Reality Check: Trump’s SOTU claims under fire on jobs, prices, and wars
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A post-State of the Union fact-check finds Trump’s claims overstated or inaccurate on several fronts: 2025 job gains were only 181,000 (far below typical Trump/Biden years), investments cited are largely pledges rather than actual dollars, a cited killer’s immigration status was misrepresented, energy costs have risen and could rise further due to policy changes, gas prices are not universally low, and Trump’s assertion that he ended eight wars is an overstatement with ongoing or unresolved conflicts and ceasefires not clearly attributable to him.
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