[ExI] president says video is fake

[spike at rainier66.com]

From: Keith Henson <hkeithhenson at gmail.com> 
Subject: Re: [ExI] president says video is fake

 

On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 8:13 PM <spike at rainier66.com <mailto:spike at rainier66.com> > wrote:

 

From: Keith Henson <hkeithhenson at gmail.com <mailto:hkeithhenson at gmail.com> > 
Subject: Re: [ExI] president says video is fake

 

>>>…I have not looked into the business of a high-speed rail link between the Bay Area and LA…. Keith

 

>>…This flop will likely sink Newsom’s chances at the White House… spike

 

>…Can ;you explain how this would be an issue at all? There are no plans to start on it any time soon, certainly not before the 2028 election. Or are you trying to make a case it is a flop before it is started?

 

Keith

 

 

Keith, a video surfaced this week of Newsom admitting in 2014 that he used unrealistic revenue estimates to promote the high speed rail project in 2008.  He went on to opine that the higher speed rail would never be built.  However… 12 billion dollars have been spent on the hopeless project between 2014 and now:  

 

https://x.com/ManhattanInst/status/2112953599516934461

 

If Newsom runs for POTUS, this 3 minutes of video will be running on continuous loop.  Most of us agree the project will never happen, and that it was a bait and switch.  Think of all the good things 12 billion dollars could have done had it not been sunk in a higher speed rail project which was already known to be bogus.

 

spike

 

 

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