Carney Tries to Resolve Trump’s Demands Over New Bridge

“Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he is seeking to defuse a new row with the U.S. over President Trump’s threat to block the opening of a new bridge connecting Michigan and Ontario,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Carney said he spoke on Tuesday to Trump after the president’s Truth Social post suggesting the U.S. should take an ownership stake of at least 50% in the new Gordie Howe International Bridge, and complained that U.S. products, like steel, weren’t used in the construction of the 1.5-mile corridor.”

Said Carney: “I explained that Canada, of course, paid for the construction of the bridge.”