'twas predictable. First shot in the Repubs' (and Trump's, who's not really a Republican but does retaliate against people who don't love him - shown in this case by not voting for him) war against Urban California. Being a needed project for essential commuter service for commie pinko techbro sanctuary SF made it an especially easy target, even if the alleged reason was to kill HSR. Expect lots of other "no brainer" infrastructure projects in Blue States (or at least affecting the Blue portions of them) to get similar treatment as his terms go on. "Delay" in this case means "no way no how."