Trump's remarkable swerve on infrastructure

Here's why you didn't hear Trump mention public-private partnerships last night

President Trump.
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In his State of the Union address last night, President Trump once again called on Congress to help him pass a big infrastructure bill.

He's mentioned the subject a number of times before. "Infrastructure week" became a running joke in 2018. Yet, a major push to repair and update the nation's roads, bridges, seaports, airports, telecommunications, and utilities has only ever been a talking point for the White House.

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Jeff Spross

Jeff Spross was the economics and business correspondent at TheWeek.com. He was previously a reporter at ThinkProgress.