Donald Trump defends first year back in office in politically charged speech

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Donald Trump defends first year back in office in politically charged speech  President Donald Trump delivered a politically charged speech Wednesday carried live in prime time on network television, seeking to pin the blame for economic challenges on Democrats while also repeating his claim of having ended "eight wars" in ten months.  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/12/18/donald-trump-defends-first-year-back-in-office-in-politically-charged-speech  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00Faced with rising criticism from voters, U.S. President Donald Trump defended his first

00:06year back in office in a politically charged speech.

00:10In geopolitics, Trump's claim of having ended eight wars in the space of just a few months,

00:15including the conflict between Randa and the DRC and Israel's war in Gaza, has been challenged

00:20by numerous experts.

00:21I've restored American strength, settled eight wars in ten months, destroyed the Iran nuclear

00:27threat and ended the war in Gaza, bringing for the first time in 3,000 years peace to

00:33the Middle East and secured the release of the hostages, both living and dead.

00:40Here at home, we're bringing our economy back from the brink of ruin.

00:44The last administration and their allies in Congress looted our treasury for trillions of

00:49dollars, driving up prices and everything at levels never seen before.

00:54I am bringing those high prices down and bringing them down very fast.

01:00In the conflict between Israel and Hamas, the U.S. proposed a 20-point peace plan in early

01:05October.

01:07Although it led to a ceasefire and releases of hostages and prisoners on both sides, the

01:12U.S.-led plan has not yet fully been implemented.

01:15In addition, Israel continues to regularly violate the ceasefire by launching attacks against the

01:20girls'

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