WASHINGTON —

President Donald Trump is promoting Japanese companies investing $550 billion in the United States while visiting the East Asian country. The president said the funds would be “at my direction” as part of a trade framework secured with Japan.

The president also boasted about the U.S. economy, despite contrasting economic challenges .

"Well, everyone in our country is now doing well. My first term, we built the greatest economy in the history of the world. We had an economy like nobody has seen before now. We're doing it again, but this time, actually, it's going to be much bigger, much stronger," Trump said.

The president highlighted the stock market reaching all-time highs, but economists point to other indicators that tell a different story.

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