Manufacturing construction spending increased only 2 percent during the four Trump years but has increased 100 percent in the first two Biden years, and the administration reports more than 500 billion dollars in announced private sector manufacturing investments, with battery, chip fab, and solar projects announced weekly.

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according to the administration's estimates more than 500 billion dollars in private sector manufacturing Investments haven't announced since they took office... spending on manufacturing construction only increased two percent in the four years of the Trump presidency it's increased a hundred percent in just the first two years of his presidency [55:26]

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How Martin Wolf Understands This Global Economic MomentThe Ezra Klein Show
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:24:34 PM

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