Lie July 17, 2020 · Rally · Trade

“But we have actually -- and you see the numbers, the numbers are very big coming out of China. I made a great deal with China. They're buying 40 billion to 50 billion worth of our farm product, $250 billion overall including manufacturing. The problem is that the ink had not dried. It wasn't even dry when all of a sudden we had to go out and the virus started coming in. The plague I call it started coming in from China. So, I feel a lot differently about the whole situation. We made a great trade deal.”

Said
July 17, 2020
Where
Campaign rally
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Trade
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 22588)

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