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Trump's infrastructure plan falls by the wayside

His team has yet to produce detailed plan and he has yet to name members to a board to 'green-light' big projects

Published Sun, Jul 23, 2017 · 09:50 PM

    Washington

    AS A candidate, Donald Trump billed himself as a new breed of think-big Republican, pitching a US$1 trillion campaign pledge to reconstruct the nation's roadways, waterworks and bridges - along with a promise to revive the lost art of the bipartisan deal.

    In the White House, President Trump has continued to dangle the possibility of "a great national infrastructure programme" that would create "millions" of new jobs as part of a public-private partnership to rival the public works achievements of Franklin Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower. He chastises anyone who forgets to include it near the top of his to-do list, telling one recent visitor to the Oval Office: "Don't forget about infrastructure!"

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