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By ABC NEWS
Jan 30, 2018, 9:50 PM ET
... "We enacted the biggest tax cuts and reforms in American history" ... False ...
"We are now an exporter of energy to the world" ... Mostly spin ... The U.S. has exported energy .. for a long time ...
"Unemployment claims have hit a 45-year low. Something Im very proud of. African-American unemployment stands at the lowest rate ever recorded, and Hispanic American unemployment has also reached the lowest levels in history" ... The figures have been on a downward trend for years ...
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/state-union-fact-check-donald-trump-claiming/story?id=52712047
Miigwech
(3,741 posts)struggle4progress
(118,041 posts)By CNN's Reality Check Team
Updated 9:57 PM ET, Tue January 30, 2018
... "As we rebuild America's strength and confidence at home, we are also restoring our strength and standing abroad" ... DEBATABLE ... the 2018 edition of Edelman's annual trust barometer showed trust in the U.S. declining by 9 percentage points since their 2017 report, the steepest decline ever measured. By way of contrast, trust in China increased by the biggest proportion globally ...
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fact-check-trump-state-of-the-union-2018-01-30-live-updates/
struggle4progress
(118,041 posts)Laura Meckler
... the largest share of the immigration section of his speech was focused on casting immigrants as criminals, drug dealers, competition for American workers ...
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/trump-state-of-the-union-address-2018
struggle4progress
(118,041 posts)... "Our massive tax cuts provide tremendous relief for the middle class and small business, to lower tax rates for hard-working Americans. We nearly doubled the standard deduction for everyone."
Scott Horsley
NPR White House Correspondent ...
https://www.npr.org/2018/01/30/580378279/trumps-state-of-the-union-address-annotated