Trump says Gordie Howe bridge won't open without Canadian concessions

[demmiblue]

President Donald Trump says he will not allow the Gordie Howe International Bridge between Detroit and Windsor to open unless Canada makes significant concessions to the U.S.

Trump said in a Feb. 9 post on Truth Social that the U.S. will open negotiations with Canada, which has footed the entire bill for the $5.7-billion bridge construction project, but believes the U.S. should probably take ownership of at least half of it.

The bridge is expected to open early this year, after construction began in 2020.

"I will not allow this bridge to open until the United States is fully compensated for everything we have given them, and also, importantly, Canada treats the U.S. with the Fairness and Respect that we deserve," Trump wrote.

"With all that we have given them, we should own, perhaps, at least one half of this asset."

https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2026/02/09/trump-says-gordie-howe-bridge-wont-open-without-canadian-concessions/88597735007/

[yellow dahlia]

1. Please make it stop!

This Frankenstein's monster who is squatting in the WH is a stain on this country, and everything he gets near.

[LisaM]

2. Not only that...

China is going to eliminate hockey and cancel the Stanley Cup.

[LessAspin]

3. Detroit v Everybody

Sort of feels like another issue that can be used against John James, Mike Rogers, Tom Barrett, and every GOP candidate in Michigan..

Link to tweet

Add it to the list of issues to hang on these clowns that blindly follow Trump 🤡

[LessAspin]

10. 🇨🇳 China v Canada 🇨🇦

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Trump is just looking out for Canada and the Stanley Cup 🍶

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[msongs]

4. which side needs the bridge the most? canada just say NO and post an eff trump sign on your end nt

[gay texan]

5. Really freaking smart orange dipshit

Insult a Canadian hero...

[Cirsium]

6. Tragic

My friends and I at age 12 actually rode across the Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and Windsor on our bikes. No hassles, no worries.

Open borders! Kids pouring across on bikes!

[Wuddles440]

7. FUCK this POS!!!

[The Madcap]

8. Canada should pt a 200 ft tall Baby Trump

On the bridge on their side of the border.

[Fiendish Thingy]

9. We can wait until 2029.

Although it’d be a shame if US automakers couldn’t get essential Canadian made parts for the next few years…

[gfarber]

11. Gordie Howe Bridge

There once was a bridge newly done,
From Windsor to Michigan run.
But Trump slammed the gate,
Cried “We’ll block it—just wait!”
Till trade wondered what he’d begun.

The Chamber up north made a fuss,
Said, “Blocking yourself’s disastrous.
Is it real? Is it bluff?
Either way it’s rough stuff—
Self-defeat dressed up as a plus.”

Canada paid for the span,
A joint little U.S.–Can plan.
So it’s murky at best
How Trump could arrest
A bridge neither owned nor quite ran.

He might cry an “emergency” spell,
That trick he’s performed rather well.
If routine feels dire,
He’ll still pull the wire—
Expanded authority to sell.

Nearby stands Ambassador Bridge,
A toll-collecting old ridge.
Owned by Moroun’s clan,
They’d rather it stand
Without fresh new steel on the edge.

Trump mused, with a toll-boothy grin,
“We should get at least half—chip in.”
Praise once flowed like wine:
“A vital link!”—back in time,
Before coherence started to thin.

Bad Bunny one day—what a ride—
Canadian bridges next tide.
From tariffs to tunes,
To geopolitical prunes,
Mentally incontinent pride.