Furious with California’s resistance against President Donald Trump’s border wall, the US federal government has stated that it will withdraw money it has invested in the state’s major civil projects.
The US Transportation Department said Tuesday that it was exploring legal options to claw back $2.5 billion in federal funds spent on high-speed rail network in the state, a day after Californian officials joined a multi-state legal push to dispute Trump’s declaration of a national emergency to fund his wall.
The Federal Railroad Administration, an extension of the department, also notified the state High-Speed Rail Authority that it would end a $929 million federal grant come March 5.
Trump also stepped in by attacking the project and tying its construction to his border wall.
The failed Fast Train project in California, where the cost overruns are becoming world record setting, is hundreds of times more expensive than the…