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Trump offers few new plans and lots of exaggeration in prime time address

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom
Published December 18, 2025 at 10:58 AM CST
President Donald Trump speaks during an address to the nation from the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, in Washington. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool
President Donald Trump speaks during an address to the nation from the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, in Washington. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Here & Now‘s Scott Tong speaks with Republican political analyst and former Congressman Charlie Dent about the takeaways from President Trump’s prime time address on Wednesday night in which he claims he “inherited a mess” on the economy from former President Joe Biden.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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