Newsweek: 5 Strange Claims Trump Ended 2025 With

A report published by the American magazine Newsweek reviewed five pieces of information included in the year-end speech delivered by U.S. President Donald Trump the day before yesterday, Wednesday. The speech combined inaccurate claims and exaggerations partially based on real data, according to the magazine.

The speech came amid declining political support for Trump and political pressure within the Republican Party to improve the economic situation ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

Instead of outlining his upcoming policies, the president preferred to review his achievements and declared that "America is the best in the world," but he avoided discussing sensitive issues such as tensions with Venezuela or his country's relations with China and Russia, according to the magazine's correspondent Jesus Mesa.

Trump stated that 25 million immigrants entered the United States during former President Joe Biden's administration, describing it as an invasion, but official Border Patrol data recorded fewer than that.

Trump also claimed that more than 11,000 criminals entered the country, but the report confirmed that this statistic refers to cumulative data over 40 years and is not related solely to Biden's period.

Trump announced that he completely stopped inflation after it peaked in 2022. However, the report clarified that inflation did indeed decline but did not stop, based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showing inflation rose by 3% in September 2025, according to the magazine.

The report also refuted the president's claim that the inflation he inherited was "the worst in history," explaining that inflation rates reached 14.8% in 1980 and over 23% in 1920, which are much higher than the levels Trump faced.

Newsweek added that what it described as the third misleading claim concerned fuel prices, where Trump said the price per gallon (the U.S. gallon equals about 3.7 liters) dropped to $1.99 in several states.

The magazine pointed out that the national average price is about $2.94, and any prices below $2 were isolated cases at limited stations, with no state having an average price as low as the figure mentioned by the president.

Trump declared in his speech that his administration secured new investments worth $18 trillion since taking office, but a review of White House figures shows that the announced investments do not exceed $9.6 trillion.

Economists confirmed that even this figure is higher than the actual investments, as it includes "commitments and proposals" in early stages that have not yet been implemented.

Finally, the president said the number of working Americans is the highest in history, but the writer warned that this claim is "partially true" but misleading, as the increase simply reflects overall population growth.

He explained that the employment rate compared to the population — which is a more accurate measure of market strength — actually declined from 60.1% in January to 59.7% in September 2025.