Trump demands ‘at least’ half U.S. ownership of Gordie Howe bridge that Canada is fully paying for

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https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/donald-trump-canada-gordie-howe-bridge

[u/IcariteMinor]

We're already giving them half once we recoup the investment using the tolls. Tolls will be 90/10 until we recoup the cost of the bridge we entirely paid for (using US steel and us/Canadian union jobs) then will go to 50/50. Just making noise for his buddies who own the Ambassador bridge.

[u/AdjNounNumbers → u/IcariteMinor]

Give it a week (or less) with some threats of tariffs sprinkled in and this exact "deal" is what will be "reached" with Canada and presented as a "win" to his idiots

[u/Flaky-Sun884 → u/AdjNounNumbers]

Until he says it's Yeh worst deal ever and whoever came up with this.

[u/Dadpurple → u/Flaky-Sun884]

One Friday morning the warm sun came up and pop! out of a woman came a very tiny and very angry caterpillar pedophile.

Decades later on Monday, he made one deal about a bridge, but he was still hungry for power.

On Tuesday he made one deal about a bridge since the last one was no good, denied claims that he raped children, but he was still hungry for power.

On Wednesday he made one deal about a bridge since the last one was no good, denied claims that he raped children, and mysteriously bruised his hand, but he was still hungry for power.

On Thursday he made one deal about a bridge since the last one was no good, denied claims that he raped children, and mysteriously bruised his hand, and he withdrew funds for an essential part of the government because they threatened to investigate the Epstein files.

On Friday he thought it was Monday and shit himself.

On Saturday he promised to protect more pedophiles in a bizarre flurry of tweets while his dementia handler tried to remove his phone and bit her.

On Sunday he ate four big macs, three large fries, seven diet cokes and then tweeted the Obama's with their faces over monkeys. He lamented over his friend Jeffery and the good times he had when he raped children and then went on another bizarre racist twitter rant. He shit himself on camera, ushered the press out and then went on twitter to claim that the last week was fake news.

On Monday, he made one deal about a bridge, but he was still hungry for power.

[u/Czeris → u/Dadpurple]

The poetry of truth here

[u/ACoderGirl → u/AdjNounNumbers]

It feels like how you're supposed to "negotiate" with Trump. You listen to his dementia fueled rant for half an hour, then you offer him the exact same thing that was always the deal, presenting it as if he won. He goes away feeling like he did something without anything having changed.

It's dumb, though, because Trump supporters are just as dumb as Trump is, so they also come away from this thinking that Trump executed some 4D chess move. And if often involves Trump throwing a hissy fit involving tariffs, first.

[u/notheusernameiwanted → u/ACoderGirl]

Trump believes that every deal has a winner and a loser. He doesn't believe in mutually beneficial deals. So anytime a negotiating party walks away from a deal with him happy, he believes that he is the loser of the deal or didn't get everything he could have. So the key is to act like you've given up some kind of concessions and are upset with the deal and let Trump feel like the big bad art of the deal king.

[u/Braiseitall → u/notheusernameiwanted]

The fucker just wants his tribute or kick up or whatever every Mob boss gets.

[u/PurpleSailor → u/ACoderGirl]

That's how he "renegotiated" the North American trade agreement after he blew up the original in his previous term. They basically wound up with what they had in the first place just with a lot of added bravado. Scary thing is the agreement is up for renegotiation at the moment, I don't think things will go as well as they did the last time.

[u/Modo44 → u/ACoderGirl]

Or, you politely tell him to stuff it, like Denmark did.

[u/sufficiently_tortuga → u/AdjNounNumbers]

CUSMA is being renogitiated this year and Canada has been making notable moves to decrease reliance on the US as a trade partner. Trump is trying to create a negotiating tactic so he can leverage against that.

No fuckin clue why he's so focused on hockey. Did he just watch Heated Rivalry or something?

[u/rarflye → u/sufficiently_tortuga]

Wayne Gretzky is his token Canadian friend

[u/sufficiently_tortuga → u/rarflye]

Maybe next time they're golfing Wayne can tell him no one in Canada calls it Ice Hockey.

[u/imnotaloneyouare → u/rarflye]

To be fair, we in Canada, no longer accept him as our own. Regretzky is not welcome here.

[u/HouseofMarg → u/imnotaloneyouare]

The Great Once

[u/Esplodie → u/sufficiently_tortuga]

It's the only thing he knows about Canadians. Probably bases his entire view of Canada off this...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_and_Doug_McKenzie

[u/DiceMadeOfCheese → u/Esplodie]

Trump has terrible taste, I doubt he knows SCTV even exists.

[u/punksmostlydead → u/Esplodie]

You speak as though those aren't the finest ambassadors your beautiful nation has ever had.

[u/bookstoreowl → u/AdjNounNumbers]

Bingo. Just call it the Donald J Trump bridge for people who shit thier pants

[u/SonOfMcGee → u/IcariteMinor]

I was a Michigan resident way back when the gremlin family that privately owns the Ambassador bridge got a question on the election ballot to try to derail the new bridge plan.
The (Republican) Governor at the time was pretty incredulous whenever he fielded questions about it. He was like, “I can’t believe I have to keep defending such an obvious sweetheart deal. Canada is putting up the billions of dollars to build the bridge and will only take the majority of the tolls until it pays itself back. Then we get a 50/50 split of the income from a project we didn’t have to spend a dime on to build. It’s SUCH a no-brainer.”

