U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he will block the opening of a new bridge and trade route connecting Ontario and Michigan until the United States is “compensated for everything we have given” Canada.
In a lengthy post on his Truth Social website, Trump called for immediate negotiations over the Gordie Howe International Bridge between Windsor, Ont., and Detroit, Mich., that he said would seek U.S. ownership of “at least one half of this asset.”
He cited Ottawa’s recent trade agreement with China, Canadian tariff quotas for American dairy products, and Ontario’s ban on U.S. alcohol among his irritants with Canada, and that the bridge is the latest example of Canada treating the U.S. “very unfairly for decades.”
“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,” Trump wrote. “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!”
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He later continued: “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.”
The Windsor–Detroit Bridge Authority, the Canadian Crown corporation responsible for overseeing the bridge’s construction, said Friday that “major construction” is complete and testing work is underway leading up to this year’s opening.
The bridge will serve as a new crossing within the busy Ontario-Michigan trade corridor and aims to ease traffic on the nearby Ambassador Bridge.
The Canadian government says it is funding the entire project, which will be publicly owned by both Canada and Michigan.
About a third of all trade between the U.S. and Canada occurs between Detroit and Windsor.
Trump’s post is the latest sign of souring relations with Canada since Prime Minister Mark Carney’s widely viewed and praised speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Carney in that speech warned of a “rupture” to the U.S.-led international rules-based order and urged countries to band together to withstand pressure from great powers, a reference to Trump’s global trade wars and attacks on allies.
In response, Trump told the same gathering of political and business leaders that “Canada lives because of the United States” and warned Carney to “remember that.”
Trump has since criticized Canada for reaching a deal with China that eases tariffs on each country’s goods and will allow a certain amount of Chinese EVs to be sold into Canada.
His post Monday repeated his claim that China will “eat Canada alive,” adding the U.S. will “just get the leftovers.”
“The first thing China will do is terminate ALL Ice Hockey being played in Canada, and permanently eliminate The Stanley Cup,” Trump added.
Carney has repeatedly said his government is not pursuing free trade with China as Trump has claimed, but rather seeking a “strategic partnership” that allows for limited economic cooperation.
The strained relationship comes ahead of this summer’s scheduled review of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on free trade.
TACO Donnie with nothing better to do!
Ignore the ol’ felon, conman and grifter.
Sean has been disciplined.
You people need to get lives and stop whining and complaining. We work all kinds of hours to bring you quality content here at Global.
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check this comment section.. it needs some editing. Not very interesting. I’ll pass.
Either Trump hasn’t done his homework, listened to the usual poor advice around him or is showing signs of elder distress. Could be all three. We should be used to it by now. There’s 3 more years to go.. hang on to your seat it gets worse. But do we have the right guy able to navigate the ride? So far it hasn’t been looking good. He’s over rated and under delivered.
Compensate Trump, then charge Americans a Toll to cross the bridge. Morons.
what a bloody useless comment section
Global you changed to this garbage comment system now and you can’t even reply to anyone. What garbage
I am craving so much white cream in my bum now I can just feel it. Can’t you?! Join me!
I’m gayer
I’m gay
Trump still doesnt know what hes talking about. It is beyond his comprehenson to understand the political prawsess. When things dont go his way he threatens when he gets what he wants he still threatens. impeach him. He cannot play nice in the sandbox with the growen ups.
Trump please come and free Canada from this liberal scourge. We will help you slaughter them all.
You’re a total i diot so there’s that.
Their federal government controls any access into their country you mor on.
A troll lives up your bum bum and you love it.
Cancun
is that what your fat old orange teen lover said to the children on the island?
We all know that Trolls have a history of blocking bridges.
He is a sic sic weirdo
You and tRump both need help mentally!
Please explain how? Have we caved, have we bent the knee to your deer leader. Rump rambles on anything. He is senile no liberal here btw. But stand behind our flag Just sad when people defend clowns from another country we paid for bridge in full. We have paid with our soldiers blood along side them. We actually saved Europe in WW2. And this is your comment. Just as much as I hate our government. Nothing pales in comparison to tha clown that is destroying the world exime. Not to mention a little file called Epstein.
