Trump promises Schumer funding for NY tunnel project -- if Penn Station and Dulles Airport are renamed after him

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CNN is reporting this attempt of trump extorting Senator Schumer to get major facilities renamed for trump. I am shocked that trump did not ask for his face to be added to Mount Rushmore

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Trump promises Schumer funding for NY tunnel project if Penn Station and Dulles Airport are renamed after him

The startling offer, which was described by two people familiar with the conversation, was swiftly rejected by Schumer.

www.cnn.com/2026/02/05/p...

— Lauren Ashley Davis (@laurenmeidasa.bsky.social) 2026-02-05T23:51:06.799Z

https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/05/politics/schumer-trump-ny-funding-rename

President Donald Trump told Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer last month that he was finally prepared to drop his freeze on billions of dollars in funding for a major New York infrastructure project.

But there was a condition: In exchange for the money, Schumer had to agree to rename New York’s Penn Station and Washington’s Dulles International Airport after Trump.

The startling offer, which was described by two people familiar with the conversation, was swiftly rejected by Schumer, who told the president he didn’t have the power to deliver on such an unorthodox request.

In the weeks since, Trump has continued to withhold the more than $16 billion earmarked for the long-planned Gateway project connecting New York and New Jersey through a new rail tunnel beneath the Hudson River.....

Trump in recent months has set his sights on even bigger targets: Adding his name first to the US Institute of Peace and then, even more controversially, to Washington’s iconic Kennedy Center.

Still, Trump’s offer to Schumer would have represented perhaps his most audacious move yet. While some conservative lawmakers have already introduced legislation to rename Dulles as the “Donald J. Trump International Airport,” it’s so far gained little traction.

[Qutzupalotl]

1. The Trump-Epstein Airport?

Pedophile Tunnel?

[leftstreet]

5. Trump Dullest Airport

I'd make the plaques in gold script. Trump classy

[eppur_se_muova]

2. Counteroffer: Name some Superfund sites after him.

He probably doesn't know what "Superfund" means, but it sounds really important -- it's got "super" in it! -- so he might go for it.

[walkingman]

3. Not no, but Hell No!

[a kennedy]

4. This is the Onion right???

And as was mentioned previously, AH, HELL NO!!!!!

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6. That is why I pulled the CNN article

If this was not reported by a real news source, I would question whether it was satire

[LuvLoogie]

7. Why do I think it's 50/50 he'll take the deal.

Every time Schumer capitulates, trump renegs and sets Schumer up for another sucker pose.

[flvegan]

8. Okay, but Pedo Station and Fuckface Airport sound kinda stupid. n/t

[Emile]

9. Schumer have the authority to do that?

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10. 'Mortifying': Fury as Trump demands Dulles and Penn Station renamed after himself

I was actually surprised when I saw this account. trump wants to name everything after himself. Again, the next thing that I expect will be for trump to demand that he be added to the Mount Rushmore

'Mortifying': Fury as Trump demands Dulles and Penn Station renamed after himself - Raw Story www.rawstory.com/trump-dulles...

— Sue Stone (@knittingknots.bsky.social) 2026-02-06T00:40:00.595Z

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-dulles-airport/

A new report that President Donald Trump wants to slap his name on Washington Dulles International Airport, ignited swift backlash on social media.

Jake Sherman of Punchbowl News shared on X a link to their new reporting that Trump wants his name on both Dulles and Penn Station.

"Trump admin asked [Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer] to support his renaming Washington-Dulles and Penn Station after TRUMP. TRUMP would release funding for Gateway project in exchange," Sherman wrote on X.

The report comes amid recent legislative proposals to rename Dulles as "Donald J. Trump International Airport" that were introduced by Republicans, including Rep. Addison McDowell (NC), last month. It also comes amid reports of potential redevelopment plans for Dulles, including an architectural proposal that suggests a "Donald J. Trump Terminal" as part of a major redesign featuring a "Grand Arch."

The news led to immediate backlash.

Janice Hough, a supporter of Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) chided on X, "What a petty narcissistic little tyrant Donald is. Chuck, you are old enough to know - NEVER negotiate with toddlers or terrorists."

