On his second day in office, Jan. 21, Trump said the U.S. had "already secured nearly $3 trillion of new investments." By May 8, that figure rose to "close to $10 trillion." It eventually peaked Oct. 29 during a meeting with South Korean Prime Minister Kim Min-seok: "I think by the end of my first term, we should have $21 or $22 trillion dollars invested in the United States from other people and countries," Trump said.
The billionaire unleashed a barrage of posts on X, boosting claims that cast Brussels as censorious, corrupt, and anti-democratic - just days after the bloc fined his platform €120 million ($140 million) over the "deceptive design" of its blue checkmarks. In one post, Musk asked followers: "How long before the EU is gone?" AbolishTheEU. In another instance, he backed a call for binding referendums on whether countries should remain in the bloc, describing it as a "good idea."
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