The owner of the privately owned Ambassssdor Bridge is a friend and supporter of Donald Trump
The Bridge was fully financed by Canada. Trump said that Canadian steel was used on the Bridge . Canadian steel was used on the Canadian side and American steel was used on the American side. American workers were employed on the American side of the bridge . Why is Trump always muddling his facts ?
Trump owns all you weak liberal communist Canucks on a daily basis. Elbows up and faces down as you keep getting rammed by The Teflon Don and your own jackass clown PM. 3 more year of DJT and wow how great your country is after what 11 years of communist rule by a child now a grifter.
They did act, by electing Donald J Trump this is what we voted for.
He obviously doesn’t realize that right next to this bridge is the Ambassador bridge which connects Detroit to Windsor and is used as the trucking route. This is privately owned so there is nothing he can do to stop the traffic on that bridge. The guy is patbetic
Did Stephen Harper see this coming when he named this the Gordie “elbows” Howe bridge?
I see thee orange kneepad maple-magamoron crowd still side with the enemy over their own country.
Cheetolini always crying about something
Detroit likes Canada more than they like trump.
Great!! No more bridges to and from the U.S. Close them all and while they are at it they can go ahead and close off the borders too. I been saying we should do that for months!
Great!! No more bridges to the U.S! Just close them all and they can close the border too while they are at it.
The inbred ones love him.
Take off the orange kneepads.
I used to hate on Trump to no end. Now I love the guy. Canada is so f’ing weak, and he’s right. You Elbows Up Liberal cu*ts are just losers taking the country down more. Time for our first civil war so I can pop a bunch of your heads Poppity pop pop pop.
I see elbows up crowd still think they have an upped hand…
No wonder they keep voting for liberals.
There’s still a bridge and a tunnel. Moroun family owns the bridge, they wanted to build a new bridge at no cost to Canada but Canada said NOOOO and Canada started to build their own Gordie Howe International Bridge, so called bridge to nowhere.
Shut the power off they ow Canada more in money in the theft of soft wood lumber terrifs than what we will ever o
Are you an anony(ing)mous(e)
F That
Are You Another IDIOT
Its time for a world trade embargo. We need to pressure the American people to act!
add his name to the bridge agive him 1/2 the fare
What a petty little man! Maybe Michigan should have a vote for independence
Needs to be on the receiving end of a Gordie Howe elbow.
What will last longer ____ Trump – or the bridge ? ! ( before the political cracks in concrete vanish )
Yet Another untrue and ridiculous rant, by Trump. The bridge contains US steel. He was fine with the build in 2017. Canada paid for it, no less.
He acts like a petulant child.
Man needs to be on the receiving end of a Gordie Howe hat trick.
I cannot think of any American who is proud of this idiot
We need another Lee Harvey Oswald
Demented Don shat his diaper again🇨🇦
America has zero allies left!
DJT is way beyond belief! Wake up America! You voted him in! Time to vote him out! NOW!
Name the bridge The Trump Howe Bridge and all Wii be forgiven.
Ok so we could tone it down a little. “He” has become the laughing stock of the world.
Never going to happen with Carney at the helm.
Make Asinine(s) Go Away
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Or any other A word you can think of.
Not opening the bridge is to the detriment of the inhabitants of both the USA and Canada.
Lots of us have relatives in either country.
And plenty making a living in both countries.
Ditto
First of all the USA holds no greatness and your country walks in a fog of fake reality. Your education system does not rank in the top 10 in the world. Education is what makes a country great by the smart people who build inclusion to all. How many failures will it take for you to open your eyes. Wake up your being led by an irrelevant fool.
Into someone’s ass
Ask the rest of world
The ramblings of an old fool trump whom speaks but has no relevance in reality. Canada will continue to succeed even after the fool is dead and gone, stripped of privilege of naming rights to every thing he sticks his name upon.
I love watching Trump toy with Canadians half witted brains. Look at all the comments from the communist. Elbows and asses up just like Roys
just ignore Trump. His policies are not working to well plus he us not well liked in the US or internationally by many.
We can’t go to Detroit?!😲🙄 oh no, where will we get terrible cars and gas station heroine?
Donald Trump is the Antichrist.
Trump has completely lost his mind
Thats 3/8 more then your brain has functioning and a quarter is how much men pay you to toss salads!
