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🗓️ 3 May 2025
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On the 29th April US President Donald Trump took to the stage in Michigan to celebrate his first 100 days in office.
This is a milestone in American politics, but is everything he claims the administration has achieved true?
The BBC’s US National Digital Reporter Mike Wendling joins us to fact-check President Trump’s claims on immigration, the stock market, fentanyl and….eggs.
Presenter: Lizzy McNeill Producer: Tom Colls Production Coordinator: Brenda Brown Sound mix: Jack Morris Editor: Richard Vadon
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0:44.8 | And I'm Lizzie McNeil. |
0:46.4 | On the 29th of April, Donald Trump took to the stage in Michigan. |
0:53.2 | Thank you very much. Hello, Michigan. He was there to be an American for his side of my country. |
0:56.0 | Hello, Michigan, hello, we love you, Michigan. |
1:00.0 | We love you. |
1:01.0 | He was there to celebrate a very important milestone in American politics, the first 100 days of his presidency. |
1:08.0 | A successful first 100 days of any administration in the history of our country, and that's |
1:15.7 | according to many, many people. |
1:17.6 | We thought to mark this historic start to his presidency, we'd get the BBC's US National |
1:23.9 | Digital Reporter and friend of the program, Mike Wendling, to chat through some of his claims about how well he's done. |
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