Donald Trump’s speech in Warren, Michigan, marking his 100th day in office sounded a lot like something the United States president clearly loves: a good old-fashioned campaign rally.During the April 29 speech, Trump touted a record number of executive orders, efforts to slash the federal workforce and deportations of migrants in the US illegally, spotlighted in a video showing deportees being booked into a high-security El Salvador prison.
But Trump also returned to themes that animated his campaign rallies and looked for familiar faces in the crowd. “I missed you guys. I missed the campaign,” he said. Trump referred to his predecessor, former President Joe Biden, on several occasions, once polling the audience: “What’s a better name for us to call him, ‘Sleepy Joe’ or ‘Crooked Joe?’”
With polls showing falling approval ratings, Trump took a sustained shot at the surveys, calling them “fake” and saying if the polls were honest, his approval ratings would “be in the 60s or 70s”.
Five polls released in the run-up to Trump’s 100th day – from CBS News, CNN, The New York Times/Siena, ABC News/Washington Post and NPR/PBS/Marist – found Trump’s approval ratings between 42 percent and 45 percent. Advertisement
Here, we fact-checked several of Trump’s statements.
Trump said he ‘restored free speech’ but his actions tell a different story
Trump said, “I banned all government censorship and restored free speech in America. We have free speech. …
