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1. backgroundYesterday

   Trump addresses UN General Assembly with disputed claims — President Trump delivered a speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday containing multiple false and misleading claims about U.S. military capabilities, oil reserves, and drug seizure operations.

2. 1 Sep 22 4:56 PM

   Fact-checkers find drug seizure statistics unverifiable

   Trump claimed the U.S. has destroyed "97% of the drugs coming into the ocean and sea" through cartel boat strikes. Experts say the real number cannot be known because it is impossible to determine how many drugs are not intercepted. Trump has made similar claims in recent months with varying percentages, including 98.2% cited in an April Truth Social post.

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     President Trump made myriad false and misleading claims during his address to the United Nations General Assembly, many of which he has repeated frequently throughout his second term in the White House. @ AssociatedPress has a fact check: https:// flip.it/eT0ZoP # Trump # UN # News

     NewsDesk@flipboard.socialMastodon16h ago22▲view on Mastodon ↗

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     @kutnews.bsky.social @npr.org @nprextra.bsky.social the blatant dick sucking of Trump’s reps on air has gotten so bad that it is genuinely comical. National Public Radio is now just Fox News without the video. If you are going to interview these liars at least fact check them for your own sake.

     daangrypacifist.bsky.socialBluesky16h ago1▲view on Bluesky ↗
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     Stage 6 dementia on full display but everyone keeps acting like this is perfectly normal behavior for a U.S. president. This will absolutely end in catastrophe.

     susanrezr/politics1d agoview on r/politics ↗

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3. backgroundSep 22

   Fact-checkers determine oil reserve claim inflates actual percentages — Trump claimed combined U.S. and Venezuelan oil reserves represent "more than 60% of the oil in the world." A U.S.-Venezuela joint venture announced in late August gives the U.S. 100-year rights to 17 oil fields with 65 billion barrels of proven reserves, expanding U.S. reserves by 46 billion barrels. However, even using the largest numbers, the combined resources account for only about 22% of world's 1.6 trillion barrels of oil reserves.

4. backgroundSep 22

   Fact-checkers document munitions claim as contradicted by military officials — Trump claimed "We have more munitions than we could ever possibly even think of using" but published reports and military officials report weapons stockpiles are diminishing. The U.S. military is experiencing a "beyond critical" shortage of advanced missile interceptors in Europe, and it will take years to replenish Tomahawk cruise missiles and Patriot and THAAD missile interceptors.