Donald Trump in 2024 State of the Union address

On War & Peace: Russia can do what they want to unpaid-up NATO members

CNN FactCheck 2/10/24: "NATO was busted until I came along," Trump said at a rally in South Carolina. "I said, 'Everybody's gonna pay.' They said, 'Well, if we don't pay, are you still going to protect us?' I said, 'Absolutely not.' They couldn't believe the answer." Trump said "one of the presidents of a big country" asked him whether the US would still defend the country if they were invaded by Russia even if they "don't pay."

"No, I would not protect you," Trump recalled telling that president. "In fact, I would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want. You got to pay. You got to pay your bills." [Conclusion: Yes, Trump said Russia could do what they want, but only to NATO members who didn't pay their bills.]

On Budget & Economy: Shrinkflation is just INFLATION, from spending trillions

He and the Communists in his party looted TRILLIONS of dollars from you and spent it on illegal aliens and the Green New Scam, triggering the highest inflation in many, many decades. If your packages are getting smaller, that's the reason why. Under my leadership, there was NO inflation. We had the greatest economy in the history of the world.

It's time to tell Crooked Joe Biden, "YOU'RE FIRED."

On Immigration: I built 571 miles of wall & made safest border in US history

When I left office, we gave Joe Biden the most secure border in U.S. history--we gave him Remain in Mexico--very tough to get, but I got it, Safe Third Agreements, the Asylum ban, Title 42, 571 miles of border wall, Rapid Deportations, and much more. We had the safest border in the history of our country.

As soon as he got in, Crooked Joe and his Radical Left lunatics deliberately dismantled each and every one of those policies that were so good that gave us this best border, according to Tom Holman, according to Brandon Judd, the top people. They said it was the single best border we've ever had in recorded history. What's happened now is a horror show. The country--our country--is being laughed at all over the world.

On Immigration: Illegal alien invasion: hordes resettled in your community

The VERY FIRST BILL Joe Biden sent to Congress was a plan to turn illegal aliens into voting citizens. That's just what we need. No matter what Crooked Joe says, his actions prove his priority is to import a colossal new illegal alien population and let them all stay--my priority is securing our border, and sending Crooked Joe's illegals back home.

On Social Security: Cut waste and fraud, but don't cut benefits

There's some room for disagreement about what Trump may have meant. But Trump has consistently said at other times--not only in this campaign but also as president--that he would not make any cuts to Social Security and Medicare benefits.

Here is what Trump said in an interview with CNBC: "There is a lot you can do in terms of entitlements in terms of cutting and in terms of also the theft and the tremendous bad management of entitlements."

Biden posted a clip of the interview, ending with Trump saying, "There is a lot you can do in terms of entitlements in terms of cutting." Biden commented, "Not on my watch."

The Trump campaign responded, "If you losers didn't cut his answer short, you would know President Trump was talking about cutting waste."