Don’s dump on rail plan roils pols

PRESIDENT TRUMP’S plan to sabatoge federal funds for a long-delayed new rail tunnel linking Manhattan and New Jersey has lawmakers seeing red.

Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-N.Y.) blasted Trump on Saturday for the hometown slight.

“This is a President who says that we could find consensus when it comes to transportation and infrastructure issues,” Velazquez said. “Here you have a project that is important in terms of the regional economy of New Jersey and New York. And he’s just walking away from that. It is wrong.”

A frustrated House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) joined Velazquez in shaming Trump for reneging on his promise to make infrastructure a priority.

“Let me just say this about infrastructure. When there is a debate, and again I come out of the appropriations process, when there is infrastructure funding it’s always been bipartisan,” Pelosi said. “And now the “President is playing politics with it.”

The federal government initially agreed to foot half of the bill for the $30 billion project.

The massive enterprise consists of building two new rail tunnels under the Hudson River so existing tunnels can be revamped and to repair damage caused by Hurricane Sandy.

Trump, in what was reported as a snub against Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), personally petitioned House Speaker Paul Ryan (RWis.) this week, to rescind funds for the project that were already secured by Congress.

Even a few Republicans let the President have it. “Can’t let feud with Schumer hurt New York & United States. Bad enough we got screwed on tax bill,” Rep. Pete King (R-N.Y.) tweeted.