Lie October 21, 2019 · Interview · Foreign policy

“We sent troops over to Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia's paying for it. You know that's never happened before. We said, look you've got to pay and they're paying it. They have nothing but money, nothing but cash.”

Said
October 21, 2019
Where
Interview
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Foreign policy
Repeated
5 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 14209)

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