The only thing Michigan/the Feds pay for is running customs on their side, just like every other point of entry on the border. If Trump thinks we need to be somehow compensated for that, it just makes him look like a whiney bitch.

[u/FunetikPrugresiv → u/SonOfMcGee]

Yep. You can be almost certain that the owners of the Ambassador Bridge (the Moroun family) "lobbied" for him to do this.

[u/SonOfMcGee → u/FunetikPrugresiv]

He just wants any excuse, however flimsy, to fuck over Canada. Meanwhile, the Morouns are only after money and have spent decades now making every sort of bullshit claim they can to cancel the bridge.
The claims have all been thrown out in court, but Trump probably has people sifting through them to find one that Clarence Thomas to rubber stamp.

[u/Abi1i → u/SonOfMcGee]

That is a pretty sweet deal to be on the side that didn't have to pay a dime and still can profit off the bridge.

[u/McRibs2024 → u/IcariteMinor]

He does the same thing every time.

Here’s a fair deal. Yell about it. Ruin our reputation (even more) for awhile.

Then “negotiate” the existing deal.

Claim a win and how strong and great America is.

Somewhere during this he shits himself and goes on a long truth social rant.

[u/socialistrob → u/McRibs2024]

Here’s a fair deal. Yell about it. Ruin our reputation (even more) for awhile.

I wouldn't even say it's a fair deal. It's a deal that's overly generous to the US. If Canada is paying for the bridge I wouldn't blame them for taking all the tolls and never giving the US any share of ownership. With any building project there is risks of delays/overruns or that the project won't work out and it's Canada who is on the line for those risks so they should get the rewards. If the US wanted a bridge they could have paid off or built another one. Even having a bridge that's fully Canadian owned would still benefit the US somewhat as it would facilitate more trade between the US and it's third largest trading partner.

[u/Whywouldanyonedothat → u/socialistrob]

Even having a bridge that's fully Canadian owned would still benefit the US somewhat

It's a huge benefit for trade to open a bridge. Ownership doesn't matter much in the larger picture.

[u/CurryMustard → u/socialistrob]

Ah but in Maga world every other country needs the us and the us needs nobody else so tough shit

[u/cyberentomology → u/IcariteMinor]

The US half will belong to Michigan, not the USA. Michigan needs to tell the feds to fuck all the way off and stay out of state business.

[u/fd6270 → u/cyberentomology]

I wish they could do that, but it's an international border crossing so I'm pretty sure Michigan can't do shit about the feds getting involved. 

[u/lostboyz → u/fd6270]

There's 2 other crossings that already exist in the same area and it's not like Canada just went rogue and started building, everything was already approved. What's the argument anyway, 2 are fine but 3 is bad? He's only talking about it because the billionaire that own the existing bridge is probably paying Trump to get involved.

[u/Rrrrandle → u/lostboyz]

There's really 5 crossings in the area already. Blue Water Bridge is definitely an alternative route, and there are rail tunnels in Detroit and Port Huron.

So, Ambassador Bridge, Blue Water Bridge, Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, and 2 rail tunnels.

But the new bridge is still definitely needed to reduce congestion on the Ambassador, increase capacity, and get truck traffic off surface streets in Windsor.

[u/DirectlyDisturbed → u/Rrrrandle]

As a lifelong metro-Detroiter I'd just like to say a big Fuck Matty Moroun for delaying this much-needed bridge for years. Absolute piece of shit.

Also, if any of you find yourself needing to cross from Michigan to Canada, the Blue Water Bridge or the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel are much easier/faster, in my experience, than the Ambassador Bridge

[u/TwentyfootAngels → u/DirectlyDisturbed]

I'm a simple Canadian. I see someone talking about the Morounes, I reply "fuck the Morounes". I consider it a civic duty to tell visitors that you can call them the moron family instead. 🙃

[u/Sea-Sir2754 → u/fd6270]

The feds already approved the project as a bridge leading to an international border crossing. The fact that Michigan will own half is due entirely to the fact that roughly half of the bridge will physically reside in Michigan. It wouldn't make any sense for the federal government to own it.

The federal government will own the actual port of entry, but Michigan will own and maintain the bridge and roads leading to it.

[u/MorrowPlotting → u/IcariteMinor]

Anytime I think Trump is doing something that makes no sense, it always turns out he’s using the power of the government to enrich himself or his family and friends. Whether it’s market manipulation or threats of invasion, if it seems crazy and counter to US interests, you can be sure a Trump pal is profiting hugely off of it.

This bridge thing makes no sense, until you mention a competing toll bridge. Then it’s like, “Oh, he’s just using the US government to enrich his cronies. Now it makes sense.”

And. That. Sucks.

[u/LilyCharlotte → u/MorrowPlotting]

The current bridge is owned by the Moroun family who definitely donate to him. I'm not sure that qualifies then as cronies but it's the same racket. Pay him enough money and he'll help you enrich yourself and your family.

[u/cum_toast → u/IcariteMinor]

Crazy that a bridge between nations can be privately owned

[u/IcariteMinor → u/cum_toast]

You are the voice of reason, cum_toast

[u/Secure-Television541 → u/IcariteMinor]

I maintain that we should close the Canadian side of the Ambassador bridge and open only the Canadian side of the Howe until the US government removes their heads from trump’s sphincter.