Travel guide Jeremy Wilcox wrote on X, "Another thing unimaginable a decade ago, now a third-tier political story: The US President holds the nation's most vital infrastructure project hostage, unless the Senate agrees to name even more government buildings after him."

Eli Cousin, who handles mid-Atlantic communications for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, wrote on X, "What a f---ing joke. Does vulnerable NJ Republican @CongressmanKean support holding up Gateway funding unless Penn Station and Dulles Airport are renamed after Donald Trump?"

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11. MaddowBlog-Trump said he'll release federal funds if officials rename Dulles Airport, Penn Station after him

The president’s obsession with self-glorification is old hat, but his tactics regarding the Gateway infrastructure project are new.

Trump’s Gateway tunnel pitch sounds an awful lot like extortion: If Democrats want to save the project, restore the funds, and prevent the job losses, they’ll have to indulge his self-glorification obsession.

Articles of impeachment have been introduced over less.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-02-06T14:07:04.902Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-gateway-federal-funds-rename-dulles-penn-station

It’s also run out of money — not because of mismanagement or budget overruns, but because Donald Trump and his team announced last fall that they would pause the federal funds that had already been approved for the project. (The ostensible reason: The Republican administration wants to know whether contracts were awarded with “diversity, equity and inclusion” considerations in mind.).....

The good news is that the president recently signaled a willingness to release the resources that would allow work to continue. The bad news is the specific condition he has in mind. Punchbowl News reported:

President Donald Trump offered to release the funding for the massive Gateway infrastructure project if Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer agrees to support renaming both Washington-Dulles International Airport and New York’s Penn Station after Trump.

The Trump administration directly made the request of Schumer, according to four sources familiar with the situation.

.....For those keeping score, Trump and his allies have now applied the president’s name to the Kennedy Center and to the Institute of Peace, announced the construction of “Trump-class” battleships, unveiled a commemorative legal-tender coin that will feature his face on both sides and have launched “Trump Gold Cards,” “Trump Accounts” and “TrumpRx” (the government’s new drug-pricing website). By some accounts, the president wants the forthcoming White House ballroom to be named after him, too.....

The president’s pitch is, for all intents and purposes, an attempt at extortion: If Democrats want to save the infrastructure project and prevent the job losses, they must indulge the president’s obsession with self-aggrandizement and self-glorification.

Articles of impeachment have been introduced over less.

“This is ridiculous,” Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York said in a statement. “These naming rights aren’t tradable as part of any negotiations, and neither is the dignity of New Yorkers. At a time when New Yorkers are already being crushed by high costs under the Trump tariffs, the president continues to put his own narcissism over the good-paying union jobs this project provides and the extraordinary economic impact the Gateway tunnel will bring.”

She added, “I demand that the president put people first and unfreeze this project and all the others his administration has been holding hostage for his personal gain.”

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12. 'Absolute lie': Dem leader calls out Trump's claim he suggested 'Trump Station'

trump is trying to blame the proposal to change the names of Dulles Airport and Penn Central Station on Senator Schumer. This is a typical trump lie to try to shift the blame to someone else. There is no way that Senator Schumer made this proposal

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer didn't waste any time firing back at President Donald Trump on Friday over claims that it was the New York Democrat who suggested renaming New York Penn Station and Washington Dulles International Airport after Trump.

— Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2026-02-07T14:01:06Z

https://www.rawstory.com/dulles-trump/

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer didn’t waste any time firing back at President Donald Trump on Friday over claims that it was the New York Democrat who suggested renaming New York Penn Station and Washington Dulles International Airport after Trump.

“Chuck Schumer suggested that to me about changing the name of Penn Station to Trump Station,” the MAGA leader reportedly said while speaking to reporters on Air Force One.

But Schumer fiercely rejected that premise.

“Absolute lie,” Schumer wrote in a post on X. “He knows it. Everyone knows it. Only one man can restart the project and he can restart it with the snap of his fingers.”

The political back and forth came as reports emerged this week that Trump wants his name on both Dulles and Penn Station while threatening to withhold federal funding for a major transportation project connecting New York City and New Jersey. Schumer swiftly rejected the suggestion, according to media reports.....

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