Fact Check: Donald Trump's Claims About Infrastructure - The New York Times - 0 views
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President Trump devoted three speeches to the nation’s ailing roads and bridges — and made misleading attacks on his predecessor’s efforts to fix them during a week his administration had wanted to focus on infrastructure but was derailed by the public testimony of James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director.
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Mr. Trump exaggerated when he said the Obama administration’s project to upgrade air traffic control ‘totally failed.’
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He misleadingly suggested that reforms would bring ‘a future where 20 percent of a ticket price doesn’t go to the government.’
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The suggestion that his air traffic reform legislation would remove fees for air traffic control is unproven, though overall prices may come down.
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He falsely stated that the 2009 stimulus package was ‘the great infrastructure plan, [but] nobody saw any money.’