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Gordie Howe bridge opening scuttled after Trump officials pushed back (www.detroitnews.com)
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Two top Trump advisers privately pushed back this week on plans to open the long-awaited Gordie Howe International Bridge, according to three sources familiar with the behind-the-scenes discussions.

U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick had been appointed by President Donald Trump to lead discussions with the Canadians about opening the $4.7, six-lane span between Michigan and Ontario, citing “outstanding issues” that require resolution.

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Trump's comments followed the revelation of a meeting between Lutnick and Matthew Moroun, the billionaire owner of the Ambassador Bridge, whose private crossing will face the first competition for lucrative truck traffic in the Ambassador's 97 years of operation.

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[–] 10 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick had been appointed by President Donald Trump to lead discussions

Former envoy to the Netherlands, Pete Hoekstra? This asshole who ran away from reporters actually pressing on him questions instead of rolling over like Americans? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wD9NXj9HByU

He also did this, about the same incident. Called previous statement fake news, then, 11 seconds later, after being shown his own video, said he never called it fake news: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K8AwFc9hlf4

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    • [–] 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    "Pushed back"? It's corruption.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago

    Definitely, Trump's beak wasn't wet enough even if he just dived into the water. He's had a taste, everyone treats him with kid gloves.....so ask for more, and more....you thought that was enough? Nope a bit more. Fat fucker is gorging himself on the world's economy and the US lets him get away with it.

    Ya ya I know work and shit but the orange turd has flushed away all credibility of the US and still continues. Basically allowed themselves to be a rogue nation, when you feel Iran is the creditable party then you know you all fucked up. That was months ago. And here we are.

    He just wants his mob boss kickback as standard for bosses and orange piles of shit. I'd probably take a random mob boss over Trump they'd have some restraint and decency.

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    • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Fuck the Moroun family. They are at the heart of this and their sole ambition is to fuck over Detroit any chance they get

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    • [–] 4 points 4 months ago

    Just close the Ambassador Bridge until the Gordie Howe Bridge is opened. Moroun can either figure out how to compete with the new bridge or get nothing. Choose between having lower revenue or zero revenue.

    More trucks use the Blue Water Bridge than the Ambassador Bridge now anyway.

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    [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    Block the other crossings and let them decide.

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    [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    America is a shit hole and it's leaking out it's jorts.

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    [–] [S] 14 points 4 months ago

    For those who don't know about the bridge, Canada has been pushing this for a while but matty moroun always bribed "lobbied" the Michigan government to keep it from happening until the point that Canada offered to pay for All Of It and collect all the tolls, and even then moroun almost got them to turn down the deal.

    Now that it's finally done Moroun is trying to get trump to demand they get a percentage of the tolls or they'll get tarrifed or worse.

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    [–] 6 points 4 months ago

    It's a just a racket. Use your power to force bribes. How we were convinced America wasn't as corrupt as Russia is a master class in social engineering.

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    [–] 4 points 4 months ago

    Close the other crossings.

    Let them decide.

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    [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    We should be building the Gordie Howe underground ballistic missile complex instead

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