Lie August 21, 2018 · Rally · Foreign policy

“The United States is paying close to 90% of the cost of protecting Europe, and I think that's wonderful. I said to Europe -- I said, "Folks, NATO's better for you than it is for us. Believe me." And what happened is they asked a question.”

Said
August 21, 2018
Where
Campaign rally
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Foreign policy
Repeated
137 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 4588)

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