Trump wants his name on Penn Station and Dulles Airport in latest push to rebrand transportation hubs

Donald Trump reportedly wants New York's Penn Station and Washington-Dulles International Airport renamed after him.

The president and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer had been bargaining over the New York/New Jersey Gateway Tunnel Project when Trump made the audacious proposal, according to Politico.

The Trump administration froze $16billion in funding for the project, which would build a new rail tunnel under the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey, in November.

Administration officials offered to unfreeze the funds if the two hubs were renamed in his honor, Politico reported.  

A source close to Schumer told the outlet: 'There was nothing to trade. The president stopped the funding and he can restart the funding with a snap of his fingers.'

New York Governor Kathy Hochul's press office trolled the idea, posting an image of Trump Tower in Manhattan renamed 'Hochul Tower' with the caption: 'Counteroffer.' 

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