Trump won't let a brand new bridge built by Canada open, because a man with an interest in a competing bridge gave him $1M to keep it closed..

[robosmith]

AKA, Trump was bribed and now he wants ANOTHER bribe. 🤮

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The opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge was delayed after President Trump threatened to block it, demanding the U.S. get ownership and compensation. Reports from the New York Times revealed the threat coincided with a meeting between the Commerce Secretary and the billionaire owner of the rival Ambassador Bridge, who subsequently made a $1 million contribution to a Trump-aligned PAC. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

The specific sequence of events involves the following details:

• The Bridge: The Gordie Howe International Bridge is a nearly finished, multi-billion dollar span connecting Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario. The construction is funded entirely by the Canadian government. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
• The Competing Bridge: The only other nearby crossing, the Ambassador Bridge, is privately owned by Matthew Moroun. The Moroun family has historically spent years and millions of dollars on legal challenges and lobbying to delay or stop the construction of the Gordie Howe Bridge. [1, 2, 3]
• The Alleged Quid Quo Pro: Investigative reports detailed by POLITICO indicate President Trump's block threat was made just hours after Matthew Moroun met with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. Soon after, a Trump-aligned PAC received a $1 million donation from the Moroun family. [1, 2]
• The Official Stance: The White House and the aligned PAC have both officially denied any quid pro quo arrangement regarding the donation and the bridge's status. [1]
• Current Status: Trump demanded that the U.S. federal government be given at least half ownership of the bridge and compensation for unrelated trade grievances. Despite the bridge being prepared for a ribbon-cutting ceremony, both the U.S. and Canadian governments agreed to delay its opening to address these outstanding issues.

AKA, this is the kind of lDIOCY and CORTRUMPTION you right wing Canucks are CONSTANTLY DEFENDING.

Edited June 16 by robosmith

[User]

@robosmith donated 20 dollars to the Biden campaign because he wanted to see boys beating up girls in sporting events... and Biden enacted those policies to support that. 

OMG, you bribed Biden! Corruption!

[Reg Volk]

It was revealed today it was our stupid spineless Liberal government in Canada that's to blame for the bridge.  Sorry TDS losers, you're wrong again.

 

 

Edited June 16 by Reg Volk

[CdnFox]

53 minutes ago, Reg Volk said:

It was revealed today it was our stupid spineless Liberal government in Canada that's to blame for the bridge.  Sorry TDS losers, you're wrong again.

 

 

It's been acknowledged that it was trump. Which is no surprise

3 hours ago, robosmith said:

AKA, Trump was bribed and now he wants ANOTHER bribe. 🤮

AKA, this is the kind of lDIOCY and CORTRUMPTION you right wing Canucks are CONSTANTLY DEFENDING.

Trump delayed the opening of a bridge

Biden had his family peddling influence all over the world. Hillary sold her influence and got paid through the charity they come home with her husband

I'll take the bridge thank you  

[John Johnston]

4 hours ago, Reg Volk said:

It was revealed today it was our stupid spineless Liberal government in Canada that's to blame for the bridge.  Sorry TDS losers, you're wrong again.

 

 

You might want to take a couple grade three reading and comprehension classes. 

 

[John Johnston]

With friends and allies like America, who needs enemies? Been saying diversify from this crap for more than fifty years. Now we see. But, we are learning. 

[SpankyMcFarland]

We’ve been through this debate before. The bridge is an unbelievably good deal for Michigan. By contrast, the Morouns are no friends of free enterprise or America. 
 

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2026/06/09/former-gov-rick-snyder-pushed-the-gordie-howe-bridge-through-and-now-he-wants-to-walk-across-it/

Edited June 16 by SpankyMcFarland

[Nationalist]

8 hours ago, Reg Volk said:

It was revealed today it was our stupid spineless Liberal government in Canada that's to blame for the bridge.  Sorry TDS losers, you're wrong again.

 

 

Elbows Up Tweenkies.

Your strong leader has bent the knee...

Again.

ROFLMAO!

Canastan...what tragic waste.

3 hours ago, John Johnston said:

With friends and allies like America, who needs enemies? Been saying diversify from this crap for more than fifty years. Now we see. But, we are learning. 

