🇨🇦 Who is the billionaire donor family said to be behind Trump's delay in opening Gordie Howe bridge?

So Canada spends $6.4 billion of taxpayer money, builds the bridge, finishes the bridge, and still does not get to open the bridge. That is the whole comedy of the so-called rules-based partnership. The reported story is blunt enough: a billionaire bridge family donates US$1 million to MAGA Inc., Trump says he will block the opening, and suddenly a completed Canadian-funded project sits idle with no official date.

This is what dependency looks like when Ottawa mistakes access for sovereignty. Three million commercial vehicles crossed the Ambassador Bridge in 2025, and that figure is expected to fall to about 1.6 million after Gordie Howe opens, so of course entrenched interests are fighting. The real insult is that Washington allegedly sees the bridge as leverage over Canadian exporters while our political class keeps pretending continental integration is a fair deal. Canada pays, America squeezes, insiders collect tolls, and the public gets the bill plus the lecture.

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