Newsom's $4B Rail Blame Exposed California Never Bought The Trains

Gavin Newsom spent months accusing the Trump administration of killing California's high-speed rail project by yanking $4 billion in federal funding. What he left out: records now show California never fulfilled its own obligation to purchase the trains it promised. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy pulled the plug after 16 years and $15 billion spent with zero track laid on the full corridor.California even sued the Trump administration over the cut, calling it political retribution. Then, two days before Christmas 2025, the state quietly dropped the lawsuit. A CBS investigation later revealed the California High-Speed Rail Authority had blown through its own revised court deadlines to buy rolling stock — the very deadlines that would have anchored its legal case against Duffy.What remains is a project scaled back to a Merced-to-Bakersfield stub, no private investors committed, a Senate probe underway, and a governor who was boasting about "laying track" while federal auditors were documenting accountability failures across the board. Duffy's verdict: federal dollars are not a blank check, and California has nothing to show for a generation of spending.Subscribe to @reasonablenews for daily coverage of the stories the mainstream media glosses over — and hit the notification bell so you never miss an episode.#NFRP #California #GavinNewsomGO PREMIUM WITH REASONABLE+ FOR UNCENSORED ACCESS 🌟https://ReasonableTV.com/🛍️ MERCH - https://Store.ReasonableTV.com/💬 JOIN our FREE Discord Community! Share stories, chat with fellow enthusiasts, and stay in the loop: https://discord.com/invite/uJGWFpgDcY👍🏼 SMASH that LIKE button & SUBSCRIBE for daily videos that dive into the latest news! https://youtube.com/c/NewsForReasonablePeopleSTAY CONNECTED:🔗 Rumble - https://Rumble.com/c/NewsForReasonablePeople🔗 Facebook - https://www.Facebook.com/NewsForReasonablePeople🔗 iTunes - https://Apple.co/2MkFziJ🔗 Spotify - https://Spoti.fi/2Dh8EoL