Trump threatens to bar the new US-Canada bridge from opening, demands talks with Ottawa (www.reuters.com)
from RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to world@lemmy.world on 10 Feb 00:52
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Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca on 10 Feb 00:57 next collapse

There is nothing to negotiate. Close the bridge.

PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org on 10 Feb 00:58 next collapse

Bruh you already built the fucking bridge just use it <img alt="AmeriKKKa" src="https://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/6dedb145-206a-4b35-ab5e-c9e41e1130c7.png">

Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca on 10 Feb 01:06 collapse

Canada paid for, and built the bridge. We should just ban any vehicle with US plates from using it.

devolution@lemmy.world on 10 Feb 01:00 next collapse

Close the bridge. Canada doesn’t need us.

AlexLost@lemmy.world on 10 Feb 01:25 collapse

You are correct, Canada is currently not on fire and we’d like to keep it that way. Fix your shit

gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works on 10 Feb 01:07 next collapse

Tbh Canada should just close it from their end.

They should also post Canadian Army patrols at crossings and perhaps start running random patrols (and definitely step up drone surveillance along the border), just in case ICEatzgruppen is feeling expeditionary.

Archangel1313@lemmy.ca on 10 Feb 01:19 next collapse

Fuck Trump, and anything he’s asking for. Everything he thinks he’s doing to hurt Canada, just ends up hurting Americans as much, if not more.

Cyclist@lemmy.world on 10 Feb 02:14 collapse

Trump did make a good point in his post: because Canada is negotiating a deal with China, China is going to cancel all ice hockey in Canada.

FaceDeer@fedia.io on 10 Feb 05:23 collapse

There's precedent. China made some trade deals with Nigeria and there's hardly any ice hockey going on in Nigeria now.

Mohamed@lemmy.ca on 10 Feb 03:18 next collapse

Such unhingedness:

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to bar the new $4.7 billion bridge …

[as reasons] Trump cited Canada’s ownership of the Gordie Howe International Bridge, …

The bridge was financed by Canada because the U.S. refused to pay for it and is set to open in the coming months.

Raiderkev@lemmy.world on 10 Feb 04:47 collapse

Mexico should be paying for it obviously.

Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca on 10 Feb 03:49 next collapse

Gordie Howe and his “Elbows Up”. Perfect name for the bridge.

mlg@lemmy.world on 10 Feb 04:13 next collapse

One one hand, the owners of the Ambassador bridge are a now dead billionaire’s family that wants to maintain its exclusive tolls on international traffic (and the highest traffic border crossing with Canada).

On the other hand, CBP spent no time setting up shop on the the bridge to arrest people who made a wrong turn.

I guess Detroit Windsor tunnel for the win lol.

visch@quokk.au on 10 Feb 05:12 collapse

Rename it Trump Bridge and he’ll be happy.

Then rename it Fuck Trump Bridge the second he’s out of power.