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Botany

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3. This is because the owner of the Ambassador Bridge that the Geordie Howe Bridge will replace has been ...
Mon Jun 29, 2026, 04:15 AM
19 hrs ago

paying Trump millions of dollars to stop the new one from opening. The old Ambassador Bridge is a straight in line bridge and the traffic goes through urban areas however the new bridge is curved so that traffic can get directly onto interstate highways or the Canadian freeway system. The owner of the old bridge doesn’t want to lose the tolls he is bringing in which is what will happen when the Geordie Howe
Bridge opens.

Trump is so corrupt it is not funny. He is literally taking bribes in the White House to make things
worse in both Canada and the United States. On this alone he should be impeached and removed
from office.




Old bridge.



The new bridge. Which feeds into The 401 in Canada and feeds into I 75, I 94, and I 96 in
Michigan.









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Donald Trump is by far the most conniving, corrupt, oasis 19 hrs ago #1
The bridge already is half US-owned (by the state of Michigan). Eugene 19 hrs ago #2
If I am understanding you correctly, after the loans taken out by Canada for construction are paid, flashman13 11 hrs ago #13
There's also a strong whiff of bribery. Eugene 9 hrs ago #14
THIS mn9driver 8 hrs ago #20
This is because the owner of the Ambassador Bridge that the Geordie Howe Bridge will replace has been ... Botany 19 hrs ago #3
This message was self-deleted by its author Botany 19 hrs ago #4
Sure is an insane asshole Whip-poor-will 18 hrs ago #5
New York Military Academy, Not PA's Valley Forge M.A.! ColoringFool 16 hrs ago #7
His saying he attended/went to/graduated from Wharton is a bit of a stretch AZJonnie 16 hrs ago #9
I think it was his Uncle who pulled the strings. Friends with the Admission guy Callie1979 15 hrs ago #12
"May?" be blocked by Trump. The sun may rise. Festivito 18 hrs ago #6
All Canada has to do is pay the necessary bribe ... FakeNoose 16 hrs ago #8
Oh No! There better not be a "return to normal" maxrandb 16 hrs ago #10
OK but this has nothing to do with our relations with Canada FakeNoose 16 hrs ago #11
I completely agree mdbl 8 hrs ago #19
Spoiler Alert: LudwigPastorius 9 hrs ago #15
Rename it The President Donald J. Trump Bridge and I guarantee it would open immediately Brother Buzz 9 hrs ago #16
Excellent Idea ! chouchou 8 hrs ago #17
As usual, Trump will steal from others mdbl 8 hrs ago #18
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