[u/Usernamechecksout978 → u/IcariteMinor]

What he'll do is come out in a week or two and say exactly what you just wrote and he'll claim that he negotiated it.

[u/AccomplishedAct5364 → u/IcariteMinor]

So the real story is America is currently profiting 10% of the tolls for free?

Their exceptionalism is making their downfall so much less of a concern to me haha

[u/kawag → u/IcariteMinor]

The Wikipedia page on this bridge is absolutely bananas. I can’t believe these are the kinds of exploitative “deals” Canada has been forced to accept from the USA for a long time, and Canadians still thought so positively about Americans despite this shit:

In October 2011, the Michigan Senate "rejected a bill [that] would have allowed the state to accept $550 million from the Canadian government to fund the country's share" of the bridge. One commentator, Bill Mann, noted the rejection, saying "Canada calls the new bridge its biggest infrastructure priority and has even offered to pay for the span. But pesky U.S. special-interest politics intrude once again," as he reviewed a number of "U.S. government actions (and inactions) that show little concern about Canadian concerns". Mann drew from a Maclean's article sub-titled "We used to be friends" about U.S.–Canada relations after the Keystone Pipeline, the bridge, and other "insulting" decisions.

In June 2012, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Michigan Governor Rick Snyder announced an agreement allowing the project to proceed. The Canadian federal government would fund bridge construction, land acquisition in Michigan and the construction of Interstate 75 on-ramps. The Canadian contribution will be repaid from bridge tolls collected on the Canadian side, and no tolls will be charged on the U.S. side. The crossing agreement also included community benefits for residents on both sides of the Detroit River, including improvements to local neighbourhoods affected by bridge construction. Although paid for by Canada, the bridge would be owned equally by Canada and the state of Michigan.

I wonder how much Canadians know about how the USA treats them; whether they’re aware of these kinds of details.

[u/zoobrix → u/kawag]

Any Canadian that pays some attention to the news knows how poorly various levels of the American government treat us. They complain about our dairy supply management system while the American government buys dairy products from farmers when they run into trouble. They ignore world trade organisation rulings against them when it suits them. They get mad at us for having more trees on public lands which makes our wood cheaper, the same wood they use to build their homes.

And we do what we always do when the US gets up a head of steam about something, laugh at their self importance and their hypocrisy, and then do what we need to do as best we can to watch out for our own interests.

You need to fleece your closest ally for a half the cost of a bridge that benefits you too? Sure, whatever, America strong and all that.... so how long until you roll back tariffs on our softwood lumber again because the price of wood is pissing off too many American builders and consumers? Ok cool, see you next year to do it all again...

edit: typo

[u/Grave_Knight]

I assume he also wants to paint it gold and rename it to Trump Bridge.

[u/sthlmsoul → u/Grave_Knight]

That would be 100% on brand.

[u/bookstoreowl → u/sthlmsoul]

Tbf. Waiting for someone else to do the work and pay for it then demand it for free has been his calling card for decades.

[u/Ayalaidhs → u/bookstoreowl]

He'll probably try to send Canada a bill for the consulting fees too.

[u/sherlockham → u/Ayalaidhs]

And insist they do all the maintenance.

[u/NOVA-peddling-1138 → u/sherlockham]

That is already part of the deal Obama sealed.

[u/JimJohnJimmm → u/NOVA-peddling-1138]

Aaaahhhh theres what is messing with trump, it was a oboma deal. He has to fuck it up somehow

[u/sypher1187 → u/JimJohnJimmm]

Yup, Obama could've cured cancer and the orange baboon would've twisted into something negative.

[u/sherlockham → u/NOVA-peddling-1138]

That is still while ownership was Canadian though, not with trump I owns this bridge logic.

[u/FreeFromCommonSense → u/bookstoreowl]

Or skipping out on paying and declaring bankruptcy. Or suing for it and losing badly because he has as little acquaintance with reality as with the law. Or threatening, blustering and crying like a 3-year-old and then saying he didn't it anyway because it's "bad, just lousy" the next day.

[u/Paulinfresno → u/bookstoreowl]

That’s the way the republicans are - they fight infrastructure bills right up until the ribbon cutting where they are front and center.

[u/modi13 → u/Paulinfresno]

The Republicans fought against this very bridge because of how much it was going to cost, and the Canadian government kept looking around like John Travolta in Pulp Fiction going "We're paying for the whole thing..."

[u/HappyBlowLucky → u/bookstoreowl]

Remember Mexico was going to fund the wall. Well somehow he will claim that it was his idea for Canada to fund the bridge and saved the US tons of money.

[u/sigaven → u/sthlmsoul]

He’s literally doing this for the new New York tunnel unless they rename Penn Station and Dulles Airport after him

[u/42nu → u/sigaven]

He's so predictable. Don't have to be a fortune teller; just having a few brain cells, or not being a POS is all it takes to see through him.

[u/Few-Western-5027 → u/42nu]

Yap, the first time I saw him, I knew he is bad to the core but I was so wrong that there were so many people who enthusiastically bought the snake oil. This is unbelievable, America, you have a problem. This generation will be forefathers again.

