Lie October 23, 2018 · Remarks · Foreign policy

“I don't like it when, as an example, we're protecting Europe and we're paying for almost the entire cost of NATO. We're paying for a very, very substantial portion, far greater than what it should be.”

Said
October 23, 2018
Where
Remarks
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 6191)

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