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Half-True

Trump dove in to failing golf course

Bankruptcy

Florida Democratic Party

Donald Trump’s "golf course on the island defaulted, like so many of his other failed business schemes. The failure left Puerto Rican taxpayers with a nearly $33 million bill."

— PolitiFact Florida on Thursday, May 4th, 2017

Pants on Fire!

It's actually shoring up Medicare's finances

Bankruptcy

"Because of Obamacare, Medicare is going broke."

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Friday, December 23rd, 2016

Pants on Fire!

Factually bankrupt

Bankruptcy

Hillary Clinton

"Back in the Great Recession, when millions of jobs across America hung in the balance, Donald Trump said rescuing the auto industry didn’t really matter very much. He said, and I quote again, ‘Let it go.’ "

— PolitiFact National on Tuesday, October 18th, 2016

Mostly True

A conservative number

Bankruptcy

Says Donald Trump has "bankrupt four separate businesses."

— PolitiFact Virginia on Monday, July 11th, 2016

Mostly True

But he didn't think the bubble would burst

Bankruptcy

Hillary Clinton

"In 2006, Donald Trump was hoping for a real estate crash."

— PolitiFact National on Thursday, May 26th, 2016

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