"As Democrats prepare to force a vote in the US House this week on Donald Trump's tariffs on Canada, the president posted a lengthy diatribe on his social media platform in which he threatened to block a bridge connecting the US and Canada and made a bizarre false claim that increased trade between Canada and China would include a ban on Canadians playing ice hockey."
"The president also threatened to block the scheduled opening of the $4.6bn Gordie Howe International Bridge, connecting Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan, built by a binational partnership that won approval during the Obama administration but began construction in 2018, when Trump was president. I will not allow this bridge to open until the United States is fully compensated for everything we have given them, and also, importantly, Canada treats the United States with the Fairness and Respect that we deserve, Trump wrote on Monday."
Democrats plan to force a House vote this week on Trump's tariffs on Canada. Trump used his social media platform to threaten blocking the $4.6bn Gordie Howe International Bridge between Windsor and Detroit and made an unfounded claim tying increased Canada–China trade to a ban on Canadians playing ice hockey. The bridge was approved during the Obama administration, construction began in 2018, and the US Homeland Security Department designated it an official port of entry on 30 January. Michigan and Canadian officials had previously funded and advanced the project; Canadian and Michigan offices did not immediately comment.
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