Lie June 12, 2019 · Press conference · Trade

“You know, they keep saying that the American taxpayer is paying for it. No. No. Very little.”

Said
June 12, 2019
Where
News conference
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Trade
Repeated
248 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 11136)

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