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Checked by FactCheck.org24 Jun 2020United StatesEconomy and jobs
Donald Trump, President of the United States

“[And] we created opportunity zones, along with Tim Scott. And since then, countless jobs and $100 billion dollars of new investment have poured into 9,000 of our most distressed neighborhoods in the country.”

FactCheck.org rated this: No Evidence

FactCheck.org says: Trump has produced no evidence that $100 billion has been invested in opportunity zones and no support for his claim that it has created "countless jobs."

Checked by Washington Post16 Jun 2020United StatesEconomy and jobs
Donald Trump, President

“After years of devastating budget cuts and a military that was totally depleted from these endless wars, we have invested over 2 trillion — trillion, that’s with a T — dollars in the most powerful fighting force, by far, on the planet Earth.”

Washington Post rated this: Three Pinocchios

Washington Post says: The president is exaggerating his “investment” in the military, especially when he suggests that he has spent more than $2 trillion on new equipment. That's the number for the total military budget

Checked by Washington Post5 Jun 2020United StatesEconomy and jobs
Donald Trump, President

“My Admin has done more for the Black Community than any President since Abraham Lincoln. Passed Opportunity Zones with @SenatorTimScott, guaranteed funding for HBCU’s, School Choice, passed Criminal Justice Reform, lowest Black unemployment, poverty, and crime rates in history.”

Washington Post rated this: Four Pinocchios

Washington Post says: Historians universally out Lyndon B. Johnson at the top of the list, after Lincoln, and Trump far below.