"It was supposed to open Friday, it is not open because Trump says he does not want it open

[riversedge]

#BREAKING: Legendary #Maddow: “It was supposed to open Friday, it is not open because Trump says he does not want it open. When this bridge does open some day, if Trump ever lets it open, you should know that there is a competing bridge a little way down the river, a privately-owned very old very congested toll bridge that will likely LOSE some of its traffic…because of competition. It will lose some of its traffic to this pretty, brand new bridge that has just been built. The family that operates the competing old bridge, earlier this year, made a $1 million donation to Donald Trump’s super pac. In short order, a member of that family then got an in person meeting with Trump’s Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. The White House and the pac say that was just a coincidence…but after the million dollar donation, he gets this meeting, and then the SAME day of the meeting, Howard Lutnick calls President Donald Trump and then Trump suddenly discovers new supposedly trade-related reasons why he’s now suddenly against this bridge, even though previously he has been for it.” 🤦‍♀️

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[pat_k]

1. The corruption is staggering.

[A HERETIC I AM]

2. The patriarch of the family that owns it was the most hated man in Detroit

Manual Maroun died in 2000 and you would be hard pressed to find a man more despised in Detroit than that asshole.

Fuck the Maroun family. Manuel acquired the bridge through purchasing a controlling interest in stock and it’s been a bone of contention ever since. The state of Michigan should just seize it from them.

But for fucks sake, open the Geordie Howe Bridge! What an asshole Trumpy is.

It will cut the Ambassador bridge traffic to nothing but cars which will make things easier for Detroiters and WIndsor residents.

[Fiendish Thingy]

3. Carney should close the other bridge. Nt

[SorellaLaBefana]

4. Yes, Please

[SCantiGOP]

9. That would hurt Canada

far more than it would the US.

[Fiendish Thingy]

12. Would it?

Not if Carney stopped oil and gas shipments to the US at the same time.

[AllaN01Bear]

5. rich so and sos .

[senseandsensibility]

6. Rachel's opening was about this on Monday night

She did a great job but more outlets need to be covering this. It's outrageous.

[Bev54]

7. When the deal was done 8 years ago the Ambassador Bridge was going to be destroyed

when the Gordie Howe Bridge was open. It is old and in need of repairs but the oligarch that owns it, is not doing anything to repair it but doesn't seem willing to understand it is beyond its buy sell date.

[Botany]

8. The new bridge puts traffic right onto the

United States & Canada's freeway systems
with curved roadways but the old Ambassador Bridge is a straight line and
dumps the traffic into urban congestion.
The Metro Detroit and Metro Windsor X border businesses is worth billions.

How fucking corrupt is Trump?

[iluvtennis]

10. Link to YouTube video on Rachel's segment on the bridge no opening.

The level of corruption under this administration

[JoseBalow]

11. There's also a tunnel

[ChicagoTeamster]

13. Every major news org should broadcast this