Lie October 1, 2018 · Press conference · Trade

“Over the last five years, we've averaged $800 billion-a-year loss on trade. How dumb is that?”

Said
October 1, 2018
Where
News conference
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Trade
Repeated
49 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 5254)

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