Lie January 26, 2018 · Interview · Foreign policy

“Now, we have the disadvantage of having spent, as of about a month ago, $7 trillion in the Middle East. $7 trillion. That's a big disadvantage.”

Said
January 26, 2018
Where
Interview
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 2324)

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