Trump Says Federal Government Won’t Fund California’s High-Speed Rail Project

The president says the delayed and expensive project is ‘out of control.’

The Cedar Viaduct, part of California's High-Speed Rail project through the Central Valley in Fresno, on Aug. 26, 2021. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

President Donald Trump said the federal government will not continue to pay for California’s high-speed rail, calling the costly and delayed project “out of control” during a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on May 6.

The president said he told Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy about his decision.