CNN on Trump's UN speech: “Trump said that grocery prices are down during his presidency. They're up and the pace of the increases is accelerating as his tariffs take effect.”
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From September 23, 2025, CNN, The Situation Room
PAMELA BROWN (CNN ANCHOR): And of course, he said this against the backdrop that he believes he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. But give us a fact check on what we just heard from President Trump there, Daniel.
DANIEL DALE (CNN SENIOR REPORTER): There are a lot of issues there.
So first of all, some of the conflicts he's counting as wars he resolved were not actually wars at all. For example, Egypt and Ethiopia have argued over an Ethiopian dam project on the Blue Nile, but they were not in a raging war in which thousands of people were being killed.
Similarly, he, Trump, has claimed that he prevented conflict between Serbia and Kosovo from resuming. But they were not in a raging war either.
In addition, the conflict involving the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighboring Rwanda has not actually been resolved. We have good reporting from just a day ago talking about how hostilities have continued despite the peace deal that was signed under President Trump.
And then in addition to that, India denies that President Trump was responsible for mediating its ceasefire, its truce, with neighboring Pakistan. So a whole lot of issues with just that one claim.
And, Pamela, there were a whole bunch of other claims that were just out-and-out false. I don't even have time to run through all of them.
But on inflation, President Trump said that grocery prices are down during his presidency. They're up and the pace of the increases is accelerating as his tariffs take effect.
He has claimed that inflation has been defeated. In general, no, inflation is also accelerating. It was 2.9% last month, up from 2.7%.
He said that European electricity bills are high, which is true, but that ours are coming way down. No, in the U.S., they are increasing sharply, up 6.2% in August compared to a year prior.
And there were a whole bunch of other topics. He claimed that he has secured $17 trillion in investment in the U.S.
Well, just yesterday, his own white White House Press Secretary said it was about $9 trillion in investment. So I don't know where the additional 8 trillion in a day has come from.
And even that initial 9 trillion the press secretary claims is highly dubious, counting a whole bunch of things that aren't actually spending, but rather are vague commitments from various countries.
You and Kylie addressed the environmental claims. I just want to address one more.
He claimed that China builds a lot of wind turbines and manufactures them for others, but refuses to use it itself, barely uses wind power. In fact, China is the world leader in the use of wind power. It is building additional wind power in China far faster than the pace at which the U.S. is building in the United States itself. So the idea that China is just, you know, foisting this terrible source of energy on other countries while refusing to use it is a reversal of reality.