A few years later, during a meeting of his Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, Obama chuckled when asked about the lack of construction jobs created since his stimulus package. Obama dismissively admitted, “Shovel-ready wasn’t as … uh … shovel-ready as we thought.”

Hopefully, Trump’s proposed NEPA reforms undo the regulatory chokehold that prevents the construction of long-overdue infrastructure upgrades while actually providing well-paying shovel-ready jobs.