- Matthew Moroun, owner of the Ambassador Bridge, met privately with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Monday, just hours before Trump publicly threatened to block the opening of the competing Gordie Howe International Bridge, according to a New York Times report.
- The $4.7 billion Gordie Howe bridge, fully paid for by Canada, is set to compete with Moroun's Ambassador Bridge for over $300 million in daily cross-border trade, and has been the subject of decades-long litigation and lobbying efforts by Moroun's family to block its construction.
- White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt defended Trump's involvement, stating that the president is "putting America's interest first" and objecting to Canada's control over the bridge and the use of non-American materials in its construction, as reported by the New York Times.
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