Source: Hope Yen and Josh Boak, WRAL, 7/1/18

 Boasting about his tax cuts, President Donald Trump inflated his role in boosting the economy to mythical proportions, claiming full credit for U.S. growth that was already in the making and ignoring the reality of a mounting deficit. On immigration, he and administration officials repeatedly spread questionable alarms by linking weak border enforcement to pervasive crime and a "surge" in MS-13 gangs. His statements capped a week of head-spinning assertion, fabricated history and dubious claims.

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