US EditionDemocrats introduce bill to protect Gordie Howe Bridge from Trump threats
Democrats aim to block federal delays on the Gordie Howe Bridge opening after Trump threatened interference, citing risks to Michigan jobs and cross-border trade worth nearly $60 billion.
- Michigan leaders introduced the Michigan-Canada Partnership Act to prevent the Trump Administration from blocking the Gordie Howe International Bridge opening without Congressional or gubernatorial approval.
- President Trump threatened to block the bridge opening unless Canada compensates the U.S. and transfers ownership rights, calling for renegotiations to start immediately.
- Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer emphasized the bridge's economic importance and noted ongoing discussions with the Trump Administration supporting its timely opening.
- U.S. Representative Robert Garcia requested transparency about meetings between the Trump Administration and the Ambassador Bridge owner, alleging undue influence and corruption.
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Canada and the Constitutional Problem Beneath the Bridge
President Trump has declared that he'll block the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge - a major infrastructure project connecting Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario - unless "the United States is fully compensated for everything we have given [Canada]."
Three reasons the Gordie Howe Bridge is worth a fight
Editor’s note: This story first appeared in Stephen Henderson’s “I Have Questions” Substack. Henderson is the founder and executive advisor for BridgeDetroit. It has been at least a 14-year journey from concept to almost-open for the Gordie Howe Bridge across the Detroit River. Fourteen years of forging an unusual deal, wrangling state, federal and international bureaucracy, community negotiations and input, and a painstaking, arduous site prepa…
The Democrats claim to have opened an investigation into the threat of US President Donald Trump delaying the opening of the Gordie-Howe International Bridge.
U.S. lawmakers move to block interference in Gordie Howe bridge as scrutiny grows over Ambassador Bridge meeting
As questions mount in Washington over a reported meeting between the Trump administration and the owner of the Ambassador Bridge, U.S. lawmakers are taking fresh steps to protect the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge.
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