President Trump traveled to Pittsburgh on Tuesday to showcase more than $90 billion in private-sector investments expected to create tens of thousands of jobs and position Pennsylvania as a leading hub for energy, artificial intelligence and innovation.
Mr. Trump said the initiatives will help to offset China’s recent gains in the sectors during the Biden administration.
“Under the Trump administration, America is getting back in the game, and we’re going to actually be doing more than they do,” the president said.
The summit was hosted at Carnegie Mellon University, and at a time when Pennsylvania’s political and business leaders want to establish the city as a nucleus for robotics, AI and energy.
Mr. Trump has often talked about U.S. “energy dominance,” and Pennsylvania, a key swing state for Republicans that Mr. Trump won in 2016 and 2024, is looking at avenues to boost the state’s coal and steel industries.
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