Trump's White House address focused on his own success story
發佈日期: 2025-12-18 19:54
TVB News
US President Donald Trump has used a pre-holiday address from the White House to portray his first year in office as a success story, even as Americans worry about the economy and Republicans face tough midterm elections in 2026. The White House had also hinted that Trump might tease about new policy but he offered little of his forthcoming plans.
Rather than giving his pre-holiday address from the Oval Office, President Trump chose a festive backdrop of green garland in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, a cheerful setting for his cheery account of progress under his watch as president so far. But Trump's glowing account was out of tune with the experience of price-squeezed Americans and the government's own statistics.
But he didn't blame himself for the mess. He blamed Biden.
"Good evening America, 11 months ago, I inherited a mess and I'm fixing it. When I took office inflation was the worse in 48 years and some would say 'in the history of our country' which caused prices to be higher than ever before making life unaffordable for millions and millions of Americans," Trump said.
The claim that the Biden era gave the country's worst inflation ever was not true. Nor his claim that prices are now falling rapidly which has not been seen in inflation numbers. They are about where they were when Trump took office.
On border issues Trump also blamed Biden. "Do you remember when Joe Biden said that he needed Congress to pass legislation to help close the border? As it turned out, we didn't need legislation. We just needed a new president. I've restored American strength, settled eight wars in 10 months, destroyed the Iran nuclear threat and ended the war in Gaza, bringing for the first time in 3,000 years, peace to the Middle East."
Though White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt had told reporters Trump might tease new policy in his speech, the president offered little hint of his forthcoming plans. Other than promising new housing policies next year and naming a new Federal Reserve chair, his speech largely reflected a greatest hits version of his political rallies.
