The market is exactly the wrong place to put something if you want a rail transportation system that meets the needs of all of America.’ Project 2025 called for the privatization of all sorts of government agencies and services,

During a remote appearance at a Morgan Stanley tech conference, he said the government should "privatize everything we possibly can."

Elon Musk added Amtrak to the list of government-funded services on his chopping board, saying privatization was the only way to fix the federally owned railroad.