Biden Restores $1 Billion Grant for California Bullet Train That Trump Called a ‘Disaster’

A full-scale mock-up of a high-speed train is displayed at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., on Feb. 26, 2015. Rich Pedroncelli/AP Photo

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on June 10 that the Biden administration and the State of California have reached a deal to restore a bullet train grant of nearly $1 billion that was revoked by then-President Donald Trump, who called the project a “disaster.”

The U.S. Department of Transportation and California officials finalized settlement negotiations to restore the money for the train, which the Trump administration revoked in 2019, Newsom said in a statement.