TRUMP: 'We have the cleanest air in the world in the United States, and it's gotten better since I'm president.' THE FACTS: The U.S. does not have the cleanest air, and it hasn't gotten better under the Trump administration.
1 / 4Fact Check WeekIn this June 6, 2019, photo, President Donald Trump speaks before he departs Shannon Airport in Shannon, Ireland. WASHINGTON — The apportioning of credit and blame went awry in President Donald Trump's remarks over the past week.
Congressional Democrats held firm in demanding that Puerto Rico, a territory whose 3 million people are U.S. citizens, be helped by the measure. The legislation ultimately included more money for Puerto Rico, about $1.4 billion, than Democrats originally sought. The U.S. is the largest military spender but others in the alliance obviously have armed forces, too. The notion that almost all costs would fall to the U.S. is false.
THE FACTS: Trump is once again conflating weather and climate, suggesting that global warming can't be happening if it gets cold outside. But weather is like mood, which changes daily. Climate is like personality, which is long term. And that's just the extreme weather. When it comes to global average temperature, April was the 412th consecutive warmer month than the 20th century average, according to records kept by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The Obama administration, in fact, set records for the fewest air polluted days, in 2016. In 2017, after Trump took office, the number of bad air days per metropolitan area went up 20%. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives outlawed the attachments at Trump's direction after the shootings killed more than 50 people in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. It is the only major gun restriction imposed by the federal government in the past few years.
McCain, an Arizona Republican, co-sponsored the legislation following a 2014 scandal at the VA medical center in Phoenix, where some veterans died while waiting months for medical appointments. Still, the VA says it does not expect a major increase in veterans seeking care outside the VA under Trump's expanded program, partly because wait times in the private sector are now typically longer than at VA.TRUMP:"I kept hearing that there would be 'massive' rallies against me in the UK, but it was quite the opposite. The big crowds, which the Corrupt Media hates to show, were those that gathered in support of the USA and me." — tweet Wednesday.
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