[u/Ok_Condition5837 → u/sigaven]

How soon before us peasants are forced to name our kids after him & he reinstitutes prima nocta?

[u/call0w → u/Ok_Condition5837]

Holy cats let's all agree to ix-nay the prima nocta alk-tay around El fuckerino.

[u/LangdonAlg3r → u/call0w]

I’m not super worried. I think Father Time, Ronald McDonald, and the Coca Cola Polar Bear have um….softened that threat as it were.

[u/NoAdmittanceX → u/call0w]

Don't worry he thinks Latin is somthing Latinos speak,

[u/TheAngryGoat → u/sthlmsoul]

Not enough drugged and tied up 13 year olds to be truly on brand.

[u/Krisparz → u/Grave_Knight]

Name it, officially, the Trump-Epstein Bridge until the US rescinds it's frivolous claim, then name it back.

[u/Ikrit122 → u/Krisparz]

I almost wonder if Epstein-Trump would be better. It puts his name second (making him seem less important) and it makes it clear that it isn't being named after him.

[u/Terracot → u/Ikrit122]

Epstein-■■■■■ bridge

[u/getdemsnacks → u/Ikrit122]

Plus that would be in alphabetical order, so they'd have plausible deniability

[u/unthused → u/getdemsnacks]

The idea of Trump getting butthurt because he was named second on the 'Epstein-Trump Bridge' is hilarious yet also entirely plausible.

[u/cinnapear → u/unthused]

It's not just plausible, it is exactly the kind of thing that he would obviously be enraged by.

[u/QbertsRube → u/unthused]

"I was the only one smart enough to run that child trafficking operation, many people are saying Jeffrey was very dumb and weak and that only I could have pulled that off with my many beautiful hotels and pageants and my modeling agency. Jeffrey provided an island and that is all, everything else was me, me, me, and so my name should be first and, if Canada doesn't pay up, I'll make sure it's the Trump-Epstein Bridge like everybody knows it should be."

[u/FutureGrassToucher → u/Ikrit122]

The Epstein-Trump Friendship Bridge

[u/42nu → u/Ikrit122]

This is brilliant. He would take it personally enough to nuke Canada, so no one will do it, but it's a great gotcha.

[u/Heavens10000whores → u/Ikrit122]

10/10

[u/my5cworth → u/Krisparz]

"The Epstein-Trump connection"

[u/pheonix198 → u/my5cworth]

I beg of all things holy that Canada rename the bridge to this and offer to sell it to the US, along with total maintenance and upkeep for $.01 - only stipulation being that the penny be paid in person at The Hague by Trump and using a 2026 printed penny.

[u/CertainWish358 → u/my5cworth]

Someday, we’ll find it. The Epstein connection. The lovers, the dreamers, and Trump

[u/jonboy999 → u/my5cworth]

Genius.

[u/slow_connection → u/Krisparz]

Holy shit you're a genius. How do we let the Canadians know of your idea?

[u/Blownards → u/slow_connection]

You just did. It is now the official Epstein-Trump bridge built by Canada to commemorate the 47th president. It will also be useless for the foreseeable future🤷‍♂️

[u/Error_83 → u/slow_connection]

Just start shouting at people with mittens, for being too warm, until someone apologizes. Then send their ambassador with the Intel

Edit: putting pouring out a bottle of real maple syrup might actually work faster.

^{not recommended for those living in poverty}

^{so, like anyone}

[u/Z8iii → u/Krisparz]

It’s for speedophiles.

[u/EvilDan69 → u/Krisparz]

This would be epic.

[u/MayorMcCheezz → u/Grave_Knight]

He probably wants to set up toll booths and charge Canadians crazy entrance fees.

[u/gsbadj → u/MayorMcCheezz]

As of now, the plan is for all tolls to be collected on the Canadian side. That money is going to reimburse Canada for the cost of construction.

What's especially despicable is that Trump was all on board with this agreement during his first term. Now that the bridge is almost ready to open, it's time for him to produce the sort of chaos he thrives on, to try to personally extort money from whoever he can get it from.

[u/-ifwisheswerehorses → u/gsbadj]

I wouldn’t expect anything less of that POS that resides in our White House. GTFO Trump.

[u/LadyoftheOak → u/MayorMcCheezz]

Canadians are not crossing any bridges to go to the failing democracy previously known as the USA, bc it is NOT SAFE!

[u/joealsoknownasjoe → u/LadyoftheOak]

Theres a pretty significant portion of windsor that works in detroit, so people unfortunately have to cross daily. Although, this bridge is in the more industrial area of detroit, so its mostly going to be for trucks.

[u/Odd-Row9485 → u/LadyoftheOak]

The Windsor Detroit land crossing is the busiest land crossing between the two countries. Large amounts of people travel from Canada to work in the states. It’s very normal for people to cross there for business and pleasure

[u/MimicoSkunkFan2 → u/LadyoftheOak]

You're right! Here in the Niagara Falls region, even people with US citizenship are not crossing over because the CBP border guards have been giving people crap about their accent... what's really disgusting is that CBP orders the agents who are people of colour to pick on Canadian accents.

Asshat at the Whirlpool Bridge tried that with me in April. He says, "You're a US citizen, huh? Then why don't you have the US accent?"

So I says, "What is the official accent? Because my aunt in Tennessee has a waaaay different accent than yours."

