As noted by CNN
President Donald Trump, in a recent interview on the program “60 Minutes,” put forward a number of statements that fact-checkers deem false. We recorded at least 18 misleading claims.
Trump repeated various points – from claims of the 2020 election theft to manipulated figures on prices, inflation, investments, and wars – which CBS and the fact-checking experts debunked.
“No, you are mistaken. Food prices rose under Biden. They are falling now. Aside from beef, which we’re working on, we can fix this very quickly.”
– Donald Trump
Below is a concise overview of the main groups of false claims and an explanation of why they are not accurate:
Trump asserted that food prices had “fallen,” but statistics show increases in many categories and an overall rise in prices over the past years.
He also claimed there is no inflation or that it is “2% or lower,” whereas official data indicate about 3% annual inflation.
Trump repeated: “the U.S. is currently investing $17 trillion,” but these figures do not reflect the real data and are an overstatement.
Regarding tariffs: while Trump claimed that supplier countries pay tariffs, in reality it is U.S. importers who pay them, and these costs are sometimes passed on to consumers.
“Each of these ships you see that were destroyed takes 25,000 Americans away because of drugs.”
– Brennan Center for Justice
Trump called them “eight wars,...
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