McCully, you are commenting without understanding the situation.  The money promised by the Feds, $1.5 billion, has absolutely nothing to do with Trump.   The city and the Federal government signed a legally binding document in 2012 called the Full Funding Grant Agreement (FFGA) in which the federal government agreed to pay $1.5 billion of the total cost, then estimated at about $5.2 billion, for a 20-mile route ending at Ala Moana Center.   The federal government has already paid more than $800 million of the $1.5 billion and has placed a hold on providing any more money because the city has not yet demonstrated it can complete the project all the way to Ala Mona Center as required by the Full Funding Grant Agreement (FFGA).   The feds also have said the $800 million already paid may have to be refunded if the project is not completed per the FFGA.   All of the foregoing transpired during the Obama administration and has nothing to do with Trump.