Lie May 14, 2020 · Interview · Trade

“I put tariffs on China, and we've taken in tens of billions of dollars.”

Said
May 14, 2020
Where
Interview
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Trade
Repeated
248 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 19692)

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