Plans are reportedly being revived for a high-speed rail link utilizing Japanese trains running between Houston and Dallas.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14304523

President Joe Biden is reportedly seeking to revive a project that would construct a high-speed railway from Houston to Dallas in Texas utilizing Japanese bullet trains.

According to a Reuters report on Tuesday, citing unnamed administration sources, the White House is looking to make an announcement on the project following talks between Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Washington, D.C., this week.

The Japanese government and the White House declined to comment on the report, though the project has seen renewed support from Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who told KXAS in Fort Worth on Sunday: "We believe in this."

  • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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    8 months ago

    The only way Texas is going to get a bullet train is if Trump - for whatever reason - suddenly starts saying all the time how much he loves bullet trains. I think the chance of that happening is about 1 in 1,000,000.

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    "Brad Pitt is a liberal." Boos and some hissing. "But wait. There's a Brad Pitt bullet train movie called Bullet Train." Mild confused booing. "I liked it. I liked it. And I thought - why doesn't America have a single mile of bullet train? Why?" Somebody yells out "Yeah, why!" And Trump gets serious "See? When I win president for the third time - I want bullet trains. Cars best. It's true. It's true. Very best. Everybody loves cars. But I want lots and lots of bullet trains..."

    • Bobson_Dugnutt [he/him]
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      8 months ago

      Quick, someone get him a copy of the movie Bullet Train but label it Bloodsport

      • Findom_DeLuise [she/her, they/them]
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        8 months ago

        Or Bloodsport and label it Bullet Train. Either one will work, really; the man's brains are tapioca pudding laced with German Sudafed and Twitter clapbacks at this point.

        • Bobson_Dugnutt [he/him]
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          8 months ago

          Or any of his favorite movies: https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/donald-trumps-favorite-movies/

          • Findom_DeLuise [she/her, they/them]
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            8 months ago

            Totally normal list of movies made by a human person who definitely watches movies and is not actually a reptile in a mammalian skinsuit.

    • EmoThugInMyPhase [he/him]
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      8 months ago

      It’s possible that if he meets with Kim Jong Un again, he can redpill Trump on trains and he comes back to America wanting to build the best trains.