President Donald Trump has recently been claiming that retail chain Walmart is closing hundreds of stores in California. CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale reported Thursday that Trump spread several falsehoods in a late-night social media posting spree, making "wildly inaccurate and often conspiratorial claims." On two separate occasions, Trump posted a YouTube video entitled "California Governor PANICS as Walmart Shuts Down 250+ Stores Across State" to his Truth Social platform. California Governor Gavin Newsom (D), who is presumed to run for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination, wrote on his own social media account that all of California's 303 Walmart stores remain open. CNN further reported that the YouTube account that claimed Walmart stores in California were closing also had a pattern of posting videos making conspiratorial claims about the California governor.