Trump says US and South Korea agreed to major investment and energy projects in America
President Donald Trump made multiple posts on Truth Social in the last hour: - "Congratulations to the GREAT Boeing Company for producing a plane, the 737 Max, that was able to withstand G Forces and Strain far beyond what it was designed and expected to do. It was an amazing show of precise and powerful structural planning and design.
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It is about time that The Boeing Company, which builds, by far, the finest commercial airliners in the sky, was given credit for this airplane's incredible "genius!" To Kelly Ortberg, and all of his officers and associates at Boeing, congratulations on a job well done!!!" - "RT @realDonaldTrumpIn New York, I met with Lee Jae Myung, the President of the Republic of Korea, and we agreed to launch 200 Billion Dollars of new Investments in AMERICA! We will build American Energy and American Power across the United States under my 350 BILLION DOLLAR Korea Strategic Trade and Investment Deal that I reached with President Myung last year.
We are turning Korea's Investment commitments into HUGE Construction Projects, and tens of thousands of AMERICAN JOBS. These are massive Energy Projects, adding Power Capacity in the United States.
This is new Construction, new Manufacturing, and GREAT Jobs for American Workers. First, the United States and Korea are moving forward on a 120 BILLION DOLLAR Nuclear Power Program to build EIGHT large-scale Nuclear Reactors right here in the United States, Six Westinghouse AP1000 Reactors, and two Korean APR-1400 Reactors.
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More Baseload Electricity, and greater Energy Security for our Country. Second, the United States and Korea have agreed to commence working together on the 50 Billion Dollar ALASKA LNG PROJECT, unlocking the tremendous resources of our Great State of Alaska, and creating new American Gas Infrastructure, and building it with our wonderful American Workers.
This Project will deliver transformational change for the People of Alaska. Third, a huge 22 Billion Dollar, 6.4-gigawatt Natural Gas Fired Power Project in Encinal, Texas.
This will bring tremendous new, reliable Power Capacity to Texas. These are the kinds of Projects that can transform America for Generations, MORE POWER, MORE CONSTRUCTION, MORE MANUFACTURING, MORE ENERGY SECURITY, and major new opportunities for American Workers.
These Projects will support the TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS of Investment that have come into the United States under my Administration, including for Advanced Manufacturing, Semiconductors, and all of the Great Industries of the Future. We are building that capacity HERE, in THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and the Projects announced today will help power us for Generations to come.
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These Deals are driven by our Trade Deals. REAL INVESTMENT, REAL PROJECTS, REAL CAPACITY, and REAL JOBS in America.
TRUMPIn New York, I met with Lee Jae Myung, the President of the Republic of Korea, and we agreed to launch 200 Billion Dollars of new Investments in AMERICA! We will build American Energy and American Power across the United States under my 350 BILLION DOLLAR Korea Strategic Trade and Investment Deal that I reached with President Myung last year.
We are turning Korea's Investment commitments into HUGE Construction Projects, and tens of thousands of AMERICAN JOBS. These are massive Energy Projects, adding Power Capacity in the United States.
This is new Construction, new Manufacturing, and GREAT Jobs for American Workers. First, the United States and Korea are moving forward on a 120 BILLION DOLLAR Nuclear Power Program to build EIGHT large-scale Nuclear Reactors right here in the United States, Six Westinghouse AP1000 Reactors, and two Korean APR-1400 Reactors.
More Baseload Electricity, and greater Energy Security for our Country. Second, the United States and Korea have agreed to commence working together on the 50 Billion Dollar ALASKA LNG PROJECT, unlocking the tremendous resources of our Great State of Alaska, and creating new American Gas Infrastructure, and building it with our wonderful American Workers.
This Project will deliver transformational change for the People of Alaska. Third, a huge 22 Billion Dollar, 6.4-gigawatt Natural Gas Fired Power Project in Encinal, Texas.
This will bring tremendous new, reliable Power Capacity to Texas. These are the kinds of Projects that can transform America for Generations, MORE POWER, MORE CONSTRUCTION, MORE MANUFACTURING, MORE ENERGY SECURITY, and major new opportunities for American Workers.
