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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Mike Bedigan

White House press secretary contradicts Trump and says it was president’s idea to rename Penn Station after himself

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt appeared to contradict claims by Donald Trump that he had not asked to rename New York’s Penn Station after himself.

“It was something the president floated in his conversation with Chuck Schumer,” Leavitt said Tuesday, in response to a question about why the president was interested in changing the name of the building. “Why not?”

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