Fact check: Trump says the US secured 20 trillion in investments this year

Can the US legally seize a Venezuelan tanker? What are the implications of Trump's Somali'garbage' comments? United States President Donald Trump has often said that since he took office in January, the US has received trillions of dollars in promises of investments, and the dollar amount he cites changes. On his second day in office, January 21, Trump said the US had "already secured nearly $3 trillion of new investments". By May 8, that figure had risen to " close to $10 trillion ".