(KGTV) — A story you may have seen on social media claims President Trump placed a 2,000% tariff on Belgian chocolate after Belgium beat the U.S. in the World Cup.
But that's fiction.
On July 6, Belgium defeated the U.S. 4-1 to eliminate the United States in the Round of 16.
The next day, social media posts claimed President Trump placed the massive tariff on Belgian chocolates.
But Snopes did a thorough search and found no evidence it was true.
Reputable news outlets would have reported if it really happened.
Snopes traced the source of the story to a satirical social media account called NewsThump.
