Lie March 22, 2019 · Interview · Trade

“But we're taken in billions and billions of dollars for the first time ever against China in the form of tariffs.”

Said
March 22, 2019
Where
Interview
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 9425)

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