Lie January 30, 2019 · Social post · Foreign policy

“When I became President, ISIS was out of control in Syria & running rampant. Since then tremendous progress made, especially over last 5 weeks. Caliphate will soon be destroyed, unthinkable two years ago. Negotiating are proceeding well in Afghanistan after 18 years of fighting.”

Said
January 30, 2019
Where
Twitter (Twitter)
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Foreign policy
Repeated
189 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 8393)

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