Overview

• The president addressed hundreds of generals and admirals at Quantico, where he made a series of disputed assertions on military, foreign aid, and migration.
• Fact-checkers noted Joe Biden has repeatedly stated the U.S. has the strongest military, and they rejected Trump’s claim that Biden sought to terminate the Space Force.
• Independent trackers and a U.S. inspector general show U.S. support to Ukraine is far below the $350 billion cited by Trump, with allocations around $135 billion and disbursements near $94 billion through mid-2025.
• Trump’s statement that 25 million migrants entered the U.S. under Biden conflicts with federal data showing under 11 million encounters, and experts found no evidence that the Congo or Venezuela emptied prisons to send people to the U.S.
• The claim that he “settled seven” wars was contradicted by ongoing conflicts and disputes, including continued fighting involving armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo.