Lie May 8, 2019 · Rally · Foreign policy

“We have countries like Saudi Arabia very rich, nothing but cash, right? So I think they can afford to pay us, right, for defense, and they will, and you know what, they will. And they're buying a tremendous amount of equipment, $450 billion they'll be spending in our country. Four hundred and fifty billion.”

Said
May 8, 2019
Where
Campaign rally
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Foreign policy
Repeated
42 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 10870)

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