Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy touted a new generation of trains as part of Donald Trump’s “vision” Wednesday—leaving out a key fact: They weren’t.
The former reality star was at Washington D.C.’s Union Station to take an inaugural journey on one of public railroad Amtrak’s new high-speed trains, to New York’s Penn Station.
He touted the new NextGen Acela 160mph high-speed trains on X, as “part of @POTUS’ vision to Make Travel Great again.”
In fact, the trains were first ordered by none other than President Donald Trump’s nemesis: former President Barack Obama. And Duffy had voted against the bill which set their production in motion.
“[The trains are] a better experience for the American public,” Duffy said Wednesday. “And again, that’s what we do — we serve the American people w