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groundloop

(14,057 posts) Fri Jul 10, 2026, 04:17 PM Friday

Detroit-Canada bridge to open by late July after delay due to issues between countries, sources say

Source: AP News

A completed bridge linking Detroit and Canada is expected to open by the end of the month after U.S. and Canadian officials reached an agreement to resolve the dispute that delayed its debut, according to two people directly involved in the negotiations.

The sources were not authorized to publicly disclose the deal before a formal announcement.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony scheduled for early June was postponed after the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority said the two countries needed more time to resolve “outstanding issues.” The delay followed President Donald Trump’s earlier threats to block the bridge’s opening.

Commercial traffic is now expected to begin before Aug. 1, according to two officials, though a date for the official ribbon-cutting ceremony has not yet been set.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/canada-us-bridge-trump-f36d38a7cee2f23f3bb1b014592eda55

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Detroit-Canada bridge to open by late July after delay due to issues between countries, sources say (Original Post) groundloop Friday OP

So, that would be the Trump Bridge? Permanut Friday #1

No way DownriverDem Friday #3

What a bullshit article mdbl Friday #2

THIS !!! Talitha Friday #5

BS DownriverDem Friday #4

Trump backs off his standoff in dispute over Canadian bridge LetMyPeopleVote 12 hrs ago #6

Permanut

(8,787 posts)

1. So, that would be the Trump Bridge?

Reply to groundloop (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2026, 04:22 PM

Friday

DownriverDem

(7,047 posts)

3. No way

Reply to Permanut (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 10, 2026, 06:37 PM

Friday

It's the Gordie Howe Bridge!

mdbl

(9,121 posts)

2. What a bullshit article

Reply to groundloop (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2026, 04:30 PM

Friday

The Gordie--Howe bridge opening was held up by the asshole in the white house due to whining from his asshole billionaire friend that owns the ambassador bridge which is over-crowded and falling apart. Canada paid for the new bridge to be built (even using mostly US Labor) and came up with a system to collect tolls until it pays itself off and then it will split the tolls with the US. Pres Dump has been telling them they need to give the US more money or they won't let it open - extortion of course

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/s4_gDSnBaIA

Talitha

(8,282 posts)

5. THIS !!!

Reply to mdbl (Reply #2)

Fri Jul 10, 2026, 08:04 PM

Friday

You're absolutely right - the article is bullshit.

Damn Dump.

DownriverDem

(7,047 posts)

4. BS

Reply to groundloop (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2026, 06:42 PM

Friday

Canada paid for the bridge since MI repubs wouldn't. The original deal was that Canada would recoup the money through fees. trump and his toadies acted like this wasn't part of the original plan. So you can bet that trump is making some kind of money deal. The Maroun family who own the Ambassador Bridge does not want the new bridge to open. They gave trump money to stop it opening.

LetMyPeopleVote

(184,867 posts)

6. Trump backs off his standoff in dispute over Canadian bridge

Reply to groundloop (Original post)

Mon Jul 13, 2026, 08:45 PM

12 hrs ago

trump took a bribe from the asshole who owns the competing bridge. I guess that trump asked for another bribe and was turned down or that trump wants to make Canada less unhappy

President Donald Trump is quietly backing off an aggressive trade posture against Canada, which some were suspicious was an under-the-table handout to major GOP donors.
— Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2026-07-11T10:30:23Z

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-canada-bridge-2677205342

President Donald Trump is quietly backing off an aggressive trade posture against Canada, which some were suspicious was an under-the-table handout to major GOP donors.

According to Politico, "Canada’s Housing and Infrastructure Department and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Friday" that the Gordie Howe International Bridge, a new suspension bridge connecting Detroit to Windsor, Ontario, "will open July 27. A statement from the Canadian government said the agreement was made 'with the support of the United States Government.'"

The bridge has sat closed for months after its completion, because President Donald Trump refused to open it, ostensibly in protest of Canadian trade practices unfair to the United States.

According to Politico, "Canada’s Housing and Infrastructure Department and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Friday" that the Gordie Howe International Bridge, a new suspension bridge connecting Detroit to Windsor, Ontario, "will open July 27. A statement from the Canadian government said the agreement was made 'with the support of the United States Government.'"

The bridge has sat closed for months after its completion, because President Donald Trump refused to open it, ostensibly in protest of Canadian trade practices unfair to the United States.

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