The president’s marathon address to a joint session of Congress was littered with false claims he’s been corrected on but continued to repeat

Summary

Trump’s recent Congress address was rife with debunked claims.

  • He falsely stated the U.S. gave Ukraine $350bn, ignoring data showing $120bn from the U.S. and nearly $138bn from Europe.

  • He mischaracterized USAID’s Lincoln Scholarships as $45m for DEI in Burma.

  • He misleadingly claimed millions of dead people receive Social Security payments and alleged a Florida school “socially transitioned” a 13-year-old—a lawsuit that was dismissed.

  • He cherry-picked an outdated poll to claim most Americans think the country is on the right track.

  • He falsely asserted Musk’s cost-cutting uncovered hundreds of billions in fraud, which lacks evidence and amounts to less than $9 billion at most.

  • TheLowestStone
    8•23 hours ago

    Without reading the article, I’m going to guess that there were 0 facts in that address.

  • @LovingHippieCat
    3•19 hours ago

    Thanks The Guardian for not mentioning how he also talked about a trans woman that set a new record on a race by 5 hours. Turns out 2 things, the race is over 800 miles and takes 8 days so 5 hours is next to nothing, and also that it was a Co-Ed race. So the trans woman set a record in a race that takes 8 days and I would bet she set that record because she traveled just a little bit faster than her competition.

    He portrayed it as the trans woman setting the record in woman’s sports but if he said it was a Co-Ed race then his point would be moot. But the Guardian can’t talk about that because they are on his side there.