Lie September 12, 2019 · Speech · Trade

“We're taking in billions and billions of tariffs. And they're eating the cost. This is not being borne very much by us. They're eating the costs. But we're taking in billions and billions. Money flowing in. We've never taken in 10 cents from China.”

Said
September 12, 2019
Where
Speech
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 12744)

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