Lie July 1, 2018 · Interview · Trade

“But if you look at what's happened to steel and aluminum, we practically built a new industry in a period of four, five months. It is incredible, what's happening.”

Said
July 1, 2018
Where
Interview
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 4081)

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