Claim: President Donald Trump has falsely claimed his administration invested "$2.5 trillion in all of the greatest equipment in the world" for the military. That's approximately the total for defense budgets from 2017 to 2020, but the cost of purchasing new military equipment was 20% of that.
Fact-check: Trump's False Military Equipment Claim - FactCheck.org
Verdict: president donald trump has falsely claimed his administration invested "$2.5 trillion in all of the greatest equipment in the world" for the military. that's approximately the total for defense budgets from 2017 to 2020, but the cost of purchasing new military equipment was 20% of that.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Lori Robertson
Date published: 2020-07-02T13:57:05