The former President Donald Trump, addressed reporters on Thursday in his Bedminster, New Jersey golf club, marking his second time speaking to the press this week. He gave a speech that lasted nearly one hour wherein he criticized the Biden administration’s policies on economics and immigration particularly in relation to their 2024 election contesters – Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
Housing rates
Trump’s claim: As per what Trump stated, the cost of a normal monthly mortgage had doubled since he left office because while its interest rate was ‘about 2%’ during his term, it has risen to ‘like 10%’.
Fact check: On this Trump is half right as reported by Parami News. When compared with his era where they stood at 2.6%, 30-year fixed mortgage rates were about 2%. However, according to the same source, he lied when he said that rates are around 10%. Freddie Mac which buys mortgages from lenders publishes its survey every week showing that average rates are at their lowest point since last year at around 6.5%.
Tampons in bathrooms
Trump’s claim: The president accused Governor Walz of signing off on legislation requiring tampons in boys’ restrooms within public schools in Minnesota referring it as “terrible.”
Fact check: It is therefore not entirely true as reported by Parami News. In 2023, Walz signed a law mandating that all public schools provide menstrual products for students up to grade twelve. Nonetheless, the legislation does not require tampons specifically be placed in boys’. Toilets but makes provision for distribution among “all menstruating students” subject to discretion of a school.
Border encounters
Trump’s claim: He claimed that more than “20 million” people have been allowed into America by Harris since her inauguration.
Fact check: This statement is completely false as stated by Parami News. According to US Customs and Border Patrol, there have been 9.9 million immigration encounters under Biden’s watch. In fact, the number is significantly higher when one also counts those. Who were not stop by border personnel; the Department of Homeland Security puts it at 11.6 million.