I heard Canada is in talks to build a tunnel through Roy Stephensons ass since it can hold numerous metal objetcs at once
tell him to go to hell
m.youtube.com/watch?v=nRu80FQdado
Ridiculous.
It is on US land so I guess they do own part. Otherwise shove it into the lake.
It’s on US land. I guess they do own part. Otherwise shove it back into the lake.
You are Canadians and have the gall to call the Great USA a laughing stock. You take that prize.
You are Canadian and you have the gall to call the Great USA the laughing stock.
Censorship is alive again Global deleting any comments that doesnt meet their narrative sad times.
Grow up pathetic childish little
Man
Everything President Donald Trump says has to be taken with a grain of salt. A problem lies with the fact a lot of people cannot read between the lines.
Or our water or our potassium or use our shipping lanes… they can go thru the Panama canal and pay more
If Canada is building the bridge with their own money why would they buy steel from the usa when they have there own? As for the dairy stuff. Thevus has never paid that tariff as that only applies if the hit a certain quota which has never happened. As for being unfairly treated by Canada I think he should look at the actual scoreboard on that instead of his imagination.
What a big baby. Tell him to go fly a kite
Dementia Don needs to be impeached. You can not make deals with a man who has only about a quarter of his brain functioning!
Agree! Let’s make sure they have the new Rolls Royce engines too!! The current Gripens use American engines from General Electric. We don’t want those engines.
This needs a major push back
We paid for it, so what’s the problem Mr president, how about paying for it. SMH
Where would his military be without our oil, aluminium. Where would his housing be without our lumber. Where would his crops be without our water. – it would not take long.
Well said
Trump is showing clear signs of senility. Canada paid for the bridge, and is giving control of the US side to Michigan for free. What more can he want?
China is treating us as equals. Trump is treating us as servants. We are the ones tired of giving all our resources to the US at a discount. If he did not want us to stop buying US booze, then he should not have insulted his neighbour. – there are consequences.
Dementia for sure.
Dementia for sure.
Can’t fix stupid
Trump is just stupid he wants control over everything why. Canadians paid so Canada 🇨🇦 Benefits time to impeach Trump for his stupidity at Best!!
This guy never stops. It’s always something with him. He definitely needs his meds adjusted because obviously he’s delusional again. Canada could everything he wants and he’d still find someway to screw us. The new Michigan bridge is just another example of a child having a temper tantrum. Somebody finally stood up to the playground bully and he hasn’t stopped stomping his feet since. This guy is unbelievable, petty and disgusting.
The big whiny baby can’t get enough attention. He couldn’t control the NFL halftime show so now he’s throwing a pathetic hissy fit for everyone to see. Too funny
Well open it any way. Just bulldozer thru the barriers. Fascist 🤡!
Certainly, let’s say agreed, no bridge needed, and you don’t need Canadian electricity either.
About time to say, agreed, don’t open the bridge, and as you said, we’ll stop sending you electricity.
Another couple of inches to the right and we could have been spared this complete jagoff.
Trump is NOT the King of North America. He has no right to stick his nose into everything. His opinions have become a joke and he has made America the laughing stock of the world. His ego is getting out of control.
Another day, another threat. When WILL this loser FRO…?
we should fly over it with a Gripen JAS39 and bomb it.
Did He Fall Off The Turnip Truck Again.
I wish Trump would get lost. Canada does not owe the American’s a damn thing!
They love him; he’s soooo Amerikan!
We can’t build roads without his consent and then have to pay him for half of what he didn’t build? He’s been watching too many movies.
How about we just stopping exporting everything to the USA for say a week or two!?
This maniac is mentally ill. Many Amerikans love his aggressive, threatening GI Joe swagger; it fits their national character sooo well.
A pox on him and all Trumpidians (in the US and in Alberta).
What a stupid person running their country; I feel sorry for the American people who are governed by such a clown show as this guy is ….WOW😳😳!!!!
#grassy Noel
I would think at this point in time Canada wouldn’t care if it opens or not? As for the American benefits for those who are too stupid to grasp (hint 🍊)Canada paid 4.5 billion dollars to build it!!!! Knucklehead, BTW nice move CPC
Grass you know that goof
This clown for real you want half pay your half of the bill, Canada owes you nothing,get over yourself
This man is a baby!
What a grifter. Amazed USA citizens tolerate the felon con man.