“I got soldiers the biggest pay raises in the history of our military.”
What FactCheck.org found
The largest increase in basic military pay under Trump was 3.1%. Since 2002, there have been larger increases in seven of the last 19 years, including 5% in 2002 and 4.1% in 2003.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (President of the United States) made this claim around 19 July 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 20 July 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
Where the claim appeared
- foxnews.comhttps://www.foxnews.com/politics/transcript-fox-news-sunday-interview-with-president-trump
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