Lie March 20, 2019 · Speech · Economy

“That’s pretty good — 3.1. The press tried to make it 2.9. I said, ‘It’s not 2.9.’ What they did is they took odd months. I said, ‘No, no, no. You go from January to December. You don't take certain months and add them up.’ Because I said, ‘We're going to break 3.’ And we did. We did 3.1. The fake news tried to change it, but we caught them.”’

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March 20, 2019
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Speech
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Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Economy
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Washington Post claims database (claim ID 9373)

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