To the Editor:

Re “Trump Seen Pressing Congress Not to Fund Hudson Rail Tunnel” (front page, March 3):

You report that “one person with knowledge of the president’s thinking” said “Mr. Trump has told Republicans that it makes no sense to give Mr. Schumer something that he covets — funding for the tunnels — at a time that Mr. Schumer is routinely blocking Mr. Trump’s nominees and other parts of his agenda.”

So much that is wrong with the Trump administration and President Trump himself is summed up in this characterization of the president. Senator Chuck Schumer of New York does not covet the Gateway tunnel — people who must commute in and out of New Jersey and New York need the tunnel.

This mass transit project is not about settling scores between Mr. Trump and his perceived enemies; it’s about serving the needs of people who must commute. In his campaign, Mr. Trump promised to help working stiffs — well, those stiffs are not just in the coal mines. They are in both red and blue states — and they need to get where they need to go.

Just once, it would be a nice gesture if the president acknowledged that he is the president of the entire United States and not just of the people who voted for him.