What did Donald Trump claim about the economy on 17 Nov 2025?
Donald Trump, President of the United States ·
We made a deal with Japan: $650 billion. We never got anything.
Japan agreed to invest $550 billion, not $650 billion, according to Trump's own executive order putting the deal in place.
Trump's own executive order implementing the U.S.-Japan agreement, signed Sept. 4, 2025, says 'the Government of Japan has agreed to invest $550 billion in the United States' (Executive Order 14345, 90 FR 43535).
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- Remarks at the McDonald's Impact Summit in Washington, DC.
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