These Projects will support the TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS of Investment that have come into the United States under my Administration, including for Advanced Manufacturing, Semiconductors, and all of the Great Industries of the Future. We are building that capacity HERE, in THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and the Projects announced today will help power us for Generations to come.
These Deals are driven by our Trade Deals. REAL INVESTMENT, REAL PROJECTS, REAL CAPACITY, and REAL JOBS in America.
Explanation:
President Donald Trump made multiple posts on Truth Social in the last hour: - "Congratulations to the GREAT Boeing Company for producing a plane, the 737 Max, that was able to withstand G Forces and Strain far beyond what it was designed and expected to do. It was an amazing show of precise and powerful structural planning and design.
It is about time that The Boeing Company, which builds, by far, the finest commercial airliners in the sky, was given credit for this airplane's incredible "genius!" To Kelly Ortberg, and all of his officers and associates at Boeing, congratulations on a job well done!!!" - "RT @realDonaldTrumpIn New York, I met with Lee Jae Myung, the President of the Republic of Korea, and we agreed to launch 200 Billion Dollars of new Investments in AMERICA! We will build American Energy and American Power across the United States under my 350 BILLION DOLLAR Korea Strategic Trade and Investment Deal that I reached with President Myung last year.
We are turning Korea's Investment commitments into HUGE Construction Projects, and tens of thousands of AMERICAN JOBS. These are massive Energy Projects, adding Power Capacity in the United States.
This is new Construction, new Manufacturing, and GREAT Jobs for American Workers. First, the United States and Korea are moving forward on a 120 BILLION DOLLAR Nuclear Power Program to build EIGHT large-scale Nuclear Reactors right here in the United States, Six Westinghouse AP1000 Reactors, and two Korean APR-1400 Reactors.
More Baseload Electricity, and greater Energy Security for our Country. Second, the United States and Korea have agreed to commence working together on the 50 Billion Dollar ALASKA LNG PROJECT, unlocking the tremendous resources of our Great State of Alaska, and creating new American Gas Infrastructure, and building it with our wonderful American Workers.
This Project will deliver transformational change for the People of Alaska. Third, a huge 22 Billion Dollar, 6.4-gigawatt Natural Gas Fired Power Project in Encinal, Texas.
This will bring tremendous new, reliable Power Capacity to Texas. These are the kinds of Projects that can transform America for Generations, MORE POWER, MORE CONSTRUCTION, MORE MANUFACTURING, MORE ENERGY SECURITY, and major new opportunities for American Workers.
These Projects will support the TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS of Investment that have come into the United States under my Administration, including for Advanced Manufacturing, Semiconductors, and all of the Great Industries of the Future. We are building that capacity HERE, in THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and the Projects announced today will help power us for Generations to come.
These Deals are driven by our Trade Deals. REAL INVESTMENT, REAL PROJECTS, REAL CAPACITY, and REAL JOBS in America.
The geopolitically significant signal is the reported U.S.-South Korea investment and energy package, especially the claimed move on a 120 billion dollar nuclear power program, an Alaska LNG project, and a major gas-fired project in Texas. If implemented, this would point to deeper industrial and energy coordination with a key Indo-Pacific ally, with implications for U.S. grid capacity, LNG exports, reactor supply chains, and capital flows tied to trade diplomacy.
The post also frames allied investment as a tool of domestic reindustrialization, which may influence how markets and counterparties read the administration's approach to trade leverage and energy security. Historical context matters because U.S.-South Korea economic ties have long mixed security partnership with trade bargaining, and nuclear and LNG projects are especially sensitive because they depend on regulation, financing, permitting, and long timelines.
The scale in the post is large enough that execution risk is meaningful, but the signal itself is clear, Trump is using public messaging to present allied capital as a strategic instrument for American power infrastructure. The Boeing praise is secondary and mostly domestic-industrial in nature, with little immediate geopolitical consequence beyond signaling support for a major defense and aerospace supplier.
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