Utopia Talk / Politics / New Canada bridge may be blocked

Rugian rank	Wed Feb 11 15:22:20 Bridge Owner Lobbied Administration Before Trump Blasted Competing Span to Canada A Detroit billionaire met with Howard Lutnick, the commerce secretary, hours before President Trump said he would block the opening of a new bridge connecting Detroit to Canada, officials said. The billionaire owner of a bridge connecting Michigan with Canada met Howard Lutnick, the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, on Monday hours before President Trump lambasted a competing span, in the latest flashpoint in the deteriorating relationship between the United States and Canada. Matthew Moroun is a Detroit-based trucking magnate whose family has operated the Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, for decades. He met on Monday with Mr. Lutnick in Washington, according to two officials briefed on the meeting who requested anonymity to discuss a private conversation. After that meeting Mr. Lutnick spoke with Mr. Trump by phone about the matter, the officials said. Shortly afterward, Mr. Trump threatened to block the planned opening of a new bridge between Detroit and Windsor, which would take away toll revenue from Mr. Moroun’s crossing, if Canadian officials did not address a long list of grievances. The Moroun family has for decades mounted legal challenges to block or delay the competing project, known as Gordie Howe International Bridge. One of the challenges reached the Canadian Supreme Court, while the family has also lobbied extensively against it. The new bridge was fully paid for by Canada but is owned in part by Michigan, and is expected to ease congestion in the busiest trade corridor between the United States and Canada. “The fact that Canada will control what crosses the Gordie Howe bridge, and owns the land on both sides, is unacceptable to the president,” Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, told reporters on Tuesday. “It’s also unacceptable that more of this bridge isn’t being built with more American-made materials.” She added: “This is just another example of President Trump putting America’s interest first.” In a rambling social media post on Monday evening, Mr. Trump threatened to stop the bridge from its scheduled opening later this year, saying that he wants to punish Canada for exploiting the United States and for reviving its trade relationship with China, among other purported transgressions. It was not immediately clear how Mr. Trump would block the opening of the Gordie Howe Bridge, which remains under construction. The new crossing, which cost $4.7 billion, was paid for by Canada and is to be operated jointly by Canada and Michigan under a public-private arrangement. The Moroun family had previously called on Mr. Trump to halt the construction of bridge — which, once opened, would compete with the Ambassador Bridge for the more than $300 million in daily cross-border trade. Mr. Trump on Monday suggested in a post that the United States might seek to acquire “at least one half” of the new bridge and take a cut of the tolls. In his first term, Mr. Trump had promoted the Gordie Howe Bridge in a joint statement with Canadian officials as a symbol of the countries’ deep ties and as “a vital economic link between our two countries.” https://ww...ridge-owner-trump-lutnick.html
Rugian rank	Wed Feb 11 15:23:18 Just a reminder as well...Howard Lutnick visited Epstein's island. We are ruled by openly corrupt pedophiles. Have a great day
Paramount rank	Wed Feb 11 16:43:53 I’ve been telling you that for 20 years. You are run by a Zionist mafia (Jews) and their elite pedos.
Pillz rank	Wed Feb 11 16:55:35 How long until Rugian starts to use the word Jews? How long until Sam openly defends pedophilia as a good, high-IQ Jewish trait?
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