Lie March 20, 2019 · Remarks · Trade

“We're taking in billions and billions of dollars right now in tariff money [from China]. And for a period of time, that will stay.”

Said
March 20, 2019
Where
Remarks
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Trade
Repeated
248 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 9349)

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