Donald Trump got a blunt reminder on social media on Wednesday over his boast about the state of the country.
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Speaking to the graduating class at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, the president declared that under his leadership: “Our country is hot, this is a great time, our country is hot.”
He contrasted that with the recent past, saying: “I hate to say it but I will. A year ago, a year and a half ago, two years ago, the last administration, we were a dead country, right now we’re the hottest country anywhere in the world.”
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Critics, however, seized on the claim to note how Trump has been back in office for 16 months, meaning part of the period he described as a “dead country” was actually during his own presidency.
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