WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump threatened on Monday (Feb 9) to cease the opening of a brand new bridge between america and Canada, in a contemporary salvo towards the nation he has steered ought to turn out to be the 51st US state.
Trump mentioned america ought to personal “no less than half” of the nonetheless under-construction Gordie Howe Worldwide Bridge that hyperlinks the Canadian province of Ontario with the US state of Michigan.
Work on the US$4.7-billion bridge – named after the late Canadian-born Nationwide Hockey League nice Gordie Howe – began in 2018 and it is because of open later this 12 months.
“I cannot enable this bridge to open till america is absolutely compensated for every little thing we now have given them, and likewise, importantly, Canada treats america with the Equity and Respect that we deserve,” Trump posted on Fact Social.
“We are going to begin negotiations, IMMEDIATELY.”
The 79-year-old Republican complained that Canada owned either side of the bridge and used “nearly” no US merchandise to construct it.
“And now, on high of every little thing else, Prime Minister (Mark) Carney needs to make a take care of China – which can eat Canada alive. We’ll simply get the leftovers! I do not assume so,” Trump added.
Washington has threatened to slap 100 per cent tariffs on Canada after Carney visited Beijing final month and sealed a preliminary trade deal with China.
The US chief in the meantime repeated the outlandish declare that Beijing would “terminate ALL Ice Hockey being performed in Canada”.
Trump has clashed with Canada over commerce since returning to workplace in January 2025. He beforehand known as for america to annex Canada however has largely dropped that declare in current months.
Carney in the meantime warned at the Davos forum last month that the US-led international system of governance is enduring “a rupture”, in a thinly veiled reference to Trump’s disruption, and argued for mid-level powers to group collectively.
