Posted on 11/17/2022 8:16:09 AM PST by SoConPubbie
Former President Donald Trump began his 2024 presidential campaign just as he ended his presidency in 2021: with a whole lot of inaccuracy.
Like many of Trump’s speeches as president, his announcement speech at his Mar-a-Lago resort on Tuesday was filled with false claims about a variety of topics – from his record in office to his Democratic opponents to the economy, the environment and foreign policy.
Here is a fact check of 20 false or misleading things he said. This is not a comprehensive list.
Trump claimed Tuesday evening that the US left $85 billion worth of military equipment in Afghanistan upon its military withdrawal in 2021.
“Perhaps the most embarrassing moment in the history of our country, where we lost lives, left Americans behind and surrendered $85 billion worth of the finest military equipment anywhere in the world,” Trump said.
Facts First: Trump’s figure is false. While a significant quantity of military equipment that had been provided by the US to Afghan government forces was indeed abandoned to the Taliban upon the US withdrawal, the Defense Department has estimated that this equipment had been worth about $7.1 billion — a chunk of about $18.6 billion worth of equipment provided to Afghan forces between 2005 and 2021. And some of the equipment left behind was rendered inoperable before US forces withdrew.
There is not any basis for Trump’s claim that $85 billion worth of equipment was left behind. As other fact-checkers have previously explained, that was a rounded-up figure (it’s closer to $83 billion) for the total amount of money Congress has appropriated during the war to a
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They didn’t waste any time, did they...
Where are their BIDEN ‘fact-checkers’?
FU CNN
every time Biden opens his mouth its lies.
CNN=Constant Never-Trump News
Everyone who disagrees with me is a troll!
Avoid people with ADNT (Always Dumping Never Trumping)
Have they done this even once to Mr. at least one lie per sentence Biden. Yeah CNN is to be fair now. Talk about a lie.
Meanwhile, Biden can claim his son, who died of brain cancer, was killed in Iraq and CNN won’t call him out on it.
Democrats & their Media are as scared as the GOPe.
Much more to come.
Meant to add:
I don’t know why, after their success in Arizona.
Sorry, I don’t accept fact checks from liars.
I’d rather have rabies than whatever afflicts the wankers at CNN...
Idiots on Free Republic always posting CNN’s talking points.
CNN is not pro-Desantis.
Enough of that.
Fact checker: it wasn’t $85B, it was only 83. Liar!!!
I’ll never trust any leftard “fact checker”.
LOL! as if CNN has any credibility whatsoever.
Yes if you even dare say another potential candidate you are cursed, called a troll, a liberal etc.
Is it illegal here to even think of another potential candidate? (I voted 2x for Trump but he’s becoming an old man now)
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And on this post: oh boy the Libs really got us. Biden ONLY left behind 8 billion dollars worth of weapons and equipment. That’s more than the entire country of Indonesia spends on their defense budget each year.
CNN. You mean nothing. Habitual liars.
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