I watched NOVA, not Trump. As one person who commented on my Facebook post put it: "You watched science instead of science fiction."
So, what did all that jaw-flapping actually say?
Fox News 45by AUSTIN DENEANDecember 17, 2025President Donald Trump promised to lower prices for Americans who have been battered by inflation since the pandemic and blamed many of the nation's ills on his predecessor in an address from the White House as he tries to combat mounting frustration heading into a midterm election year.
Yada yada yada... yeah, we’ve heard it all before: "It's not my fault!"
"Over the past 11 months, we have brought more positive change to Washington than any administration in American history. There's never been anything like it," Trump said.
Hey, don’t you think we have eyes and ears? We know what's happening! Your administration is a f**ked-up mess. You have "Yes people" and crusaders who think they are on a "mission from God!"
His address comes as Americans have soured on the president and his handling of many of the key issues that drive voting decisions. He is underwater in approval on his handling of the economy and immigration — his signature issues — in a sign of trouble for Republicans in next year’s midterms. Democrats are hoping to capitalize on those frustrations to flip the House and Senate and appear to be heading into the year with favorable political dynamics with an unpopular president in office and mounting frustrations about the economy.
Oh really?
The British Guardian writes;
Primetime speech – delivered with shouty spirit but no cheer – betrayed a figure dogged by a cost of living crisis and the looming release of the Epstein filesDavid SmithThu 18 Dec 2025Surrounded by Christmas trees and garlands before a fireplace, Donald Trump on Wednesday gave a convincing rendition of Ebenezer Scrooge, the elderly miser who despises Christmas and blames everyone but himself.The US president sounded like a desperate man, pointing an accusing finger at Joe Biden and spreading the opposite of charity and cheer on issues such as immigration. So much for ’tis the season to be jolly.Like Biden, Trump has abandoned the traditional end-of-year presidential press conference. He preferred to give a much-hyped 20-minute speech. If he had been sitting in the Oval Office, he might have got sleepy; instead he stood in the diplomatic room and ranted with monotone anger.
Why is everyone always pickin' on me?*
He went on to place blame at the feet of Biden, previous trade deals, immigrants and what he described as a corrupt system. As at his campaign rallies, Trump painted a lurid picture of Biden forcing “transgender for everybody” and throwing open the border to criminals from insane asylums. He claimed to have “broken the grip of sinister woke radicals in our schools”.The president has repeatedly referred to “affordability” as a Democratic hoax. On Wednesday he conceded that prices remain high while arguing that the nation was “poised” for an economic boom. “I am bringing those high prices down and bringing them down very fast,” he said. By way of example, he claimed a sharp drop in gasoline prices, even though a White House graphic displayed by Fox News as he spoke showed only a slight decline in the national average.Trump also announced that he would send a “warrior dividend” of $1,776 to 1.45 million US service members in the coming week. He said it had been made possible by revenue from tariffs, failing to mention those same tariffs have driven prices up.
Charlie Brown, Charlie Brown
He's a clown, that Charlie Brown
He's gonna get caught
Just you wait and see
(Why's everybody always pickin' on me?)
How about a little fact-checking?
The president made a wide variety of claims Wednesday night. Some were true, some were misleading, and others were false.NBC NewsBy Steve Kopack, Christina Wilkie and Julia AinsleyPresident Donald Trump on Wednesday evening offered a rapid-fire series of claims about the economic, military and societal impact of the first year of his second administration — some accurate or close to reality, while others appeared to be either misleading or wrong.Trump said: “Wages are going up much faster than inflation.”Wages are outpacing inflation, but “much” is up for some debate as the pace of wage growth has slowed significantly this year. In January, average wages were increasing at a pace of 4.1%. As of Tuesday, when the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the October and November jobs report, the pace had fallen to 3.5%. Inflation is currently at 3.0% and has risen every month since April.It is also worth noting that while the Biden administration endured far higher rates of inflation, wages broadly kept pace with rising prices even for lower-paid workers.Trump said: Under former President Joe Biden, “our border was open, and because of this, our country was being invaded by an army of 25 million people, many who came from prisons and jails, mental institutions and insane asylums.”This claim is false. In reality, 7.4 million undocumented immigrants crossed the border outside of legal checkpoints during the Biden administration, according to data from Customs and Border Protection.Counting people who crossed the border at legal points of entry but without documentation, it’s still only 10.2 million.About 800,000 immigrants entered the country through legal programs set up under Biden, such as the protected status programs for residents of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela.Trump said: “The price of eggs is down 82% since March, and everything else is falling rapidly.”That assertion is false. The price of eggs isdown 43.9% since March, according to government Consumer Price Index data. Prices for some items in the BLS’ inflation report may be falling, but prices broadly continue to increase.The BLS has not released price data covering the last two months because of the government shutdown. November’s inflation data will be released Thursday morning.
He is losing all respect... People are seeing though his lies. Politifact wrote,
The picture Trump painted also skewed the facts. Trump exaggerated, by trillions of dollars, the amount of expected foreign investment he has attracted to the U.S. He overstated the historic scale of tax cuts in his domestic spending law and its savings for older Americans, and he repeated false talking points about the number of immigrants in the country illegally and their origin. He said crime has been at record levels, but violent crime rates were roughly twice as high in the early 1990s.
Why's everybody always pickin' on me? I'll tell you why, because no one trust you any more! His speech was nothing more than a pity party.
*Charlie Brown, The Coasters
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