Trump's threat to Canada came hours after backroom meeting with billionaire competitor

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Source: raw story


Erik De La Garza February 10, 2026 6:53PM ET


A Detroit billionaire who owns a major U.S.-Canada border crossing met privately with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick just hours before Donald Trump publicly threatened to block the opening of a competing international bridge, according to a report from The New York Times.

Matthew Moroun, whose family has long controlled the Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, met with Lutnick in Washington on Monday, two officials briefed on the meeting told the Times. The officials said Lutnick later spoke by phone with Trump about the matter.

Not long after, the MAGA leader took to his Truth Social platform to rail against the new Gordie Howe International Bridge, which he threatened to block unless Canada addressed “a long list of grievances,” the Times reported Tuesday.................


Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/trump-canada-2675257271/

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Lutnick responded with lot of I don't knows this morning (I recall him being asked about some questions).
Seems he is busy running other errands for his boss Trump!


"Matthew Moroun, whose family has long controlled the Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, met with Lutnick in Washington on Monday
Not long after, the MAGA leader took to his Truth Social platform to rail against the new Gordie Howe Bridge"
www.rawstory.com/trump-canada...

"Matthew Moroun, whose family has long controlled the Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, met with Lutnick in Washington on Monday
Not long after, the MAGA leader took to his Truth Social platform to rail against the new Gordie Howe Bridge"
www.rawstory.com/trump-canada...

— Thinkronicity â„¢ (@thinkronicity.bsky.social) 2026-02-11T00:03:39.494Z