Filtered | Trump’s Address to the Nation: Fact-Check, Rhetoric, and What It Mean

President Donald Trump delivered an “Address to the Nation,” and in this special episode of Filtered, TJ Walker breaks it down line-by-line, separating claims from verifiable reality and analyzing the communication strategy behind the speech.

You’ll hear focused commentary on: inflation and prices, the border and crime claims, culture-war framing, tariffs and investment messaging, health care and prescription drug promises, the Federal Reserve and interest-rate pressure, and the broader credibility test of a presidential address.

Chapters
00:00 Intro: Why this address matters
00:59 Speech begins: inflation & “inherited a mess”
01:07 Inflation numbers + Trump’s “some would say” tic
03:12 Prices, affordability & partisan wording
04:19 Border “25 million” and crime allegations
05:34 Trans sports & culture-war framing
06:52 Trade, economy & “laughed at” claims
11:03 “Landslide,” swing states, and the “mandate” claim
14:21 Insiders, corruption, and pardons critique
18:51 Border shutdown + city safety claims
23:23 Foreign policy: wars, Russia/Europe, Gaza
25:39 PowerPoint stats: prices, wages, jobs + tariffs/investment
37:26 Warrior dividend + health care, TrumpRx, ACA debate
46:03 Energy, the Fed, housing + TJ’s final assessment
54:14 Sign-off