President Donald Trump on Wednesday praised the move by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Highway Division to rescind federal approval of New York City’s congestion pricing program that began Jan. 5.

The program was hailed by Democrat leaders as a way to reduce traffic and raise billions of dollars to upgrade the city’s subway and bus systems.

“CONGESTION PRICING IS DEAD,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. “Manhattan, and all of New York, is SAVED. LONG LIVE THE KING!”

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