WASHINGTON D.C. (KMPH) — President Trump answered questions from the press during an executive order signing event Tuesday in the Oval Office.

"One of the things I want to investigate rapidly because I've never seen anything to this extent, the train that's being built between Los Angeles and San Francisco," President Trump said. "It's the worst managed project I think I've ever seen, and I've seen some of the worst.

President Trump said he read that every person who would ride the train could instead take a limousine back and forth, "and you'd have hundreds of billions of dollars left over."

"It is the worst thing, and we're going to start an investigation of that because it's not possible. I built for a living and I built on time - on budget," he said. "It's impossible that something could cost that much."

And now it's not even going to San Francisco and it's not going to Los Angeles.

"They made it much shorter. So now it's at little places way away from San Francisco and way away from Los Angeles. We're going to start a big investigation on that because I've never seen anything like it. Nobody has ever seen anything like it," he said.

The worst overrun that there have ever been in the history of our country.

We reached out to Valley Congressman Jim Costa (D-21) to get his thoughts on the president's comments.

"Big projects take time, but over 14,500 jobs have been created in the Central Valley, all while boosting local economies and laying the foundation for a world-class transportation system," Rep. Costa said. "Trump attacks our progress without understanding the roadblocks that have arisen through lawsuits trying to kill the project. We’re focused on creating jobs and moving California forward. This isn’t just about a rail line; it’s a 21st-century transportation system that Asia and Europe built decades ago."

This is about good-paying jobs, cleaner air, and a future of better-connected communities.