The United States government doubled its financial support for solar power projects overseas during President Donald Trump's first year in office under a climate-friendly investment policy inherited from the Obama administration, according to a Reuters review of government documents. The growing US support for foreign solar projects comes despite an ongoing federal investigation into past US solar loans abroad. It also deepens confusion about Trump’s position on government support for renewable energy as his administration downplays the global warming threat and aggressively promotes fossil-fuel development.