President Donald Trump is touting major projects in politically important states ahead of the midterm elections, presenting flashy announcements as proof that his administration is delivering. The fine print, however, shows that his supposed accomplishments are far less complete than his boasting suggests.

Promoting projects that could benefit voters in particular states is hardly an unusual move for an incumbent president. Trump’s version of the familiar strategy has a glaring problem: The deals he celebrates as finished are not actually finished.

Two weeks ago, Trump welcomed Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan of Alaska to the White House. The pair celebrated what Trump described as a $54 billion South Korean investment in a liquid natural gas pipeline project in Sullivan’s home state.

South Korea’s government soon made clear that the agreement was not complete. Korean Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan told reporters that he had “lodged a strong protest” with the administration because Trump’s announcement “went far beyond what was agreed.”

That contradiction did not stop the White House from staging another premature victory lap during the same week. Trump hosted a separate Oval Office event and announced that the “largest steel plant in American history” would be constructed in Iowa.

The state is home to several competitive races, making the timing especially useful for Republicans eager to give voters something shiny to contemplate. Standing beside Trump, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick declared, “This deal is done,” offering the administration’s preferred version of certainty.

The available facts told a much different story. The Washington Sun reported that the company behind the project, Mesabi Metallics, and its Indian parent company, the Essar Group, did not own property in Lee County, Iowa, as of Tuesday.

Lee County is where the plant is supposed to be built. According to the newspaper’s review of property records, the companies also did not own property elsewhere in Iowa, leaving Trump’s allegedly completed deal looking remarkably incomplete.

The announcement’s timing drew concern from both Democratic and Republican state lawmakers. They had been told months earlier that Iowa was competing against several other states, including Arkansas, for the steel mill.

Some lawmakers feared that the midterm elections played an outsized role in the announcement. They also worried that Trump was getting ahead of the project’s actual plans, potentially to the detriment of Iowans who were being told the deal was settled.

Then, this week, Trump did it again. On Wednesday afternoon, he used his social media platform to announce “the largest Offtake Agreement in History,” involving Taiwan and tens of billions of dollars’ worth of liquefied natural gas from a proposed Alaska energy pipeline.

“This is the GREATEST Project in Alaska History, and this only happens with me in the White House,” Trump added. The boast portrayed the project as another singular triumph made possible by his presidency.

Yet Politico reported that funding for the project remains in dispute. The project that Trump was presenting as an historic accomplishment might never actually happen, a fairly important detail missing from the president’s triumphant announcement.

Across the three announcements, the pattern is difficult to miss. Trump promotes enormous investments or construction plans, administration officials speak as though everything is settled, and information emerging afterward reveals unresolved negotiations, missing property or disputed funding.

For voters making election decisions based on these announcements, the gap between Trump’s sales pitch and the underlying reality matters. A project that has been announced is not necessarily financed, finalized or guaranteed to move forward, no matter how loudly the president declares victory.

The midterm strategy depends on voters hearing the celebration without examining the details. Trump may call these projects done deals, but the record described in the reporting shows that “done” is doing an extraordinary amount of political work.

Steve Benen, a producer for “The Rachel Maddow Show,” editor of MaddowBlog and an MS NOW political contributor, warned that voters should read the fine print. Trump’s recent boasts offer plenty of reasons to do exactly that.