Claim: Sen. John McCain says the budget deal President Donald Trump reached with Democratic leaders "basically freezes last year's funding in place, which is a cut of $52 billion" in defense spending. In fact, the deal doesn't cut the defense budget at all.
Fact-check: Explaining McCain's Defense 'Cut' - FactCheck.org
Verdict: sen. john mccain says the budget deal president donald trump reached with democratic leaders "basically freezes last year's funding in place, which is a cut of $52 billion" in defense spending. in fact, the deal doesn't cut the defense budget at all.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Eugene Kiely
Date published: 2017-09-12T18:32:51