"On Wednesday night, Donald Trump chose a format reserved for special occasions a televised address to the nation for one of his favorite activities: praising himself with lies, half-truths, and exaggerations in an effort to take control of the narrative on the state of the economy, which has resulted in the biggest crisis of popularity he has experienced since he returned to power in January."
"The Republican wore a tense and impatient expression for an 18-minute speech during which, at times, he seemed to be shouting at his compatriots from the White House's Diplomatic Reception Room. The idea was to mark the end of the first year of his second term with a review of his achievements. The result which provided fact-checkers with plenty of work sounded like a nervous justification of his economic impotence,"
Donald Trump delivered an 18-minute televised address celebrating the end of his first year of a second term while presenting a forceful defense of his economic record. The speech contained many falsehoods, half-truths, and exaggerations and aimed to control the narrative about the economy amid his largest popularity crisis since January. Trump repeatedly blamed predecessor Joe Biden, revived familiar rhetoric attacking transgender people and immigrants, and claimed to have ended eight wars and stopped an invasion of criminals from other countries. He boasted about tariff revenues that could be returned if the Supreme Court rules against his trade policy. The tone often appeared tense and defensive.
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