Lie June 24, 2019 · Interview · Foreign policy

“When I first came here, they [Iran] were looking to take over the whole Middle East, and they would've done it. If I weren't here, most likely they would've been able to do that.”

Said
June 24, 2019
Where
Interview
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Foreign policy
Repeated
76 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 11887)

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