FACT CHECK: Trump Sign In California Is From 2020, Not 2025
A video shared on X claims to show a Trump sign in California in 2025.
WINNING: “TRUMP” Sign Has Been Erected Near The 405 Freeway and Sepulveda Pass. pic.twitter.com/QjpONYOIP7
— @amuse (@amuse) January 19, 2025
Verdict: Misleading
The video is from 2020.
Fact Check:
Social media users are claiming to show a Trump sign in California in 2025. One user wrote, “WINNING: ‘Trump’ Sign Has Been Erected Near The 405 Freeway And Sepulveda Pass.”
This claim is misleading. Through a reverse image and keyword search, Check Your Fact found that the video is from 2020. It was posted by KTLA, a Los Angeles-based media outlet. (RELATED: Does Video Show South African Firefighters Arriving To Help California?)
A Trump sign was erected on the hillside along the 405 Freeway near the Sepulveda Pass. It’s unclear who put it there 📹: Sky5 pic.twitter.com/ac71WxbYW2
— KTLA (@KTLA) October 6, 2020
“A Trump sign was erected on the hillside along the 405 Freeway near the Sepulveda Pass. It’s unclear who put it there,” reads the tweet.
The sign was quickly taken down by authorities by the next day, according to the Los Angeles Times. It is unknown who placed the sign there.
USA Today fact-checked a claim related to the video of the sign in October 2020.