Lie May 3, 2020 · Interview · Foreign policy

“I look at the previous administration for getting us in. Because that was the single worst decision made in this country's history -- the single worst, getting into the Middle East.”

Said
May 3, 2020
Where
Interview
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Foreign policy
Repeated
27 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 18773)

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