Trump's Top Appointees Signal That Travel Infrastructure Is a Priority
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Reading between the lines, Trump's $1 trillion infrastructure plan will likely be cobbled together from tax breaks, incentives, and little direct investment.
President-elect Donald Trump talked up the importance of improving U.S. roads, highways, and airports on the campaign trail.
Now his potential appointees are saying that infrastructure investment is a priority of the incoming administration, even if no one has provided concrete details on how a mammoth $1 trillion spending plan will be implemented.
Trump has named longtime civil servant Elaine Chao as his choice for transportation secretary and tabbed billionaire investor Wilbur Ross for commerce secretary.
Chao, an inveterate Republican Washington insider who is married to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, previously served for eight years as Secretary of Labor during the George W. Bush administration. She's also the daughter of a wealthy shipping magnate.
Chao's connections will come in handy once the details of Trump's
