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this week / over the next two or three weeks

'Infrastructure Week' — declared at least seven times, never delivered

Never delivered
“[paraphrase] The infrastructure plan is coming in the next two or three weeks / this is Infrastructure Week.”
Promised
, White House 'Infrastructure Week' rollout, first announced by NEC director Gary Cohn
Stated deadline
“this week / over the next two or three weeks” → June 19, 2017
Overdue by
9 years, 3 months as of September 22, 2026
Re-promised
7 times with a fresh deadline
Topic
Infrastructure
Era
First term

What happened

The White House declared an 'Infrastructure Week' at least seven separate times between June 2017 and May 2019, each derailed — the June 2017 launch by the Comey testimony, the August 2017 permitting push by Trump's 'very fine people on both sides' remarks after Charlottesville, the February 2018 rollout of a $1.3 trillion public-private plan by the Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels payment story, and the spring 2019 effort by Trump walking out of a meeting with Pelosi and Schumer. No infrastructure bill ever passed under Trump, and 'Infrastructure Week' became a Washington punchline for something permanently two weeks away.

Sources

  1. 'Infrastructure Week' has become a running joke on the Trump administration CNN, May 23, 2019
  2. Why It's Infrastructure Week. Again. NPR, May 15, 2018
  3. Infrastructure Week Became a Joke. Now It's for Real. Route Fifty, May 22, 2019
  4. How 'Infrastructure Week' Became a Long-Running Joke The New York Times, May 22, 2019