departs the White House for Joint Base Andrews
Recorded in the president’s public schedule; the entry establishes the event, not any unstated outcome.
Verified eventThe day in one sentence
Departs the White House for Joint Base Andrews.
The reviewed public schedule records 4 notable points, led by departs the White House for Joint Base Andrews.
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The record
What happened
Documented events, with the limits of the available evidence left intact.
arrives at Joint Base Andrews
Recorded in the president’s public schedule; the entry establishes the event, not any unstated outcome.
Verified eventdeparts Joint Base Andrews for Dover Air Force Base
Recorded in the president’s public schedule; the entry establishes the event, not any unstated outcome.
Verified eventand First Lady participate in a Dignified Transfer Ceremony
Recorded in the president’s public schedule; the entry establishes the event, not any unstated outcome.
Verified eventFact-check desk
What the evidence supports
For the first time in years, wages were rising faster than inflation.
Year-over-year wage growth had exceeded inflation since June 2023.
Inflation had stopped after being the worst in U.S. history.
Inflation was 2.7% and the Biden-era peak was not the highest in U.S. history.
Gasoline was under $2.50 nationally and $1.99 in some states.
The national average was about $2.90 and no statewide average was $1.99.
Many families would save $11,000 to $20,000 annually from the tax law.
The estimated average tax cut was about $800; savings in the stated range applied on average only to the top 1%.
The United States was invaded by an army of 25 million immigrants.
The estimate substantially exceeded credible measures of entries and the unauthorized population.
Many immigrants came from foreign prisons and mental institutions.
No evidence established the broad claim.
Drug prices were cut by 400% to 600%.
A price cannot fall by more than 100%.
Transcript audit
3 transcripts located
These full-text records were checked for testable factual claims. A verdict appears above only when corroborating evidence supports one.
Bottom line
This edition distinguishes the documented schedule from conclusions the schedule alone cannot support.
Sources & notes
Records reviewed
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President’s Public ScheduleFactba.se / Roll Call · December 2025
↗02Prime-time address fact-checkFactCheck.org · December 18, 2025
↗Newsrooms monitored for corroborating coverage: CNN · Reuters · Axios · Al Jazeera · Fox News. A newsroom is cited above only when its reporting directly supports that day’s entry.