Lie July 30, 2018 · Press conference · Trade

“We've had numbers that nobody believed possible, especially if you look at one particular fact that was not reported very much. Trade deficit, $52 billion reduction in the trade deficit for the quarter.”

Said
July 30, 2018
Where
News conference
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Trade
Repeated
5 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 3897)

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