Lie October 27, 2018 · Interview · Foreign policy

“Our military was depleted, who was in trouble. We didn't even have really ammunition of any kind. I mean, if you look at what was going on. We, in a very short period of time, and already, we're going to have the strongest military we've ever had. $716 billion is being put in our military.”

Said
October 27, 2018
Where
Interview
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Foreign policy
Repeated
49 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 6442)

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