NBC News has picked out eight key claims to provide context and data for.<\/p>\n
Wages are outpacing inflation, but \u201cmuch\u201d is up for some debate as the pace of wage growth has slowed significantly this year. In January, average wages were increasing at a pace of 4.1%. As of Tuesday, when the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the October and November jobs report, the pace had fallen to 3.5%. Inflation is currently at 3.0% and has risen every month since April.<\/p>\n
It is also worth noting that while the Biden administration endured far higher rates of inflation, wages broadly kept pace with rising prices <\/a>even for lower-paid workers.<\/p>\n This claim is false. In reality, 7.4 million undocumented immigrants crossed the border outside of legal checkpoints during the Biden administration, according to data from Customs and Border Protection. <\/p>\n Counting people who crossed the border at legal points of entry but without documentation, it\u2019s still only 10.2 million. <\/p>\n About 800,000 immigrants entered the country through legal programs set up under Biden, such as the protected status programs for residents of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela.<\/p>\n That assertion is false. The price of eggs is down 43.9% since March, according to government Consumer Price Index data. Prices for some items in the BLS\u2019 inflation report may be falling, but prices broadly continue to increase. <\/p>\n The BLS has not released price data covering the last two months because of the government shutdown. November\u2019s inflation data will be released Thursday morning.<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s broader point that gasoline prices are falling is accurate. However, the average price he cites is not. According to the federal Energy Information Administration, the average regular gas price is $2.89. According to AAA, the national average is $2.90. <\/p>\n GasBuddy, a service that tracks thousands of gas stations around the country, does list a small number of service stations in seven states with gas closer to $1.99. But, for example, in Missouri and South Dakota there are only two stations. In Tennessee, there is just one. In Colorado, Kansas and Oklahoma there are fewer than a dozen stations apiece.<\/p>\n That claim is false. The price of a Thanksgiving turkey this year was down, but only by 3.7% for national brands, according to data from the Wells Fargo Agri-Foods Institute<\/a>. Overall, the institute said, the cost of a Thanksgiving meal fell by 2% to 3% this year.<\/p>\n This figure is false. Experts say the real figure is lower by many trillions of dollars, and the White House itself lists a figure of $9.6 trillion on its website<\/a> as of Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n Other analyses of Trump\u2019s evolving numbers on foreign investments have noted that he includes in his tally amorphous pledges made by U.S. trade partners that pledge investments by companies in those countries \u2014 promises the government has little power to enforce.<\/p>\n A recent Bloomberg News fact-check <\/a>found the real figure closer to $7 trillion. But there, too, many of the investments were vague pledges or parts of framework trade deals that have not yet been signed.<\/p>\n This statistic does not mean what Trump claims it means. The number of foreign-born and native-born workers in the U.S. workforce at any given time is a complicated estimate based on population projections and samples, not an absolute number. <\/p>\n Likewise, the fact that people were not native-born does not mean they are not citizens today \u2014 in 2024, the most recent data year, the U.S. granted citizenship to more than 800,000 people<\/a>.<\/p>\n For a better sense of how each group is doing in the workforce, experts suggest comparing the unemployment rate<\/a> among the two groups. <\/p>\n Over the last 12 months, the unemployment rate among native-born workers has risen<\/a>, from 3.9% in November 2024 under Biden to 4.3% last month under Trump. <\/p>\n![\"U.S.](\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2025-12\/251217-trump-speech-3-lr-6ea754.jpg\")