What did Donald Trump claim about foreign policy on 20 Jun 2018?
Donald Trump, President of the United States ·
We got back our great fallen heroes, the remains. In fact, today already 200 have been sent back.
None had been sent back. North Korea returned no remains until July 26, 2018, more than a month later, when the White House called it a first step.
North Korea had sent back no remains by then. On July 26, 2018, more than a month later, the White House announced that a U.S. Air Force C-17 carrying remains of fallen service members had departed Wonsan, North Korea, and called it 'a significant first step to recommence the repatriation of remains from North Korea' (Statement by the White House Press Secretary).
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The claim
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- "Make America Great Again" rally at the AMSOIL Arena, Duluth, Minnesota.
The record
Primary source (agency statement)