Lie November 18, 2018 · Interview · Foreign policy

“I was very much opposed to the war in Iraq. I think it was a tremendous mistake, should have never happened.”

Said
November 18, 2018
Where
Interview
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Foreign policy
Repeated
27 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 7246)

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