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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Kelly Rissman

Trump says Susie Wiles made him do the primetime address where he spent 18 minutes yelling about his ‘accomplishments’

President Donald Trump claimed Susie Wiles, his chief of staff, made him deliver Wednesday’s primetime address.

The president gave an 18-minute address to the nation, in which he blamed former President Joe Biden for the current economic woes, rising housing costs, and what he called a “colossal border invasion.” Now, after 11 months of the second Trump White House, he claimed, the U.S. has become the “hottest country anywhere in the world.” Trump was mocked online for the address for its seeming lack of substance and for how he shouted through most of it.

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