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In a campaign-style rally in Pennsylvania on Dec. 9, President Donald Trump honed a message of “lower prices, bigger paychecks” ahead of next year’s midterm elections. Some of his talking points on the economy missed the mark.

- The president falsely claimed he had “inherited the worst inflation” in U.S. history and that it “stopped” since he returned to the White House. The worst inflation period occurred after World War I, and inflation was up 3% for the 12-month period ending in September.

- Trump was right to say that oil prices had declined, but the data are mixed for “energy prices,” a phrase he also used.

- The national average for a regular gallon of gasoline is $2.94. Trump claimed it was at $1.99 in th

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