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

[riversedge]

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

[Whyisthisstillclose]

1. We really need to take Dumpy's keys away.

[Wiz Imp]

2. How does a private individual have control over a major border crossing?

[underpants]

3. I was going to ask the same thing.

I knew there was a move to go back to privately owned roadways in the 2000’s.

People used to own bridges (like the Manchester Bridge here in Richmond) and had a tremendous amount of control. They could ruin a farmer and swoop up their land or do it on behalf of a friend (bribe)

[Raven123]

4. Put a billionaire and Trump in a room and anything can happen

[reACTIONary]

7. At one time Warren Buffet was a part owner...

https://medium.com/@adamraczkowski/the-billionaire-and-the-bridge-6e0bdbe5e4d7

In the 1920s, with the Detroit automotive industry providing strong backing, the private Detroit International Bridge Company was formed. Construction was completed in 1929, just in time for the Great Depression, which put the company into bankruptcy in the 1930s. Through this process, the company became publicly traded. By the late 1970s, Warren Buffet owned a quarter of the Detroit International Bridge Company, as did Matty Moroun. Drawing on the resources of his trucking firm, Matty Moroun bought out Warren Buffet and other investors, taking the company private for $30 million in 1979.

[James48]

8. He bought it. Has owned it forever, and doesn't want competition.

He paid republicans big bucks to try and derail it back in 2015 or so.

[JBTaurus83]

5. I called this in a different thread

I figured the Moroun family was bribing the pig.

[tanyev]

6. Ah. And what else did Moroun bring to the meeting?

Golden Tchotchke? Giant novelty check plus real one? Bag of cash?

[JBTaurus83]

9. The Moroun's

Are the largest holders of slum properties in Detroit and Windsor.

[FakeNoose]

11. Chump and his family can relate to that

He doesn't own much anymore, but that's where he came from.

[bsiebs]

10. Everything with Trump... follow the money...

[ToxMarz]

12. I think it's time for the Morouns to get a little taste of eminent domain

I'm sure if Trump make a case for invading Greenland, some President could consider an international bridge to be within the purview of the Government.

[AllyCat]

13. Can anyone help me understand how a billionaire controls a

Bridge that spans the border of 2 countries?

[aeromanKC]

14. Canada should boycott the moron bridge!!

[mdbl]

15. How much did he have to grease Donald Dump's butt to get this to happen?

[mysteryowl]

16. That is the first time I have known of trump being called "MAGA leader"

It's very funny. He gets demoted by that label. He is "king" of only the maga sheeple.

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

20. I did a double take, too...

... eom.

[Ilikepurple]

17. It's interesting, just yesterday we had members downplaying the possibility of a connection

I perhaps lean a little too hard into thinking every move this administration makes should be considered a result of a backroom deal until evidenced otherwise, but many lean hard the other way thinking that anyone considering the possibility of any seemingly outlandish motive behind this administration’s outlandish acts is a gaging in wishful or conspiracy thinking. I didn’t know anything yesterday but suspected the Mathew Maroun was still fighting the good fight against the Geordie Howe bridge. The family has long wanted to own a second bridge across the border, perhaps this is a path too it for the Maroun enterprises. The least sensational explanation is not always right, especially in these times. Obviously, the most sensational explanation is often wrong also. It pays to have multiple people to look at issues from multiple angles as we all have different background knowledge and biases.

[mwmisses4289]

18. Yup, as soon as I read that paragraph in the other article, I had a feeling that was the reason.

[BidenRocks]

19. Nice bridge ya got there!

Here is a court order of eminent domain.