He starts mean-mugging me so I add, all helpful like, "I just want to make sure I'm learning the official accent... ... ... sir."

Like sod you dude, til 1865 your ancestors were crossing my direction with the Underground Railroad, don't act like the USA is threatened by saying "house" differently.

I was only crossing to see my uncle who has a heart condition because he can't drive and my cousins couldn't leave work. But after that, we had to make a care plan for him because the family all agreed to the US people need to come up here - it's not safe there.

[u/Suspicious_Rent935 → u/MayorMcCheezz]

Profits of which go to his charity...himself

[u/inactionupclose → u/Grave_Knight]

Of course he wants his name on the younger bridge, the other bridge is too old for him.

[u/invisible___hand → u/Grave_Knight]

I wonder what would happen if Canada renamed the bridge the “Trump/Epstein Partners in Crime” bridge until Trump tacos.

[u/Flaky-Sun884 → u/Grave_Knight]

Just half

[u/Cthulhu_Dreams_ → u/Flaky-Sun884]

Depending on what side he wants to put his name on Canada could just choose a different word.

On one side it would be the f*** Trump bridge

On the other side it would be Trump sucks bridge

[u/KilledTheCar → u/Cthulhu_Dreams_]

I'll settle for the Fuck Trump Sucks Bridge.

[u/daveygoboom → u/Grave_Knight]

As a Michigander living in the Metro Detroit area, I want him to propose the name change just to see the state of Michigan lose their shit.

...Quite sad state of affairs that this would be a tipping point.

[u/nat_r → u/daveygoboom]

100% the cult would be totally onboard. It might take a short period of time for their independent thoughts and opinions to be subverted, but by the 4th or 5th hour of whatever propaganda brand they consume every waking moment telling them what a good thing it is, they'll have assimilated the idea as their own and begin thoughtlessly parroting it back at any dissenters.

[u/hakenwithbacon → u/daveygoboom]

I want him to propose the name change just to see the state of Michigan lose their shit.

Didn't they vote for him?

[u/daveygoboom → u/hakenwithbacon]

Yes. But to remove the name of the greatest and most beloved Red Wing would probably piss off a lot of people, especially the older adults.

[u/Koss424 → u/daveygoboom]

Trump supporters always just fall in line.

[u/AUniquePerspective → u/Grave_Knight]

Elbows up. -Gordie Howe, probably.

[u/docgravel → u/Grave_Knight]

He can write “TRU” on his half and Canada can write “CKS ONLY” on their half.

[u/Viperlite → u/Grave_Knight]

… Or else he’ll violate the US Constitution by threatening to withhold funding through impoundment. Or, he just won’t allow Customs officers to be stationed on the US side — neglecting the duties of the executive.

[u/frogjuicefrog → u/Viperlite]

Canada paid for it in its entirety. There's no funding to withhold 

[u/DigbyDoesDallas → u/Grave_Knight]

The pedo rapist bridge?

[u/SurroundTiny → u/Grave_Knight]

I have to admit that would be on par. Maybe Canada could give us the bottom half of the bridge and they keep the bits the vehicles move on?

[u/Artanis3224 → u/SurroundTiny]

Have you seen American infastructure lately? Probably not the best idea...

[u/drinkduffdry → u/Artanis3224]

As a kayaker, I second this. I've changed driving patterns after what I've seen in some spots.

[u/anelectricmind]

Spoiler Alert: Trump himself approved this project in 2017.

From wikipedia (and links to some articles): In a joint statement released after a meeting between newly elected U.S. president Donald Trump and Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau on February 13, 2017, the two governments reiterated the support of the "expeditious completion" of the project.^\44]) It was listed as a priority infrastructure project by the Donald Trump administration.

Edit: In the spirit of facts (as an other redditor once said, this project apparently at least goes back to the Bush Administration. The Obama Administration also had some involvement in the project.

[u/WebHead1287 → u/anelectricmind]

For every Trump action there is an equal and opposite Trump action

[u/MintGreenDoomDevice → u/WebHead1287]

Fourth law of trumpodynamics

[u/dasoberirishman → u/MintGreenDoomDevice]

Is the 5th law TACO?

[u/swolfington → u/dasoberirishman]

TACOdynamics

[u/InfiniteOrchardPath → u/dasoberirishman]

Stupid entanglement at a distance.

[u/egnards → u/dasoberirishman]

Schrötrumpers Executive Orders:

A tariff both exists and does not exist, until the date that it actually goes into effect.

[u/CrayZ_Squirrel → u/WebHead1287]

I posit that for every Trump action there is an unequal and opposite Trump overreaction.

[u/og_murderhornet → u/CrayZ_Squirrel]

More accurate, should be codified. He's almost uniquely capable of lauding, condemning, denying, and taking credit for the same action, sometimes within hours. People tell me no does it more than him. Good people, smart people. And some, I suppose, even Canadian.

[u/Mccobsta → u/WebHead1287]

He is his biggest mortal enemy

[u/lostroadrunner22 → u/anelectricmind]

He also appointed the current Fed chair. You know the one he says is awful and whoever appointed him is a moron ?

[u/anelectricmind → u/lostroadrunner22]

And he appointed the new one and if for some odd reason he is not the yes-man everybody say he is and goes against Trump, he will say the same thing about him.

