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"Divorced from Reality": Economist Dean Baker Fact-Checks Trump's Primetime Speech

2025-12-18 News & Politics
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Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt President Trump praised the state of the U.S. economy in a primetime address Wednesday evening, even though new government statistics show the nation's unemployment rate is at a new four-year high of 4.6%. Dean Baker, senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, says Trump's aides should be "wondering about the man's sanity" after Wednesday's speech. "This is utterly divorced from reality." Though Trump blames former President Biden for the poor economy, Baker notes that Trump had inherited an "incredibly strong economy by almost every measure imaginable." Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET. Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe

Top Comments (10)

@marlenepatrella 2025-12-18

He doesnt care about the polls .He ran to stay out of jail and to make money.

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@iluvpink87 2025-12-18

He's not "divorced from reality", "crazy," or "delusional"; he is intentionally lying. Repeat a lie enough, and it becomes the truth.

359 41 replies
@sebtonz1 2025-12-18

He was possibly dosed on amphetamine like an animated wax figure. Holy shit, an untethered maniac with incredible power. The greatest threat to world stability is the POTUS.

130 7 replies
@tjohnson60 2025-12-18

It's very unfortunate that the people that really should be watching this don't😢

127 7 replies
@W0lframAlpha8133 2025-12-19

Trump doesn't know how health insurance works and he never will.

51 4 replies
@kduenke 2025-12-18

Why did Trump feel he needed to yell his Pettysburg Address at us the whole time?

51 2 replies
@W0lframAlpha8133 2025-12-19

Point of order: People don't need health insurance, people need healthcare. Medicare for all now.

39 4 replies
@Kaliani-u6c 2025-12-20

Beware of everything being privatized

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@anunnaki64 2025-12-20

People immigrating to seek asylum is interpreted as they are coming from "Insane Asylum". You cannot make this stuff up.

6 1 replies
@victoriawright7412 2025-12-18

Who cares about a turkey? People care about long term issues not one meal for a day or a year that is. Pathetic!!!

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