Out-of-date polls to wrong aid amounts: factchecking Trump’s Congress address

Summary

Trump’s recent Congress address was rife with debunked claims.

• He falsely stated the U.S. gave Ukraine $350bn, ignoring data showing $120bn from the U.S. and nearly $138bn from Europe.
• He mischaracterized USAID’s Lincoln Scholarships as $45m for DEI in Burma.
• He misleadingly claimed millions of dead people receive Social Security payments and alleged a Florida school “socially transitioned” a 13-year-old—a lawsuit that was dismissed.
• He cherry-picked an outdated poll to claim most Americans think the country is on the right track.
• He falsely asserted Musk’s cost-cutting uncovered hundreds of billions in fraud, which lacks evidence and amounts to less than $9 billion at most.