Lie August 18, 2019 · Remarks · Trade

“We're not paying for the tariffs; China is paying for the tariffs, for the one-hundredth time. And I understand tariffs work very well. Other countries it may be that if I do things with other countries. But in the case of China, China is eating the tariffs, at least so far.”

Said
August 18, 2019
Where
Remarks
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 12458)

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