WHAT WAS SAID “Since the election, we have lifted three million people off of food stamps.” Now the facts
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
WHAT WAS SAID
“Since the election, we have lifted three million people off of food stamps.”
THE FACTS
Participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program did decline to 40.1 million people in March 2018 from 43.2 million in November 2016,according to the most recent data from the Agriculture Department.
Mr. Trump, of course, was not yet president in November 2016. From February 2017, his first full month in office, to this March, nearly 2.2 million fewer people participated in SNAP.
It’s also worth noting that participation has been declining in recent years as the economy improves from the financial recession. For example, in the year before Mr. Trump became president, SNAP enrollment declined by more than 2.4 million from December 2015 to January 2017.
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So Trump said he is responsible for three million people coming off food stamps and it turns out that one of the three million came off under the previous administration.
And the Trump mopes will believe HIM.
Also, the progress of removing people from the need for food stamps was underway , along with the financial recovery, before Trump became president.
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Trump also CONTINUES to lie about false statements of his that have been previously debunked.
Mr. Trump also repeated more than a dozen false or misleading claims that The Times has previously debunked:
He falsely claimed that Democrats “want open borders” ( most have voted to improve border security ).
He exaggerated the United States’ trade deficit with the European Union as $151 billion ( it’s $101 billion ).
He falsely said the United States was “exporting energy for the first time” ( it has been doing so for decades) .
He misleadingly accused President Barack Obama of paying Iran $1.8 billion in cash to release hostages ( the money was a payment related to a decades-long dispute ).
He misleadingly accused President Bill Clinton of giving “billions and billions” to North Korea and getting “nothing” ( the amount, in energy aid, was far less, and the 1994 nuclear agreement did produce some results ).
He falsely claimed to be the first Republican presidential candidate to win Wisconsin “since Dwight Eisenhower in 1952” ( Ronald Reagan and Richard M. Nixon both won Wisconsin ).
He exaggerated the number of MS-13 members who have been deported as being in the “thousands” ( this is not possible ).
He hyperbolically said “getting military funding from these Democrats is almost impossible” ( most Democrats voted for the latest military spending bill ).
He misleadingly claimed “we are already building the wall” ( construction on the wall has not begun ).
He falsely said wages were rising “for the first time in 18 years” ( they’ve been rising for years ).
He falsely claimed that the tax cuts he signed into law in December were “the biggest in American history” ( they rank 12th ).
He claimed to have “saved family farms” by raising the threshold for the estate tax ( the tax previously affected around 80 family farms and small businesses ).
He falsely claimed “millions” are already signing up for association health care plans ( they will not be available until at least Sept. 1 ).
He said the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines will produce 48,000 jobs ( all but 75 will be temporary jobs ).
He exaggerated the United States’ trade deficit with China as $507 billion (it’s $336 billion ).
You know what would make a really shocking headline, John?
"In Fireside Chat, Trump Gave Thoughtful Analysis of America's Economic and Social Problems"
For some reason articles like this are virtually ignored here. The Trump cultists don't want any reality intruding on their feel good fantasies.
People have gotten used the Trump's lies. I hope they haven't come to accept them; that they know that permanent rage is foolish, so they're just waiting for 2018 and then 2020.
But they may be becoming inured.....
1. The right like their echo chambers as much as anyone.
2. The right don't comment on anti-right articles because it does no good to argue with liberals because liberals won't change their minds.
I normally find myself commenting on the more incendiary right wing articles simply because they are more incendiary. Maybe I'm just a firefly.
Trump has been making exaggerated claims for his entire life. But of course, as long as they make you feel good, it is ok. And that is what the American public wants to hear, something that will make them feel good.
Of course, Trump isn't the first to stake a claim to that which went before.