Lie August 19, 2020 · Press conference · Foreign policy

“Why do we have our soldiers between Syria and Turkey? Turkey can definitely take care of itself. I have a very good relationship with President Erdoğan. And Syria has been fighting forever...They've been fighting like they have been for a thousand years.”

Said
August 19, 2020
Where
News conference
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Foreign policy
Repeated
25 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 21579)

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