Lie May 22, 2020 · Speech · Foreign policy

“We've secured over $2.1 trillion in funding to completely rebuild American military.”

Said
May 22, 2020
Where
Speech
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Foreign policy
Repeated
117 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 18957)

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