Recommendations of the Editorial team
The US government is currently putting signs with the inscription “President Donald J. Trump” and “Rebuilding America’s Infrastructure”. Even in projects that are financed exclusively by the law signed by bids, that Trump once rejected as a “loss for the USA”.
Trump’s new signs replace bidens notes
As the “New York Times” reports, the Trump government is currently removing the blue signs that have previously been pointed out on bidens “Bipartisan Infrastructure Law”. Instead, red tablets are installed. The Trump’s name turned out. The only thing that says in small writing is that the construction work is financed by the “Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act”. Biden’s name is missing.
These signs appear on numerous major projects. Bridges in Maryland and Connecticut. Train projects in Seattle, Boston and Philadelphia. As well as at the billion dollar Amtrak tunnel between Baltimore and Washington, DC
Trump had not only opened against the Infrastructure Act. After his second inauguration, he even temporarily stopped the payment of funds from bidens infrastructure and climate programs. It was only after criticism that his government made it clear that only funds were blocked that hinder investments in fossil fuels or promote electric vehicles.
He left other parts of the law – for example for bridges, streets and public transport. Nevertheless, Trump now claims that the modernization is progressing.
Democratic criticism and republican double standards
The Democrat Joe Courtney, in whose district a large Connecticut bridge is replaced, calls Trump’s behavior hypocritical. “This bridge is not there today if this law did not exist that he fought.”
This pattern is also evident in other Republicans. For example, Rob Wittman first publicly praised an expansion of Virginia. Although he had voted against the financing. He later deleted his contribution. In order not to give the impression that he supported the law. A spokesman said: Wittman was “enthusiastic” that the port will get funds. Even if he voted against it.
Similarly, other Republicans such as Gary Palmer, Ashley Hinson and Kay Granger, who take advantage of infrastructure projects, whose financing they had rejected in the congress.