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[–] JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world 50 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Manuel Moroun ran a television commercial years ago explicitly addressed to Trump begging him to help stop this new bridge.

The Moroun family owns the Ambassador Bridge, collecting a $50 toll from each of a few hundred trucks that cross it daily. They also own the duty free shops on either side I believe. Of course they have opposed a publicly owned bridge since the day it was proposed.

It's not surprising Trump would be stoking the flames here. Support an old billionaire buddy's family while simultaneously distracting from both the Epstein files and ICE? Three birds with one stone. Unfortunately for him, the time to stop the Gordie Howe was before it was built, not after billions have been spent.

This might result in delays, but the only thing coming from that is more resentment from the people that paid for it.

[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 36 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I never realized something like infrastructure connecting two nations together was susceptible to private wealth like that, thats ridiculous.

[–] HamFistedVegan@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago

Welcome to America.

Anything and everything is susceptible to private wealth and exploitation of the poor.

Doesn't matter if it's your health or your property or you name it. It can and will be exploited to take money from you. The plebs.

[–] JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

To cheer you up a bit, here is Tom Scott talking about another ridiculous bridge, albeit quite a bit smaller.

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

To cheer everyone up a bit, here's a bit about that time a WV town got a bridge built by asking the USSR.

[–] arrrse@piefed.social 6 points 4 days ago

Well that makes sense. Trump truly is a man of the people

[–] Blade9732@lemmy.world 29 points 4 days ago (3 children)

"Construction began in 2018" He does know who was President in 2018, right?

[–] arrrse@piefed.social 10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Clearly not if he was wondering how Jerome Powell was nominated in the 1st place

Edit: and as if facts would matter to the shart lord even if he knew them

[–] JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

He also allocated 15 million to the project back in 2020.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago

"the same asshole who signed the USMCA"

[–] Undearius@lemmy.ca 24 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

The [bridge] would not open until Ottawa "treats the United States with the Fairness and Respect that we deserve", Trump wrote on social media.

According to the project's website, the bridge is being funded by the Canadian government but will be publicly owned by both Canada and Michigan.

I guess Trump wants Canada to invoice him for half of the cost.

[–] Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

We should send a bill that would be hilarious.

[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 11 points 4 days ago

If I hadn't heard the 99%Invisible episode about the Ambassador Bridge that story would have made a lot less sense. https://99percentinvisible.org/category/infrastructure/

This article reads like the Maroun family have poked the beast, who is now angry that he didn't wet his beak.

[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 days ago

With friends like these who needs enemies?

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

We should change the name to the Elbows Up bridge.

[–] lauha@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

Trump-Epstein love bridge

[–] Gork@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 days ago

Is it Infrastructure Week™ yet?