Lie April 28, 2018 · Rally · Foreign policy

“We have spent 7 trillion dollars in the Middle East. You know we have for it? Nothing. Nothing.”

Said
April 28, 2018
Where
Campaign rally
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 2995)

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