{"id":43794,"date":"2017-09-20T06:41:23","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T06:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=43794"},"modified":"2017-09-20T07:01:05","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T07:01:05","slug":"trump-makes-misleading-boasts-economy-foreign-issues-u-n-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/trump-makes-misleading-boasts-economy-foreign-issues-u-n-speech.html","title":{"rendered":"Trump Makes Misleading Boasts on Economy and Foreign Issues in U.N. Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"

In his first speech to the U.N. General Assembly, President Trump reprised misleading talking points on everything from job growth to defense spending.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019ve written about variations of some of these claims numerous times, but since these comments were made to a world audience, we are revisiting some of them. We also cover new claims the president made on foreign issues.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Trump boasted that \u201cunemployment is at its lowest level in 16 years.\u201d True, but it is a continuation of a years-long trend that predates his election.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Trump misleadingly claimed that \u201cwe have more people working in the United States today than ever before.\u201d Since the population constantly increases, that\u2019s not unusual. The employment-to-population ratio isn\u2019t higher \u201cthan ever before\u201d \u2014 it was higher every month between September 1985 and February 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 The president wrongly claimed companies are \u201cmoving back, creating job growth the likes of which our country has not seen in a very long time.\u201d Jobs have been steadily increasing every month for years. In fact, the job gains have been fewer under Trump than they were during the same time frame in each of the previous four years.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Trump boasted that \u201cthe stock market is at an all-time high\u201d since Election Day. True, but it has reached new heights regularly since March 5, 2013, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average topped the previous record set in October 2007.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Trump said the U.S. \u201chas achieved more against ISIS in the last eight months than it has in many, many years combined.\u201d ISIS territory has been reclaimed at a faster rate under Trump, but more territory was reclaimed from early 2015 to early 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 The president said the United States \u201ccontinues to lead the world in humanitarian assistance.\u201d That\u2019s true by volume, but not as a percentage of gross national income, or GNI, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. As a percentage of GNI, the U.S. ranks 20th out of 28 OECD member countries.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Trump got ahead of himself when he said \u201cwe will be spending almost $700 billion on our military and defense.\u201d The Senate passed a nearly $700 billion defense authorization bill, but it must be reconciled with a House version. And lawmakers still have to pass a separate bill appropriating the money.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:\u00a0https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2017\/09\/19\/fact-check-trump-makes-misleading-boasts-economy-and-foreign-issues-u-n-speech\/683568001\/<\/span><\/p>\n

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