You're not learning squat.

'Elbows Up' Tweenkie-Poo.

[robosmith]

9 hours ago, Reg Volk said:

It was revealed today it was our stupid spineless Liberal government in Canada that's to blame for the bridge.  Sorry TDS losers, you're wrong again.

 

 

^LYING with a tweet. AKA means NOTHING.

[John Johnston]

2 hours ago, Nationalist said:

Elbows Up Tweenkies.

Your strong leader has bent the knee...

Again.

ROFLMAO!

Canastan...what tragic waste.

You're not learning squat.

'Elbows Up' Tweenkie-Poo.

We have learned that America can no longer be trusted, or counted on for anything anymore. Why then would anybody want to do business with them? 

I don't do business with people who cannot be trusted or respect me. If your ok, that's your problem. The world has had enough. 

Edited June 16 by John Johnston

[gatomontes99]

6 minutes ago, John Johnston said:

We have learned that America can no longer be trusted, or counted on for anything anymore. Why then would anybody want to do business with them? 

I don't do business with people who cannot be trusted or respect me. If your ok, that's your problem. The world has had enough. 

You sent us PBR and told us it was good! You got what you deserved!

[John Johnston]

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America’s trustworthiness is currently questioned by many allies and observers due to inconsistent foreign policy, domestic political instability, and recent leadership decisions.

Global Trust and Alliances

Recent analyses suggest that U.S. reliability has been strained, particularly under the Trump administration, which pursued unpredictable policies, threatened allies, and prioritized transactional relationships over mutual commitments Indiatimes.com+2. European and Asian partners have increasingly considered independent security measures, such as a European army or new defense frameworks in Japan and South Korea, reflecting concerns that the U.S. may not uphold its traditional guarantees Newsweek. Historical patterns show that U.S. foreign policy has oscillated between predictability and unpredictability, but recent actions have intensified doubts about long-term reliability foreignanalysis.com.

[Nationalist]

3 minutes ago, John Johnston said:

We have learned that America can no longer be trusted, or counted on

My Gawd! He's touched on the reason for this...soft crap from the carney...

Why did you "trust" America? Stupid you.

Ya know who a wise man "trusts"?

NOBODY!

Especially another country. They have their own agendas. They will do business with you. But you take it for granted and get all sopping wet upset when Daddy takes the keys away.

As I keep saying to you...ninnies...grow up!

[John Johnston]

25 minutes ago, Nationalist said:

My Gawd! He's touched on the reason for this...soft crap from the carney...

Why did you "trust" America? Stupid you.

Ya know who a wise man "trusts"?

NOBODY!

Especially another country. They have their own agendas. They will do business with you. But you take it for granted and get all sopping wet upset when Daddy takes the keys away.

As I keep saying to you...ninnies...grow up!

No longer is there any pretense that the United States stands for the ideals that inspired it for 250 years. Europe and the rest of the world need to adjust. And we are. 

[John Johnston]

Donald Trump and the End of American Global Leadership.

The United States strove for more than 100 years—since we entered World War I in April 1917—to hold its own as leader of the free world. It took Donald Trump precisely one month to abdicate that leadership, destroying everything his predecessors—from Woodrow Wilson to Franklin D. Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan—had built through two global conflicts, the Cold War and the creation of the post-World War II Western alliance. Trump thinks he is strong and making America stronger. But his bullying of Ukraine and capitulation to Vladimir Putin make us immeasurably weaker—a loss of reputation and power never likely to be regained.

Sums it up nicely. 

Washington Monthly. 

 

[eyeball]

3 hours ago, SpankyMcFarland said:

By contrast, the Morouns are no friends of free enterprise or America. 

We need to fan the flames of the Albanian Flamingo Revolution into something global.

By rights the favouritism the Moroun's enjoy should make a great catalyst.

Public resentment over a political and economic system that favors the rich and powerful is spreading rapidly across Albania. Long-standing frustration with systemic corruption, economic inequality, and political impunity has recently coalesced into massive, nationwide civic mobilizations. 

The Catalyst: The "Flamingo Revolution"

While dissatisfaction has been brewing for decades, the tipping point occurred in June 2026 with the eruption of the "Flamingo Revolution."

