Donald Trump: China is "in the South China Sea and (building) a military fortress the likes of which perhaps the world has not seen."

The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Donald Trump weighs in on China's island-building in the South China Sea Donald Trump warned of China's military might in a recent interview with the New York Times. "We have rebuilt China, and yet they will go in the South China Sea and build a military fortress the likes of which perhaps the world has not seen," Trump said. "Amazing, actually. They do that, and they do that at will because they have no respect for our president and they have no respect for our country." We looked at Trump's that the United States "rebuilt" China in a separate fact-check. But we were curious about Trump's claim that China is ... >> More

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