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[-] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago

Construction of the bridge was completed in June 2026, inaugurated on July 24, 2026, and opened to traffic on July 27, 2026

In 2018, the company aired television ads on Fox & Friends asking Trump to cancel the project.[162] Instead, in December 2019, Trump signed the first US funding, allocating up to $15 million, for customs and border protection for the bridge into law.

I mean, fuck trump, but what are you talking about?

[-] sik0fewl@piefed.ca 22 points 1 day ago

It should have been opened in June but was delayed by Trump. Ambassador bridge owner paid money into Trump PAC. It’s all there in the article under History -> Delayed Opening.

In June, The Detroit News reported that invitations were being sent out for a ribbon-cutting ceremony on June 12, with the bridge open to the public shortly after.[96] On the day before the planned ceremony it was announced that the event had been cancelled and that the opening of the bridge was delayed indefinitely to "resolve any outstanding issues".[97][98]. Carney said that the delay had been requested by the United States, and representatives for Trump stated that his position had not changed since February.[99]

The New York Times subsequently reported that billionaire Matthew Moroun (who owns the Ambassador Bridge) had lobbied the Trump administration prior to the announcement.[91][92] The ranking member of the United States House Oversight CommitteeRobert Garcia, opened an investigation into Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s earlier meeting with Moroun, sending Lutnick a letter requesting communications related to that meeting.[93] Filings released February 20 showed that Moroun donated US$1 million to MAGA Inc., a Trump-affiliated super PAC, less than a month before Trump's announcement.[94][95]

[-] 0x0@infosec.pub 2 points 4 hours ago

The thought never hit me before but of course road bridges are private property and not state owned in the US..

[-] DownToClown@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

I don't know the whole story but this happened about 5-months ago.

Trump said in a Truth social post Monday night that he wouldn’t allow the 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.” Trump suggested the U.S. should take an ownership stake of at least 50% in the bridge and said that U.S. products, such as steel, weren’t used in the construction.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/international-relations/what-is-the-gordie-howe-bridge-and-why-is-trump-threatening-to-keep-it-shut/ar-AA1W4VSa

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Trump can say that during construction.

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

You wanted consistency? Sure Trump actually did a few things right his first term, but responded to bribes a lot more in his second

[-] DrBanjo@reddthat.com 2 points 18 hours ago

Can someone bribe him to just disappear?

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

I’m currently watching a video about the Qatari bribe of a private 747 (“free” will cost twice as much as the new Air Force one initiated by Obama and will leave with Trump) …..

Apparently Trump’s plan for his library is to build a huge hotel with his Qatari jet bribe in the lobby on a prime lot in downtown Miami that somehow was sold to him for $10 (where’s that bribe investigation ?)

Finally getting to my point …. The way to control Drump for those of us unable to pay massive bribes is to use flattery, play to his vanity and narcissism. We could sidetrack him into paying attention to that hotel and he might just forget about minor things like being president. He’ll, let’s hire some British royal guards to really treat him like royalty, keep his focus on himself

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