Lie June 21, 2017 · Remarks · Foreign policy
“We spent, as of a few months ago, $6 trillion -- trillion -- in the Middle East. We have nothing. We're back further than we were 16 years ago when this whole thing started -- $6 trillion. And if you want to spend three and half dollars to build a school, or you want to build -- you want to spend any money in this country, it's like a big deal. But we spent $6 trillion in the Middle East. And we're going to get that whole situation under control.”
- Said
- June 21, 2017
- Where
- Remarks
- Verdict
- Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
- Topic
- Foreign policy
- Repeated
- 78 times in the Post’s database
- Source
- Washington Post claims database (claim ID 0709)