“This is Tic Tac now. This is Tic Tac.”Trump used Tic Tac packaging as a stand-in for broader inflation data.
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Conference speech · 2024-06-22
Faith and Freedom: Trump Demonstrates Inflation With Tic Tacs
About this speech
Speaking to religious conservatives, Trump pulled out Tic Tac containers to illustrate his argument about inflation, then moved into assertions about electric vehicles and foreign policy.
What stands out in this speech
A miniature candy demonstration made for a memorable visual but did not itself substantiate his economic claims.
“China. China occupies Bagram.”He asserted that China occupied Bagram Airfield, a claim requiring independent verification rather than acceptance as fact.
Transcript location: 01:04:47
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