Standing on the banks of the Ohio River, with a barge full of West Virginia coal in the background, President Donald Trump outlined a $1 trillion infrastructure plan. At the Rivertowne Marina, Trump was joined by several Cabinet secretaries as well as two NY real estate moguls, Richard LeFrak and Steven Roth, whom Trump had previously named to lead an infrastructure council to monitor progress. "One of the biggest broken promises ever".
As the White House tries to push past a series of distractions and concentrate on Trump's legislative agenda, the president was scheduled to travel to the Rivertowne Marina in Cincinnati on Wednesday.
President Donald Trump is promoting the Republican health-care bill that's facing uncertain prospects in Congress.
Trump said he wants to send developmental projects back to the privatized industry and condemned government involvement for costly, timely, and shoddy production. We love Ohio. You remember Ohio?
The address is being delivered on the eve of former FBI Director James Comey's testimony Thursday before Congress as the White House faces new allegations of efforts by Trump to influence a probe into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian Federation.
"We are here today to talk about rebuilding our nation's infrastructure - and we will do it using American labor, American energy and American iron, aluminum and steel", said Trump.
The White House has yet to detail specifics of the plan, but hopes to finance improvements using public-private partnerships.
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"Every single thing is obstruction", he said "Honestly, if I were in that party, I wouldn't be doing it that way".
As the White House tries to push past a series of distractions and focus on Trump's legislative agenda, the president will travel to the Rivertowne Marina on the Ohio River in Cincinnati to deliver a speech that will press efforts to fix the nation's aging levees, dams, locks and ports, as well as his larger infrastructure aims. According to Trump's budget proposal, the funding would come from $200 billion in tax breaks over nine years that would then - in theory - leverage $1 trillion worth of construction. Trump has denied the allegations and called the Russian Federation story "fake news". "We will create the first-class infrastructure our country and our people deserve". He said she would have had to pay an extra $50,000 for childbirth, for that to happen.
In a tweet early Wednesday, Trump also announced Christopher Wray as his pick to succeed Comey as Federal Bureau of Investigation director.
At Wednesday's rally, Trump reminded the crowd he won Ohio's 16 electoral votes in last year's election.
US inland waterways are critical routes for transporting agricultural products, but officials say they've grown old and run down.
The president addressed the press upon landing in Cincinnati alongside two families who claim their health care has suffered as a result of the passage of the Affordable Care Act.
Trump's constant criticism of America's trade policies was a top reason he won the presidency, appealing to working class voters in the rust-belt states of Pennsylvania, Ohio and MI.
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