Donald Trump hates New Jersey. Here's proof.

President Donald Trump is balking at contributing federal funding to a new rail tunnel beneath the Hudson River -- the latest sign that Trump has little concern when New Jersey is hurt by his policy decisions.

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With a Republican in the White House and the GOP controlling both the House and the Senate, it's to be expected that Democratic-leaning states such as New Jersey and their taxpayers are going to feel some pain, said Carl Golden, a political analyst with the Hughes Center for Public Policy at Stockton College.

There was a time Trump on-the-record loathed New Jersey's political leaders, but it was many years ago, Golden said -- when Trump had an Atlantic City casino empire, and he found himself going up against another powerful casino mogul, Steve Wynn, then head of Mirage Resorts, which planned to build a Vegas-style casino in the city's Marina District.

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A fight over building a tunnel connecting the Atlantic City Expressway to the marina district led Trump and Wynn to file lawsuits. Trump in 1996 vowed the tunnel was "not going to happen'' but it was completed in 2001. "That's when he hated everybody in New Jersey,'' Golden recalled.

Golden on Monday said he's sure there's been no carryover of hard feelings.

But is Trump really capable of letting bygones be bygones? Here's where the Trump-New Jersey relationship is lately:

The Hudson River tunnel debacle

A story from Bloomberg has this for a headline: "How Trump’s Hudson Tunnel Feud

Threatens the National Economy.'' It's no exaggeration.

"The current link is shot, corroded by age and chemical-tainted flood water. That’s unnerving enough for the 820,000 passengers a day traveling to New York City jobs or some other U.S. Northeast destination,'' the story says.

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No big deal for Trump. He reportedly personally asked House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., last week to drop any federal money for the $30 billion project.

Who suffers more than most? "In 2014, 14 percent of Manhattan’s workforce consisted of New Jersey residents, and 8 percent of all New Jersey workers commute to Manhattan,'' the Bloomberg story says. "The total income earned in Manhattan by New Jersey commuters is at least $33 billion annually.''

For more on the proposed Gateway project, watch the video at the top of the page. The story continues after the photo gallery below.

Trump's tax bill punishes some in New Jersey

Trump's tax overhaul is unpopular in New Jersey due in part because it limits the state and local tax (SALT) deduction – which Garden State homeowners had relied on to avoid paying “double” on property taxes both locally and federally– to $10,000 per household. Thirteen out of 14 members of New Jersey’s Congressional delegation voted no on the bill, including 4 of 5 Republicans. Only Rep. Tom MacArthur, R-Ocean County, voted in favor.

Trump's threat to drill, baby, drill near NJ

Of late it seems the Trump administration's proposal to drill off New Jersey might be pulled back, but the U.S. Department of the Interior initially wanted to allow more than 90 percent of U.S. ocean waters to be leased by energy companies for the purpose of potentially extracting oil and gas from beneath the seabed.

New Jersey politicians, both Republicans and Democrats, made the case that drilling activity here could lead to oil spills that will harm marine life, the state's coastal economy and Shore residents' quality of life.

Finally, some good news last week, with Reps. Chris Smith and MacArthur reporting that drilling exploration off New Jersey may not be a priority for the administration, and that those waters could be formally removed from consideration, pending a formal process. "We may have dodged a major bullet," Smith said.

Bob Jordan bjordan@gannettnj.com