Lie June 22, 2020 · Interview · Foreign policy

“We spent almost $8 trillion in the Middle East because of that decision.”

Said
June 22, 2020
Where
Interview
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Foreign policy
Repeated
78 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 20095)

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