Coverage dated September 3, 2026

Fact check: Vance repeats Trump’s fictional ‘$19 trillion’ investment figure

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By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has for months been using a fictional economic figure. Vice President JD Vance echoed it on Thursday.Vance, listing the administration’s “wins” while speaking to reporters in the White House briefing room, claimed “we’ve seen $19 trillion of new inv…

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    By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has for months been using a fictional economic figure. Vice President JD Vance echoed it on Thursday.Vance, listing the administration’s “wins” while speaking to reporters in the White House briefing room, claimed “we’ve seen $19 trillion of new inv…

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