US EditionFact Check: Trump Makes False Claims About Inflation and Birthright Citizenship
CNBC anchor Joe Kernen said inflation was about 3% when Biden left office, and fact-checkers said Trump repeated a long-debunked citizenship claim.
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By Daniel Dale, CNN. President Donald Trump made false claims about inflation and birthright citizenship in an interview with CNBC Tuesday morning. CNBC host Joe Kernen correctly informed Trump that while there were significant price increases during former President Joe Biden's administration, the inflation rate "had come down to about where it is now, around 3%" by the time Biden was leaving office. Trump responded with a false claim: "No, it …
The Independent
The Independent (US)Trump claims credit for inflation coming down during Biden presidency
Donald Trump has taken credit for inflation coming down while Joe Biden was still in office as president. Speaking on CNBC via phone call on Tuesday (21 April), presenter Joe Kernen told the president that by the time Biden had left office, inflation was “down to about 3 per cent”. Trump responded: “No, it wasn't. It was down to 5 per cent. And the reason it was down was because I had won the election and it started falling after I won the elect…
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