Lie June 15, 2020 · Interview · Trade

“I've given that money over in the form of taxes that we took in from China and the rest went into our treasury, which was many times that amount.”

Said
June 15, 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 19914)

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