Lie December 3, 2019 · Remarks · Foreign policy

“Our military was in trouble. … We didn't have ammunition.”

Said
December 3, 2019
Where
Remarks
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Foreign policy
Repeated
49 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 15801)

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