Former President Donald Trump spoke to cameras before entering a New York City courtroom for his hush money trial on Thursday, and like many other statements he has made, there was quite a bit to be fact-checked. CNN’s Anderson Cooper described the rant as a “lengthy screed full of things which are factually incorrect or hyperbole or complete overstatement” and quickly brought in reporter Daniel Dale to get the facts straight.
Trump used his time in front of the cameras to do some quickfire campaigning, and among his topics was the economy and how much President Joe Biden is ruining it. However, several of his claims were demonstrably false:
Cooper: Okay. The former president there, in a lengthy screed full of things which are factually incorrect or hyperbole or complete overstatements, saying the economy is the worst it’s ever been, claiming that the stock market is crashing, which it is not. And we’re going to bring in Daniel …
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