Trump touts $19.1 trillion investment surge

Washington, June 24 President Donald Trump claimed that the United States has attracted $19.1 trillion in investment commitments over the past year, arguing that his administration’s economic policies have transformed America into what he called the world’s most attractive destination for global capital. Speaking at a Mack Trucks manufacturing facility in Macungie, Pennsylvania, Trump pointed to investment pledges, stock market gains and manufacturing expansion as evidence of what he described as a dramatic economic turnaround since returning to office. “A short time ago, we were a dead country. We were laughed at all over the world,” Trump told workers and…