The Roads to Fact-checking Trump, why you should, and why he isn't a source

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Why should the media stop treating Trump as a reliable source?

Belle of the Ranch 0:01

Well, howdy there, internet people it's Bell again. And welcome to the Roads with Bell. Today is december fourth, twenty twenty five. And we're going down the roads to fact checking tromp. And why it's important to you. On the main channel, I've repeatedly said that the media should stop treating Trump like a source of accurate information. And recently I pointed out that we didn't cover his announcement of a peace deal for Ukraine. Because I mean, I didn't believe him. Well It turns out one of the questions we got asking why we didn't cover it was unbeknownst to me. From somebody who really wanted it covered because he's a Trump supporter. After I pointed out that the meeting with Ukrainian representatives demonstrated that no, there wasn't a peace deal.

Belle of the Ranch 0:57

And that they hadn't even worked out a potential de facto border. I got a follow up message. Quote Oh that's real cute. You say Trump can't be trusted, because the Ukrainians wouldn't agree after the fact to the lines. You didn't say anything about Russia agreeing to it, even though Ukraine backed out. You act like his announcements can't be trusted. Care to cite your sources? You act like it happens all the time. Then it shouldn't be hard to give three factually wrong statements from Trump. Not something that you feel is wrong to say, but factually wrong. Before we go on, I want to clear up some things in this. Ukraine didn't back out of any deal. The Trump administration said there was a deal, not Ukraine.

What was the truth behind Trump’s claimed Ukraine‑Russia peace deal?

Belle of the Ranch 1:53

Let me just tell you now that If there's actually a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia, they'll issue a statement. It won't come from the Trump administration. As an aside, Russia didn't agree either. That was also not true. Five hours of talks in Moscow this week led to nothing. And one of Putin's top foreign policy advisors said that a quote compromise option was not found. Yes, I act like he's not a source of accurate information. You want three factually wrong statements as proof. I got you. Or challenge accepted. Trump just held one of his made for TV cabinet meetings. During it, Big Brother said two plus two equals five again. And said quote Grocery prices are down. Factually wrong. And it doesn't matter where you pull from.

Belle of the Ranch 2:56

Wanna go year over year? Average grocery prices were up about two point seven percent from September twenty twenty four. From the start of his term? Up about one point four percent from january twenty twenty five. Just one month to the next. Up about zero point three percent from August to September. Shouldn't that count as three? But let's do more. More inflationary embellishment came when he said that. Since last January, we've stopped inflation in its tracks. There is no world in which this is accurate, said September put us on our fifth consecutive month of a year over year rate increase. There's more of him being economical with the truth of the economy. He said his administration has quote. Secured commitments of over eighteen trillion.

Belle of the Ranch 3:57

Look, I give him a little credit for this one. A little bit, said Because at least now he's admitting the investments haven't actually happened. They're just commitments. But even with that, the His own website says the number's about half of that. But even that's wrong. Because it includes economic exchange, which is not investment.

Which three factually wrong statements did Trump make about the economy?

Belle of the Ranch 4:22

But Trump is also the guy who promised to reduce drug prices by percentages so large, it would have meant pharmaceutical companies were paying you. So maybe Trump's just not good at economics. Let's change subjects. The most bizarre was him saying that his National Guard deployments were such a success that there were no murders in DC. Did he somehow miss the attack on the National Guard in DC, in which a soldier was killed? That isn't the only want. He repeated his bizarre claim of settling wars, saying the I've settled eight wars. Name them. I have a full debunk on this. Some of the wars he claims to have settled were never even wars. They never happened. When it comes to his boat strikes, he also repeated his bizarre debunked claim, saying that quote.