Lie July 12, 2017 · Interview · Foreign policy

“We will have, in another few months, have spent $7 trillion in the Middle East -- $7 trillion. ... As of a few months ago, we actually have spent $6 trillion.”

Said
July 12, 2017
Where
Interview
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 0853)

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