Washington, July 17 -- U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that the federal government would terminate funding for California's High-Speed Rail project.
"Not a SINGLE penny in Federal Dollars will go towards this Newscum SCAM ever again," Trump wrote on his social media account. "The railroad we were promised still does not exist, and never will."
On the same day, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy confirmed the termination of approximately 4 billion U.S. dollars in federal funding for the California High-Speed Rail project.
In a strongly worded post, Duffy criticized California Governor Gavin Newsom and the ongoing issues surrounding the high-speed rail initiative.
"Governor Newsom and California's high...