Lie September 21, 2017 · Remarks · Foreign policy

“People don’t realize you had 20 terrorist groups in Afghanistan. This is where the World Trade Center people -- I’ll call them 'people' -- were trained. This is what happened. But you had 20 groups -- more than anyplace else.”

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September 21, 2017
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Remarks
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Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Foreign policy
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Washington Post claims database (claim ID 1167)

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