US EditionTrump wants Penn Station, Dulles Airport named after him in funding deal with Schumer: Report
Trump linked release of $16 billion for Gateway Tunnel to renaming New York Penn Station and Washington Dulles Airport after him, sparking legal challenges and political backlash.
- President Donald Trump told Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer he would release federal funding for a major rail tunnel project if Penn Station and Washington’s Dulles Airport were renamed after him.
- About $16 billion in federal funds had been approved for the rail tunnel between New York City and New Jersey, but the money was frozen during last fall’s government shutdown.
- Although the shutdown has ended, NBC News reports that the funds have still not been released.
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US President Donald Trump told Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer that he would release already approved funds for infrastructure projects if he helped him have Washington Dulles International Airport and Pennsylvania Station in New York named after him, US media reported.
The US president is now trying to make his mark and promises to release billions of dollars in resources
Trump offers to unfreeze $16 billion for NY tunnel project, but what Trump wanted in return was his most audacious ask yet
President Donald Trump told Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer last month that he would release over $16 billion in infrastructure funding. However, he had one condition: Schumer must agree to rename two major transit hubs after him. According to CNN, Trump has kept holding back the money meant for the Gateway project, a new rail tunnel under the Hudson River that connects New York and New Jersey. To get the funds released, New York’s Penn Sta…
Trump links funding to name on Penn Station
What happenedPresident Donald Trump told Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) last month that he would unfreeze funds earmarked for a $16 billion New York infrastructure project, but only if New York’s Penn Station and Washington Dulles International Airport were renamed for him, several news organizations reported on Thursday. Schumer declined. “There was nothing to trade,” a person close to Schumer told NBC News and Politico. Trump “c…
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