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Lie July 25, 2017 · Rally · Foreign policy

“We can’t believe you gave [Iran] between $100 and $150 billion when they were ready to fail.”

Said: July 25, 2017
Where: Campaign rally
Verdict: Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic: Foreign policy
Repeated: 136 times in the Post’s database
Source: Washington Post claims database (claim ID 0896)

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