Trump Makes Numerous False And Nonsensical Claims In Meandering Speech On ‘Energy’

Donald Trump claimed Thursday there is no money available for home mortgages, that he was indicted nine times and that there are 19 different ways of pronouncing Vice President Kamala Harris’ first name.

“The cost of the typical monthly mortgage has really tripled, and you can’t get the money,” the coup-attempting criminal former president said in a speech ostensibly about energy at a steel plant in Michigan. “So, you know, you’ll go from 2% to 10% but you can’t get the money at 10%. I guess they want more than that, but you just can’t get the money.”

In fact, banks and credit unions have plenty of money to lend for home purchases. Trump was indicted not nine times, but four — five if you count a superseding indictment filed earlier this week for his actions related to his Jan. 6, 2021, coup attempt. And, according to Harris, now the Democratic presidential nominee, there is one correct way to pronounce her name.

Trump also brought up a variety of other complaints and comments in his 66 minutes of remarks, many of them greatly exaggerated or flatly false.

He said that President Joe Biden was sleeping too much, while Chinese dictator Xi Jinping and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un do very little sleeping. He claimed, falsely, that the United States had the strongest economy in history on his watch and, also falsely, that he had the largest tax cuts in American history. He claimed that in certain states, parents were allowed to kill newborns immediately after birth.

In fact, the economy was stronger at numerous other points, and tax cuts under presidents Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush were larger than his.

What’s more, there are no states that permit the murder of newborn babies.

Trump further claimed that crimes are