Fact check: Debunking 11 of Trump’s false claims at Cabinet meeting - KRDO
By Daniel Dale, CNN
(CNN) — President Donald Trump again turned a Cabinet meeting into a wide-ranging conversation with reporters – and again uttered a whole bunch of false claims in the process.
Trump’s Tuesday remarks at the White House included inaccurate assertions about inflation, immigration, his tariff policy, the massive domestic policy bill he signed last week, China’s use of wind energy, US and European aid to Ukraine, the US relationship with South Korea, and other subjects.
Here is a fact check of 11 of the president’s false claims. This is not a comprehensive list.
The economy, tariffs, taxes
Inflation: As he has repeatedly, Trump falsely claimed Tuesday, “We have no inflation.” The US does have inflation – an annual inflation rate of 2.4% in May, an uptick from a 2.3% annual rate in April. That April rate was the lowest since early 2021, and lower than some economists expected for April after Trump imposed significant new tariffs, but it’s not “no inflation” whatsoever. (And on a month-to-month basis, US consumer prices increased 0.1% in May and 0.2% in April.)
Tax on Social Security: Touting the new domestic policy legislation, Trump repeated his false claim that it achieves his campaign promise of “no tax on Social Security.” It does not.
The legislation does create an additional, temporary $6,000-per-year tax deduction for individuals age 65 and older (with a smaller deduction for individuals earning $75,000 per year or more), but the White House itself...
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