Construction companies buy @FoxNews ads to hit Trump on infrastructure

Construction companies buy Fox News ads to hit Trump on infrastructure

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By Eric Boehlert -
August 6, 2018



Trump promised huge spending to repair America's roads and bridges, but he has utterly failed to deliver.

Angered by Trump’s complete failure to pass the massive infrastructure spending bill he promised, companies that make construction equipment are targeting Trump directly — by buying ads on Fox News.

“The Association of Equipment Manufacturers is airing a 30-second ad starting Monday on ‘Fox and Friends’ and other programs Trump is known to watch,” Bloomberg reports. “It’s the cornerstone of a ‘Mission Not Accomplished’ campaign urging Washington to make upgrading public works a priority.”

By running ads on programs Trump is known to watch obsessively, manufacturers are making their message to Trump personal.

Trump promised during the 2016 campaign that his administration would spend lavishly on road construction, bridge repairs, and other infrastructure programs..........................................

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Trump's Lack of Action on Public Works Sparks New Ad Campaign

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-06/trump-s-lack-of-action-on-public-works-sparks-new-ad-campaign

By Mark Niquette
August 6, 2018, 3:00 AM CDT

Equipment makers remind president of infrastructure promise
Trade association using media outlets leaders watch and read


President Donald Trump hasn’t delivered on his promises to rebuild America’s crumbling infrastructure. So to remind him, companies that make equipment for construction and other industries are going to the place he’s most likely to hear them: Fox News.
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“When you go out there and you campaign and you say you’re going to make a difference by infrastructure investment, we want to hold people accountable,” said Dennis Slater, president of the association that represents more than 950 companies including Caterpillar Inc., Volvo Construction Equipment Corp. and Link-Belt Cranes. “Let’s get back to what you promised here.”




Trump made fixing U.S. roads, bridges, airports and other public works a pillar of his campaign. The American Society of Civil Engineers has estimated that planned spending on infrastructure from 2016-2025 is $2 trillion short of what is needed. The group says substandard public works cost the economy trillions


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$200 Billion

The administration’s plan released in February would provide only $200 billion in federal funding over 10 years to spur states, localities and the private sector to spend the balance of $1.5 trillion -- with no identified way to pay for it. The plan stalled amid Democratic criticism that Trump’s budget proposal would cut more than the $200 billion amount from other transportation programs.

The president has said action on infrastructure will probably have to wait until after November congressional elections, and he has focused instead on trade, immigration and other issues. Congressional committees have held hearings but haven’t advanced a proposal.

The association said it is holding town halls, using social media and running ads using outlets that Trump and congressional leaders are known to watch and read, including newspapers in specific markets and the TV commercial on Fox that features workers in factory settings...............................................