President Donald Trump spent years promising to make Mexico pay for a wall at the US southern border. Mexico did not.
In a strange twist, Trump is now threatening to block the opening of a bridge at the northern border that Canada actually already paid for.
This is either next-level negotiation or a misunderstanding of the facts, or both, but an ultimatum Trump made on social media is the latest in a string of erratic moves that have confused his fellow world leaders.
The Gordie Howe International Bridge is basically completed
Trump should have previously known that the brand-new Gordie Howe International Bridge, which connects Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario, is set to open early this year, since his first administration tried to speed up construction in 2017.
The bridge is entirely funded by Canada, which decided to foot the bill after years of waiting for buy-in from the US. Conservative groups in the US have opposed spending taxpayer dollars on the bridge.
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