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   From: mail-a-losssng@hmn.com   
      
   A bridge scandal? Sure, why not.   
      
   On Monday, Trump posted that he would block the opening of a new U.S.–Canada   
   bridge between Detroit and Windsor “until the United States is fully   
   compensated for everything we have given them.” All right. He’s still mad at   
   Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney for cutting a trade deal with China and   
   for generally—here we go, we’re going to deploy this stupid word and see what   
   happens—mogging him at Davos. So he won’t let Canada open a bridge that would   
   ease congestion at a major international commercial crossing, which speaks to   
   Carney’s general point about how the United States has become too irrational   
   an actor to lead the global order.   
      
   But there’s more! Matthew Moroun, the billionaire owner of an existing, rival   
   bridge—the Ambassador Bridge—has for years fought against the creation of the   
   new bridge. And as the New York Times reported, Moroun met with the one and   
   only Howard Lutnick on Monday, hours before Trump’s post, after which Lutnick   
   spoke to Trump by phone. Trump’s post came after that telephone conversation.   
   And with that, another episode’s worth of major investigation that would’ve   
   done meaningful damage to any previous administration is added to the   
   mountainous pile.   
      
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