Lie October 13, 2017 · Remarks · Foreign policy

Iran "should have thanked Barack Obama for making that deal. They were gone. They were economically gone. He infused $100 [billion] to $150 billion into their economy. He gave them $1.7 billion in cash.”

Said
October 13, 2017
Where
Remarks
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Foreign policy
Repeated
136 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 1471)

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