Trump threatens to bar the new US-Canada bridge from opening, demands talks with Ottawa

All the well deserved vitriol aside, there's a really straightforward explanation for this. The Maroun family owns the competing Ambassador bridge, and has been using it to extort cross border traffic for a generation now. This competition is bad for them. And guess what? They're Trump donors. So this is just standard, run-of-the-mill gangster capitalism again.

Canada paid for, and built the bridge. We should just ban any vehicle with US plates from using it. Although, no Canadians should be crossing anyways.

Dear Americans, we’re not locked out. You’re locked in with him…

Way to show us what a reliable trading partner you are.

Wtf is he on about with banning hockey? That's the weirdest part of the whole thing. This is the second time he brought it up.

There are no concessions to give and no trade deals to be made. A bad faith negotiator who has no checks and balances from courts or congress is less than pointless. Just shut it all down.

You can read the post in question without having to go to truthsocial.com at:

https://trumpstruth.org/statuses/36617

This is an insane word salad:

As everyone knows, the Country of Canada has treated the United States very unfairly for decades. Now, things are turning around for the U.S.A., and FAST! But imagine, Canada is building a massive bridge between Ontario and Michigan. They own both the Canada and the United States side and, of course, built it with virtually no U.S. content. President Barack Hussein Obama stupidly gave them a waiver so they could get around the BUY AMERICAN Act, and not use any American products, including our Steel. Now, the Canadian Government expects me, as President of the United States, to PERMIT them to just “take advantage of America!” 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, they are absolutely prohibited from doing so and now, on top of everything else, Prime Minister Carney wants to make a deal with China — which will eat Canada alive. We’ll just get the leftovers! I don't think so. The first thing China will do is terminate ALL Ice Hockey being played in Canada, and permanently eliminate The Stanley Cup. The Tariffs Canada charges us for our Dairy products have, for many years, been unacceptable, putting our Farmers at great financial risk. I will not allow this bridge to open until the United States is fully compensated for everything we have given them, and also, importantly, Canada treats the United States with the Fairness and Respect that we deserve. We will start negotiations, IMMEDIATELY. With all that we have given them, we should own, perhaps, at least one half of this asset. The revenues generated because of the U.S. Market will be astronomical. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP

Astounding that we are listening to this child rapist racist make demands

What's a little extortion between friends?

While I realize it was built to facilitate trade (and paid for by Ontario & Canada), it seems like its existence is a security threat now seeing as those fat stupid yanks have designs on destroying us economically with an aim to annex us….the bridge should go.

This is about the Ambassador bridge being owned by Manual Moroun, a MAGA buddy who extorted $60M a year for trade.

He's thankfully dead, but his asshole family still has ties to Pedonald. Moroun was even sued by his own family.

This is a shakedown for the Morouns.

Don't open this one. Close the Canadian side of the ambassador bridge. Fuck that guy

That bridge was paid for by Canada to help trade flow between the 2 countries. And Canada gave U.S. 50% control over the bridge as a partnership.....

Wtf is trump going to demand ? He probably wants it to be called the trump bridge.

"Oh, they want something. Clearly that means I can shake them down for something I want, too."

Dealing with this fucking toddler is exhausting

Why would we try to stop this. Leave it closed.

Which bridge are we talking about? Is it the soon to be renamed 'Epstein-Trump Memorial Bridge'?