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“The American military has been completely rebuilt under my administration at a cost of $2.5 trillion.”
Donald Trump U.S. President. in a White House address. Claim dated 8 Jan 2020.
FactStream rated thisMostly False

In short

Donald Trump (U.S. President) made this claim around 8 January 2020. FactStream (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 20 January 2020, 12 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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