特朗普政府本周向美国参议员施压，要求支持将纽约宾夕法尼亚车站更名，作为一项大规模翻新计划的组成部分。[1] 运输部长肖恩·达菲在致参议员的信函中推动这一更名建议，同时申请8亿美元的资金支持该项目。[1]
达菲去年曾表示："我想你在问，'这会变成特朗普车站吗？'我认为这个名字听起来不错。"[1] 特朗普发言人卡罗琳·利维特随后回应："为什么不呢？"[1]
然而特朗普本人在社交媒体上声称，这一更名建议并非出自他的主意。他表示："我爱宾州，但它是纽约的直接竞争对手"，并称该提议"是由某些政治人物和建筑工会首脑提出的，不是我"。[1]
宾夕法尼亚车站建于1910年，因已停运的宾夕法尼亚铁路公司而得名。[1] 该车站是西半球最繁忙的地铁中心。[1]
这一方案遭到当地民主党议员反对。众议员杰里·纳德勒表示反对，称其为"对宾州车站的敌意接管"。[1] 交通倡导组织Riders Alliance也提出警告，认为这可能成为"另一个数十亿美元的虚荣项目"。[1]
The Trump administration this week pushed U.S. senators to support renaming New York's Pennsylvania Station as part of a broader effort to invest $8 billion in renovating what it described as the Western Hemisphere's busiest transit hub. [1]
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy urged lawmakers in a letter sent Wednesday to back the funding request and renaming proposal for the project. [1] Duffy previously stated: "I think you're asking, 'Is this going to become Trump Station?' I think that name sounds pretty good." [1]
White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt responded to the idea by asking, "Why not?" [1] However, Trump himself claimed on social media that the renaming suggestion originated from others rather than himself, stating: "I love Pennsylvania, but it is a direct competitor of New York," and asserting the proposal came from "certain politicians and heads of building trade unions, not me." [1]
Pennsylvania Station, established in 1910 and named after the now-defunct Pennsylvania Railroad, faces opposition to the renaming plan. [1] Democratic Representative Jerry Nadler opposed the move, calling it "a hostile takeover of Penn Station." [1] The transit advocacy group Riders Alliance cautioned that the project could become "yet another multibillion-dollar vanity project." [1]