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Donald Trump stated on January 11, 2026 in remarks to reporters Credit card companies would be “in violation of the law” if they don’t cap interest rates at 10% by Jan. 20. Donald Trump stated on November 6, 2025 in remarks at a dinner Walmart’s 2025 package of Thanksgiving dinner ingredients shows a “25% reduction in costs for Thanksgiving between (President Joe) Biden and me.” Scott Bessent stated on October 26, 2025 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press" "Overall, the inflation since President Trump” took office “has come down." X posts stated on September 19, 2025 in an X post Thirty percent of U.S. medical residents are international medical graduates, and 10,000 of 43,000 residency spots are filled by H-1B visa holders. Donald Trump stated on September 19, 2025 in an exchange with reporters in the White House The U.S. currently has “no inflation.” Donald Trump stated on August 26, 2025 in a Cabinet meeting “Groceries are down. Energy is way down. ... Was $4 and $5 for a gallon of gas.” Donald Trump stated on August 26, 2025 in a Cabinet meeting “The average American worker has already seen a $500 wage increase this year.” Donald Trump stated on August 5, 2025 in an interview on CNBC Bureau of Labor Statistics employment numbers “were rigged” when the agency revised them “down by almost 900,000 jobs” after the 2024 election. Ritchie Torres stated on July 20, 2025 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union" “Since Donald Trump's inauguration, we have seen an 11% decline in the value of the dollar, the steepest decline in more than a half a century.” Gavin Newsom stated on July 14, 2025 in a podcast interview “California provides $83.1 billion more than we receive from the federal government. Texas? Receives $71.1 billion more than they provide to the federal government. 71% of the U.S. GDP comes from blue counties.” Kevin Hassett stated on July 6, 2025 in an interview with CBS News' "Face the Nation" A Congressional Budget Office estimate of people who stand to lose insurance from President Donald Trump’s tax and spending law said “about 5 million … have other insurance,” so “if they lose one (type of coverage), they're still insured.” Donald Trump stated on June 25, 2025 in a Truth Social post New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is a communist. Scott Bessent stated on May 18, 2025 in remarks on NBC's "Meet the Press" “Gasoline prices have collapsed under President Trump." Donald Trump stated on May 8, 2025 in an event in the White House Declining cargo traffic at U.S. ports “means we lose less money. … When you say it's slowed down, that's a good thing.” Donald Trump stated on May 8, 2025 in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press" “We have now close to $10 trillion” in investments. “We’re talking about essentially two months.” Tim Walz stated on April 6, 2025 in an interview “Less than half of Americans have $1,000 in savings.” Donald Trump stated on April 9, 2025 in remarks at a White House event In 2024, “China made $1 trillion off trade with the United States.” Donald Trump stated on April 8, 2025 in a speech The U.S. is “taking in almost $2 billion a day in tariffs.” Brooke Rollins stated on April 6, 2025 in an interview “We had an agriculture export deficit that increased from zero when President Trump left to $49 billion” under former President Joe Biden. Donald Trump stated on April 9, 2025 in a Truth Social post On enacting country-by-country tariffs April 9. Load more
Donald Trump stated on January 11, 2026 in remarks to reporters Credit card companies would be “in violation of the law” if they don’t cap interest rates at 10% by Jan. 20.
Donald Trump stated on November 6, 2025 in remarks at a dinner Walmart’s 2025 package of Thanksgiving dinner ingredients shows a “25% reduction in costs for Thanksgiving between (President Joe) Biden and me.”
Scott Bessent stated on October 26, 2025 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press" "Overall, the inflation since President Trump” took office “has come down."
X posts stated on September 19, 2025 in an X post Thirty percent of U.S. medical residents are international medical graduates, and 10,000 of 43,000 residency spots are filled by H-1B visa holders.
Donald Trump stated on September 19, 2025 in an exchange with reporters in the White House The U.S. currently has “no inflation.”
Donald Trump stated on August 26, 2025 in a Cabinet meeting “Groceries are down. Energy is way down. ... Was $4 and $5 for a gallon of gas.”
Donald Trump stated on August 26, 2025 in a Cabinet meeting “The average American worker has already seen a $500 wage increase this year.”
Donald Trump stated on August 5, 2025 in an interview on CNBC Bureau of Labor Statistics employment numbers “were rigged” when the agency revised them “down by almost 900,000 jobs” after the 2024 election.
Ritchie Torres stated on July 20, 2025 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union" “Since Donald Trump's inauguration, we have seen an 11% decline in the value of the dollar, the steepest decline in more than a half a century.”
Gavin Newsom stated on July 14, 2025 in a podcast interview “California provides $83.1 billion more than we receive from the federal government. Texas? Receives $71.1 billion more than they provide to the federal government. 71% of the U.S. GDP comes from blue counties.”
Kevin Hassett stated on July 6, 2025 in an interview with CBS News' "Face the Nation" A Congressional Budget Office estimate of people who stand to lose insurance from President Donald Trump’s tax and spending law said “about 5 million … have other insurance,” so “if they lose one (type of coverage), they're still insured.”
Donald Trump stated on June 25, 2025 in a Truth Social post New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is a communist.
Scott Bessent stated on May 18, 2025 in remarks on NBC's "Meet the Press" “Gasoline prices have collapsed under President Trump."
Donald Trump stated on May 8, 2025 in an event in the White House Declining cargo traffic at U.S. ports “means we lose less money. … When you say it's slowed down, that's a good thing.”
Donald Trump stated on May 8, 2025 in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press" “We have now close to $10 trillion” in investments. “We’re talking about essentially two months.”
Tim Walz stated on April 6, 2025 in an interview “Less than half of Americans have $1,000 in savings.”
Donald Trump stated on April 9, 2025 in remarks at a White House event In 2024, “China made $1 trillion off trade with the United States.”
Donald Trump stated on April 8, 2025 in a speech The U.S. is “taking in almost $2 billion a day in tariffs.”
Brooke Rollins stated on April 6, 2025 in an interview “We had an agriculture export deficit that increased from zero when President Trump left to $49 billion” under former President Joe Biden.
Donald Trump stated on April 9, 2025 in a Truth Social post On enacting country-by-country tariffs April 9.
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