“We want to be in the partnership business,” Mr. Cohn said. The concept — a discussion of which helped cement Mr. Cohn’s hiring by Mr. Trump late last year — has driven infrastructure policy in the United States for many years. But Mr. Trump is proposing a far smaller federal investment than many Republicans and Democrats have long thought is necessary. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyOn Thursday, Mr. Trump will hold listening sessions at the White House with a group of mayors and governors. “If we thought it was the time to release an infrastructure bill, we would release an infrastructure bill,” Mr. Cohn said.

Source: New York Times June 03, 2017 18:00 UTC