Lie August 18, 2020 · Speech · Foreign policy

“Two and a half trillion dollars, we've totally rebuilt our military.”

Said
August 18, 2020
Where
Speech
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 21584)

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