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Rugian rank	Sat Feb 07 14:55:23 Politics Subscribe Politics 3 min read Trump promises Schumer funding for NY tunnel project — if Penn Station and Dulles Airport are renamed after him By Manu Raju , Adam Cancryn Updated Feb 5, 2026 Chuck Schumer and Donald Trump. Chuck Schumer and Donald Trump. Getty Images President Donald Trump told Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer last month that he was finally prepared to drop his freeze on billions of dollars in funding for a major New York infrastructure project. But there was a condition: In exchange for the money, Schumer had to agree to rename New York’s Penn Station and Washington’s Dulles International Airport after Trump. The startling offer, which was described by two people familiar with the conversation, was swiftly rejected by Schumer, who told the president he didn’t have the power to deliver on such an unorthodox request. In the weeks since, Trump has continued to withhold the more than $16 billion earmarked for the long-planned Gateway project connecting New York and New Jersey through a new rail tunnel beneath the Hudson River. The two states are now suing the Trump administration over the freeze, alleging in a complaint filed earlier this week that the funding suspension is unlawful. The commission in charge of the Gateway tunnel has warned that it will soon have to shut down work on the project and lay off roughly 1,000 workers if the Trump administration does not release the funding it needs. The tunnel’s construction predates Trump’s return to office, with the federal government on the hook for a significant portion of the funding needed to complete it. But Trump moved to halt the project late last year, a decision that Democratic officials in New Jersey and New York have argued was politically motivated. https://ww...chumer-trump-ny-funding-rename
Average Ameriacn rank	Sat Feb 07 15:18:16 Trump is THE deal maker. You have to give him something if you want something from him. And he offers a real good deal here, renaming the airport and the station is not that expensive.
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