“I had no choice because I just didn’t want to stay in the White House.”
Donald Trump
President. in a video of remarks from Walter Reed hopsital. Claim dated 3 Oct 2020.
Washington Post rated thisTimeline
What Washington Post found
Timeline of statements by Trump saying victory over the coronavirus was near
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In short
Donald Trump (President) made this claim around 3 October 2020. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 5 October 2020, 2 days later. Its rating was “Timeline”.
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.
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