It was France: https://www.businessinsider.com/french-california-high-speed-rail-north-africa-biden-trump-2022-10 https://www.businessinsider.com/french-califo

It was France: https://www.businessinsider.com/french-california-high-speed-rail-north-africa-biden-trump-2022-10 https://www.businessinsider.com/french-california-high-speed... Doubly delicious since the French have a long and not very nice colonial history in North Africa, sowing long-lasting suspicion and grudges, and still found it easier to operate there.