Fact check: 11 wrong statements by Trump at the cabinet meeting
Fact check: 11 wrong statements by Trump at the cabinet meeting
At a cabinet meeting in the White House, President Donald Trump again conducted a far -reaching discussion with journalists and expressed numerous false claims.
false statements about the economy
In his statements on Tuesday, Trump referred to inaccurate information on topics such as inflation, immigration, his customs policies, the comprehensive domestic policy law, which he signed last week, China's use of wind energy, US and European help for Ukraine, as well as relationships with South Korea and other topics.
inflation and control
inflation: as repeated several times, Trump mistakenly claimed on Tuesday: "We have no inflation." In fact, the inflation rate in the United States is in May , which an increase of 2,3% in April . These numbers clearly show that there is inflation.
tax on social security: When presenting the new domestic policy law, Trump repeated his false assertion that this law fulfills its promise of election of a "no tax on social security". In reality, there will still be millions of social security recipients aged 65 and older who have to pay taxes on their services.
customs policy and their effects
Trump and his customs letters: Trump spoke about the
Whoever pays the tariffs: Trump repeated how his new tariffs will force other countries to "pay" the United States to do business in the United States. Contrary to his frequent claims, however, it is the US importers who pay the tariffs to foreign products, not the foreign countries themselves. china and wind power: Trump repeated the wrong claim that "intelligent countries" do not use wind and solar energy and that China, the world's largest manufacturer of wind turbines, hardly uses such devices themselves. In reality, China leads to wind power and has extensive wind turbines both on land and at sea. California and energy: Trump claimed that California experienced weekly power outages and brown failures, which is not the case. The electricity system in California has improved significantly since the power outages during a heat wave.
US and European help for Ukraine: Trump repeated the wrong assertion that the United States did "far more" war support for Ukraine than Europe, whereby it spoke of over $ 300 billion for the USA. However, these figures are not correct, since European countries and the EU have actually provided over $ 298 billion. military cost sharing in South Korea: Trump repeated his wrong claim that South Korea under bidges no longer made payments to cover the costs for the US troop presence. In fact, the bid administration has signed two cost division with South Korea, which included higher expenses for South Korea. migration and mental health: Trump wrongly claimed that unknown foreign countries had released their mentally ill -sick asylum seekers to the United States. Trump's own election campaign was also unable to provide any evidence for these repeated claims. The above examples clearly show the discrepancy between Trump's statements and the facts. It is important to carefully check such false statements in order to comprehensively inform the public. Environment and energy issues
foreign policy and military aid
immigration
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