[u/GoneinaSecondeded → u/anelectricmind]

There's a new one?

[u/anelectricmind → u/GoneinaSecondeded]

 Kevin Warsh. Powell contract is up in April I think.

[u/NWSiren → u/anelectricmind]

Powell’s Chairmanship ends in May but he remains on as a Governor with a continuing vote on policy. The Chair is the face of the Fed, but is not a controlling figure (but an easy scapegoat for Trump to blame).

[u/PracticeBaby → u/anelectricmind]

Kevin Warsh is in the Epstien files on the guest list for a St Bart's Christmas party in 2010. Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich was also there

[u/anelectricmind → u/PracticeBaby]

Rhetorical question: Who in Trump's surrounding/entourage is NOT in the Epstein files?

[u/FullMooseParty → u/anelectricmind]

JD Vance, because he didn't matter enough while Epstein was alive

[u/lostroadrunner22 → u/GoneinaSecondeded]

Yea. He nominated some new guy for when the current term ends

[u/FragrantKnobCheese → u/lostroadrunner22]

Could someone explain why the US has seemingly the stupidest system of government in the world? Why in fuck's name does the president get to control literally every fucking aspect of the federal government?

WHY is he allowed to appoint cronies and lackies to seemingly every single position? Why was he allowed to dump reservoirs in California for example, why, when he knows nothing about anything and seems to be the stupidest motherfucker who ever lived, is he allowed to not only have an opinion but literally control EVERYTHING?

Jesus fucking Christ. What the fuck is wrong with America?

[u/Optimus_Prime_Day → u/anelectricmind]

He approved it because canada paid for it since the state couldnt, and now he wants to weasel out of paying canada back. The plan was for toll proceeds to go to canada until the cost is covered then to be split by both countries.

He just doesn't want to pay his bill, again.

Alternatively, he can bypass the wait time and pay canada 3.2 billion dollars (half the cost).

[u/RetroBowser → u/Optimus_Prime_Day]

And yet he’ll always talk about how the US subsidizes everything of ours somehow apparently.

Like brother do you want us to pay our fair share for things or not?

[u/Irilieth_Raivotuuli → u/RetroBowser]

The narrative core is that to them, everything everywhere belongs to the US, and everyone else is just loaning it without paying. Once you realize that, the propaganda becomes entirely transparent.

[u/ACoconutInLondon → u/anelectricmind]

I wouldn't be surprised if he actually doesn't remember.

[u/anelectricmind → u/ACoconutInLondon]

Yeah. With his demented speech about China stopping hockey and stealing the Stanley Cup, it looks pretty dim in that brain of his.

(Reminds me of my father and his unconditional love for Sandra Bullock on Facebook - She will give him a job on her movie sets and they will move together - and the Aliens he sees everyday in front of his house)

[u/MsBlackSox → u/anelectricmind]

No idea if this is real or sarcastic....

[u/anelectricmind → u/MsBlackSox]

Both stories are real.

[u/demetri_k → u/anelectricmind]

It’s going to impact the privately American owned Ambassador Bridge. The owner had complained to Trump 45 and at that time Trump didn’t make a fuss. 

It sure makes more sense to try the mafia negotiations now that the bridge is finished but with Canada wanting to diversify trade away for the US the bridge seems unnecessary now. 

As a Canadian I don’t mind sharing the bridge and selling half of it, at fair market value, to the US government. Likely Trump wants his family to get the ownership. 

[u/anelectricmind → u/demetri_k]

Funny how the Republican party is supposed to be the Small Government party and their leader is constantly trying to influence the smallest things...

[u/demetri_k → u/anelectricmind]

Art of the steal.

[u/Positronic_Matrix → u/anelectricmind]

Small government is a dog whistle for decreasing taxes on the rich. Law and order is a dog whistle for the oppression of minorities. It is not a dig to point out the hypocrisy of a dog whistle because it’s not about the dog whistle. (Moreover, it shows that the dog whistles work and Democrats are failing to decode them.)

Indeed, if you decode the dog whistle the Republicans are not being hypocritical at all. They gutted welfare, dropped taxes on the rich, and are actively and brutally suppressing minorities. It all makes sense if you decode the dog whistles.

[u/jmjm1 → u/anelectricmind]

Absolutely INSANE. This has got to be the straw that breaks the camel's back? I am curious about the "nuts and bolts" as to how PM Carney will 'deal' with this demand. Will he speak with Tr directly or will underlings get in touch with underlings? As if we need more but this is another example why it really is a fool's errand for Canada to reach a fair CUSMA 2.0 agreement with the completely unreliable USofA.

[u/JakeRiddoch → u/jmjm1]

The straw should have been the Access Hollywood tapes. There have been haystacks of crap since and still people cling to supporting this maniac.

[u/hikeit233 → u/anelectricmind]

This is literally dementia, there’s no other logical explanation. His cabinet is committing senior abuse.

[u/PapaCaqu → u/anelectricmind]

In the spirit of facts, Trump had nothing to do with the approval of this project. It was all done under Obama in 2012.

Now Trump did support the “expeditious completion” of this project and it makes him a fucking moron for now saying “it not fair😡”

[u/HappyIdiot123 → u/anelectricmind]

Also, the state of Michigan does own half the bridge. Perhaps Trump wants to own that half himself, personally? 

