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Amtrak CEO Steps Down as White House Threaten to Privatize Company | Stephen Gardner is leaving to ensure Amtrak has "the full faith and confidence of this administration."
Stephen Gardner is leaving to ensure Amtrak has "the full faith and confidence of this administration."
Stephen Gardner, the Chief Executive Officer of Amtrak who held the post since 2022, abruptly announced that he would be stepping down from his role Wednesday in the wake of Donald Trump and Elon Musk placing the train company in the crosshairs for potential privatization. He previously served as a conductor and operations manager for the Maine Central Railroad, and he founded a punk band called Chessie, which took its name from the defunct Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. That doesn’t even touch on the multitude of projects that the Boring Company has promised only to delay or straight-up abandon because they proved too costly to continue.
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