Lie January 11, 2019 · Social post · Immigration

“I often said during rallies, with little variation, that 'Mexico will pay for the Wall.' We have just signed a great new Trade Deal with Mexico. It is Billions of Dollars a year better than the very bad NAFTA deal which it replaces. The difference pays for Wall many times over!”

Said
January 11, 2019
Where
Twitter (Twitter)
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Immigration
Repeated
47 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 7793)

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