Lie January 10, 2018 · Remarks · Foreign policy

“Our military was badly depleted over the last long period of time, beyond President Obama, I will say -- beyond President Obama. Our military was very, very badly depleted.”

Said
January 10, 2018
Where
Remarks
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Foreign policy
Repeated
250 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 2049)

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