"UNGAR-SARGON: It's funny, like, and, obviously, everything you've said is correct. He messed up. He called it Iceland. I've never once heard him say the word Azerbaijan correctly, but that doesn't mean that he did not bring peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Like the fact that he cannot be bothered to pronounce it correctly doesn't mean that the record isn't there. It doesn't mean that he didn't cut our deficit by 20 percent in one year. It doesn't mean that he didn't actually bring $18 trillion committed."
"PHILLIP: It actually does mean I mean, look UNGAR-SARGON: No. It doesn't. PHILLIP: the White House's own hold on. The White House's own website, Batya, says that major investment announcements during this Trump term was $9.6 trillion. So, even his own administration is saying that is not true. UNGAR-SARGON: No. That's the website. But, I mean, I can tell you who has made the"
President Donald Trump spoke for over an hour at the World Economic Forum in Davos, mixing falsehoods, exaggerations, attacks, and misidentifications such as calling Greenland Iceland. On CNN NewsNight, a panel debated his performance. Host Abby Phillip cited the White House website to rebut a claim that Trump secured $18 trillion in investment announcements, noting the site lists $9.6 trillion. Batya Ungar-Sargon defended Trump, arguing mispronunciations do not negate diplomatic or economic achievements and asserting larger investment and deficit reductions. Ungar-Sargon's responses drew laughter from the table and left Phillip briefly speechless.
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