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Perhaps it takes peoples' minds off tRump's many other failings in ADDITION to his Iran war failings!!
“We’re going to grow like nobody’s ever grown before.”
— Economic Club of New York, Sept. 5, 2024
Actual growth: around 2%.
“In the near future, I want to do what has not been done in 24 years: balance the federal budget.”
— Address to a joint session of Congress, March 4, 2025
Federal debt has grown by $3.8 trillion since tRump took office.
But now it’s our turn to prosper, and in so doing, use trillions and trillions of dollars to reduce our taxes and pay down our national debt, and it’ll all happen very quickly.”
— Tariff announcement, White House Rose Garden, April 2, 2025
Federal debt has grown by $3.8 trillion since tRump took office.
“America will be a manufacturing nation once again, and we have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have.”
— Second inaugural address, Jan. 20, 2025
Actually, manufacturing jobs are slightly down.
“Starting on Day 1, we will end inflation and make America affordable again, to bring down the prices of all goods.”
— Campaign rally, Bozeman, Mont., Aug. 9, 2024
Inflation increased due to Iran war.
“Energy is going to bring us back. That means we’re going down and getting gasoline below $2 a gallon.”
— Economic Club of New York, Sept. 5, 2024
“Young people will be able to buy a home again and be a part of the American dream. We will eliminate regulations that drive up housing costs, with the goal of cutting the cost of a new home in half. … The regulations alone cost 30 percent. Regulation cost 30 percent of a new home.”
— Economic Club of New York, Sept. 5, 2024
Nope. US median home prices haven't budged
“Reducing mortgage rates is a big factor. We’re going to get them back down to, we think, 3 percent, maybe even lower than that, saving the average homebuyer thousands of dollars per year.”
— Economic Club of New York, Sept. 5, 2024
Nope. Mortgage rates are stuck near 7%.
“Costs were going to go way up, and that’s what happened, and now I’m bringing them way down on health care and everything else.”
— State of the Union address, Feb. 24, 2026
“We’re going to grow like nobody’s ever grown before.”
— Economic Club of New York, Sept. 5, 2024
Actual growth: around 2%.
“In the near future, I want to do what has not been done in 24 years: balance the federal budget.”
— Address to a joint session of Congress, March 4, 2025
Federal debt has grown by $3.8 trillion since tRump took office.
But now it’s our turn to prosper, and in so doing, use trillions and trillions of dollars to reduce our taxes and pay down our national debt, and it’ll all happen very quickly.”
— Tariff announcement, White House Rose Garden, April 2, 2025
Federal debt has grown by $3.8 trillion since tRump took office.
“America will be a manufacturing nation once again, and we have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have.”
— Second inaugural address, Jan. 20, 2025
Actually, manufacturing jobs are slightly down.
“Starting on Day 1, we will end inflation and make America affordable again, to bring down the prices of all goods.”
— Campaign rally, Bozeman, Mont., Aug. 9, 2024
Inflation increased due to Iran war.
“Energy is going to bring us back. That means we’re going down and getting gasoline below $2 a gallon.”
— Economic Club of New York, Sept. 5, 2024
“Young people will be able to buy a home again and be a part of the American dream. We will eliminate regulations that drive up housing costs, with the goal of cutting the cost of a new home in half. … The regulations alone cost 30 percent. Regulation cost 30 percent of a new home.”
— Economic Club of New York, Sept. 5, 2024
Nope. US median home prices haven't budged
“Reducing mortgage rates is a big factor. We’re going to get them back down to, we think, 3 percent, maybe even lower than that, saving the average homebuyer thousands of dollars per year.”
— Economic Club of New York, Sept. 5, 2024
Nope. Mortgage rates are stuck near 7%.
“Costs were going to go way up, and that’s what happened, and now I’m bringing them way down on health care and everything else.”
— State of the Union address, Feb. 24, 2026