From left, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, President Trump, Rep. Peter T. King (R-N.Y.) and Vice President Pence leave an event at the Capitol on March 15. President Trump’s message to Rep. Peter T. King (R-N.Y.) was simple, King recounted Thursday: Federal money would flow to the $30 billion Gateway project, but Trump had to be in control. King, too, said that money would keep flowing to Gateway and that Trump would ultimately support the project. Accounts that appropriators had proposed pumping up for Gateway shrunk in the final deal, and guidelines that would have given the project a leg up in administration funding decisions disappeared. By September, Trump was well aware that Gateway was a top priority for Schumer.

Source: Washington Post March 24, 2018 01:52 UTC