Lie April 18, 2020 · Press conference · Economy

“We had the greatest economy in the history of the world. Better than China; better than any country in the world; better than any country has ever had. We had the highest stock market in history, by far.”

Said
April 18, 2020
Where
News conference
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Economy
Repeated
493 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 19483)

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