The United States President Donald Trump, in a new twist to the ongoing tensions with the neighbouring US, has threatened to close the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge, which is a high-profile infrastructure project between the two nations. The bridge will connect Ontario, Canada, to Michigan, the US, and is likely to be opened later this year.
According to a post on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump claimed that the United States ought to own at least half of the bridge and that Canada is treating the US very unfairly over the decades. He alleged that Canada was not paying sufficient amounts of money as Washington had supplied over the years and threatened that he would not permit the bridge to be opened until talks were commenced.
Trump wrote that until the United States received full compensation for all they had provided to them and until Canada dealt with the United States fairly and with reasonable respect, the bridge would not open. He equally criticized the project because of its alleged use of virtually no US material in its construction and reiterated his opposition to the fact that both sides of the bridge belonged to Canada.
The bridge construction started in 2018 at a cost of 4.7 billion. The project was named after the late Canadian-born National Hockey League legend Gordie Howe and was fully funded by Canada. The ownership of the bridge, according to a factsheet by the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority, will be divided and shared between the Canadian government and the state of Michigan the USA.
Trump also directed his criticism at the foreign policy of the larger Canadian people as a whole, thus censuring the recent visit by Prime Minister Mark Carney to China. He cautioned that a hypothetical Canada-China agreement would devour Canada, and he accused Beijing of trying to take over the economy of Ottawa. His remarks come with escalated tensions following threats of a Washington disaster for Canada by placing 100 percent tariffs on the country upon the visit of Carney to Beijing last month.
The commentaries are the most recent stage in the series of Trump and Canada disagreements since his re-election into office in January 2025. Although he has long stood by the proposal of annexing Canada, he has disavowed it recently. Canadian authorities have yet to officially react to the recent remarks made by Trump on the bridge.
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