Donald Trump's 100-Day Speech Fact-Checked by BBC Verify

Trump's "Most Successful First 100 Days" Claim

• 🎯 President Trump claimed his first 100 days were the most successful in history, a statement presented as a matter of opinion.
• 📉 His approval ratings at 100 days were noted as the lowest for any president in nearly 70 years.

Fact-Checking Petrol Prices

• ⛽ Trump claimed gasoline prices had significantly decreased, with some states hitting $1.98 per gallon.
• 📈 BBC Verify found that average gas prices had actually ticked up slightly since Trump took office, from $3.13 to $3.16.
• ⚠️ There was no evidence found that any state had an average gas price as low as $1.98, with the lowest being $2.67 in Mississippi.

Examining Immigration Statistics

• 🛂 Trump asserted that his administration set all-time records for the lowest number of illegal border crossings.
• ✅ This claim is backed by US Border Patrol statistics, showing record lows in March and February, the first full months of his term.
• 📊 Monthly encounters at the US border were just over 7,000, a significant drop compared to approximately 140,000 in the same month the previous year.
• ⏳ While monthly records began in 2000, migration policy think tanks suggest lower averages in the 1960s, but acknowledge it's a significant recent drop.

Investigating DOGE Savings Claim

• 💰 Trump claimed the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) saved $150 billion on waste, fraud, and abuse.
• 📊 DOGE's website states around $160 billion in savings, which is in the ballpark of Trump's quote.
• 🧐 However, BBC Verify's analysis indicates that only about $60 billion of the claimed savings are broken down by individual items, and only half of that total has proof or receipts attached, making independent verification difficult.