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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump's Numbers Don't Come Close to Adding Up
Trumps Numbers Dont Come Close to Adding Up
December 5, 2025 at 1:55 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 73 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2025/12/05/trumps-numbers-dont-come-close-to-adding-up/
President Trump has made increasingly sweeping claims about new investments flowing into the United States, citing figures as high as $21 trillion since taking office, CBS News reports.
But a CBS News review found no evidence that total commitments or new investments approach the scale the president has cited.
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Trump's Numbers Don't Come Close to Adding Up (Original Post)
applegrove
Dec 2025
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Diamond_Dog
(40,436 posts)1. Does this surprise anyone?
We all are painfully aware of how he lies and just makes up numbers as he babbles his nonsense.
doc03
(39,056 posts)2. I picked up two prescriptions at Walmart yesterday; they paid me $6000.00 take them
ProfessorGAC
(76,579 posts)3. There Is No Doubt....
...that including domestic investment that would have happened anyway, that the number is inflated by a factor of 10.