Lie June 27, 2018 · Rally · Trade
“We put tariffs on solar panels because China was flooding the market and it wasn't good stuff. We had 32 plants. Two were open and they were barely breathing. They were mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. We put a 30 percent tax on solar panels coming into the United States. Now, those two plants are doing great. And they're talking about opening at least 10, 11, or 12, and they'll probably have them all open very soon. And they're going to make high quality panels. And a lot of jobs.”
- Said
- June 27, 2018
- Where
- Campaign rally
- Verdict
- Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
- Topic
- Trade
- Repeated
- 11 times in the Post’s database
- Source
- Washington Post claims database (claim ID 4062)