在社交媒体上声称其叔叔发明了雷达后，总统唐纳德·特朗普遭到事实核查。特朗普于10月24日在佛罗里达州棕榈滩出席2026年中期选举提前投票活动时发表了上述言论。在妻子梅拉尼娅的陪伴下，特朗普说道：“我叔叔发明了雷达！你们敢信吗？”他接着说：“如果我敲掉了他们（伊朗）的雷达，他可能会生气的。”这段特朗普发表讲话、通报美国与伊朗冲突最新进展的视频在网络上被广泛转发。
President Donald Trump was fact-checked on social media after he claimed his uncle invented the radar. Trump made his comments on October 24 during early voting for the 2026 midterms in Palm Beach, Florida. With wife Melania at his side, Trump said “My uncle invented radar! Can you believe it?,” adding “He’ll probably be angry that I knocked out their [Iran's] radar.”The video of Trump's speech, giving an update on the US conflict with Iran, was shared widely online.
视频中，特朗普说出了他的叔叔约翰·特朗普的名字，并补充说他来自麻省理工学院。然而，这位总统在社交媒体上很快遭到事实核查，许多人指出约翰·特朗普实际上并未发明雷达。特朗普声称叔叔发明雷达一事遭到事实核查X平台上的一个社区备注指出：“特朗普的叔叔约翰·G·特朗普曾在麻省理工学院辐射实验室参与二战雷达的研发与部署，但并未发明雷达。雷达诞生得更早，由海因里希·赫尔茨、克里斯蒂安·许尔斯迈耶和罗伯特·沃森-瓦特等科学家共同研究创立。”
一位播客主持人进一步补充道：“雷达是由苏格兰物理学家罗伯特·沃森-瓦特爵士于1935年发明的。”
During the video, Trump named his uncle John Trump adding that he's from MIT. However, the president was quickly fact-checked on social media as many pointed out that John Trump had not, in fact, invented the radar. Trump fact checked as he claims uncle invented radarA community note on X noted “Trump's uncle John G. Trump contributed to WWII radar development and deployment at MIT's Rad Lab but did not invent it. Radar originated earlier via work by scientists including Heinrich Hertz, Christian Hülsmeyer and Robert Watson-Watt.”A podcast host further added “Radar was invented by Scottish physicist Sir Robert Watson-Watt in 1935.”
值得注意的是，特朗普过去也曾提及他的叔叔约翰·G·特朗普。他在2024年竞选总统期间举办的新罕布什尔州集会上就谈到过他。在此之前，据《纽约客》2016年的一篇文章报道，特朗普据报在采访、演讲和辩论中多次提及叔叔约翰。约翰·G·特朗普是谁？
Notably, Trump has brought up his uncle John G Trump in the past as well. He spoke of him during a 2024 New Hampshire rally when he was running for president. Prior to this, Trump reportedly mentioned uncle John in interviews, speeches and debates, as per a 2016 New Yorker article. Who is John G Trump?
约翰·特朗普博士是一位工程学教授，也是一位著名的物理学家，专注于高压现象、电子加速和辐射研究。他设计了用于癌症治疗的X射线发生器，并共同创办了一家制造核研究用发生器的公司。
Dr John Trump was a professor of engineering as well as a renowned physicist specializing in high-voltage phenomena, electron acceleration and radiation. He designed X-ray generators for cancer therapy and co-founded a company which made generators for nuclear research.
民调显示，在11月中期选举到来前，唐纳德·特朗普失去了南亚裔美国支持者的支持。在第二次世界大战期间，他曾参与盟军的雷达研究。
Donald Trump loses support among South Asian American supporters ahead of November midterms, poll findsDuring World War Two, he was involved in radar research for the Allies.
FBI在1943年尼古拉·特斯拉这位传奇发明家去世后，委托他检查特斯拉的文件和设备。约翰·特朗普博士于1985年去世。今年6月，麻省理工学院发布了一则关于约翰·特朗普博士的帖子，称其为“总统的叔叔”。
“关于总统叔叔、麻省理工学院教授约翰·G·特朗普的一篇报纸随笔，讲述了他在诺曼底登陆中的非凡历史。但故事远不止此。我们想分享更多我们所了解的J·G·特朗普教授——一位科学家、工程师、教育家、企业家、爱国者以及麻省理工学院的传奇人物，他的工作至今仍影响着我们，”他们在X上写道。
特朗普总统在其第一任期内，多次引用其叔叔在核物理方面的知识，以为自己在伊朗核协议和朝鲜核问题上的立场辩护。
The FBI entrusted him to examine the papers and equipment of Nikola Tesla, the legendary inventor, after his death in 1943. Dr John Trump passed away in 1985. In June this year, MIT put out a post about Dr John Trump, recognizing him as the ‘president’s uncle'.“A newspaper essay about the president’s uncle, MIT Prof. John G. Trump, tells the extraordinary history of his role in D-Day. But there is much more to the story. We’d like to share more about Prof. J.G. Trump as we knew him—a scientist, engineer, educator, entrepreneur, patriot, and MIT legend whose work still impacts us all today,” they wrote on X. President Trump, during his first term in office, has brought up his uncle’s knowledge of nuclear physics to justify his views on nuclear issues, such as the Iran deal and North Korea,.