Donald Trump has always had it in for California and its Democrats…..
With the state pulling some of National Guard troops form the border and joining the other states in suing the Trump admin on the border ‘national emergency’ they caught Trump’s attention….
So?
What doe he do?
He decides to try and take money it agreed to give the state for a transportation project….
(Maybe he wants to steal the money for his wall effort?)
The U.S. Transportation Department on Tuesday said it intends to terminate an agreement that would have granted nearly $929 million in federal funds for California’s ambitious and controversial high-speed rail project.
The department said it had determined that the California High-Speed Rail Authority had “materially failed to comply with the terms of the agreement” and had “failed to make reasonable progress on the project.”
The department also said in a statement it was “actively exploring every legal option to seek the return from California of $2.5 billion in federal funds.” It is unclear whether the department has legal recourse to do so.
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) responded by accusing President Donald Trump of “political retribution” after California was joined by 15 states in a lawsuit on Monday challenging the president’s declaration of a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border.
“It’s no coincidence that the Administration’s threat comes 24 hours after California led 16 states in challenging the President’s farcical ‘national emergency,’” Newsom said in a statement. “The President even tied the two issues together in a tweet this morning.”
Trump referenced California’s high-speed rail in a tweet on Tuesday about the lawsuit.
“This is clear political retribution by President Trump, and we won’t sit idly by,” Newsom continued. “This is California’s money, and we are going to fight for it.” ….