Trump’s National Address…Truth or Lies?

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Wow…Trump can give a speech! But, the question is was it truth and good times…or lies?

Yeah, I can’t, or won’t, give my opinion on everything…but I can give my opinion on some statistics and facts that he was throwing around.

Let’s talk USA on the right-track/wrong-track:

  • Jan2025 (Biden) 30% right-track / 62% wrong-track
  • Dec2025 (Trump) 36% right-track / 57% wrong-track

Trump slightly better with the US being on the right-track, not much difference in the US being on the wrong-track. Way more people currently see the country being on the wrong-track under Trump right now.

Now for economic approval/disapproval numbers:

  • Biden in Dec2024 – 30% approve / 61% disapprove
  • Trump in Dec2025 – 41% approve / 55% disapprove

Trump has better approval number by a respectable margin, disapproval rate not a notable difference.

Overall presidential approval numbers:

  • Biden Dec2024 – 39% approval / 57% disapproval
  • Trump Dec2025 – 44% approval / 55% disapproval

Trump and Biden pretty close to tied for those approving and disapproving of their job as President.

If you look at the stats, Trump at the end of his first year is doing better than Biden at the end of his last year. However, not by much.

Trump also talked about prices, look at these sample numbers (Jan2025 vs Nov2025)…

  • Gas average per gallon: $3.17 vs $3.02 (down 4.7%) *
  • Hamburger per pound: $6.63 vs $7.19 (up 8.4%)
  • Eggs per dozen: $5.83 vs $1.21 (down A LOT!)
  • Soybeans: $966 vs $1058 (up 10%)

So prices are a mixed bag depending on which commodities you want to compare…some up, some down. Kinda a break even thing…sort of.

Let’s talk inflation rate. In Dec2024 (Biden) the inflation rate was 2.9%. In Nov2025 (Trump) the inflation rate is 3.1%. Ooooooppppppsssssss…Trump is doing worse than Biden on the inflation rate. Yeah, means Trump is driving up prices for consumers?

Speaking of consumers…

  • The consumer sentiment index in Dec2024 (Biden) was 74%, pretty high/positive.
  • The consumer sentiment index in Dec2025 (Trump) was 53.3%, low/negative.

Yeah pretty clear that the American consumer has a pretty negative view of the economy and their finances under Trump.

So you make your decision on what Trump had to say about the economy…it is entirely up to you. Those that are Trump-lovers will love what he had to say and praise everything he is doing…including how the economy is doing. If you hate Trump…he is the devil himself and the country is a Nazi-USA. Obviously both are wrong, driven by bias.

And for the record…if you look at the facts and stats, last night Trump blatantly lied misspoke about some of the economic numbers…the important meaningful numbers. As I have said before…Trump is his own worse enemy.

However, if you look at the facts and statistics…the country is not doing well and people are blaming Trump by a wide margin.

  1. Majority of Americans believe we are on the wrong track.
  2. Majority of Americans disapprove of Trump as President.
  3. Inflation under Trump is higher in 2025.
  4. Majority of Americans blame Trump for mishandling the economy.
  5. American consumer sentiment is in the toilette under Trump.
  6. Job growth in 2025 is actually slowing, unemployment is the highest in 4 years (4.6%), 700k more unemployed Americans than 1 year ago, and over 1million people laid off in 2025.

I guess when you look at actual numbers and stats you get a pretty good sense where the US is as a country…and what we/they think of Trump as President. What I find interesting is the “approve” numbers in polls. Regardless of party affiliation there is always a core group of supporters that approve of their guy no matter what. Test this thought of mine…

  • 41% approve of Trump’s handling of the US economy
  • But, unemployment is the highest in 4 years
  • And, home foreclosures are up 20% in 2025
  • And, national, corporate, & private debt grew hugely in 2025
  • And, personal and corporate bankruptcies are up over 10% from last year
  • And, auto loan based repossessions expected to hit an historic high of 3 million in 2025

Interesting, isn’t it.

But let’s not worry about what the facts, figures, and statistics say about the state of the US…a nice easy war with Venezuela where we overthrow their government will fix everything here in America.

A big beautiful war, the best ever war in the history of America, destroying the worst country the world has ever seen, worst country history has ever seen run by the worst man the universe has ever known. We will win, the biggest win in our history by the most powerful military in the world, in the history of world…the best ever, most powerful ever. Great big beautiful shinny planes, huge powerful wonderful warships, the best and biggest warships the world has ever known, big beautiful ships wonderful grey. Great war, beautiful war, wonderful war that we win, the biggest win the world has ever seen.

 

 

* There are differences in the average price of gas in the US in 2025. 
Another source showed the Dec2024 gas price at $3.03 and in Dec2025 at $2.89 (down 13%). 
I originally used what I thought was a more reliable source. 
Point is, the price of gasoline is not down anywhere near what Trump said in his address. 
But, I will give Trump a break...when was the last time Trump 
ever filled up his own tank and paid for his own gas? Probably never ;)
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