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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.