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Fact-checking Trump's address to Congress

BBC Verify has looked into several claims made by Trump during his speech to Congress.
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  1. Chancellor Rachel Reeves gesturing with her right hand while speaking at the National Manufacturing Conference. The BBC Verify logo appears in the top left corner of the image.

  2. US President Donald Trump addressing Congress

  3. President Donald Trump standing in front of Congress with a BBC Verify lozenge in top left corner

  4. Zelensky, Trump and Vance speaking in the Oval Office.

  5. Plastic bags of Fentanyl are displayed on a table at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection area at the International Mail Facility at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. They bags of white powder both have post-it notes attached reading "fentanyl".

  6. Compound image with a HIMARS silhouette on the right, a NATO emblem on the left, and a textured blue, orange, and red background

  7. An older man carries a young boy on his shoulders during a walk outside. The relationship is one of grandfather and grandson.

  8. A Ukrainian team fires a US donated HIMARS at a Russian position. The rocket is being launched and fire can be seen coming out of it.

  9. A greyscale image of Donald Trump Jr with soundwaves and a red 'AI-GENERATED' image overlayed

  10. The left half of this image shows an AI-generated image of a white hotel with large pillars, and LED lights that read "Trump Gaza." A red label with a warning triangle has been added over the top and reads "AI-generated." The right-hand side of the image shows the BBC's Social Media Investigations Correspondent Marianna Spring. She is wearing a grey checked dress, has long brown hair, and has a serious expression.

  11. The left half of this image shows an AI-generated image of a white hotel with large pillars, and LED lights that read "Trump Gaza." A red label with a warning triangle has been added over the top and reads "AI-generated." The right-hand side of the image shows the BBC's Social Media Investigations Correspondent Marianna Spring. She is wearing a grey checked dress, has long brown hair, and has a serious expression.

  12. French President Emmanuel Macron and US President Donald Trump shaking hands in the White House

    13. Wind turbines and electricity pylons are seen against a blue sky. The BBC Verify logo is in the top left hand corner.

    • A design image shows to US air crash investigators walking on a blue background. Two jets can be seen flying, and the BBC Verify logo is in the top corner.

    • US President Donald Trump speaking at a podium, a BBC Verify logo is added

    • Man underground mining. He has a hat with a light on it. BBC Verify branding is written in the top left of the image.

    • President Donald Trump speaks to reporters from a lectern bearing the seal of the US president. An American flag and a flag bearing the president's seal are behind him. He wears a dark suit and a blue tie.

    • UK troops on Nato cold weather exercises in Estonia

    • President Trump standing in front of a gold curtain and the flags of India and the USA. He is behind a blue lectern featuring the presidential seal. The BBC Verify logo is in the top left of the image.

    • Keir Starmer walking out of the door of 10 Downing Street carrying three folders. The BBC Verify lozenge is in the top left corner.

    • Close up of Elon Musk with his son X on his shoulders in the Oval Office

    • A greyscale background showing the White House and a map of the Gulf of Mexico, and the foreground showing Google Maps renamed as the Gulf of America alongside the reporter Jake Horton. A BBC Verify logo is located on the top left-hand side.

      • CBE award in its presentation case, being held in someone's hands

      • A graphic showing a screenshot from a false social media video. The video includes the logo of the organisation USAID and is designed to look like a legitimate video from the news organisation E News. A red cross is over the video screenshot to emphasise that it is a misleading video and is not produced by E News, but rather by a Russian disinformation network.