US EditionTrump says he didn’t bring up renaming Penn Station as Trump Station
Trump denies proposing renaming Penn Station despite reports linking withheld Gateway tunnel funds to the idea; a federal judge ordered partial fund release after a legal challenge.
- On Monday, President Donald Trump denied he originated renaming Penn Station TRUMP STATION, posting on Truth Social after criticizing the Gateway tunnel project and addressing the matter.
- Last week, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump 'floated' renaming Penn Station and Washington-Dulles with Senate Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, as TIME reported.
- Trump said various politicians and construction union leaders raised the idea, insisting others proposed renaming Penn Station, not him.
- The New York-New Jersey Gateway Tunnel project faces accusations that President Donald Trump withheld billions in federal funding to secure renaming, contradicting his denial.
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Trump says 'certain politicians,' construction unions offered Penn Station name deal
Top administration officials reportedly told Chuck Schumer they would release funds for a rail tunnel project if he helped rename the station after Trump.
Gateway Tunnel: Trump slams rail project as ‘boondoggle,’ claims in social media rant it will cost billions more than expected
President Donald Trump took to social media to slam the Gateway Tunnel rail project as a "boondoggle" that he said, without evidence, would run billions of
Trump says idea of renaming N.Y. Penn Station after him was raised by others, not him
President Donald Trump on Monday repeated his opposition to a massive public works project to create another tunnel connecting New York and New Jersey and distanced himself from reports that he wanted to make federal funding for it contingent on renaming New York's Penn Station and the Washington area's Dulles International Airport after him
Trump says he didn’t bring up renaming Penn Station as Trump Station
President Trump said renaming New York’s Penn Station as “Trump Station" in order to unfreeze billions in federal funds for the Gateway tunnel was not his idea, but he did criticize the station name.
Trump Insists Others ‘Brought Up’ Renaming Landmark ‘TRUMP STATION’ — Despite Report He Held Up Billions in Public Funds to Make it Happen
Trump denied that he wanted to rename NYC's Penn Station the "TRUMP STATION," despite a report that he withheld billions in federal funding to do just that.
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