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Seemingly attempting to reassert control over the NATO ally, the president even threatened to shutter an almost finished $4.7 billion bridge project that will make it easier for motorists to travel between Michigan and Ontario.
He did not elaborate on how he would block the Gordie Howe International Bridge, but said that the Canadian government had built the bridge without using any US steel or other ‘American products’ – even though the entire project was funded by Canada.
Trump blamed ‘President Barack Hussein Obama’ for approving the project, despite the fact that construction had begun in his own first term in office, even signing an approving joint statement with then-PM Justin Trudeau as construction began in 2018.
While claiming that the publicly-owned bridge, which is in addition to the existing private Ambassador Bridge, would somehow ‘take advantage of America’, Trump added: « I will not allow this bridge to open until the United States is fully compensated for everything we have given them. »
It is not clear how this block on the international bridge would be implemented, but the president added: « Also, importantly, Canada treats the United States with the Fairness and Respect that we deserve. »Michigan Democratic Senator Elissa Slotkin told the Guardian that ‘canceling this project will have serious repercussions’.
