Lie April 27, 2020 · Press conference · Trade

“We took in tens of billions of dollars. Gave some of it to the farmers who were unfairly targeted by China.”

Said
April 27, 2020
Where
News conference
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Trade
Repeated
248 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 18711)

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