Lie July 31, 2018 · Remarks · Trade

“Last quarter, as you know, our GDP grew 4.1 percent and I think it’s going to go a lot higher than that. ... $52 billion trade deficit reduction.”

Said
July 31, 2018
Where
Remarks
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 4203)

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