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President Donald Trump on Wednesday dismissed Robert Primus from the Surface Transportation Board, the independent federal regulator now reviewing a roughly $71 billion merger between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern. Primus’s removal comes as the board weighs one of the largest rail combinations in U.S. history. A White House spokesman said Primus was terminated because he “did not align with the President’s America First agenda.” The administration intends to name new board members shortly, the spokesman added. Primus, a Democrat first nominated by Trump, said he plans to contest the dismissal. Primus has been a consistent skeptic of large rail tie-ups, casting the lone dissenting vote against the Canadian Pacific–Kansas City Southern deal in 2023. His departure could alter the balance of opinion inside the five-member STB as it decides whether to clear the Union Pacific–Norfolk Southern transaction.
BREAKING: Trump has fired Robert Primus, a board member of the regulator overseeing the proposed $71 billion Norfolk Southern-Union Pacific rail merger, WSJ reports. Primus was the only board member to oppose the merger of Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern in 2023.
$UNP $NSC $CP President Trump on Wednesday fired Robert Primus, a board member of the railroad regulator that is weighing the proposed megamerger between UNP and NSC. Primus said he planned to challenge the termination. Primus, a Democrat, was nominated by Trump to the Surface
Exclusive: President Trump on Wednesday fired Robert Primus, a board member of the railroad regulator that is weighing the proposed megamerger between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern. Primus said he planned to challenge the termination. https://t.co/zJ2DHQYobZ
