Lie February 12, 2018 · Remarks · Foreign policy

“As of a couple of months ago, we have spent $7 trillion in the Middle East — $7 trillion. What a mistake. But it is what it is. This is what I took over.”

Said
February 12, 2018
Where
Remarks
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 2198)

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  1. Feb 12, 2018 · Social post“This will be a big week for Infrastructure. After so stupidly spending $7 trillion in the Middle East, it is now time to start investing in OUR Country!”
  2. Feb 12, 2018 · Remarks“Our military was totally depleted, and we will have a military like we’ve never had before. We’re going to have an incredible military.”
  3. Feb 13, 2018 · Remarks“We’ve spent $7 trillion, as of about two months ago, in the Middle East — $7 trillion.”
  4. Feb 14, 2018 · Remarks“Our military was in bad shape. Now we’ve had the biggest spending ever, and our military will be stronger than it’s ever been before. We needed that.”
  5. Feb 14, 2018 · Remarks“If we have to fix a tunnel, we don’t do it because we don’t have the money. We spent $7 trillion in the Middle East. It’s ridiculous.”
  6. Feb 5, 2018 · Remarks“Because our military, because of Obama and even beyond Obama -- it's depleted. It's in bad shape. And we're going to build it stronger than it ever was before. We've already started. We've already started.”