Trump’s farewell speech was littered with misinformation

Donald Trump released a farewell address to the nation on Tuesday night, telling his “make America great again” supporters once again that their movement was “just beginning”.

The speech, made hours before Joe Biden was due to be inaugurated as president, contained a string of falsehoods and distortions of Mr Trump’s record.

An inveterate liar and compulsive exaggerator even on trivial matters – such as whether it rained during his own inauguration in 2017 – the outgoing president peppered his parting message with misleading claims.