The Project: Massive protests were triggered by a €1.4 billion luxury resort project backed by foreign billionaires and global elites—specifically Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump—on the ecologically sensitive and protected Sazan Island and Zvernec peninsula. 

The Grievance: Prime Minister Edi Rama's government bypassed environmental regulations and fast-tracked legal changes to permit construction in protected zones, which locals see as a direct monetization of sovereign territory to benefit a select group of oligarchs and foreign elites.

The Slogan: Under the unifying cry "Albania is not for sale," the movement evolved from a localized environmental protest into an expansive, youth-led national uprising against state capture. 

This will increasingly become the future template for revolutions.

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[gatomontes99]

I feel like we are watching a psychotic break here. Is there any way to send him help? 

Does it help to know that Space X has a bigger economic value than Canada? 

[robosmith]

3 hours ago, Nationalist said:

Elbows Up Tweenkies.

Your strong leader has bent the knee...

Again.

ROFLMAO!

Canastan...what tragic waste.

You're not learning squat.

'Elbows Up' Tweenkie-Poo.

So you're blaming Carney for Trump's coercion demanding a bribe of half share in the bridge profits for unspecified "damages" and taking a bribe from an owner of a competing bridge.

Because you don't understand how Trump can throw a monkey wrench in bridge traffic. 

As always you blame OTHERS for Trump's CORRUPTION. 🤮

[Legato]

2 minutes ago, robosmith said:

Because you don't understand how Trump can throw a monkey wrench in bridge traffic. 

 

well we wouldn't want scratch any delicate surfaces now would we.

[WestCanMan]

1) Somehow I just know before I even look into what was said in the OP that it's total BS

2) it sounds exactly like the Government of Canada preventing Alberta from extracting oil and building pipelines in order to protect the Trudeau family's long-time suppliers from Saudi Arabia and Nigeria.  Only on a much, much smaller scale, over a tiny fraction of the time. 

[WestCanMan]

Now that the war is over, and the US clearly won, left4rds are ramping up their "Tha wold dont twust bad bad twumpy and uhmarika no mow 😭" drivel

😂

[WestCanMan]

1 hour ago, gatomontes99 said:

I feel like we are watching a psychotic break here. Is there any way to send him help? 

We've been witnessing it for years.

You can't see & believe "Fiery but mostly peaceful protest" while maintaining your sanity. Those guys are all nuttier than squirrel shit. 

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Does it help to know that Space X has a bigger economic value than Canada? 

Elon Musk's genius and successes are like holy water on their evil little vampire 'brains'. 

[Nationalist]

2 hours ago, John Johnston said:

No longer is there any pretense that the United States stands for the ideals that inspired it for 250 years. Europe and the rest of the world need to adjust. And we are. 

What ideals might that be? The one's that created the bay of tonkin lies?

Grow up. The US does what is good for the US.

1 hour ago, robosmith said:

So you're blaming Carney for Trump's coercion demanding a bribe of half share in the bridge profits for unspecified "damages" and taking a bribe from an owner of a competing bridge.

Because you don't understand how Trump can throw a monkey wrench in bridge traffic. 

As always you blame OTHERS for Trump's CORRUPTION. 🤮

Don't be such a fool.

[robosmith]

1 hour ago, WestCanMan said:

Now that the war is over, and the US clearly won, left4rds are ramping up their "Tha wold dont twust bad bad twumpy and uhmarika no mow 😭" drivel

😂

Who let the baby out; woof woof. LMAO

3 hours ago, gatomontes99 said:

I feel like we are watching a psychotic break here. Is there any way to send him help? 

Does it help to know that Space X has a bigger economic value than Canada? 

Does it hurt you that Muskrat's pump and dump FRAUD screwed millions of small investors?

[robosmith]

1 hour ago, Nationalist said:

What ideals might that be? The one's that created the bay of tonkin lies?

It's GULF of TONKIN, IGNORAMUS.

1 hour ago, Nationalist said:

Grow up. The US does what is good for the US.

You're a FOOL if you believe the Viet Nam war was good for US.

1 hour ago, Nationalist said:

Don't be such a fool.

Take you own advice, FOOL.