“…the American president is a toothless old tiger, roaring on social media as his real power slips away. He can still extort a secondhand Nobel Prize from a dissident leader, but he’s not taking the Stanley Cup.
Elbows up.”
Liz Dye serves up zesty essay.
It's Bridgegate 2.0, only much dumber.
Named for the Canadian hockey legend, the Gordie Howe Bridge was first conceived more than 20 years ago as a bi-national endeavor.
The bridge is jointly owned by Canada and the state of Michigan and has been under construction since 2018. It was built using both Canadian and American steel and labor. The $6 billion construction cost was fronted by the Canadian government, which will pay itself back with toll revenue, after which it will split the proceeds with Michigan. And while Trump rails at Obama, the agreement was inked in 2012 by the state’s Republican Gov. Rick Snyder.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt repeated Trump’s lies yesterday, along with the bizarre claim that “Canada will control what crosses the Gordie Howe Bridge,” as if the US will surrender its ability to interdict imports at the northern border.
For decades, the bridge enjoyed broad support by leaders on both sides of the border, who hailed it as an economic boon for both countries. Pretty much the only people opposed were the Moroun family, which owns the competing Ambassador Bridge, as well as the duty-free shops that flank it.
{ what a maroon! }
First, Manuel Moroun and then his son Matthew waged a contentious legal battle to preserve their exclusive right to collect tolls on the border crossing which sees the transit of more then 25 percent of US-Canada trade. They also rained down cash on Republican politicians in a doomed attempt to block the deal.
The New York Times reports that Trump’s threats are traceable to Moroun-ic rent seeking.
Matthew Moroun met Monday with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to demand that the Republican president confine cross-border trade to his own aging overpass, whose four lanes struggle to handle the boom in trade since its construction almost a century ago. Lutnick immediately called up Trump to complain, although his message seems to have only partly penetrated. Instead of cancelling the bridge deal, Trump conscripted it for his own extortionate purposes.
But the world has become inured to the rage tweets of a demented old man.
Bridging the Gap between US & Canada ... with Bikes!!
Canadian & US Flags on Gordie Howe International Bridge
Last week the Gordie Howe International Bridge shared that the Canadian and US flags have found their permanent home at center of the bridge deck, adding “Soon you’ll be able to see the flags for yourself from the multi-use path as you walk or bike across the bridge.” Bike to Canada you say?? Beauty!!
The Gordie Howe Bridge multi-use path…
Progress pictures, taken by me over the last few years, of the Gordie Howe Bridge connecting Windsor, Ontario Canada to Detroit, Michigan USA.
What a strange time in political history to have come to the completion of this project.
*note the black hawk chopper flying through the middle of the completed bridge. We’ve never needed border security, it’s honestly sad to see/hear this monster flying up and down the river.
Gordie Howe International Bridge lights the night!
Gordie Howe International Bridge lights the night! by Andrew Dean Aerial Photography
I heard rumors yesterday that were confirmed when I woke up this morning to Andrew’s eye-popping shots of the Gordie Howe International Bridge from Detroit to Canada all lit up! Andrew shares that this isn’t the final stage either. According to the Gordie Howe social media pages – the bridge will have 5,000…
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