the top left corner, a white woman is pictured speaking.

Did Leavitt deny that Trump confused Greenland with Iceland at Davos?

After President Donald Trump gave a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, a rumor spread online that White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt denied that Trump had mistakenly referred to Greenland as Iceland. But video evidence shows Trump mixed up the countries' names on several occasions.

Snopes reporter Anna Rascouët-Paz explains exactly what happened and how Leavitt responded.

On the left: A child wearing a blue hat and a Spiderman backpack stands while a man holds onto him using his backpack. On the right: A school picture of the child smiling.

Minnesota school officials say ICE used 5-year-old as 'bait' to make arrests. Here's what we know

According to the Department of Homeland Security, the child and his father were taken to a detention center in Texas.

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A white woman is pictured speaking, with several people pictured behind her. At the bottom, a chyron appearing to belong to Fox News says, "BONDI: "JESUS CHRIST WOULD NEVER HAVE STORMED A CHURCH IN PROTEST OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE RUNNING IT."

Did Bondi say, 'Jesus Christ would never have stormed a church' in protest of its leaders?

Users shared the alleged quote in the days after protesters disrupted a St. Paul, Minnesota, church service as part of an anti-ICE demonstration.

A crowd of people stand in a parking lot. Most of the people are wearing long red robes. One of the people with their back to the camera is wearing a top that says ICE. Text written on the video says "ICE attacks church choir!"

Video of ICE agents' supposed 'attack' on Black church choir isn't what it seems

The video appeared to show ICE agents confronting a Black choir in a street and pulling several singers to the ground.

On the left of an image is a large rock structure covered with snow, while on the right the same rock structure is shown without snow.

Did 'historic wind event' leave massive snow bank on Wyoming's Devils Tower?

A Facebook post claimed this marked the "first documented instance of the world-famous monument being partially capped by wind-driven snow."

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An image shows a group of white people standing and smiling in a TV screen. In the bottom right corner, a white man speaking is outlined in blue.

Did Italian TV show claim 'Goodfellas' image depicted real Iranian family before 1979 Islamic Revolution?

An Italian TV program recently aired a mistake: it presented an image from the movie "Goodfellas" as an Iranian family from before the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Snopes reporter Taija PerryCook digs into what happened.