President Trump is no stranger to very obvious media bias and false remarks made about him. This time, those remarks have been publicly fact-checked.
According to Breitbart, Spanish-born actor and Dune star Javier Bardem shared some false remarks about President Trump during an interview with Variety. In the interview, Bardem had claimed that President Trump had been “prosecuted for abuse of women, and he’s still in the White House, and nothing has happened — that gives you a blank check to do whatever you want.”
News outlet Breitbart fact-checked this bold claim and outed Barden for his false remarks. In the interview, Barden also claimed that the country is going backward, and yet the latest financial stats say otherwise. According to AP News, the country’s economy under President Trump grew modestly by 2 percent between January and March this year, despite last fall’s government shutdown, during which Democrats stalled the process. The news outlet also reported that business investment in the country grew by 8.7 percent.
American manufacturing continues to see growth, as the White House reported that the Institute for Supply Management’s key manufacturing index, which tracks nationwide factory activity, registered the sector’s third straight month of expansion for its highest reading since 2022. Big brands like Apple, Nvidia, and Johnson & Johnson have pledged billions into American manufacturing.
The reopening of Gary Tin Mill in Indiana, after it was shuttered in 2022, is set to create an additional 225 jobs for locals. These pledges signal President Trump’s commitment to bringing manufacturing back home. In a White House press release, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had said, “America’s unique advantage that no country could possibly have is President Trump.”
Bardem’s comment that the country is going backward couldn’t be further from the truth. In addition to the growing American-made industry and the resolution of immigration crises, jobless claims have reached historic lows this year. Fewer Americans were collecting unemployment checks in April, with claims at their lowest level since 1969. While Reuters reported that claims rose slightly this month, they’re still low, as the country’s labor market and layoffs remain weak.
