On Tuesday, March 4th President Trump addressed a joint session of Congress. I do not begrudge our President the opportunity to take a victory lap; particularly on the heels of six busy weeks of cabinet hearings, executive orders, reductions in force, court hearings, spending freezes, tariffs followed by pauses, starts and follow-up pauses of the the latter.
The speech was exceedingly long however; meaning the volume of dubious claims or lies was target-rich. Nothing new under the sun; nevertheless, worthy of truthful daylight. Consequently, from time to time one of more of the King's gems will be featured here.
Enjoy.
“I withdrew from the unfair Paris Climate accord, which was costing us trillions of dollars.”
This is false. Each country set its own commitments under the Paris accord, so Trump’s comment makes little sense. He could have unilaterally changed the commitments offered by Presidents Obama and Biden, which is technically allowed under the accord. Indeed, the agreement is nonbinding, so there was nothing in the agreement that stops the United States from building, say, coal plants, or gives permission to China or India to build coal plants.
Government doesn't build or operate power generation stations.
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