“China “had the largest naval fleet in the world. They had 370 ships. They'll have 400 ships in two years. We won't even have 350 ships in two decades.”
Nikki Haley
Republican presidential candidate. an event in New Hampshire. Claim dated 28 Nov 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisHalf True
What PolitiFact found
Numerically, Haley is on target with both countries’ ship counts. But experts say counting ships says little about military capabilities.
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In short
Nikki Haley (Republican presidential candidate) made this claim around 28 November 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 4 December 2023, 6 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.
Nikki Haley has 35 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 12 of them false or fake, 19 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
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