"Our nation is back, bigger, better, richer and stronger than ever before," US President Donald Trump said in his nearly two-hour long State of the Union speechon Tuesday night.
Amid sagging poll numbers ahead of the midterm elections, he made false claims about the US economy, international politics and migration. DW Fact check takes a closer look at three claims.
Claim: "In my first 10 months, I ended eight wars," Trump said. "Cambodia and Thailand, Pakistan and India — would have been a nuclear war, 35 million people said the prime minister of Pakistan would have died if it were not for my involvement — Kosovo and Serbia, Israel and Iran, Egypt and Ethiopia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, the Congo and Rwanda. And, of course, the war in Gaza, which proceeds at a very low level."
DW Fact check: False
It's not the first time Trump has claimed that he's ended several wars. In his speech before the United Nations General Assembly last fall, he stated that he ended seven wars — he has now added ending the war in Gaza to that list. But his claim is false — many of the wars he listed remain unresolved, and his role as the broker of peace is disputed.
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