NORTH BERGEN - Mikie Sherrill once again Monday morning donned a hard hat and visited a Gateway Tunnel construction site off Tonnelle Avenue.

On this - her third visit since she entered office less than a month ago - there was good news and bad news to digest.

On Friday, a federal judge ordered funding to resume on the estimated $16 billion project. But over the weekend, the administration appealed.

So on Monday, work remained stopped.

That prompted the governor, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer and union leaders to rally in support of the tunnel.

The rhetoric was what you would expect.

One union leader said this wasn't the case of workers getting the "short end of the stick." They were just getting the stick.

Another union man said:

"We're going to show him (Trump) what picking a fight with American workers looks like."

Let's think about that for a minute. It is more than a throw-away line.

Trump in his three runs for president has gotten much support from "blue collar workers" and those without college degrees. This has been important, because these folks were once the province of Democrats.

However, Trump clearly appealed to their more conservative leanings on social issues. That's a big reason why we have Trump 2.0.

But now, the president is trying to stop a project that would mean thousands and thousands of blue collar jobs. The move makes no sense policy wise, given the age and fragility of the current tunnel.

Nor does it make any sense politically. Why is the president undercutting his own support?

Also on Monday, those watching CNN saw in-house pollster Harry Enten report the latest figures on the economy. Here's what Enten said:

"The economy used to be the wind beneath Trump's wings, but now it's his Titanic. His economic net approval (-18 pts) is 26 pts lower now than at this point in term one."

Canceling a project that would boost the local economy makes no sense.

Speaking at the rally, Schumer said Gateway is about three things:

"Jobs, jobs and more jobs."

One explanation for Trump's actions is an obvious one. He is driven not by logic, but by personal feuds and petty disagreements. And, apparently, a wish to be remembered.

Consider the story that he offered to release tunnel funding if Penn Station and Dulles Airport were named after him. (Maybe Schumer should have taken the deal; get the funds and change the names back when Trump leaves office).

The politics of all this is becoming more relevant every day as we inexorably get closer to the midterm election.

By most accounts, Trump's termination of Gateway last fall hurt Jack Ciattarelli's campaign for governor.

So what's it going to do to New Jersey's GOP congressional candidates this year?