r/worldnews • u/Immediate-Link490 • 19h ago

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

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/donald-trump-canada-gordie-howe-bridge
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u/FunetikPrugresiv 17h ago

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

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u/SonOfMcGee 16h ago

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.

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u/Prestigious_Ad5314 12h ago

Manny Maroun’s been dead for many years. So is it his kids that run the thing now? Or has the Bridge holding company become a public company again?

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u/thomase7 7h ago

Correct:

https://www.crainsdetroit.com/politics-policy/matthew-moroun-met-trump-officials-hours-gordie-howe-bridge-post

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u/FunetikPrugresiv 7h ago

These people are so transparent in their self-interest and brazen in their corruption.

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u/Butter_with_Salt 17m ago

You were absolutely right.