House Republican Wants Americans To Get Aboard This Bizarre Trump Idea | EUROtoday

Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) stated he’s full steam forward on laws that may drive Washington, D.C.’s Metro public transit company — one of many largest of its sort within the nation — to start out boarding passengers on the “Trump Train.”

Steube took to X, previously Twitter, the place he shared an AI-generated picture of President Donald Trump in a conductor uniform subsequent to a D.C. Metrorail prepare with WMAGA written on its aspect.

Steube criticized the transit company for taking hundreds of thousands in federal funds solely to churn out “delays, dysfunction, and decay” earlier than pointing to his newly launched invoice, which seeks to dam the company’s funding till it renames itself the “Washington Metropolitan Authority for Greater Access.”

The laws, a long-shot effort, additionally requires the Metrorail, which companies about 600,000 folks every day, to be renamed the “Trump train” for the company to obtain funding.

“Like any struggling institution, WMATA [the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority] needs a fresh identity that aligns with efficiency, service quality, and renewed public trust. These new names serve as a bold rallying point for much-needed reform,” stated Steube in a press launch.

Steube has beforehand been clowned for his efforts to rename U.S. coastal waterways after Trump whereas different GOP lawmakers have seemed to kiss the president’s ring by rolling out proposals to rename D.C.’s airport after him, so as to add his face to Mount Rushmore or to place him on a $250 invoice.

Steube’s proposal bought swift pushback on social media together with from Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), who declared that D.C.’s transit company “is not a vanity project for Donald Trump to steamroll” whereas emphasizing that the service is the “backbone of our nation’s capital.”

“When will House Republicans stop trying to suck up to Donald Trump and start focusing on lowering the cost of living?” he wrote.