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."
If project fails, they can throw their hands up and say they tried and the dumb poor hicks are the reason we can’t have good things and there’s no reason to try anymore and instead buy more fighter jets
If project succeeds, they can throw their hands up in celebration and say America does it best and our government is so good that it’s able to reach across the aisle and convince even the dumb poor hicks to get on board