The Gordie Howe International Bridge connecting Ontario and Michigan is set to open, months after U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to block it.
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford have suggested that Friday’s scheduled bridge opening might be delayed, but Carney said on Wednesday he is confident the span will open “as soon as possible.”
Trump was initially a booster of the project. A 2017 joint statement from Trump and Justin Trudeau, who was then prime minister, noted both leaders looked forward to the bridge’s completion, calling it “a vital economic link.”
But in February of this year, Trump lambasted Canada on the social media platform Truth Social for what he called its unfair treatment of the United States regarding the bridge.
His Feb. 9 post included false and misleading information about the bridge. Here is a look at some of his claims.
THE CLAIM
In his Truth Social post, Trump claimed Canada owns the entire bridge, including the part of the bridge located on U.S. soil.
“With all that we have given them, we should own, perhaps, at least one half of this asset,” he wrote.
THE FACTS
The Canadian government signed an agreement with the State of Michigan in 2012 to build the bridge.
Neither the United States nor Michigan paid for the bridge. Canada funded its entire construction at a cost of $6.4 billion, but Canada and Michigan ownership.
The agreement specified that a Canadian crossing authority — in this case the Windsor-Detroit Bridge...
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