“Says the large trade deficit with Japan stems from them sending "millions of cars," while "we send them wheat," but the deficit is "changing rapidly.”
Donald Trump
President of the United States. In a speech at a chemical plant in Pennsylvania.. Claim dated 13 Aug 2019.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
In short
Donald Trump (President of the United States) made this claim around 13 August 2019. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 15 August 2019, 2 days later. Its rating was “Mostly 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.
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