EXCLUSIVE: Jen Psaki TORCHES Trump’s National Address in Real-Time Fact-Check – “Bad Infomercial” Packed with “Blatant Falsehoods” Exposed!
Moments after President Donald Trump wrapped his high-stakes national address on December 17, 2025, MSNBC host and former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki didn’t hold back – delivering a blistering, point-by-point takedown that labeled the speech a “bad, fast-talking infomercial” riddled with inflammatory rhetoric and claims that “fell apart on the facts.” 💥
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Psaki argued the address was designed to “overwhelm” viewers with volume and symbolism rather than inform with verifiable truths, mixing anti-immigrant grievances with self-congratulatory boasts. “This wasn’t leadership – it was shouting a version of reality into existence,” she said, vowing to focus on the “most blatant falsehoods” her team flagged in real time.
First up: Trump’s patriotic pledge of $1,776 checks to U.S. troops, tying the amount to America’s founding year. Psaki slammed it as pure theater, reminding viewers Congress holds the “power of the purse” – not the president. Any such payments need legislative approval, not a White House whim. Adding irony, she cited Yale Budget Lab data showing Trump’s tariffs have already cost households about $1,700 this year – nearly wiping out the symbolic “bonus.”
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On inflation, Psaki called Trump’s claim of inheriting the “worst in 48 years” flat-out false. Inflation peaked at 7% during the pandemic but was dropping when he took office – now stalled around 3%, per Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s recent comments. “He promised to end it on day one… but it’s still elevated,” she quipped, backed by data showing no real progress.
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Grocery prices? Trump boasted of bringing them down, but Psaki fired back with a USDA report from his own administration showing food costs rising faster than overall inflation. “Americans don’t need charts – they see it at checkout,” she said, calling the disconnect “awkward” for the president.
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Gas prices drew similar fire: Trump’s $1.99/gallon claim? Busted by AAA data showing a national average of $2.91 today (down from $3.11 in January) – a decline, sure, but not the exaggeration he peddled. Psaki stressed: “Exaggeration erodes trust on issues people track daily.”
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Throughout, Psaki hammered Trump’s reliance on “repetition over proof,” mocking his dismissal of “affordability” as a buzzword while ignoring real household struggles. Her segment went viral, with fans hailing the clarity amid the “noise” – though critics cried partisanship, claiming the speech was “aspirational.”
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Psaki wrapped by noting she’d only “scratched the surface,” urging viewers to fact-check their own lists. In a media world where narratives harden fast, her rapid response reframed Trump’s triumph as a “credibility test” he failed. 📉👀
Do you think Psaki’s fact-check was spot-on, or was Trump just being “aspirational”? Sound off below! 👇❤️
