Speaking in Alaska, Donald Trump is once again airing a list of familiar boasts and grievances, many of which are based on claims that are entirely untrue.
Trump repeated his false claim that he had to start his war on Iran because, “they were two weeks away from having a nuclear weapon”.
In fact, two months into Trump’s second term, US intelligence agencies reported to Congress in 2025 that Iran had suspended its pursuit of nuclear weapons in 2003.
Despite that assessment, in the summer of 2025, Trump ordered the US bombing of Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities which he later claimed had “obliterated” the country’s nuclear program.
Eight months later, in February 2026, Trump announced that a full-scale war on Iran was necessary to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.
The president also claimed, as he has previously, that the media unfairly blamed him for high prices less than 24 hours into his second term.
“We had the worst, literally the worst inflation in history,” Trump said, incorrectly.
He then told an imaginary story he has repeated frequently in recent weeks.
“Then I came into office on January 20th,” Trump said. “And I had a news conference on January 21st, a day after, and they started screaming, ‘Affordability! What about affordability?’ I said, ‘I’ve only been here for one day.’ It’s not even a day, because it was a little less than the 24 hours. No, ‘I’ve only been here for a short period of time. What are you talking about?’ ‘Prices are high!’ they...
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