Chapter 1: What were the key moments in Trump's UN speech?
Well, howdy there, Internet people. It's Belle again. And welcome to The Roads with Belle. Today is September 25th, and this is The Roads to Trump's U.N. Speech. Trump gave his speech at the UN, and it was supposed to be a strong performance. Well, it was not quite statesmanship.
But Trump's teleprompter reportedly malfunctioned. Trump seemed to blame the UN for the failure, but reporting says the teleprompter was being operated by his own team.
Okay, so on to the subject matter. I guess we'll start with the fact checks, since quotes are being taken as fact by many.
It wouldn't be a Trump speech if he didn't mention crowd sizes and polling numbers. I half expect him to at some point in the future brag about all the leaders in the world listening to him. But he went the poll number route at the UN, saying, quote, Fact check. No, unless he's referring to some private polling, that is completely at odds with all public polling. This just isn't true.
He's definitely not at the highest numbers, and his numbers on the economy are really, really bad. I'll put a link below on this. In a claim about the state of the world and in what seemed to be an obvious push to obtain a peace prize, Trump said, quote, I've ended seven wars. And in all cases, they were raging, with countless thousands of people being killed.
This includes Cambodia and Thailand, Kosovo and Serbia, the Congo and Rwanda, a vicious violent war that was Pakistan and India, Israel and Iran, Egypt and Ethiopia, and Armenia and Azerbaijan.
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Chapter 2: How did Trump's teleprompter malfunction affect his speech?
Fact check. No, he didn't. Two of the pairs of countries he named haven't been at war during Trump's time in office. One of the conflicts is still ongoing. One said he didn't bring about the end of the war. One pair is still engaged in covert and proxy actions. And one hasn't ratified the peace. I have a video going over this stuff in depth.
I find it really bizarre that he made these claims at the UN. I understand it when politicians embellish domestically about stuff like this, but doing it at the UN in front of representatives of some of the countries named is something else. Trump claimed that, quote, inflation has been defeated. Fact check.
No, interest rates are dropping not because inflation has been defeated, but because now the job market is the greater risk to the economy and the Fed's dual mandate. I'll put a link below. Aside from that, which is why Trump might believe he's winning against inflation, inflation actually ticked up last month to 2.9%, which is almost 50% above where it's supposed to be.
It's been increasing for the last four months.
Chapter 3: What fact checks were made about Trump's claims on polling numbers?
Continuing with the economic claims, Trump was talking about electricity bills and said, "...and our bills are coming way down." Fact check. False. They're spiking. The CPI shows they're up 6.2%. Experts suggest they're likely to go higher faster because of Trump's moves against renewable energy. In a related claim, Trump indicated he gave China credit for not using a lot of wind farms.
China is literally the largest wind farm user in the world. They have about 44% of the world's total capacity. Still, more economic claims. Trump said, quote, grocery prices are down. Fact check. Just check your grocery receipt. I feel like at this point, I should point out that the UN isn't really the forum for going over domestic economic policies. And this was just strange.
On an economic issue other countries actually care about, Trump said, quote, I unleashed massive energy production. Fact check. This phrasing is used by Trump to talk about oil. The amount of oil being produced by the U.S. is pretty much identical to when he took office. However, that too is showing signs of going bad.
Since the middle of January to mid-September, the number of oil rigs in use in the U.S. has dropped from 472 to 418. Maybe he was talking about natural gas. Nope. That fell by about half a percent. Trump tried to brag about gas prices at the UN. Do I need to mention reps from OPEC nations were present? Anyway, he said, quote, you probably see that our gasoline prices are way down. Fact check.
No, they're not. They're realistically about the same as when he took office. They're up or down by about a penny a gallon. Okay, so Trump was mocked at the UN in the past. They laughed at him. The goal of this was to make sure that didn't happen again. Well, it worked, kind of. The headlines from papers around the world include terms like debacle, lashed out, numb, embarrassing, and so on.
They didn't laugh, but the world's response couldn't be further from respect. Now, on to the most important part. The part that right-wingers on social media tried to really paint as a major incident. The escalator stopped as Trump and the First Lady got on it. Social media personalities called for investigations and charges.
The recent reporting suggests that one of Trump's own team accidentally triggered a safety feature. At the end of the day, Trump's speech at the UN was a lot like his foreign policy in general. A lot of flash, a lot of claims, but very little substance. So, there you go. A little more information, a little more context, and having the right information will make all the difference.
Y'all have a good day.
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