“[W]e didn’t have a new [steel] mill built in 30 years.”
Donald Trump
President. Speech in Pennsylvania. Claim dated 13 Aug 2019.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse
In short
Donald Trump (President) made this claim around 13 August 2019. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 29 August 2019, 16 days later. Its rating was “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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