CNN called out “a lot of lies” in President Donald Trump’s address to senior U.S. military leaders.
The litany of lies, fakes, and fantasies was all the more remarkable because the audience was a battalion of admirals and generals ordered to be there.
At the top of senior reporter Daniel Dale’s list was Trump’s claim during his speech that Joe Biden never says America has the strongest military.
Dale noted a quick Google search shows Biden has said exactly that—multiple times, including at the Air Force Academy in June 2023, when he described it as “the finest military in the history of the world.”
Trump also told the room how Biden wanted to terminate the Space Force. Dale noted there is no evidence Biden suggested that—and, in fact, the then president’s press secretary, Jen Psaki,