Lie November 20, 2017 · Remarks · Trade

“Last year, we lost over $800 billion on trade -- on trade deals with other countries. So we had a negative number, a trade deficit of almost $800 billion with other countries.”

Said
November 20, 2017
Where
Remarks
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Trade
Repeated
49 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 1736)

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