President Donald Trump said the federal government will not continue to pay for California’s high-speed rail, calling the costly and delayed project “out of control” during a meeting with Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney on May 6.
The president said he told Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy about his decision.
“That train is the worst cost overrun I’ve ever seen,” Trump told reporters Tuesday. “It’s totally out of control. It’s a stupid project that should have never been built.
“I told our new secretary of transportation we’re not going to pay for that thing,” he added….