Lie October 19, 2018 · Rally · Foreign policy

“And you remember the day before I came into office, it looked like Iran was just going to take over the Middle East. There was no stopping them. Guess what? They're struggling right now. They're really struggling.”

Said
October 19, 2018
Where
Campaign rally
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Foreign policy
Repeated
76 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 6504)

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