Carney speaks to Trump after president erupts over Gordie Howe Bridge

[Spazito]

PM explained to Trump that Canada paid for Windsor-Detroit crossing and that Michigan owns part of it

Prime Minister Mark Carney said he spoke to his U.S. counterpart early Tuesday morning about the Gordie Howe International Bridge, which Donald Trump has threatened to block, explaining to him that Canadians paid for the bridge in full and that the Americans already have an ownership stake.

Carney said he told Trump that the federal government paid some $4 billion to build the Windsor-Detroit bridge and that it was built with Canadian and U.S. workers and steel from both countries, despite the president's bogus claims that there was "virtually no U.S. content" used during construction.

While Trump said the federal government owns "both the Canada and the United States side," the bridge is in fact publicly owned by both Canada and Michigan. The Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority, which will be responsible for operating the bridge, is a Canadian Crown corporation.

"This is a great example of co-operation between our countries. I look forward to its opening," Carney told reporters on Parliament Hill on Tuesday morning. "What is particularly important, of course, is the commerce and the tourism and the voyages of Canadians and Americans that will go across that bridge."

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"It was a positive conversation," Carney said, adding he told Trump that Canada's women's hockey team will beat the Americans in their Olympic matchup today. "It's a big game today and we're going to win."

a little more...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trump-carney-gordie-howe-bridge-9.7082658

I lol'd at Carney's poke re the hockey game later today although teasing a toddler like trump is risky.

[Dave Bowman]

1. The vomit inducing cretin keeps making a fool of himself. Sad.

[CrispyQ]

2. I don't think Trump watches any sports unless it's from a box office for PR, but he'd never watch women's teams compete!

Good for Carney setting the record straight on the bridge, but the cult will never hear it.

[ChicagoTeamster]

3. Trump wants to make money off of the bridge. The company owning the Ambassador US-Canada bridge probably bribed him.

There's tolls on all of the US-Canada bridges and one tunnel. He probably wants to bring in a company he will have some control over to get some of the toll money from the bridge. He'll rewrite a management agreement to include his company and all other parties have to agree or no license.

[Spazito]

4. He might try...

but, then again, one needs only to look at the numerous court cases he has already lost to know the odds for this kind of action.

[ChicagoTeamster]

5. He probably will try. He's gambling with the house's money and will never play his debts.