Under President Joe Biden, U.S. exports of goods and services have increased, but U.S. imports have grown even faster. However, on multiple occasions, Biden has given the false impression that rising exports means declining imports and fewer U.S. jobs being outsourced to foreign countries.
Various measures of what has happened in the country since the president’s inauguration.
The most recent statistical measures of how the U.S. has changed since the president took office.
When Joe Biden was sworn in as president, two COVID-19 vaccines had already been authorized and millions of people nationwide had been vaccinated against the disease. But in a May 12 tweet touting economic progress made under Biden, the White House falsely claimed that “there was no vaccine available” at the time he was inaugurated.
The most recent statistical measures of how the U.S. has changed since the president took office.
The president stretched the facts on gas prices, jobs, tax cuts and more.
Statistical measures of the president’s term to date.
Both President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris lauded the bipartisan infrastructure legislation for creating good-paying jobs for “millions” of Americans. But they meant millions of job-years, not millions of additional jobs.
We spotted a few instances in President Joe Biden’s televised town hall when his answers didn’t square with the facts.
Statistical indicators of President Trump’s four years in office.