“In the last two years, my administration cut the deficit by more than $1.7 trillion — the largest deficit reduction in American history.”
Joe Biden
U.S. President. In the State of the Union speech.. Claim dated 7 Feb 2023.
Washington Post rated thisMisleading
What Washington Post found
The deficit has gone up higher because of Biden's policies
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Joe Biden (U.S. President) made this claim around 7 February 2023. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 8 February 2023, 1 day later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Joe Biden has 509 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 140 of them false or fake, 281 misleading or mixed and 34 true.
Where the claim appeared
- whitehouse.govhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/02/07/remarks-of-president…
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