you are viewing a single comment's thread.

view the rest of the comments →

[–]Tyranith 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/03/us/politics/fact-check-pentagon-medicare-alexandria-ocasio-cortez.html

In other words, $21 trillion is the total value of adjustments made to the Pentagon’s financial records over those years that could not be traced.

That is not the same thing as $21 trillion in spending.

[–]CompleteDoubterII 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

He never claims it is $21 trillion in spending. The tweet states: 'There are $21 trillion of unaccounted-for adjustments on the books', which is what the fact check by the New York Times states.