Fact check: Trump’s Detroit economic speech
- Posted on January 13, 2026
- By CNN
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Fact check: Trump’s Detroit economic speech

Inflation hasn’t “stopped.” Consumer prices are up during this presidential term, not “down.” Grocery prices are rising, not starting to fall “rapidly.” US businesses and consumers, not China, pay US tariffs on Chinese imports. It’s impossible to reduce prescription drug prices by “thousands” of percentage points, since this would mean Americans would be getting paid to acquire their medicines.