Trump's Lack of Action on Public Works Sparks New Ad Campaign
- Equipment makers remind president of infrastructure promise
- Trade association using media outlets leaders watch and read
Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
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President Donald Trump hasn’t delivered on his promises to rebuild America’s crumbling infrastructure. So to remind him, companies that make equipment for construction and other industries are going to the place he’s most likely to hear them: Fox News.
The Association of Equipment Manufacturers is airing a 30-second ad starting Monday on “Fox and Friends” and other programs Trump is known to watch. It’s the cornerstone of a “Mission Not Accomplished” campaign urging Washington to make upgrading public works a priority.