Claim: During a Dec. 2, 2023, campaign speech, former President Donald Trump said "We've been waging an all-out war on American democracy." From that day on our opponents, and we had a lot of opponents, but we've been waging an all-out war in American democracy. To our ears, Trump unambiguously said, "we've been waging all-out war in American democracy" (and CSPAN's transcript reflects the same). We did not hear, nor does the context support the claim that he said, "waging all-out war on American democracy." It's clear that Trump was out to accuse his political opponents of waging war on democracy, not admitting to doing it himself.

Source: New York Times December 03, 2023 18:37 UTC