Lie July 26, 2018 · Remarks · Trade

“We have a very big deficit with Canada -- trade deficit, although they don't like to say that. But on one of their pieces of paper that they give out with the Canadian flag -- and I love Canada, by the way. I have to tell you, I love Canada -- but they have the Canadian flag -- very official -- it's says, '$97.8 billion deficit that the United States has,' or they put it down as a surplus to Canada. And I said, 'Well, if we're doing so well with Canada, how come it's $98.7 billion?' Okay? That's a lot of money.”

Said
July 26, 2018
Where
Remarks
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Trade
Repeated
25 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 3696)

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