“We should not be buying Russian energy, but rather allow the people of our country to start producing like they did just one year ago.”
What FactCheck.org found
If Trump was talking about oil, the U.S. has been buying oil from Russia for years. And increasing production to 2020 levels does not mean that the U.S. would no longer need to rely on imports from Russia.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (Former U.S. President) made this claim around 26 February 2022. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 28 February 2022, 2 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
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.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1_3pKFCvx4
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