"President Donald Trump littered his new 60 Minutes interview with a wide-ranging assortment of false claims, the vast majority of them previously debunked. We counted at least 18 inaccurate assertions. Trump told his usual lie that the free and fair 2020 election was stolen from him. He lied again that grocery prices are down even after CBS' Norah O'Donnell informed him they are up. He declared once more that there is now no inflation, though there certainly is, and then that inflation is 2% or even less than 2%, though the most recent available Consumer Price Index figure is now up to 3%."
"The president also deployed multiple other fictional numbers during his exchanges with O'Donnell, which were recorded Friday and released by CBS on Sunday. And Trump made a variety of additional false claims on several subjects, including the government shutdown, the artificial intelligence boom, tariffs, his first impeachment and his former legal battle with 60 Minutes itself."
"When O'Donnell noted that Americans have seen their grocery prices go up, Trump repeated his regular false claim that grocery prices are actually declining: No, you're wrong. They went up under Biden. Right now they're going down. Other than beef, which we're working on, which we can solve very quickly."
At least 18 inaccurate assertions were made during the recorded session. Claims included that the 2020 election was stolen and that grocery prices are falling despite Consumer Price Index data showing grocery prices have risen. He asserted that inflation no longer exists and that it is 2% or lower, contrary to a recent CPI of about 3%. Multiple fictional numbers were presented. False claims also addressed the government shutdown, the artificial intelligence boom, tariffs, the first impeachment, and a previous legal dispute with 60 Minutes. The full recorded session ran nearly 90 minutes with roughly 28 minutes broadcast.
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