‘Easily Checkable Lies’: Republican Senator Roasted Over Wildly Inaccurate Post Trying to Hype Trump’s Wins In Office
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Senator Bernie Moreno (R-OH) received a swift backlash this week after he posted a “scorecard” hyping President Donald Trump’s first four months in office that was riddled with glaring inaccuracies.
On Tuesday afternoon, Moreno posted his list of Trump wins, including: “Stock market up 10%, Egg prices down 55%, Inflation at 5 year low, Gas prices down 20%, $6 trillion+ in new US investment, and Consumer confidence highest in 4 yrs.”
“That’s all in 4 months. Now Republicans in the Senate have to step up!” concluded the post.
Veteran financial journalist James Surowiecki reacted to the post on X, writing, “The stock market is down 1.37%, not up 10%, since Trump took office. The price of gas is up 2.6%, not down 20%. Consumer confidence is lower than it was at any point in 2023 or 2024.”
“Just baffling that a U.S. senator goes on Twitter to tell obvious, easily checkable lies,” added Surowiecki.
Other social media users replied to the post and roasted the odd claims from Moreno, which led to several users asking X’s AI bot Grok to fact-check the post. “The claim of a 10% stock market rise is false; the S&P 500 dropped ~1.37% from Jan 20 to May 27, 2025. Egg prices may have fallen, but a 55% drop lacks confirmation. Inflation, gas prices, investment, and consumer confidence claims need more data to verify. Current evidence suggests some inaccuracies,” Grok concluded.
The one figure Moreno did get correct was the $6 trillion in pledged new investment Trump has secured. Yahoo! Finance reported last week, “Foreign governments and corporations have pledged over $6 trillion in U.S. investments, including $2 trillion from companies and $4.2 trillion from foreign governments, according to Goldman Sachs economist Joseph Briggs.”
While the $6 trillion pledges are certainly real, Goldman’s analysis of their impact came in at a far smaller number. “Applying historical realization rates and analyst feedback, the bank sees the likely net impact closer to $30 billion per year, or just 0.1% of U.S. GDP,” noted the report.
Below are some additional reactions to Moreno’s post:
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