#USCanadaRelations #UsCanadaTradeWar #USCanada #USCanadaTensions 🇺🇸🇨🇦Trump warns to bar new US-Canada bridge from opening, seeks 50% ownership and demands talks with Ottawa
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday evening he will immediately begin negotiations with Canada over the U.S. being compensated for a bridge being built between Ontario and Michigan. In a post on Truth.Social, Trump claimed that the bridge was being built without U.S. consent, and that President Barack Obama had allowed Canada to get around having to buy American products for the bridge.
“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. The revenues generated because of the U.S. Market will be astronomical,” Trump said, adding that Washington should own “at least one half” of the bridge.
In 2012, Michigan’s then-Governor Rick Snyder accepted a Canadian government offer to fund most of the new Gordie Howe bridge’s costs, and took the unusual step of using executive authority to bypass the legislature. Construction began in 2018 and the bridge is currently under construction and is expected to be opened to traffic in early 2026.