Lie April 30, 2020 · Remarks · Foreign policy

“Think of it: We've spent $8 trillion in the Middle East, and we're not fixing our roads in this country? How stupid -- how stupid is that?”

Said
April 30, 2020
Where
Remarks
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Foreign policy
Repeated
78 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 18731)

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