Former President Donald Trump closed out the final night of the 2024 Republican National Convention with a 92-minute speech that addressed a host of issues on Americans’ minds.
The economy under the Trump and Biden administrations, events in the Middle East and immigration were just some of the topics the official GOP nominee covered as he made his case to voters.
The ABC News politics team, 538, and the Politifacts team analyzed his comments to separate fact from fiction.
IMMIGRATION
Border crossings
TRUMP CLAIM: Trump argued there was “a massive invasion at our southern border that has spread misery, crime, poverty, disease and destruction to communities all across our land.”
FACT CHECK: This is false. There is no evidence of a major surge in crime caused by recent arrivals, and Trump’s claims ignore the fact that crime is down across the country overall.
Violent crimes were down 6% in the fourth quarter of …