Lie December 28, 2017 · Interview · Trade

“$17 billion with Canada — Canada says we broke even. But they don’t include lumber and they don’t include oil. Oh, that’s not. My friend Justin he says, 'No, no, we break even.' I said, ‘Yeah, but you’re not including oil, and you’re not including lumber.' When you do, you lose $17 billion.”

Said
December 28, 2017
Where
Interview
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Trade
Repeated
25 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 1956)

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