President Trump came out swinging against his predecessor in his address to the nation while touting the progress he’s made over the past year.
“Eleven months ago, I inherited a mess, and I’m fixing it,” Trump declared on Wednesday night. “…We had the worst trade deals ever made, and our country was laughed at from all over the world, but they’re not laughing anymore.”
“But they’re not laughing anymore,” he added. “Over the past 11 months, we have brought more positive change to Washington than any administration in American history.”
President Trump’s team whipped out a chart to show price decreases and wage increases under his watch.
“Let’s look at the facts. Under the Biden administration, car prices rose 22% and in many states 30% or more,” Trump said, ticking through the data.
“Democrat politicians also set the cost of groceries. Sorry, but we are solving that too.”
During the national address, Trump focused on affordability, pinning the blame on Democrats for rising health insurance costs.
“The current Unaffordable Care Act was created to make insurance companies rich,” Trump chided. “You see that now in the steep increase in premiums being demanded by the Democrats and they are demanding those increases and it’s their fault.
“It is not the Republicans’ fault, it’s the Democrats’ fault, it’s the Unaffordable Care Act.”
Trump also contended that health care subsidies should go directly to people rather than to insurance companies.
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