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Trump claimed: "We have the largest number of plants being built for the most moneyever in the history of our country " car plants, AI plants, and all other plants, pharmaceutical plants."In fact, federal data shows that spending on US manufacturing construction has steadily declined during Trump's second term after a spike that occurred during most of former president Joe Biden's term (which had abated by the final months of Biden's term). You can clearly see the 2025 and 2026 decline in this official chart.

The seasonally adjusted annual rate of manufacturing construction spending in May 2026, about $174.8 billion, was down about 28% from May 2024

Trump lied again about the 2020 election he lost, saying: "I'vebeen right about everything, and I have been for a long time. It'show I got to be president three times.It'show I won three elections." He went on to repeat that he "won" the 2020 election but that it was a "rigged election." While speaking about the war with Iran, Trump said: "And you see the oil prices are lower than they were when I started." He didn't make clear whether he was talking about when he started his second term or when he started the Iran war in late February, but if it was the latter, his claim wasn't correct. Both Brent crude (the international benchmark) and West Texas Intermediate crude (the US benchmark) were pricier Wednesday afternoon than they were just before the war, though Brent was slightly below some of its late-February levels as recently as Monday.

Oil prices fell sharply amid the ceasefire between the US and Iran that began this spring and continued into summer. But they have jumped again in the last day