The California bullet train to nowhere keeps going nowhere and the Trump administration might finally pull the emergency break.
The California High Speed Rail project is no doubt one of the grandest boondoggles in American history. It was originally sold as an efficient, “green” method to connect San Francisco to Los Angeles. Since it was officially approved by voters in 2008, it’s been nothing but a drain on state and federal resources. More than that, the project is a total indictment on California’s monolithically Democrat leadership and governance over the past two decades.
“It is the worst managed project I think I’ve ever seen and I’ve seen some of the worst,” President Donald Trump said in early February. He seems to be serious about investigating and possibly removing all federal funds from the project.
“For too long, taxpayers have subsidized the massively over-budget and delayed California High Speed Rail project,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy in late February. “President Trump is right that this project is in dire need of an investigation.”
Trump pulled $1 billion from California’s High Speed Rail in 2019 but the Biden administration sent $3.3 billion more in 2023. […]
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