Trump's 100-Day Interview Raises Serious Competence Concerns

His interview with ABC NEWS Terry Moran was riddled with so many lies and fabrications, it raises questions on whether Trump is up for the job

Trump's 100-day interview with ABC News was a runaway train of lies, revealing a president increasingly detached from verifiable reality. If Trump actually believes these lies, he’s either unqualified for the job or surrounded by people determined to keep him in a disinformation fog. If he’s intentionally lying, it exposes how dangerously corrupt the administration is. Either way, he is placing the Republic, and the American people in grave danger.

Trump mentioned Joe Biden 25 times during the interview raising the former president’s age and competence concerns, all while exhibiting only an occasional connection with the truth

Doge's Phantom Savings Don’t Exist - It’s COSTING Taxpayers $135 Billion More

WHEN questioned about DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency), Trump claimed to have saved "$150 billion" - a dramatic retreat from his original promises of $2 trillion, then $1 trillion in cuts.

What Trump didn't mention: According to the Partnership for Public Service, DOGE's actions - including mass paid leave, rehiring mistakenly fired workers, and lost productivity - will actually cost taxpayers $135 billion this fiscal year. The Penn Wharton Budget Model found federal spending has increased by $156 billion (6.3%) compared to the same period last year.

His claim about criminal fraud referrals from DOGE's work appears to be fabricated on the spot - he provided zero specifics when pressed, and there's no public record of DOJ prosecutions resulting from these supposed referrals.

Verdict: False and misleading. DOGE has not only failed to deliver meaningful savings but may be costing more than it saves. The DOGE website tracking claimed savings has been, according to multiple reports, "riddled with errors and corrections." Far from efficiency, DOGE represents chaotic governance masked by inflated claims.

Trump Has No Idea About How Much Canadians Have Stopped Traveling To The US

When confronted about declining international travel to the US, particularly from Canada, Trump claimed: "Tourism is gonna be way up. Wait till you see the numbers. The tourism is way up... Now, Canada -- oh, sure -- tourism's doing very well."

The reality? Canadian travel to the US has plummeted:

• Border crossings fell 18.5% in February 2025 compared to the previous year

• 2.2 million Canadians crossed the land border in February 2025 - a drop of about 500,000 people (23%) from February 2024

• Advance bookings for Canada-US flights for April-September 2025 were down over 70% compared to 2024

Verdict: False. Far from "doing very well," Canadian tourism to the US is experiencing a historic collapse, driven by political tensions, stricter border controls, and economic factors including Trump's own tariff policies.

The Border Fantasy: 11,888 Murderers?

Trump claimed: "They were allowing people to come in from prisons... Prisons, mental institutions, gang members -- murderers. We had many murderers, 11,888, they think... And now it's totally closed down. And you've seen just yesterday, they announced 99.9% [decline]."

He later inflated this further: "Biden allowed 21 million people that came into our country through a stupid open border."

Verdict: Both claims are false. There is no evidence supporting the specific claim that 11,888 murderers entered the US. CBP recorded roughly 10.5 million "encounters" during Biden's term - not 21 million unique individuals. There has been a huge drop in th number of illegals crossing the border.

His Trade Numbers On China Are Completely Wrong Even As the Tariff Standoff Causes Chaos

Trump claimed: "China was making from us a trillion dollars a year... I took a trade deficit down to a number that's very, very -- starting to get really good."

He insisted his tariffs would not raise prices because "China probably will eat those tariffs."

Verdict: False. The US trade deficit with China in 2024 was about $263 billion, nowhere near $1 trillion. Multiple analyses from Trump's first term confirm that US importers and consumers - not Chinese exporters - bore the cost of tariffs.

He Has No Idea What It Costs To Buy Anything

Trump declared: "Since I came in gasoline is down, groceries are down, egg prices are down -- many things are down, just about everything."

Verdict: False. As of March 2025, grocery prices were 2.41% higher than a year earlier. Gasoline prices have fluctuated but aren't down to $1.98 nationally as claimed. Overall consumer costs remain elevated compared to when he took office.

He Peddled Disinformation About Abrego Garcia and Refuses to Admit It

Perhaps the most revealing exchange came when Trump insisted a deported Salvadoran man had MS-13 tattoos on his knuckles, despite photos from El Salvador showing no such tattoos.

When confronted with this discrepancy, Trump attacked Moran: "You're being dishonest... He had MS-13 on his knuckles," eventually claiming the photos from El Salvador must be doctored.

Verdict: False. Trump's insistence on this easily disproven claim demonstrates his relationship with facts: when reality contradicts his narrative, he rejects reality rather than adjusting his claims.

The Competency Question

While it’s commonplace for Trump to lie about many things, the interview with Moran shows an inability to grasp basic facts, an inability to differentiate truth from fiction, and poor judgement.

Unlike his previous term, the president’s control over tariffs is driving massive economic changes and hurting small and big businesses, but the president is either incapable of recalling the actual trade deficit with China or is so immersed in a bubble of misinformation he can’t discern reality from the fog.

When the President of the United States confidently asserts easily disproven claims across every key interview topic— from tourism to trade deficits to grocery prices. Ironically, Trump identified this exact vulnerability when discussing Putin, questioning whether the Russian leader was "tapping me along."

The danger extends beyond just the falsehoods themselves. A president who cannot accurately assess reality— whether by choice or by circumstance— cannot make sound policy decisions. What happens when this distorted worldview is applied to military decisions— where real lives are at stake— or worse, war could break out.

Three months into his second term, Trump's relationship with verifiable facts appears more strained than ever, raising serious concerns about both his capacity to govern effectively and the quality of information reaching the Oval Office.

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