Lie October 9, 2019 · Social post · Foreign policy

“The United States has spent EIGHT TRILLION DOLLARS fighting and policing in the Middle East.”

Said
October 9, 2019
Where
Twitter (Twitter)
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 12766)

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  1. Oct 9, 2019 · Remarks“The worst mistake that the United States has ever made, in my opinion, was going into the Middle East.”
  2. Oct 9, 2019 · Remarks“It's a quagmire. We are up to close to $8 trillion.”
  3. Oct 9, 2019 · Social post“GOING INTO THE MIDDLE EAST IS THE WORST DECISION EVER MADE IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY! We went to war under a false & now disproven premise, WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. There were NONE!”
  4. Oct 10, 2019 · Rally“[A general] said, sir, we have no ammunition, we had all planes, we had planes that were so old, they didn't fly. We had people going to the desert, the plane graveyards, airplane graveyards, picking up parts. I'd…
  5. Oct 10, 2019 · Social post“Turkey has been planning to attack the Kurds for a long time. They have been fighting forever. We have no soldiers or Military anywhere near the attack area. I am trying to end the ENDLESS WARS.”
  6. Oct 10, 2019 · Rally“The United States has spent $8 trillion in the Middle East.”