c/nyt_gift_articles · by silence7@slrpnk.net · 214d

Trump Threatens to Block Opening of New Bridge to Canada

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/us/politics/trump-gordie-howe-bridge-canada.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LFA.ab7t.Ex2xRRFEL3eN

The Gordie Howe International Bridge, expected to open early this year, was built by Canada to ease cargo transport between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario.

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edgemaster72@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 214d

The nearby Ambassador Bridge, one of the busiest border crossings on the continent, has been privately owned for decades by a Detroit trucking industry billionaire and his family, the Morouns. The family had previously called on Mr. Trump to halt the construction of the Gordie Howe bridge — which would, once opened, compete for the more than $300 million in daily cross-border trade over the Ambassador Bridge.

And there it is, a bunch of rich morons (sorry, Morouns) don't actually want free market competition.

carrotfox@piefed.social · 7 pts · 214d

Another self-own

collectif_imaginaire@piefed.social · 2 pts · 214d

It is maybe now the time to replace the sentence "go f**k yourself" with "do the trump" or some idiom like that.
He has really pushed the boundaries of blind stupidity and ego fragility. Does he even know he stand for a nation ?

Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 213d

Just name it The Big Beautiful Trump Bridge and give him a medal. He will be eager to open it.