Just as President Donald Trump freezes $1 billion for a project that was constantly delayed during his first term as president, $4.3 billion in federal funds for California's high-speed rail projects I was able to suppress the
The High Speed Rail Project was originally approved by California voters in the 2008 referendum and was appointed after 2010 by Governor Jerry Brown (D), who was originally approved by California voters and has advocated as a way to boost the economy and combat climate change.
As reported by Breitbart News at the time, Trump will $1 billion from going to California for the project after Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) cancelled original plans for a bullet train to link San Francisco and Los Angeles. I stopped nearby. Newsom told Congress at the time that the project would be “too expensive and too much time to pay respect.” However, he wanted to continue building among the small towns of the countryside Central Valley despite no demand.
When Trump held back $1 billion, Newsom was furious, and the president tried to reclaim more of the billions wasted on the project. Trump reasoned that federal taxpayers had invested in a high-speed rail link connecting two of California's biggest cities. If the project stopped, federal taxpayers would borrow money. Newsom appeared to believe California should be able to claim money regardless of the success of the project.
President Joe Biden Restoration Added federal funding to funding for 2021 and another private high-speed rail project aimed at linking the Los Angeles area with Las Vegas (potentially likely to be commercially successful).
However, once President Trump took office, he vowed to renew his suspicions about California's original high-speed rail project and conduct an investigation, including whether there was corruption in public spending.
now, Fresno Bee It has been reported On Tuesday, Trump and Elon Musk's Government Efficiency (DOGE) were able to have a sick project in their vision.
[W]The first $2.5 billion federal grant awarded by the Obama administration under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in 2009 was fully spent – matching the same amount of state money – almost 4.3 billion The dollar remains unused as of November 2024. It was awarded by the Department of Transport under the Biden administration. Undistributed federal funds could possibly be subject to cancellations by the hostile Trump administration.
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The authorities' goal is to build a 171-mile route and truck between downtown Bakersfield, which trains will operate between 2030 and 2033 and are charged with trains carrying passengers.
Musk once had plans for a high-speed trip in California: the so-called hyperloop would have connected San Francisco and Los Angeles along existing public roads that correspond to underground or Interstate 5. Conceptual stage.
Joel B. Pollack is a senior editor at Breitbart News; Breitbart News Sunday Sirius XM Patriot will be available Sundays from 7pm to 10pm (4pm to 7pm). He is the author of Agenda: What Trump Should Do in His First 100 Daysyou can pre-order on Amazon. He is also the author Trump's Virtue: Lessons and Legacy of President Donald TrumpIt is now available on Audible. He is the winner of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. Follow him on Twitter @joelpollak.
