Lie July 10, 2020 · Remarks · Foreign policy

“After years of painful budget cuts, I ... secured almost the 2.5 billion that I mentioned to rebuild our entire United States military.”

Said
July 10, 2020
Where
Remarks
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Foreign policy
Repeated
117 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 20796)

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