NEW: Trump told Schumer he'd remove a block on the Gateway Tunnel funds if Schumer helped name Dulles Airport and Penn...

[demmiblue]

NEW: According to Punchbowl News, Trump told Schumer he'd remove a block on the Gateway Tunnel funds if Schumer helped name Dulles Airport and Penn Station after him. The Gateway Development Commission has already sued Trump for blocking the funds:

NEW: According to Punchbowl News, Trump told Schumer he'd remove a block on the Gateway Tunnel funds if Schumer helped name Dulles Airport and Penn Station after him. The Gateway Development Commission has already sued Trump for blocking the funds: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/n...

— Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) 2026-02-05T23:22:40.029Z

Trump wants Dulles and Penn Station renamed for him

News: President Donald Trump offered to release the funding for the massive Gateway infrastructure project if Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer agrees to support renaming both Washington-Dulles International Airport and New York’s Penn Station after Trump.

https://punchbowl.news/article/white-house/trump-dulles-penn-station/

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[pfitz59]

1. Never!

When he's gone his name will be scraped off every building he commandeered.

[D_Master81]

2. It's always about him

We are literally having funds held up so he can get stuff named after him. What kind of hell are we living in?

[B.See]

5. the hell where some

have anointed, and others abide, an antiChrist.

[electric_blue68]

3. Oh, Fuck NO! And he's lying Anyway!

[2naSalit]

4. STFU piggy.

[SheltieLover]

6. This! 👆👆👆👆👆👆

[demmiblue]

11. Amen!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

7. Who is surprised by this?

[newdeal2]

8. And he's very trustworthy

So I’m sure he’ll keep his end of the bargain.

Name the Port Authority Bus Terminal bathrooms after him. Yellow and smells awful - a fitting tribute.

[Deuxcents]

9. Doesn't Congress hold the purse strings? haven't these funds been allocated?

[aeromanKC]

10. No and Fuck No!!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

12. The president's obsession with self-glorification is old hat, but his tactics regarding the Gateway infrastructure proje

The president’s obsession with self-glorification is old hat, but his tactics regarding the Gateway infrastructure project are new.

Trump’s Gateway tunnel pitch sounds an awful lot like extortion: If Democrats want to save the project, restore the funds, and prevent the job losses, they’ll have to indulge his self-glorification obsession.

Articles of impeachment have been introduced over less.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-02-06T14:07:04.902Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-gateway-federal-funds-rename-dulles-penn-station

It’s also run out of money — not because of mismanagement or budget overruns, but because Donald Trump and his team announced last fall that they would pause the federal funds that had already been approved for the project. (The ostensible reason: The Republican administration wants to know whether contracts were awarded with “diversity, equity and inclusion” considerations in mind.).....

The good news is that the president recently signaled a willingness to release the resources that would allow work to continue. The bad news is the specific condition he has in mind. Punchbowl News reported:

President Donald Trump offered to release the funding for the massive Gateway infrastructure project if Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer agrees to support renaming both Washington-Dulles International Airport and New York’s Penn Station after Trump.

The Trump administration directly made the request of Schumer, according to four sources familiar with the situation.

.....For those keeping score, Trump and his allies have now applied the president’s name to the Kennedy Center and to the Institute of Peace, announced the construction of “Trump-class” battleships, unveiled a commemorative legal-tender coin that will feature his face on both sides and have launched “Trump Gold Cards,” “Trump Accounts” and “TrumpRx” (the government’s new drug-pricing website). By some accounts, the president wants the forthcoming White House ballroom to be named after him, too.....

The president’s pitch is, for all intents and purposes, an attempt at extortion: If Democrats want to save the infrastructure project and prevent the job losses, they must indulge the president’s obsession with self-aggrandizement and self-glorification.

Articles of impeachment have been introduced over less.

“This is ridiculous,” Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York said in a statement. “These naming rights aren’t tradable as part of any negotiations, and neither is the dignity of New Yorkers. At a time when New Yorkers are already being crushed by high costs under the Trump tariffs, the president continues to put his own narcissism over the good-paying union jobs this project provides and the extraordinary economic impact the Gateway tunnel will bring.”

She added, “I demand that the president put people first and unfreeze this project and all the others his administration has been holding hostage for his personal gain.”

[struggle4progress]

13. Colonel Bogey march

[LetMyPeopleVote]

14. 'Absolute lie': Dem leader calls out Trump's claim he suggested 'Trump Station'

trump is trying to blame the proposal to change the names of Dulles Airport and Penn Central Station on Senator Schumer. This is a typical trump lie to try to shift the blame to someone else. There is no way that Senator Schumer made this proposal

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer didn't waste any time firing back at President Donald Trump on Friday over claims that it was the New York Democrat who suggested renaming New York Penn Station and Washington Dulles International Airport after Trump.

— Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2026-02-07T14:01:06Z

https://www.rawstory.com/dulles-trump/

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer didn’t waste any time firing back at President Donald Trump on Friday over claims that it was the New York Democrat who suggested renaming New York Penn Station and Washington Dulles International Airport after Trump.

“Chuck Schumer suggested that to me about changing the name of Penn Station to Trump Station,” the MAGA leader reportedly said while speaking to reporters on Air Force One.

But Schumer fiercely rejected that premise.

“Absolute lie,” Schumer wrote in a post on X. “He knows it. Everyone knows it. Only one man can restart the project and he can restart it with the snap of his fingers.”

The political back and forth came as reports emerged this week that Trump wants his name on both Dulles and Penn Station while threatening to withhold federal funding for a major transportation project connecting New York City and New Jersey. Schumer swiftly rejected the suggestion, according to media reports.....

Link to tweet

[Volaris]

15. A federal judge already told him he cant block funding.

Hes trying to convince Chuck they're playing poker, and he's got a handful of uno cards.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

16. MaddowBlog-Trump tries to blame Schumer for the president's own Gateway tunnel project debacle

The president didn’t deny the absurd proposal, but he did try to blame the Senate Democratic leader for the idea. Schumer called it an “absolute lie.”

As Trump asks us to believe Schumer wanted to rename Penn Station and Dulles Airport after Trump, there are fresh reasons this should be more than a one-day story. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-02-09T14:57:14.395Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-tries-to-blame-schumer-for-the-presidents-own-gateway-tunnel-project-debacle

The president’s pitch was, for all intents and purposes, an attempt at extortion: If Democrats wanted to save a critical infrastructure project and prevent the job losses, they had to indulge Trump’s obsession with self-glorification.

The White House made little effort to deny the accuracy of the reporting, and on Friday night, during a brief Q&A on Air Force One, a reporter asked the Republican, “Can you set the record straight? There were reports circulating that you told Chuck Schumer that in order to restore funding for the Gateway train tunnel in New York, New Jersey, you would want Penn Station and Dulles Airport to be named after you. Is that true?”

The ideal answer would have been, “No, of course not, that would be insane.” Alas, that’s not what Trump said.

Link to tweet

....In other words, we’re supposed to believe that the Democratic Senate leader, among others, approached Trump with the idea of renaming an airport and one of the nation’s most storied train stations after the president they vehemently oppose.

Schumer wasted little time in responding to this absurdity, calling the claim an “absolute lie.”

.....And yet, here we are, watching this same scenario unfold.

As for the underlying legal fight over the White House’s tactics, U.S. District Court Judge Jeannette Vargas on Friday blocked the administration from suspending funds for the Gateway project. It was a preliminary ruling that allowed the investments to continue while broader legal issues continue to be adjudicated. Watch this space.