Lie September 16, 2020 · Interview · Foreign policy

“We've spent $8 trillion on the Middle East. The place is a mess. It's just a total mess. I'm bringing it back by the way.”

Said
September 16, 2020
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 24284)

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