Lie August 27, 2020 · Speech · Foreign policy

“We have spent nearly $2.5 trillion on completely rebuilding our military, which was very badly depleted when I took office.”

Said
August 27, 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 22091)

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