Top WH Infrastructure Aide Resigns After Devising Trump’s $1.5T Spending Plan

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 4: President Donald Trump, with DJ Gribbin, Special Assistant to the President for Infrastructure Policy by his side, explains a chart of the regulatory process to build a highway during after ... WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 4: President Donald Trump, with DJ Gribbin, Special Assistant to the President for Infrastructure Policy by his side, explains a chart of the regulatory process to build a highway during after a town hall with business leaders in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington, DC on Tuesday, April 04, 2017. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images) MORE LESS

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House’s top infrastructure adviser is leaving the administration as President Donald Trump’s plans to inject funding to repair the nation’s roads and bridges will most likely have to wait until after the midterm elections.

The White House says DJ Gribbin, who formulated the Trump plan released in February, is leaving to pursue other opportunities. Trump’s proposal would pair $200 billion in federal funding with state, local, and private investment. According to the White House’s calculations, that investment would unleash $1.5 trillion in infrastructure spending over the next decade.

Gribbin is the latest departure in a wave of exits — some forced and others voluntary — that have the White House on edge.

Trump conceded last week that his plan would probably “have to wait until after the election.”

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  1. The White House says DJ Gribbin, who formulated the Trump plan released in February, is leaving to pursue other opportunities.

    I suppose that’s one way of saying “he’s moving on to the big-money grifting.”

  2. How is infrastructure week going?

    (Someone had to say it)

  3. The White House says DJ Gribbin, who formulated the Trump plan released in February, is leaving to pursue other opportunities.

    He figured a year or two as a street corner man would be better for his resume.

  4. You win lose some, you lose some.

  5. “DJ Gribbin, who formulated the Trump plan released in February, is leaving to pursue other opportunities.”
    translation: Headed for the loonie bin after trying to reconcile preposterous spending cuts and spending increases.

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