White House mocks Trump’s ‘huge’ infrastructure announcement on first full day in office.
White House Press Secretary Carolyn Levitt joins ‘Fox & Friends’ to preview President Trump’s upcoming infrastructure announcement.
President Donald Trump plans to announce a “huge” new infrastructure initiative on his first full day in office, the White House teased Tuesday.
White House press secretary Carolyn Levitt teased the announcement in an interview on “FOX & Friends” Tuesday morning. She said Trump would be hosting an event at 4 p.m.
Levitt confirmed that the initiative is not related to the California wildfires, as Trump has already signed executive orders related to that crisis.
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Vice President J.D. Vance and President Donald Trump acknowledge the crowd after Trump’s inauguration as the 47th president is held in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times/AFP via Getty Images/Getty Images)
In the year As a candidate in 2016, Trump promised to push a $1 trillion infrastructure bill through Congress. In the year He spoke about the subject several times during his first term as president from 2017 to 2021, but it never came to fruition.
His Democratic successor, Joe Biden, signed a $1 trillion infrastructure bill in 2021 with Republican and Democrat lawmakers to build thousands of projects to build roads and bridges and fund new climate resilience and broadband initiatives.
President Donald J. Trump officially swears in Vice President JD Vance.
Former President Joe Biden speaks at the National Association of Counties Legislative Conference on February 12, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Chris Kleponis/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Getty Images)
The second Trump administration and the new Congress will have opportunities to put their stamp on the infrastructure legislation that Biden passed. Agency officials may award tens of billions of dollars in remaining competitive subsidies, the Brookings Institution said in a blog post in November.
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Meanwhile, Trump has signed dozens of executive orders since taking the oath of office on Monday, advancing his administration’s goals from illegal immigration to withdrawing from the World Health Organization.
President Donald Trump After his inauguration on January 20, 2025, he participated in a signing ceremony in the Presidential Suite of the US Capitol in Washington, DC. (Melina Mara-Pool/Getty Images/Getty Images)
“I will sign a series today. Historical executive orders. With these actions, we will begin the complete restoration of America and the revolution of common sense, said the country’s 47th president in his opening speech at the US Capitol on Monday.
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Fox News Digital’s Paul Steinhauser and Reuters contributed to this report
