Lie August 17, 2020 · Rally · Foreign policy

“We've totally rebuilt our military. We've spent $2.5 trillion, all made in the USA, all made in the USA.”

Said
August 17, 2020
Where
Campaign rally
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 22539)

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