While speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday, President Trump slammed California's costly high-speed rail project and challenged Gov. Gavin Newsom to run for president.The California high-speed rail project was the brainchild of former California Governor Jerry Brown and has now become Newsom's issue.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom fired back at Texas' lagging high-speed rail initiative after President Donald Trump rebuked California for its progress on a similar project. In a Wednesday press release, Newsom said that the state of California has far outpaced any progress made by Texas.

A spokesperson for the California governor said Trump's rhetoric over the project could give a generational advantage to China.