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Trump says he’ll free infrastructure funds for New York if Penn Station is renamed after him
The Guardian ^

Posted on 02/06/2026 1:04:55 PM PST by BenLurkin

Donald Trump has told the Senate’s top Democrat, Chuck Schumer, that he will unfreeze funds for major infrastructure projects in New York and New Jersey if he supports renaming Dulles international airport in Virginia and Penn Station in New York City after him, according to media reports.

The demand, which was first reported on Thursday by Punchbowl News, comes after the president in October halted $18bn in funding for a major subway line expansion in New York City as well as a new rail tunnel connecting the city to New Jersey. The funding freeze was announced on the first day of a 43-day government shutdown in which Schumer, who represents New York, played a major role.

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TOPICS: Humor; Local News; Travel; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: charlesschumer; dearleader; fakebuttrue; fakenews; grauniad; historywontbekind; nyc; pennstation; punchbowlnews; sourceisschumer

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1 posted on 02/06/2026 1:04:55 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Lol


2 posted on 02/06/2026 1:07:49 PM PST by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: BenLurkin

LOL! So this won’t happen.

Good gambit, President Trump.


3 posted on 02/06/2026 1:07:55 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: BenLurkin

Punchbowl news has a high accuracy rating.

I suspect President Trump was making a joke.

He does so often.


4 posted on 02/06/2026 1:08:53 PM PST by marktwain (----------------------)
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To: BenLurkin

Oh my I hear heads exploding again ,LOL


5 posted on 02/06/2026 1:09:30 PM PST by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: BenLurkin

Sounds like BS to me.


6 posted on 02/06/2026 1:12:55 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: BenLurkin
Before Trump trolled people, he played pranks.

That's why his dad sent him to New York Military Academy in the 8th grade. His father thought the discipline would rid him of his playful impishness.

It didn't.

7 posted on 02/06/2026 1:13:23 PM PST by RoosterRedux (“Critical thinking is hard; that’s why most people just jump to conclusions.”—Jung (paraphrased))
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To: RoosterRedux

“His father thought the discipline would rid him of his playful impishness.”

You can’t discipline the Scottish blood out of a man.


8 posted on 02/06/2026 1:18:33 PM PST by reasonisfaith (What are the personal implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: BenLurkin

Why not rename the whole place? New Trump City has a ring to it.


9 posted on 02/06/2026 1:22:13 PM PST by Orosius
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To: reasonisfaith

He is so full of himself. Just knock it off already.


10 posted on 02/06/2026 1:23:33 PM PST by Roklok
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To: marktwain

“ I suspect President Trump was making a joke.”
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He was most definitely trolling them. The left have no sense of humor.


11 posted on 02/06/2026 1:25:24 PM PST by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX)
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To: reasonisfaith
You can’t discipline the Scottish blood out of a man.

Yes, but discipline can harden the hard headedness of German blood.

12 posted on 02/06/2026 1:26:14 PM PST by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.)
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To: Roklok

He is so full of himself. Just knock it off already.
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LOL — it went right over your head, didn’t it. Just sayin’.


13 posted on 02/06/2026 1:27:02 PM PST by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX)
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To: BenLurkin

Trollin’, Trollin’, Trollin’
Keep lefty panties soilin’
All their plans keep foilin’
OrangeMan...


14 posted on 02/06/2026 1:27:25 PM PST by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, the Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: BenLurkin

Another embarrassment, if true.


15 posted on 02/06/2026 1:27:53 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: BenLurkin

TRUMP knows how to trigger them. LOL


16 posted on 02/06/2026 1:29:44 PM PST by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose GOD is the LORD. ~ Psalm 33:12)
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To: Roklok

I wouldn’t bet against a few things in America being named after Trump.

Consequences for spying on him, hoax impeaching him, stealing an election from him, lawfarimg him.

All of that was fun and games to Trump’s enemies.

Doubt he laughed at any of it.


17 posted on 02/06/2026 1:34:06 PM PST by delchiante
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To: BenLurkin
LMAO.

Trump said this to Schumer because he has too much class to ask Schumer to kiss his own arse in exchange for restoring the funds.

18 posted on 02/06/2026 1:36:21 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("There's somebody new and he sure ain't no rodeo man.")
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To: Roklok

“ He is so full of himself. Just knock it off already.”

Why should he do Schumer and NYC a favor for nothing?

“…Chuck Schumer, that he will unfreeze funds for major infrastructure projects in New York and New Jersey if he supports renaming Dulles international airport in Virginia and Penn Station in New York City after him, according to media reports.”


19 posted on 02/06/2026 1:55:45 PM PST by stanne
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Heck, why not Trump New York City? It has a ring to it.


20 posted on 02/06/2026 1:58:30 PM PST by maro (MAGA!)
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