Trump?s infrastructure plan: A deal doomed from the start" - Architecture Blogs

Trump?s infrastructure plan: A deal doomed from the start"



As the White House preps plan for January release, observers find issues with outlines of deal Fresh off his administration?s first major legislative accomplishment, a massive tax reform package, President Trump has reportedly turned his eye to infrastructure. The White House plans to introduce a plan in January to repair and renovate the country?s aging and ailing roads, airports, bridges, and transitoads, according to multiple sources.
But many political writers and politicians already feel this is a deal that Trump can?t deliver. And, considering the winding path this big infrastructure bill has taken so far, with numerous iterations and proposals, it?s not clear anybody has figured out a funding formula or vision to deliver what the country truly needs. Trump made infrastructure a central part of his pledge on the stump. His past as a famous developer gave credibility to boasts that he would restore the crumbling infrastructure of a country that was ?falling apart.?
?The only one to fix the infrastructure of our country is me - roads, airports, bridges," he once tweeted. "I know how to build, pols only know how to talk!"

The only one to fix the infrastructure of our country is me - roads, airports, bridges. I know how to build, pols only know how to talk!? Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 13, 2015

His diagnosis wasn?t wrong. In 2015, government infrastructure spending at all levels hit a 30-year low. But since becoming president, his s...
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