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OGBuzz

(1,002 posts)
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 10:40 AM Yesterday

Does anybody know when and where that $19.2 trillion in foreign investments that Trump keeps bragging about

is going to land? He brought it up once again in Turkey and I'm very curious. Where did the rest of the world find that kind of disposable cash? Are they printing dollars?

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Does anybody know when and where that $19.2 trillion in foreign investments that Trump keeps bragging about (Original Post) OGBuzz Yesterday OP
It's Monopoly money ;) n/t Cheezoholic Yesterday #1
👍Makes sense. I was thinking maybe the world started printing $250 Trump bills to send over here. OGBuzz Yesterday #4
Fact Check ahnakneemoose Yesterday #2
Used to be that lying got ruling politicians in trouble. We won't see those days again until Democrats are OGBuzz Yesterday #5
Probably BANKED in Trump family LLCs Captain Zero Yesterday #3
$1.9T investment ironman99 Yesterday #6
What about the rest of it? He said $19.2 trillion several times today.🤔 OGBuzz Yesterday #7

OGBuzz

(1,002 posts)
4. 👍Makes sense. I was thinking maybe the world started printing $250 Trump bills to send over here.
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 11:24 AM
Yesterday

ahnakneemoose

(126 posts)
2. Fact Check
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 10:56 AM
Yesterday
Five false claims Trump made in one meeting with Erdogan (by Daniel Dale of Facts First-CNN)

$19.2 trillion in foreign investments

Investment in the US:
Trump also repeated his frequent false claim that “we have $19 trillion, $19.2 trillion to be exact, being invested in the United States.” This time, he added that this supposed total was from only the first 12 months of this presidential term, “so that number is now substantially higher” after nearly 18 months back in office.

But even the $19.2 trillion figure is fiction:
At the time Trump made the claim on Tuesday, the White House’s own website claimed there had been “$10.6 trillion” in “major investment announcements” this term, and even that was a major exaggeration of actual investment. A detailed CNN review in October found the White House was counting trillions of dollars in vague investment pledges, pledges that were about “bilateral trade” or “economic exchange” rather than investment in the US, and vague statements that didn’t even rise to the level of pledges.

The White House figure includes pledges from US-based companies as well as foreign entities. Federal data published last month shows that new foreign direct investment in the US was about $232 billion in 2025.

OGBuzz

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5. Used to be that lying got ruling politicians in trouble. We won't see those days again until Democrats are
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 11:30 AM
Yesterday

back in power. I'm using Graham Platner as proof.

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