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Fact-checking Donald Trump's speech to Congress

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President Donald Trump said he inherited an "economic catastrophe" from Joe Biden .

The US economy was growing at an annual rate of 2.3% in the final quarter of 2024 .

Inflation under Biden peaked at 9.1% in June 2022 - the highest level since 1981 .

The inflation rate had dropped to 3% by the time Trump took office.

Trump said the US has spent $ 350bn on Ukraine but Europe has spent more money than the US .

Some figures suggest Europe spent more as whole when all aid to Ukraine is included.

The US Department of Defense has a higher figure of $ 182.8bn - but this is still considerably less than Trump 's figure.

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English

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https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2014/article/one-hundred-years-of-price-change-the-consumer-price-index-and-the-american-inflation-experience.htm https://www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-support-tracker/https://x.com/CBP/status/1895938058635321532 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjev24184vjo https://www.bea.gov/data/gdp/gross-domestic-product https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/nationwide-encounters https://doge.gov/savings https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyjz24ne85o https://ohss.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2024-06/2024_0418_ohss_estimates-of-the-unauthorized-immigrant-population-residing-in-the-united-states-january-2018%25E2%2580%2593january-2022.pdf https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crew8y7pwd5o https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO/weo-database/2024/October/weo-report?c=156,132,134,136,158,112,111,&s=NGDP_RPCH,&sy=2022&ey=2029&ssm=0&scsm=1&scc=0&ssd=1&ssc=0&sic=0&sort=country&ds=.&br=1 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq6yy9e368vo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66031515

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www.bls.gov www.ifw-kiel.de x.com www.bbc.co.uk www.bea.gov www.cbp.gov doge.gov ohss.dhs.gov www.imf.org

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