News Summary

• The $17 trillion is supposed to fund new factories, new technologies, more jobs, higher incomes and faster economic growth.
• The White House website lists total investments at $8.8 trillion.
• The issue goes beyond Trump’s hyperbolic talk to his belief that the brute force of tariffs and shaming of companies can deliver economic results.
• Just 37% of U.S. adults approve of Trump's handling of the economy, according to a September poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs.