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Trump's own website tears apart his '21 trillion' claim
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AlterNet, citing NBC News, reports that President Donald Trump’s claim of attracting $21 trillion in investment is unsupported by the White House’s own published figures. A White House webpage credits Trump’s leadership with $11.2 trillion in announced U.S. and foreign investments—barely more than half the amount he cited while announcing a Baltimore shipyard project.
Trump’s stated total rose from $1.7 trillion early in his second term to between $18 trillion and $19 trillion in June, $19.2 trillion in July, nearly $20 trillion in August, and $22 trillion at a Republican…
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