Trump Hopes Democrats Will Work with Him on Infrastructure Spending

President Donald Trump expressed hope on Friday that Democrats will work with him on infrastructure spending in the United States.

“At some point, and for the good of the country, I predict we will start working with the Democrats in a Bipartisan fashion,” he wrote on Twitter. “Infrastructure would be a perfect place to start.”

The president and his economic advisers have previewed infrastructure spending in 2018 as members of both parties in Congress face the midterm re-election.

Despite some Republican resistance to more deficit spending, Trump has long expressed interest in rebuilding the country’s infrastructure.

“After having foolishly spent $7 trillion in the Middle East, it is time to start rebuilding our country!” he wrote:

At some point, and for the good of the country, I predict we will start working with the Democrats in a Bipartisan fashion. Infrastructure would be a perfect place to start. After having foolishly spent $7 trillion in the Middle East, it is time to start rebuilding our country!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 22, 2017

Trump also wrote that the Republican tax cuts were already fueling businesses in the United States after several companies announced Christmas bonuses in response to the news:

Our big and very popular Tax Cut and Reform Bill has taken on an unexpected new source of “love” – that is big companies and corporations showering their workers with bonuses. This is a phenomenon that nobody even thought of, and now it is the rage. Merry Christmas!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 22, 2017