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Trump threatens to stop opening of Canada-US bridge

US President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House after arriving on Marine One on February 9, 2026 in Washington. [AFP]

President Donald Trump threatened Monday to stop the opening of a new bridge between the United States and Canada, in a fresh salvo against the country he has suggested should become the 51st US state.

Trump said the United States should own "at least half" of the still under-construction Gordie Howe International Bridge that links the Canadian province of Ontario with the US state of Michigan.

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