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Trump administration 2024-2028

MilEME09 said:
Trump orders bridge between Detroit and Windsor stay closed/not open after being built

Trump says Canada, U.S. will ‘immediately’ start negotiations over Windsor-Detroit bridge

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Trump says Canada, U.S. will ‘immediately’ start negotiations over Windsor-Detroit bridge

U.S. President Donald Trump says Canada and the U.S. will “immediately” start negotiations over the Gordie Howe International Bridge, which connects Windsor, Ont., and Detroit, Mich.
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This is, of course, utterly without merit. Canada paid for the bridge in its entirety. Hell, Trump was even praising the deal in 2017. This is nothing more than him attempting a shakedowm. It’ll just turn into another thing he loses in court if he persists.
 
dapaterson said:
One hundred percent the owners of the other bridge have whined and bribed Trump.
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Can’t be bothered to look it up, but isn’t the plan to ban through trucks in downtown Windsor once the new bridge opens?

If it wasn’t petty and childish (and really bad for cross border trade) we could close the road leading to the Ambassador Bridge for as long as Trump keeps the new one closed… I’m sure the tunnel would be fine for locals and the trucks wouldn’t mind going by Port Huron, right?
 
Baz said:
Can’t be bothered to look it up, but isn’t the plan to ban through trucks in downtown Windsor once the new bridge opens?

If it wasn’t petty and childish (and really bad for cross border trade) we could close the road leading to the Ambassador Bridge for as long as Trump keeps the new one closed… I’m sure the tunnel would be fine for locals and the trucks wouldn’t mind going by Port Huron, right?
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A truck shipping parts made in Windsor and going over to Sterling Hgts or Warren, MI is not going to drive to Sarnia, cross at the Blue Water Bridge into Port Huron and then drive the 45mins down into Warren.

This is simply a case of Trump being Trump. If the Fed's can wait him out and not care about the bridge not being open for another 2,5yrs then just leave it closed. The state of Michigan will put more and more pressure on Trump to get it open before then. There is no pressing need, in terms of volume of traffic using the existing Ambassador Bridge or the Windsor-Detroit Tunnel that it can't wait him out.
 
Czech_pivo said:
A truck shipping parts made in Windsor and going over to Sterling Hgts or Warren, MI is not going to drive to Sarnia, cross at the Blue Water Bridge into Port Huron and then drive the 45mins down into Warren.

This is simply a case of Trump being Trump. If the Fed's can wait him out and not care about the bridge not being open for another 2,5yrs then just leave it closed. The state of Michigan will put more and more pressure on Trump to get it open before then. There is no pressing need, in terms of volume of traffic using the existing Ambassador Bridge or the Windsor-Detroit Tunnel that it can't wait him out.
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Oh, I know all that. I should have used <sarcasm>
 
brihard said:
This is, of course, utterly without merit. Canada paid for the bridge in its entirety. Hell, Trump was even praising the deal in 2017. This is nothing more than him attempting a shakedowm. It’ll just turn into another thing he loses in court if he persists.
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Over/under on when he TACOs?

Czech_pivo said:
This is simply a case of Trump being Trump. If the Fed's can wait him out and not care about the bridge not being open for another 2,5yrs then just leave it closed. The state of Michigan will put more and more pressure on Trump to get it open before then. There is no pressing need, in terms of volume of traffic using the existing Ambassador Bridge or the Windsor-Detroit Tunnel that it can't wait him out.
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This. Let the Big 3 and little friends be the baddies…

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From our end, meanwhile ....
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Carney says he spoke to Trump after president threatened to block Gordie Howe bridge

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Donald Trump’s threat to stall the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge will be resolved following a call with the U.S. president Tuesday.
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Prime Minister Mark Carney said Donald Trump’s threat to stall the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge will be resolved following a call with the U.S. president Tuesday.

“I explained that Canada paid for the construction of the bridge — $4 billion — that the ownership is shared between the state of Michigan and the government of Canada,” Carney told reporters in Ottawa before the weekly cabinet meeting.

The prime minister said he also told Trump that Canadian and American steel and workers were involved in the bridge’s construction ...
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