Fact-check · Oct 31, 2026 · Donald Trump
“22,200,000,000,000 is being invested in our country”
FALSESaid in 4 broadcasts
What the record shows
White House documented $9.6 trillion in investment commitments as of Dec 2025; actual new foreign direct investment in 2025 was $232.2 billion per BEA.
$22.2T figure is unsubstantiated commitments, not actual investment. White House's own tally is $9.6T; actual FDI spending far lower.
Sources
- Fact check: Trump says the US secured $20 trillion in investments this year
- U.S. International Transactions and Investment Position, 4th Quarter and Year 2025
- Trillions in Foreign Investment? No Boom Yet
- Trump says the US secured at least $18 trillion worth of investments this year. That’s wrong
- Trump Top 25: $19.2 trillion in new investment in the United States
- PolitiFact
Every time it was said
4 times, Oct 20, 2026 to Nov 5, 2026 · 1 misleading · 3 false · against Foreign direct investment into the US (annual rate) (FRED)
Foreign direct investment into the US (annual rate), as revised today● figure published the day it was saidMisleadingFalse
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