Lie August 21, 2020 · Speech · Foreign policy

“We rebuilt the United States military -- $2.5 trillion. We have a brand-new, beautiful military.”

Said
August 21, 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 22384)

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