Trump's infrastructure promises, explained

President-elect Trump pledged to upgrade the nation's infrastructure, but the specifics are murky

America's infrastructure needs an upgrade.
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In these divisive times, voters and politicians seem to agree on at least one thing: Our nation's infrastructure is desperately in need of major upgrades, said Andy Uhler at Marketplace. "In fact, it was one of the first things President-elect Trump mentioned in his victory speech," echoing earlier pledges on the campaign trail to invest as much as $1 trillion rebuilding U.S. highways, airports, and schools. The specifics, however, are murky. Who foots the bill and what projects get priority "are just a few of the details the Trump team has to work out." Trump's promise to refurbish crumbling U.S. infrastructure is a big reason behind the stock market's post-election rally, said Paul Davidson at USA Today. His advisers have laid out a rough blueprint centered on public-private partnerships, which theoretically "would add nothing to the deficit." That program, says Team Trump, would generate up to $1 trillion worth of investment over 10 years, creating 3.3 million jobs.

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