WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said his administration has reversed what he described as economic decline and secured the southern border, restoring American strength at home and abroad within the first 11 months of his new term, while placing blame for inflation, migration, and global instability on the previous Democratic administration.
"Eleven months ago, I inherited a mess, and I'm fixing it, " Trump said at the start of the speech on Wednesday (local time), arguing that when he took office, inflation was "the worst in 48 years, and some would say in the history of our country, " making life "unaffordable for millions and millions of Americans.
He accused the Biden administration of allowing an "open" border, claiming the country was "being invaded by an army of 25 million people", including criminals and violent offenders, a situation he said "can never be allowed to happen again".