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Donald Trump’s UN address was packed with claims that are misleading, false or exaggerated. He said the US has more munitions than it could ever use, despite reports of depleting stocks. He claimed the US and Venezuela hold 60% of the world’s oil, despite the numbers not adding up, and he said he had ended the war in Gaza despite ongoing Israeli strikes and deaths since last year's ceasefire. Vedika Bahl fact-checks the speech in Truth or Fake.
Claim: “We have more munitions than we could ever possibly even think of using, and we’re building them at levels that we have never done before.”
Trump dismissed suggestions that US weapons stocks are running low, calling those who make such claims “cowards and traitors”.He insisted the US has “more munitions than we could ever possibly even think of using” and is producing them at unprecedented levels. That claim is misleading.
Published analyses and reporting point to significant pressure on US weapons inventories as the Iran war continues. A May analysis by the Center for Strategic and International Studies found that replenishing some of the most heavily used weapons, including Tomahawk missiles and Patriot and THAAD interceptors, could take years.
In July, NBC News, citing senior US officials, reported that US forces were allowing some Iranian attacks through their defences in an effort to preserve...
To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. From the show 3 min Donald Trump’s UN address was packed with claims that are misleading, ...