Lie October 10, 2019 · Rally · Foreign policy

“The United States has spent $8 trillion in the Middle East.”

Said
October 10, 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 13876)

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