Trump threatens to block opening of new bridge between Windsor and Detroit
Source: CTV News
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Trump threatens to block opening of new bridge between Windsor and Detroit
By Tammy Ibrahimpoor
Updated: February 09, 2026 at 6:42PM EST
Published: February 09, 2026 at 6:04PM EST
U.S. President Donald Trump said he 'will not allow' the new Windsor-Detroit bridge to open until the U.S. is 'fully compensated.' ... 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., and that he will "not allow this bridge to open until the United States is fully compensated for everything we have given them."
"What does the United States of America get -- Absolutely NOTHING! Ontario won't even put U.S. spirits, beverages, and other alcoholic products, on their shelves," Trump said in a social media post Monday. ...Trump claimed Canada has taken advantage of America, saying the U.S. should own "at least one half" of the bridge because "the revenues generated because of the U.S. Market will be astronomical."
Construction on the cable-stayed Gordie Howe International Bridge started in 2018 and it's expected to open sometime this year. ...Bridge spokesperson Heather Grondin told CTV news in July last year that roughly 98 per cent of the crossing was complete, with testing and staff training still underway.
Named after Canadian hockey player Gordie Howe, the bridge also survived multiple legal challenges from Manuel "Matty" Moroun, the former private owner of the nearby Ambassador Bridge, who publicly appealed to Trump during his first term in 2018 to revoke a presidential permit Barack Obama granted to greenlight construction. ...CTV News has reached out to the Prime Minister's Office for comment.
This is a developing story. More to come...
Read more: https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/trump-says-canada-us-will-immediately-start-negotiations-over-windsor-detroit-bridge/
Hat tip, commenter "El Borrego" at Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2026/02/turning-point-the-left-is-activating-their-terror-cells/#comment-6835854283
The story is in GD too, as of 7:03 p.m. See:
Trump says Gordie Howe bridge won't open without Canadian concessions
https://www.democraticunderground.com/105813366
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and at the ports where the Ambassador Bridge is and OMG they DO need some other bridge because it is always completely backed up with tractor trailers with "trade traffic" on the Ambassador Bridge. 
