““We’ve made 25 trillion dollars since I’m like 25 trillion.” — President Donald Trump, rally in Salina, Kansas, Nov. 1, 2026, as quoted by the Kansas City Star (which reported he put foreign investment at $22.5 trillion)”
The claim: ““We’ve made 25 trillion dollars since I’m like 25 trillion.” — President Donald Trump, rally in Salina, Kansas, Nov. 1, 2026, as quoted by the Kansas City Star (which reported he put foreign investment at $22.5 trillion)”
Why we rated it this way: The White House's own tracker lists 343 investment entries, and its amounts add up to about $11.3 trillion, the figure its headline displays. That total includes domestic company pledges and country-level announcements, not only foreign money, and roughly $5.2 trillion of it is labeled as foreign government investment. Even the administration's most generous count is less than half of the $22.5 trillion to $25 trillion Trump described.
See the evidenceWhat would change our rating: A White House or Commerce Department record showing roughly $22.5 trillion or more in new investment since January 2025 would move this toward Matches record.
Our read
The White House's own tracker lists 343 investment entries, and its amounts add up to about $11.3 trillion, the figure its headline displays. That total includes domestic company pledges and country-level announcements, not only foreign money, and roughly $5.2 trillion of it is labeled as foreign government investment. Even the administration's most generous count is less than half of the $22.5 trillion to $25 trillion Trump described.
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Nov 2, 2026, 11:05 PM CST
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Late Check. At a Kansas rally, President Trump put new investment in America at about 25 trillion dollars. The White House's own investment tracker adds up to about 11.3 trillion, and that includes domestic pledges. Verdict: contradicted by the record.
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