‘A Reversal of Reality’: CNN’s Daniel Dale Calls Out Barrage of False Claims from Trump’s Marathon UN Speech
Ahmad Austin Jr. Sep 23rd, 2025, 12:49 pm
CNN’s Daniel Dale on Tuesday fact-checked a litany of false claims made by President Donald Trump during his marathon UN speech.
Moments earlier, the president had just wrapped up his hour-long speech to the UN General Assembly. Throughout the speech, Trump repeatedly antagonized the member countries and told them their countries were “going to hell” as a result of a number of issues — namely immigration.
Trump also included many of his go-to claims, including the insistence that crime in Washington, D.C. has been completely eradicated and that the U.S. has become the “hottest” country in the world under his leadership.
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