$17 trillions gone in thin air? If you're a big enough crook, you can make it

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Where’s the missing $17 trillion? Lawmaker says Trump must reveal what he’s done with new investment bonanza he keeps boasting about

Democrats may investigate President Trump over his repeated claims that a $17 trillion flood of foreign and domestic investment has poured into the U.S. during his administration .

Trump has boasted that the supposed investment has been sparked by companies expanding operations or moving business to the U.S. after he imposed a raft of global tariffs.

“Donald Trump is living in a fantasy world,” Rep. Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, said Thursday in an interview with MeidasTouch. “If there is $17 trillion somewhere, the government doesn’t know about it. None of our committees have access to it. Treasury has no idea what the hell he’s talking about. He’s either a liar, or he’s somehow stashed away money in some magical way, and there’s even more corruption happening.”

“If this keeps going, we’re going to have to investigate where the hell those $17 trillion are,” Garcia added.

Rep. Eric Swalwell, another Democratic House member, has voiced similar criticisms.

“WHY are we in a shutdown?” he wrote on X. “Trump says the US has taken in $17 Trillion since he became president. Where is the money? Why haven’t you gotten a check?”

The White House hammered Democrats for their claims.