By Aaron Blake, CNN
Analysis: President Donald Trump delivered a rare, 20-minute primetime speech from the White House.
The address included relatively little news but did frame up how the White House would like to sell its record on the economy and other issues amid increasingly dire political indicators.
Here are some takeaways from the address.
1. It's all Biden, all the time, from here on out
In case there was any doubt, Trump made clear his message will continue to feature a heavy dose of the B-word: Biden.
Trump repeatedly compared his economic and inflation numbers to his predecessor. Former President Joe Biden's numbers were significantly worse, in large part due to the Covid-19 pandemic which caused economic turmoil and inflation to spike around the world.
Trump got to the point right away,
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