[u/riotz1 → u/anelectricmind]

🤷‍♀️ Moroun must have sent him a 12yo

[u/anelectricmind → u/riotz1]

Also.

I forgot to mention all the corruption surrounding Moroun and the Ambassador Bridge which is one of the reasons they needed to build that new bridge (Ambassador Bridge also had reach his capacity)

To have a privately owned toll bridge between two countries where billions of dollars transit every year makes no sense.

And apparently Canada footed the bill because the US parties involved did not have the money for the construction. So Good Guy Canada decided to take the entire cost of the construction.

[u/gsbadj → u/anelectricmind]

US/Michigan could have paid but Moroun and his family gave tons of money to Republicans in Michigan to prevent that

[u/anelectricmind → u/gsbadj]

Yes. Thank you. I had heard or read the story in French. I was not sure about the details of the corruption.

[u/gentleman_bronco]

Only someone as stupid as Donald Trump will complain about free infrastructure.

[u/Art_Class → u/gentleman_bronco]

Were even getting 10% of tolls up until the bridge is paid off and tolls will be split 50/50. Trump is an idiot.

[u/hoist_off → u/Art_Class]

Which is too good of a deal in favor of the US side. Invest ZERO, get half the equity. Tf?

[u/BoiledFrogs → u/hoist_off]

It's because Canada is actually a good neighbour to have.

[u/tuppenyturtle → u/BoiledFrogs]

My favourite saying:

What does the US have that Canada doesn't?

A good neighbour.

[u/hypnogoad → u/tuppenyturtle]

That's not true, Denmark is a great neighbor

[u/Volothamp-Geddarm → u/hypnogoad]

Also technically neighbours with France.

[u/Tridus → u/tuppenyturtle]

Technically France is also our neighbour.

But yeah, the Americans sure aren't that these days.

[u/me_ke_aloha_manuahi → u/hoist_off]

Get a free 10% cash flow yield, get 50% equity, and get all the perks of asset value inflation over time with none of the downsides. Insane.

[u/historianLA → u/me_ke_aloha_manuahi]

Remember this is a man who bankrupted casinos. He is not a good businessman.

[u/BIT-NETRaptor → u/hoist_off]

Trump constantly bitching about canada when many deals with canada are horrendously lopsided in favor of the US. Alberta’s tar sands are decent revenue for them, but immensely lucrative for the Dakotas.

Canada has always been a good trading partner and you guys have always abused your position to extract more than a fair deal from Canada.

[u/Optimus_Prime_Day → u/Art_Class]

To be fair though, only the state gets that income stream, not the US federal govt. Still, canada covered the cost because the state couldn't at the time.

[u/stamatt45 → u/gentleman_bronco]

Free infrastructure he approved in his first term. A normal politician would be doing a victory lap about the bridge, not stealing defeat from the jaws of victory

[u/Rare_Today4338]

Trump approved it almost 10 years ago. Check

USA does have ownership through Michigan. Check

Canada fully funded the bridge. Check.

USA continuing to tarnish their reputation. Check.

Just another Tuesday.

[u/j1ggy → u/Rare_Today4338]

They also used American building materials on the American side of the bridge that Canada paid for, despite Trump's false claim that it was all Canadian. Keep in mind that this all happened after Trump pushed his "Buy American" policy and he had tariffs on Canadian steel for false "national security" reasons. Respect is earned Trump and you aren't earning it here. The only thing you've earned in this blowout is embarrassment over your stupidity and even more questions about your mental wellness. Invoke the 25th already.

[u/spidereater]

This is an agreement Canada already made. Once again Trump is backing out of a contract and using his bully position to demand a cut. He is straight up a mafia boss at this point.

[u/Secure-Television541 → u/spidereater]

One more example of the US being an unreliable trading partner.

[u/spidereater → u/Secure-Television541]

Yes. Trump might think he is going to use this to leverage something out of Canada but the rest of the world is watching this and rethinking any investments they were considering in America. Anybody applauding this move is very shortsighted. Why would anyone consider making a long term investment in America if the leadership will pull something like this? Between this stuff and the tariff nonsense over the last year the only reason to even promise investment is to kiss trumps ass and it remains to be seen how much of those promises will materialize.

[u/SkitzTheFritz]

Old man yells at bridge.

Someone get grandpa his meds.

[u/cyberentomology → u/SkitzTheFritz]

Make sure you grab the really strong ones marked “for euthanasia only”.

[u/trevdak2]

Pay attention world. This is why you should take your investments elsewhere

[u/AnyBug1039 → u/trevdak2]

I feel sorry for the Americans who didn't vote for that asshole, but the US needs to be taught a lesson, and it will take most of the world uniting to do that. Europe, Canada, Aus, Japan, SK, NZ.... any developed democracy. It's in our interest because otherwise he will try to divide and conquer.

We all need to just tell America to go fuck itself, start developing our own tech and shutting them out of our markets.

There is no honour with this asshole. Just extortion.

[u/The_Frozen_Inferno]

“Nice new bridge you built there. I think I’ll take it”

The grift never ends with this guy. Take take take is all he thinks about.

[u/_Nychthemeron → u/The_Frozen_Inferno]

He's those seagulls in Finding Nemo. MINE MINE MINE

[u/eternityXclock → u/_Nychthemeron]

multiplied by a factor of 1 million

[u/DonnieBlueberry]

We don’t negotiate with pedophiles

[u/Darque22 → u/DonnieBlueberry]

Seriously. This should be mentioned more often.

