- At a Wisconsin event, Trump claimed Black unemployment is “better than it’s ever done” — even saying he didn’t know where the stat came from — but federal data show May’s Black unemployment was 6.6%, well above the record low 4.8% set under Biden in April 2023.
- He also repeated other exaggerated figures: “$18 trillion” in U.S. investments (White House lists about $10.6T), “25 million” migrants (real encounters under 11M), and inflation described as the “worst in history” (peak 9.1% in 2022, the highest in ~40–41 years).
- It wasn’t clear if these were ad‑libs or from prepared remarks, and the White House hasn’t yet explained — Trump frequently tosses out striking but dubious numbers, which makes for a lively news cycle.
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