Fact Checking Trump's SOU Address

We knew he was lying; but they were coming so fast, it was hard to catalog them. So I went to the fact-checkers. Here's what they found:



Trump bragged of new jobs, but didn't tell the truth of the matter --- jobs growth is DOWN since he took office.



Trump bragged of black unemployment being down; but he didn't tell the truth of the matter --- black unemployment has been going down EVER SINCE PRESIDENT OBAMA saved our nation from Bush's Great Recession.



Trump bragged of rising wages, but he didn't tell the truth. The truth is wages are rising SLOWER than they did during the last part of President Obama's tenure.



Trump bragged of expanding auto manufacturing in the US; but he didn't tell the truth -- there has been ZERO surge in employment in the auto manufacturing industry under Trump's tenure.





Trump claimed Chrysler is moving a plant from Mexico to the US; he lied. The plant isn't moving at all.



Trump bragged of a surge in the stock market, but he didn't tell the truth. The truth is, it surged EVEN MORE under President Obama's stewardship!



Trump bragged that the disreputable tax cut he signed is the largest in US history. He lied. It's the 12th largest.



The same fact-checkers listed NO falsehoods on the part of Joe Kennedy who delivered the Democratic response to Trump's lie-fest.



https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/30/us/politics/fact-check-sotu.html