US EditionFactbox-Trump’s Claims He’s Cut Energy Costs. Has He?
Trump claimed to have lowered gas and grocery prices while defending tariffs blamed for raising goods costs, and linked immigrants to higher housing and health care expenses.
- On Dec. 17, 2025, President Donald Trump delivered a roughly 18-minute live televised address from the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House.
- In an effort to counter recent Democratic messaging, President Donald Trump framed his address as a response to voters concerned about affordability after Democrats won several elections.
- In detailing causes of prices, President Donald Trump blamed immigrants for high housing and health-care costs and boasted about tariff policies, though many economists say tariffs raise goods costs.
- On Fox News, Newt Gingrich said the speech was `one of the most important` of President Donald Trump's career.
- Political analysts on social media roasted Gingrich's hype Wednesday night, with Tim Miller and others mocking the address's promotion on X.
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Factbox-Trump’s claims he’s cut energy costs. Has he?
Dec 18 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump took credit during his White House speech on Wednesday night for reducing gasoline prices, increasing power generation, and boosting the coal industry. Here’s a fact check: GASOLINE PRICES Trump said: “Gasoline is now under $2.50 a gallon in much of the country. In some states it, by the way, just hit $1.99 a gallon.” The facts: The national average price for a gallon of gasoline is $2.896, down fr…
The Americans feel that they can't afford their everyday lives anymore, and the president addresses the nation with a speech that reveals the vulnerability of a man who has been able to do what he wanted so far.
Fact-checking Trump's presidential address claim he's brought gas, grocery prices down
President Donald Trump delivers an address to the Nation from the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Dec. 17, 2025. (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump said during his presidential address on Wednesday night that his administration is “bringing our economy back from the brink of ruin,” claiming that he has brought prices down across the board. “I am bringing those high prices down and bringing them down very fast,” Trump said from t…
Le Huffington Post
Laminute.infoThe President of the United States sought to reassure his economic measures, while tagging his predecessor Joe Biden, in an address from the White House.
'What is Newt smokin'?' One of GOP's 'deepest thinkers' roasted for hyping Trump's speech
Someone who has been described as one of the GOP's "deepest thinkers" was roasted on Wednesday night by political analysts after he hyped up President Donald Trump's bizarre address to the nation. Trump gave a roughly 18-minute speech on live T.V. on Wednesday, where he attempted to address voters' concerns about affordability after Democrats won several elections by focusing their messaging on the issue. During the speech, Trump blamed immigran…
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