A bridge to Canada may be blocked by the Trump administration
Source: NPR
June 28, 2026 4:17 PM ET
Millions of trucks carrying billions of dollars worth of car parts, machinery and a long list of other commodities pass checkpoints along one small stretch of the U.S.-Canada border each year. It's known as North America's busiest land crossing, and it sits between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario.
NPR's Don Gonyea recently visited this crossing to take a look at a brand new bridge that sits completed and unopened. Construction on the Gordie Howe International Bridge, named for the Hall of Fame Canadian-born hockey legend who played for the Detroit Red Wings, began in 2018. It was set to open early this year. That was before President Trump intervened in a social media post.
Trump demanded that Canada share ownership with the United States before he would allow the bridge to open. Months passed. In June, the bridge authority actually scheduled a grand opening. But at the last minute, it was canceled.
Stephen Laskowski is president of the Canadian Trucking Alliance and head of the Ontario Trucking Association. He was about to make his way to the grand opening when he got the news.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2026/06/28/nx-s1-5828903/trump-gordie-howe-bridge-canada-blocked
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paying Trump millions of dollars to stop the new one from opening. The old Ambassador Bridge is a straight in line bridge and the traffic goes through urban areas however the new bridge is curved so that traffic can get directly onto interstate highways or the Canadian freeway system. The owner of the old bridge doesn’t want to lose the tolls he is bringing in which is what will happen when the Geordie Howe
Bridge opens.
Trump is so corrupt it is not funny. He is literally taking bribes in the White House to make things
worse in both Canada and the United States. On this alone he should be impeached and removed
from office.
Old bridge.
The new bridge. Which feeds into The 401 in Canada and feeds into I 75, I 94, and I 96 in
Michigan.
I guess they forgot to do that!
Or, they can wait until Chump is gone and everything will be back to normal with the next D president.
Nice rant though!
