The Trump administration announced this week that it was canceling nearly $1 billion in grant money for California’s now-defunct high-speed rail project — and President Donald Trump is coming for the other $2.5 billion.

The $2.5 billion has already been spent — but California has failed to deliver the high-speed rail (on time, or at all) as promised.

Therefore, the Trump administration argues, the state has to repay federal taxpayers.

Gavin is probably even now making panicked and teary phone calls to Aunt Nancy, pleading with her to do something.

Newsom said the state would still build a portion of the high-speed rail project in the Central Valley in an effort to hold onto the federal funds that President Barack Obama’s administration had allocated to the project: “I am not interested in sending $3.5 billion in federal funding that was allocated to this project back to Donald Trump, Newsom told legislators in the State Capitol in Sacramento.

Notice the mindset here.  He doesn't want the money to go to Donald Trump.  Hey Gavin, it's not Donald's money, it's the people's money - those taxpayers who you regressives continually try to abuse.  They were lied to about the train to nowhere, and now they are going to want that coin back.

Trump is somewhat indifferent to high-speed rail: he favors infrastructure spending, but wants to see the projects built.

Yeah, like how about some water storage, or highway repair and improvement?

And as a world-famous developer, Trump knows the rules of the game: deliver the project, or pay up.

Legally California may have no choice.

Justice can't come soon enough for the spendthrifts in Sacramento.