The following article by Allison Graves, Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, John Kruzel, Katie Sanders, Amy Sherman, Manuela Tobias and Miriam Valverde was posted on the PolitiFact website January 30, 2018:
President Donald Trump offered a rosy assessment of American life in his first State of the Union address — but several of his points were factually flawed.
“This is our new American moment,” Trump said. “There has never been a better time to start living the American Dream.”
The economy took center stage in Trump’s speech, with mixed accuracy. Trump touted record lows for unemployment levels, middle class relief from the passage of a $1.5 trillion tax cut, and loyalty to his campaign promise to cut red tape. He also exaggerated victories on immigration and ISIS. Continue reading “Fact-checking Donald Trump’s 2018 State of the Union speech”