re: Trump gives "alternative facts" again- Philly Murder rate "terribly increasing"

He wasn't wrong about what he said. The way he said it makes it very clear that what he said after "steady" is just a conclusion to his total statement.

If he thought Philadelphia's murder rate was increasing, why didn't he say "Philadelphia's murder rate is increasing?" No, he said "Here in Philadelphia, the murder rate has been steady- I mean - just terribly increasing." It is very clear that these are two different trains of thought.