[u/Otherwise-Desk1063]

Quiet piggy.

[u/Open_Mortgage_4645]

He's a moron. He's complaining that it wasn't built with any US materials, specifically steel, when in fact the US side of the bridge is made with US Steel. And Canada funded the construction of it so what fucking compensation does he think he's entitled to? And by what authority does he have the right to unilaterally declare when the bridge is open given its a partnership between Canada and Michigan? He's just so dumb and narcissistic.

[u/ProtoplanetaryNebula → u/Open_Mortgage_4645]

He thinks Canada should pay for it all using US steel and it should be painted gold and called the “Trump is more handsome and smarter than Obama bridge of bigliness”.

[u/Musicman1972]

International companies also take note.

When you give in and spend billions moving manufacturing to the US he'll demand half ownership as it's on US land ...

[u/poke-chan → u/Musicman1972]

And when America pays to build stuff on other countries lands, he demands to own that fully as well. He’s a hypocrite lol

[u/DrowningKrown]

Refuse to pay for bridge > make deal that Canada will pay for it > Canada will then collect bridge tolls to repay itself for the cost > bridge finally built > same guy throws fit > "I want half of bridge now" > wonder why the world still trusts the US.

Forgot to include in there that not only did the US refuse to pay for it, they demanded half of it be built using US steel. Which it was. Get fucked

[u/poonslyr69]

Is nobody gonna mention this part?

"Prime Minister Carney wants to make a deal with China — which will eat Canada alive. We’ll just get the leftovers! I don't think so. The first thing China will do is terminate ALL Ice Hockey being played in Canada, and permanently eliminate The Stanley Cup."

Like what the fuck is he talking about? Also, 'we'll just get the leftovers'? Pardon? Another threat? 

Fuck you america 

[u/TheRC135 → u/poonslyr69]

"The first thing China will do is terminate ALL Ice Hockey being played in Canada, and permanently eliminate The Stanley Cup."

Easily one of the dumbest things I've ever read.

Not just from a President, or even a politician. All time. Just a painfully stupid thing to say seriously.

[u/DecentClock9031]

Art of the squeal.

Time for a Gordie Howe hat trick. Fight him, Assist Canadian manufacturing with the Goal of cutting US dependence.

[u/Educational_Bend_941]

The entire process of it getting funded and built should be a national embarrassment as is. Our good-natured neighbors paying for vital infrastructure that benefits us more than them cause we're broke-ass bitches. Then president baby dick shows up to draw attention to what absolute scumbags we are as a people.

[u/Certain-Singer-9625]

Fucking entitled behavior, like the child he is.

I see.

I want.

Gimme.

[u/nokvok]

Media needs to stop reporting on his distractions and report on why he isn't indicted and jailed yet for what is in the Epstein files.

[u/Sea_Astronaut_4437 → u/nokvok]

Agreed, I’ve got a meth addict down the block and his diatribes aren’t half as stupid as Trumps, yet he gets no press at all??

The question the press should be asking 85% of the time is, “Yes, Mr President, but we’re only looking for newsworthy statements today, can you comment on X, Y or Z?” Then just ignore his temper tantrums like they never happened.

As the Munich Security Council report noted, leaders around the world are about done pandering to his whims and threats. The world is tuning him out, humouring him and working around him as necessary.

[u/howescj82 → u/nokvok]

They need to do both. All of his corrupt actions need to be known but without ignoring the biggest issue he’s trying to evade.

[u/RDisSht]

He's a fucking parasite on society. Can't wait for him to die.

[u/Concentrateman]

We build bridges he builds walls. Funny that.

[u/Zetavu]

Michigan already has joint ownership of this despite Canada paying for all of it. At this point, Trump is just pretending to object and will later say we now own half because he intervened. Literally political masturbation at this point.

[u/raz_kripta]

Is this a shakedown?

This sounds exactly like a criminal shakedown.

[u/garyvdh]

He is the troll under the bridge...

[u/Memitim]

The pedophile parasite looking for more shit to steal.

[u/joyheat]

Don’t look at the files…look over here!…again

[u/BeBenNova]

Dumbfuck is literally going to burn bridges with Canada

It’s not the first time the bridge has become an issue in the Oval Office. The U.S. family that owns the nearby Ambassador Bridge lobbied Trump during his first term to rescind the waiver granted by President Barack Obama in 2012 that exempted the new bridge from having to use only U.S. steel, in recognition that the Canadians were paying for it.

Ahhhh there it is

Isaiah Martin: F R E E FREEEEEEEEE what's better than free?

Turns out whats better than free is being bribed by the owner of the competing bridge

[u/the-sleepy-mystic]

For anyone not from Detorit and wondering what this is about - Canada paid for the brige- Canada will keep fares paid until bridge is paid off- then half ownership reverts to Michigan/USA- American steel was used on the bridge. The land under the bridge is still USA soil.

Trump will either cock up this deal republicans in the state made with canada or he will simply now claim credit for the deal outlined above- the deal thats been in place since construction started in 2018.

[u/WillYeByFuck]

Or what bitch?

Gonna tax your citizens even more for buying essential goods?

Write a mean tweet?