- - Trump threatens to block new US-Canada bridge from opening

Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY February 10, 2026 at 2:31 AM

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President Donald Trump said he will not allow a bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, to open until the United States is "fully compensated for everything," further expressing his frustration about a possible Canada-China trade deal and baselessly predicting China will "terminate ALL Ice Hockey being played in Canada."

The Gordie Howe International Bridge, a $4.6 billion, 1.5-mile infrastructure project that connects Detroit with Windsor, Ontario, was approved in 2014. The six-lane bridge, expected to open in early 2026, would be one of the largest ports of entry in North America designed to improve traffic flow and border security.

"Canada is building a massive bridge between Ontario and Michigan. They own both the Canada and the United States side and, of course, built it with virtually no U.S. content," Trump wrote on Truth Social on Monday, Feb. 9. "President Barack Hussein Obama stupidly gave them a waiver so they could get around the BUY AMERICAN Act, and not use any American products, including our Steel. Now, the Canadian Government expects me, as President of the United States, to PERMIT them to just 'take advantage of America!'"

1 / 11Canadians fighting Trump’s tariffs, surge in patriotismAlain Ejeil and his wife Joyce Takla at their Bidon Taverne Culinaire in St. Lambert, Quebec in the Montreal area at the bar. Ejeil stopped buying American food items and pulled U.S.-made wines and spirits from his shelves back in February after President Donald Trump started to taunt Canada with the threat of tariffs and American statehood. It wasn't an easy decision, he said, but as a Canadian, it was the right thing to do.

Trump also sought 50% ownership of the bridge.

"We will start negotiations, IMMEDIATELY. With all that we have given them, we should own, perhaps, at least one half of this asset," he wrote.

The president then pivoted to his continued displeasure over a possible trade deal between Canada and China. Last month, Trump threatened to impose a 100% tariff on goods imported from Canada if the country moves ahead with a trade deal with China, following a string of insults lobbed at its neighbor during the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland.

Referring to the Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney as "Governor Carney" — drawing on his oft-stated desire to annex Canada and absorb it as the 51st state of the United States — Trump wrote if Carney "thinks he is going to make Canada a 'Drop Off Port' for China to send goods and products into the United States, he is sorely mistaken."

1 / 79Donald Trump's second term: Actions, travels of the 47th presidentPresident Donald Trump and his wife Melania arrive for the premiere of the documentary film "Melania" at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, recently renamed to include U.S. President Donald Trump's name, in Washington, DC on Jan. 29, 2026.

Canada has not yet reached a trade deal with the United States, and the 2020 Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement is up for review this year.

"Prime Minister Carney wants to make a deal with China — which will eat Canada alive. We’ll just get the leftovers! I don't think so," wrote Trump on Feb. 9. "The first thing China will do is terminate ALL Ice Hockey being played in Canada, and permanently eliminate The Stanley Cup."

"The Tariffs Canada charges us for our Dairy products have, for many years, been unacceptable, putting our Farmers at great financial risk," Trump continued. "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."

'Great powers have begun using economic integration as weapons'

The president has been incensed with Carney ever since his speech at Davos, describing a "rupture" in the world order and making clear Canada opposed tariffs imposed by the United States to further Trump's claims of acquiring Greenland and stood firmly with Denmark on its sovereignty over the island.

"We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition," Carney said Jan. 20. "Great powers have begun using economic integration as weapons."

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"The question for middle powers, like Canada, is not whether to adapt to this new reality. We must," Carney added. "Middle powers must act together, because if we’re not at the table, we’re on the menu."

Trump quipped back, saying Canada "should be grateful" to the United States.

Trump announced on Truth Social that he was excluding Carney from his Board of Peace, which the president established to help rebuild Gaza but has since expanded to target other conflicts.

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