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‘Trump accounts’ promise to mint child millionaires. Experts have their doubts

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President has hyped growth of federal investment accounts to help US children – for his own political gain Since returning to the White House, Donald Trump has scrapped rules that made childcare more affordable and pushed to cut funding for the natio…

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  • Reported by The Guardian and published Sun, 13 Sep 2026 11:00:05 UTC.

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