Lie June 20, 2020 · Interview · Foreign policy

“Going into Iraq was very bad. The worst decision made in the history of our country was going into the Middle East.”

Said
June 20, 2020
Where
Interview
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Foreign policy
Repeated
27 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 20011)

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