India, April 15 -- Rumours are swirling online that Donald Trump has signed an executive order raising the federal minimum wage to $25 an hour. The claim exploded on social media in early April 2025, especially on TikTok and Facebook, where videos mimicking news reports showed Trump signing documents in the Oval Office, spliced with stock footage and a voice-over claiming, "Trump approved the largest minimum wage increase in U.S. history. As of the eighth of April, 2025, no American worker will be allowed to earn less than $25 per hour."

Sounds dramatic, right? But it's entirely false.

While Trump did sign four executive orders on April 8, 2025, none of them had anything to do with minimum wage. In fact, on March 14, 2025, he signed an ...