Five Falsehoods From Trump’s Year-End Address

 https://www.newsweek.com/five-falsehoods-from-trumps-year-end-address-11231600

President Donald Trump opened his national address Wednesday night with a familiar phrase, one he’s used since returning to office nearly a year ago: “I inherited a mess.”

In a speech that moved rapidly from economic claims to immigration, energy, housing, health care and crime, Trump painted a sweeping picture of national revival under his leadership and offered a long list of promises and boasts

Instead of outlining new policy in detail, Trump leaned heavily on declarative claims about prices, border security, the job market and his own election results. He described a country that had been “absolutely dead” before his return, and one that is now, he said, “the hottest anywhere in the world.”

Inflation: Trump Says It’s Over, But Prices Are Still Rising

Gas Prices: No State Has Reached the $1.99 Trump Claimed

Investment: Trump Touts $18 Trillion, but Only $9.6 Trillion Is Logged

Not all of Trump’s claims during his national address were false. Several had a basis in real data, though many were overstated.