Lie July 17, 2019 · Rally · Foreign policy

“We've spent almost $8 trillion in the Middle East …”

Said
July 17, 2019
Where
Campaign rally
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Foreign policy
Repeated
78 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 12119)

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