Frankly, I believe this was the plan all along... and I think Trump believes it too. CA Dems floated this idea of an unworkable rail system as a means to benefit themselves and donors and get extra money from the federal government. I don’t think they ever thought they would get called on this... and if Hillary had won, they wouldn’t have.
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I agree. I seem to recall Trump threatening to audit big projects either when he was a candidate or early in his presidency.
Trump is from New York. He knows a black hole of construction graft when he sees one.