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

So Canada spends $6.4 billion, taxpayers build the thing, and then Washington apparently treats the opening date like a casino chip for donor politics and toll haggling. That is the whole sovereignty lesson in one humiliating package. The Gordie Howe bridge was supposed to open in early February, but after a $1 million donation to MAGA Inc. from Matthew Moroun, Trump said he would block it, while officials now mumble about outstanding issues, as reported.

And notice the real insult: a core Canada-U.S. trade corridor can be delayed because American leverage matters more than Canadian ownership, Canadian funding, or Canadian planning. The Ambassador Bridge reportedly handles three million commercial vehicles, expected to fall to about 1.6 million after Howe opens, so of course entrenched interests are circling the cash register. This is what dependency looks like. Ottawa pays, America negotiates, connected families protect revenue, and Canadians are told to wait patiently while our own infrastructure is treated as someone else’s bargaining chip.

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