Trump declared debate winner despite numerous false claims
In popular opinion, Donald Trump won the presidential debate against Joe Biden. According to a poll conducted by CNN, which organized the discussion, as many as two-thirds of viewers indicated him as the winner. And although Trump gained in appearance, his statements again contained many lies and misinformation.
11:32 AM EDT, June 28, 2024
Journalists from The New York Times analyzed Trump's statements. They classified 14 statements as false. Among other things, he accused Joe Biden of failing to stop Putin and encouraging Russia to start the invasion.
However, it's essential to remember that in November 2021, Biden's administration sent CIA Director William J. Burns to Russia, who warned Putin not to start the invasion of Ukraine. Moreover, Biden imposed some of the most significant economic sanctions on Russia.
Trump also suggested that during his presidency, Iran was too poor to have money for terrorism, as his administration did not allow anyone to do business with that country.
Trump claimed Iran had "no money for Hamas," and no money "for terror."
Meanwhile, Iran's economy still functioned, even without any business support from the USA. Journalists remind that it was Barack Obama's administration that caused Iran to return to working on its nuclear program.
Trump-Biden debate: 14 lies by the former president
Trump claimed that Biden wants to raise taxes fourfold. Meanwhile, the current president of the USA has announced that he wants to raise taxes for the highest earners and corporations. However, they will not be four times higher.
Trump also mentioned food prices, claiming that they have increased two, three, or even four times. Indeed, food has become more expensive, but a special index that Americans use to monitor food prices found that since 2021, food prices have increased by 20% from the starting price.
Trump also claimed that Biden supporters would want abortions at every stage of pregnancy.
CNN notes that the former US president said "his frequent claim that Democrats will kill babies in the "eighth month, the ninth month of pregnancy, or even after birth."
Meanwhile, official data shows that in 2021, already during Joe Biden's presidency, only 1% of abortions were performed after the fifth month of pregnancy. Over 90% of them were done before the 13th week of pregnancy.
Trump also claimed that everyone wanted to tighten abortion rights. However, studies show that the majority of US residents disagree with the Supreme Court's decision.
Among Trump's unfounded accusations was that Biden came to power only to bring his predecessor to court and that Biden sent a US Department of Justice employee to the Manhattan prosecutor's office, which prosecuted all of Trump's cases. Meanwhile, the cases against Trump started before Biden took office.
Indeed, a Department of Justice employee joined the prosecutor's office as an assistant prosecutor. However, District Attorney Alvin Bragg brought the case against Trump.
