Trump Says U.S. Can No Longer Accept Crumbling Infrastructure

  • His plan depends on leveraging $200 billion from taxpayers
  • President says ‘obstructionist’ Democrats should help pass

Trump Calls on Congress to Cooperate on Infrastructure

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President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Americans can no longer live with crumbling locks, dams, roads and bridges and outlined a plan to leverage $1 trillion in investment in U.S. infrastructure.

Speaking at a marina in Cincinnati on the banks of the Ohio River with a coal barge behind him, Trump vowed that “America wants to build.”