Obama and Biden blew $88 billion. Trump is actually delivering for rural America

Published September 4, 2026 8:00am ET



Presidents love to make promises they don’t keep.

Think back to the last guy in the Oval Office. Joe Biden vowed to connect rural Americans to broadband internet — the gateway to so much employment, education, and healthcare in the 21st century. But after spending more than $40 billion, not a single person was connected to high-speed internet. Promise broken.

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