President Trump told a packed Texas arena Wednesday night that over $20 trillion in foreign investment has flooded into the U.S. in less than two years of his second term.
“We have more money being spent from outside countries and companies. Over $20 trillion. That’s five, six, seven times higher than any country. Not just here, any country ever,” Mr Trump said.
He said the total number could climb to $25 trillion by the two-year mark.
Mr. Trump boasted that the figure surpassed the previous global investment benchmark record held by China.
“In fact, the head of that land will be coming to the White House in two weeks,” Mr. Trump said. “Three trillion. So $3 trillion versus $20 trillion.”
“Nobody has ever seen anything like it ever. And it probably will never happen again,” he claimed.
The Trump administration announced several multi-trillion-dollar foreign investment deals and agreements connected to numerous countries, including the United Arab Emirates($1.4 trillion), Saudi Arabia ($1.1 trillion), Qatar ($1.2 trillion), Japan ($1 trillion), South Korea ($1.1 trillion), Britain ($350 billion) and Bahrain ($17 billion).
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