Lie June 14, 2019 · Interview · Trade

“We're taking in billions of dollars a month, Brian, from China [through tariffs]. And by the way, they subsidize their industry, so our people are not paying. You know, there’s this big thing about tariffs. Oh, our people pay. It’s a lot of nonsense. You what happens really? They – companies move back.”

Said
June 14, 2019
Where
Interview
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 11758)

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