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BREAKING: Joe Biden’s wild economic claims during his State of the Union address were fact-checked six times by The New York Times. 1. “15 million new jobs in just three years — a record,” Biden claimed. • The Times ruled the claim needed context because the job gains “were beginning to return” before Biden came to office from the huge losses during the pandemic. 2. “My policies have attracted $650 billion in private sector investment, in clean energy, advanced manufacturing, creating tens of thousands of jobs here in America!” • The Times ruled Biden’s statement lacked context and Biden calculated $650 billion based on “public announcements of investments — not necessarily dollars spent — across industries targeted by Mr. Biden’s legislative accomplishments.” 3. “I am cutting our carbon emissions in half by 2030.” • The Times determined that Biden’s statement lacked context and Biden confused his goal of cutting emissions in half with what his actual policies would cut. 4. “We’ve already cut the federal deficit over a trillion dollars.” •The Times ruled Biden’s claim needed context: Under Mr. Biden’s watch, the federal deficit dropped to $1.4 trillion in fiscal year 2022 from $3.1 trillion in fiscal year 2021 — but much of that reduction was attributed to the expiration of coronavirus relief spending. The deficit then rose in 2023, to about $1.7 trillion. The deficit remains higher than it was before the coronavirus pandemic. 5. “You know, there are 1,000 billionaires in America. You know what the average federal tax is for these billionaires? They are making great sacrifices: 8.2 percent. That’s far less than the vast majority of Americans’ pay.” •The Times reported Biden’s claim did not “technically” reflect the current tax rate. 6. “Many of my friends on the other side of the aisle want to put Social Security on the chopping block.” •“Republicans are not currently calling for cuts to Social Security,” the Times said. Former President Trump, in fact, said in 2022 that he would never cut Social Security.