Lie December 5, 2020 · Rally · Foreign policy

“Our military was in big trouble and you remember, and I've said it a lot: One of the world's most overrated generals came to see me. He said, 'Sir, we have no ammunition.' We had a little problem with a certain country and he said, 'Sir, we have no ammunition.' I said, 'Tell me you're not saying that.' We didn't have ammunition.”

Said
December 5, 2020
Where
Campaign rally
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Foreign policy
Repeated
49 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 30943)

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