Lie June 29, 2018 · Remarks · Trade

“United States Steel -- the head called me up two days ago. He said, 'It's the most incredible thing that we've ever seen. We haven't expanded in 30 years. We haven't done anything remotely like expansion. And we're now expanding and renovating areas of plants that haven't been used in forever.'”

Said
June 29, 2018
Where
Remarks
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Trade
Repeated
40 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 3593)

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