Trump Claims U.S. Poverty Rate Hit Record Low of 10.2%
Trump shares a chart asserting the official U.S. poverty rate reached a record-low 10.2%, crediting his time in office.
WASHINGTON D.C. — Donald J. Trump claimed the U.S. poverty rate reached a record low, sharing a chart that credits his time in office for a 10.2% figure.
The graphic labels the reading a record low and plots the official poverty rate for all people across the years 1959 through 2025. A red downward arrow marks the drop at the end of the timeline, with annotation text reading “TRUMP Record-Low 10.2%.”
Here is the full post on truthsocial: “U.S. Poverty Rate At RECORD LOW. Official Poverty Rate, All People, 1959-2025. TRUMP. Record-Low 10.2%.” on September 20, 2026 at 3:51 PM ET.
This is Trump’s 6th message released today, and the last post was 3 hours ago, and it is not part of a thread. On average, Trump produces 18 posts per day since his inauguration on January 20, 2025. The move fits a broader pattern in Trump’s recent messaging, with 43 of his 550 posts over the last 30 days classified as Economy posts.
The chart uses a percentage scale running from 5% to 25% on the vertical axis and marks the years in five-year increments across the horizontal axis. The plotted line begins near the top of the range in the mid-1960s and fluctuates across the following decades. It falls sharply at the far right of the timeline. Two circular seals marked “45 | 47” appear in the upper corners of the graphic.
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