“In the last two years, my administration has cut the deficit by more than $1.7 trillion – the largest deficit reduction in American history.”
Joe Biden
U.S. President. State of the Union address. Claim dated 7 Feb 2023.
FactCheck.org rated thisMisleading
What FactCheck.org found
Most of the reduction in deficits is the result of expiring emergency pandemic spending.
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In short
Joe Biden (U.S. President) made this claim around 7 February 2023. FactCheck.org (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.
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