Well #Trump's bullshit has reached my backyard (the Gordie Howe bridge is visible from my house).
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Well #Trump's bullshit has reached my backyard (the Gordie Howe bridge is visible from my house).
To be perfectly clear... #USA protectionist border nonsense after 9/11 caused backups of trucks that caused horrible problems into Windsor (the city across from Detroit). #Ontario was so desperate for a second bridge (the 1st is crumbling & owned by a dirtbag corporation) that #Canada footed the entire bill for this incredible new bridge.
#UsPol #CdnPoli #politics #YQG
Trump threatens to block opening of new bridge between Ontario and Michigan | CBC News
U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to block the opening of the Gordie Howe Bridge, poised to become the newest border crossing between Windsor, Ont., and Detroit.
CBC (www.cbc.ca)
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Well #Trump's bullshit has reached my backyard (the Gordie Howe bridge is visible from my house).
To be perfectly clear... #USA protectionist border nonsense after 9/11 caused backups of trucks that caused horrible problems into Windsor (the city across from Detroit). #Ontario was so desperate for a second bridge (the 1st is crumbling & owned by a dirtbag corporation) that #Canada footed the entire bill for this incredible new bridge.
#UsPol #CdnPoli #politics #YQG
Trump threatens to block opening of new bridge between Ontario and Michigan | CBC News
U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to block the opening of the Gordie Howe Bridge, poised to become the newest border crossing between Windsor, Ont., and Detroit.
CBC (www.cbc.ca)
#Canada tried to get America to contribute to the bridge, but because the traffic problems were manufactured by US border patrol slowing crossings into the #USA the backups were 99% Canada's problem & and the leverage was against us so Canada reluctantly paid the bill needing only the land on the US side which Michigan provided.
Not only did America get the better deal here (a fabulous new border crossing for a major trade route) but they were also jerks about it.
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#Canada tried to get America to contribute to the bridge, but because the traffic problems were manufactured by US border patrol slowing crossings into the #USA the backups were 99% Canada's problem & and the leverage was against us so Canada reluctantly paid the bill needing only the land on the US side which Michigan provided.
Not only did America get the better deal here (a fabulous new border crossing for a major trade route) but they were also jerks about it.
My kids have grown up watching this beauty climb toward the sky beam by beam, on the horizon of our main highway. 🤩
We're all waiting to recuperate our tax dollars via tolls & smoother trade.
Almost a decade of construction and it hasn't even opened yet, you absolute dirt bag. 🤬
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@EdwinG Ambassador bridge is privately owned, hence half the problems.
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@EdwinG Ambassador bridge is privately owned, hence half the problems.
@syntaxseed Customs are not
That could be our point of leverage
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