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“A white armed-robbery suspect was sentenced to two years in jail while a black armed-robbery suspect was sentenced to 26 years in prison by the same Florida judge.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True

PolitiFact says: Both defendants had one prior misdemeanor and had the same number of points on a scoresheet used to determine sentencing, but the prosecutor said that the white defendant cooperated to help convict co-defendants.

Donald Trump, President

“After years of devastating budget cuts and a military that was totally depleted from these endless wars, we have invested over 2 trillion — trillion, that’s with a T — dollars in the most powerful fighting force, by far, on the planet Earth.”

Washington Post rated this: Three Pinocchios

Washington Post says: The president is exaggerating his “investment” in the military, especially when he suggests that he has spent more than $2 trillion on new equipment. That's the number for the total military budget