The truth behind the rhetoric A recap of Trump’s first State of the Union President Trump gave one of the longest State of the Union addresses in history, which means The Fact Checker was busy this week. The president once again boasted that he signed the largest tax cuts in history — that’s a Four Pinocchio claim. We also found that Trump was off the mark talking about jobs, unemployment claims, energy exports, immigration, and assorted other issues. All told, we examined 18 claims made by the president. We then turned our sights to four of the responses to Trump’s speech from Democrats and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Eight of their claims about health care, chief executive compensation, the Russia investigation and labor regulations didn’t quite add up. As is our practice, we didn’t hand out Pinocchio ratings for Trump’s address or these responses. Let’s just say that both fact-checks add up to 4,160 words and leave it at that. A t...
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