Snopes: No, Trump didn't sign an executive order raising the federal minimum wage [View all]

Claim: U.S. President Donald Trump signed a new executive order on April, 8, 2025, that raised the minimum wage to $25 per hour.

Rating: False

Amid rising prices and stock market uncertainty in early April 2025, claims that U.S. President Donald Trump signed a new executive order to raise the federal minimum wage to $25 per hour circulated online.

Users on social media platforms like TikTok and Facebook posted multiple videos sharing the rumor. Though there are variations in the video footage , the voice-over of each video reports the same claim, which is that "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." According to the purported news, the wage increase would go into effect April 15, 2025.

The videos featured authentic footage of Trump, including him signing executive orders in the Oval Office, alongside generic stock footage assembled to look like a legitimate news broadcast. Due to the popularity of the claim and its resemblance to an authentic news reel, Snopes' email inbox received numerous inquiries asking about its veracity.

However, the claim that Trump signed a new executive order to raise the federal minimum wage to $25 per hour is false. While there were four executive orders signed on April 8, 2025, according to the White House, none of them were related to minimum wage increases.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-executive-order-minimum-wage/