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“If I hadn’t won, our economy now would have been overtaken by China.”
Donald Trump Claim dated 25 Aug 2019.
The New York Times rated thisThis lacks evidence.

In short

Donald Trump made this claim around 25 August 2019. The New York Times (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 26 August 2019, 1 day later. Its rating was “This lacks evidence.”.

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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