Well, I couldn’t have predicted this one either, but I should’ve been able to. U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Monday to indefinitely delay opening the
Gordie Howe International Bridge,
while also demanding “at least” half ownership (???)
of the massive infrastructure project that Canada paid for. “
Nice bridge you’ve got there. Shame if it never opens and benefits both nations.”
“
I (
not America) 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,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“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.”
What a fucking lunatic. Do we have to throw in Baffin Island also? Trump made the threat Monday on a rambling Truth Social post that also
falsely 
stated Canada built the bridge with “
virtually no U.S. content” (?) including American steel. He claimed that former President Barack Obama “stupidly gave them a waiver so they could get around the BUY AMERICAN Act.”
“The post is certainly unhinged, moving from a lot of misinformation and untrue statements,” Windsor Mayor Dilkens told the Star. “
Of course, U.S. steel was used in the construction of the bridge on the U.S. side. Thousands of U.S. hands went into the construction of their bridge. And this was a project that was worked on together by the U.S and Canada through successive presidents and prime ministers over the course of almost 25 years.”
The Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority, the Canadian Crown company overseeing bridge construction, did not immediately provide a comment responding to Trump’s threats Monday night.
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Monday to indefinitely delay opening the Gordie Howe International Bridge, while also demanding “at least” half ownership of the massive infrastructure project that Canada paid for. “I will not allow this bridge to open until the United States is fully...
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The bridge’s opening has already been delayed more than a year. Construction of the Gordie Howe International Bridge began on Oct. 5, 2018. After delays and cost increases brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, the cost of the bridge climbed from an estimated $5.7 billion to $6.4 billion.
Canada is funding the entire cost of construction, and will recoup the cost through collection of bridge tolls.
Ohhhh…yeah…now I see where this is going.
Trump also railed Monday against Prime Minister Mark Carney’s recent deal with China that will see Canada cut tariffs on some Chinese electric vehicles from 100 per cent to 6.1 per cent because it’s not like he could stick to one freaking topic for a single tirade. In exchange China will reduce or remove billions of dollars of duties on canola products and seafood, that has nothing to do with Trump, aside from Canada being in the Western Hemisphere that this dude thinks “
He” owns.
Trump’s post also took a bizarre turn with a claim that after the deal with Canada, the first thing China will do is “is terminate ALL Ice Hockey being played in Canada, and permanently eliminate The Stanley Cup?”
What??
“The post made by the President clearly is
disturbed disturbing because it puts out lots of misinformation, and then even goes to be ‘somewhat unhinged,’ talking about China stealing hockey and the Stanley Cup,” said Dilkens. “How did that take a left turn like that? It’s just not true, and it’s just par for the course with Donald Trump. But we just have to be alert to the fact that, you know, this is how he ‘
negotiates’.”
Trump claimed in his post that “the Country of Canada has treated the United States very unfairly for decades.” Dilkens said
Canada and the U.S. have worked “together” for many years to make the new bridge a reality.
“
And although Canada has funded the cost of the construction, this is a bridge meant to and designed to serve the commercial needs of both nations, recognizing that we are each other’s largest trading partner, and we need to have smooth and efficient trade to be able to support each other’s economies,” he said.
Dilkens called the $6.4-billion bridge “a once in a generation” infrastructure investment that — in “
normal times” — would be celebrated together by the leaders of both countries.
“
This would be a celebratory event where you have the Prime Minister of Canada, the President of the United States, meeting in the middle, shaking hands and celebrating each other and our joint success by having a multi-billion dollar piece of infrastructure to support our economies,” said Dilkens. “
Regretfully, it doesn’t seem like that’s going to happen now.”
Yeah…& what’s-her-pickle came out claiming it’s a joke, or it’s a joke now, or it was fake news, or it never happened, or whatever.
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I don’t believe this Entwistle realizes the depths of Trumps narcissism. 
