The Onion first published this on their website (where it is now 404) in 2010: https://web.archive.org/web/20101208015207/https://theonion.com/video/obama-replaces-costly-highspeed-rail-plan-with-hig,18473/

... and they reuploaded it to YouTube earlier this year.

It is now suitable for posting here in !notnottheonion@lemmy.ml because it is coming true:

https://gizmodo.com/california-is-exploring-high-speed-buses-that-connect-la-and-san-francisco-in-just-over-3-hours-2000759206

(nottheonion post)