Lie April 23, 2020 · Press conference · Economy

“We had the greatest economy ever put together. We were doing -- this is a month and a half ago. We were doing numbers, the like -- the likes of which we've never done. African American, Asian American, Hispanic American -- best employment numbers ever in the history of our country. Our employment numbers, the best in the history of our country: almost 160 million people.”

Said
April 23, 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 19544)

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