Wednesday, November 5, 2025

In canceling the Gateway project, Trump threatens the US economy

As you may know, Trump has decided to stop work on the Gateway Tunnel project, which involves creating a new rail line between New York City and New Jersey. As this video should make clear, that affects not just New York City and New Jersey, but the whole Northeast corridor of the US (see video starting at roughly 31:01). 

“If this system of transportation collapses, the Northeastern economy and the economy of the country collapses, so why be so shortsighted?” Governor Hochul said in an interview on MSNBC on Wednesday night.

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00:00 Intro
03:19 The Northeast Corridor (NEC)
06:55 B+P Tunnel
12:36 The Frederick Douglass Tunnel Programme
16:01 Susquehanna River Rail Bridge
23:08 Philadelphia's 30th Street Station
25:20 The Portal North Bridge
29:28 New York's Hudson Tunnel
33:49 What it All Means
35:15 Staying On Track

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