“On the Southern border, as you know, the wall is going up, it's going up very rapidly. We're at 182 miles.”
Donald Trump
President of the United States. in a speech. Claim dated 19 May 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisHalf True
What PolitiFact found
What the administration has mostly done is replace old and outdated designs with new and improved barriers.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (President of the United States) made this claim around 19 May 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 20 May 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “Half True”.
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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