Author: Al Jazeera
Published on: 05/03/2025 | 00:00:00

AI Summary:
Trump recapped six weeks of aggressive efforts to cut federal workforce, reorganize the economy and reorient foreign policy. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson ejected Al Green, a representative from Texas and longtime Trump critic, after he disrupted the president a few minutes into his speech. Democrats shouted “January 6”, referring to the 2021 Capitol riot that led to numerous casualties among the Capitol Police force. Trump touts Army recruitment increase, but it was already rising. The military had one of the worst recruiting years in 2022 since the all-volunteer force began in 1973, we reported in September 2023. Pentagon policies criticised as being “woke” were not primary issue affecting recruitment. Trump says autism rates have increased from one in 10,000 children to one in 36. He says there has been an increase in the number of children diagnosed with autism. This is partly true, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. The overall prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) was one in 38 children aged eight years. Trump overstates US aid to Ukraine, again Trump said, “We’ve spent perhaps $350bn” on Ukraine. Most estimates are in the $175bn to $185bn range, a senior adviser told PolitiFact. Trump incorrectly claims Biden flew immigrants over US borders A humanitarian parole programme started by President Biden allowed 30,000 eligible immigrants a month to enter the US. Immigration officials encountered immigrants illegally crossing the US border about 10.4 million times from February 2021, Biden’s first full month in office, to January 2025, his last. When accounting for congressional Republicans’ September 2024 “gotaways” estimate – people who border officials do not stop – the number rises to about 12.4 million. But encounters are not the same as admissions. Trump on historic inflation under Biden Trump said, “We suffered the worst inflation in 48 years, but perhaps even in the history of our country, they’re not sure.” This is partly correct. The highest sustained, year-over-year US inflation rates were recorded in the 1970s and early 80s, when the price increase sometimes ranged from 12 percent to 15 percent. The climate agreement was not costing the US trillions of dollars. But even if it did, the study says the long-term projections did not factor in all of the offsetting job gains and GDP growth associated with a clean tech transition.

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