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Ambassador Bridge owner’s $1M donation to Trump PAC precedes border bridge threat
Matthew Moroun donated $1 million to MAGA Inc. before Trump threatened to block the Gordie Howe Bridge opening amid a cross-border infrastructure dispute.
- Matthew Moroun, owner of the Ambassador Bridge, donated $1 million to MAGA Inc. on Jan. 16, as revealed in the Feb. 20, 2026 FEC disclosure, less than a month before Trump threatened to block a new bridge.
- Matthew Moroun's family has long opposed the Gordie Howe International Bridge, a $4.7 billion Canada-financed project co-owned by Canada and Michigan roughly three miles away from the Ambassador Bridge expected to cut traffic from 3 million to around 1.6 million vehicles annually.
- On Feb. 9, hours before Trump's post, Moroun met with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who called Trump after; Brendan Fischer flagged the $1,000,000 receipt in the Federal Election Commission monthly disclosure.
- Handling $323 million in goods daily, the Ambassador Bridge faces traffic diversion and toll revenue loss as the Department of Homeland Security's Jan. 30 rule takes effect March 2.
- Critics noted past patterns of donor access and lobbying, while White House spokesman Kush Desai said, `Infrastructure being built over America’s border that connects Canada’s $2.3 trillion economy to America’s $30 trillion economy should first and foremost benefit America and Americans.
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Moroun gave $1M to PAC supporting Trump prior to president’s tirade over Gordie Howe Bridge
The Gordie Howe International Bridge | John Coletti/Getty ImagesNewly released campaign finance data shows that a political action committee, MAGA Inc., which directly supported President Donald Trump’s previous campaign efforts and continues to serve his “Make America Great Again” movement, was given $1 million by the owners of the Ambassador Bridge just a month before the president took aim at its main competitor. Matthew Moroun, a trucking ma…
Moroun donated $1M US to Trump-supporting political action committee before Gordie Howe bridge threats
The wealthy owner of a nearly century-old bridge connecting Michigan and Ontario gave $1 million US to a Trump-aligned political action committee less than a month before the U.S. president unleashed an online tirade against a new competing span down the Detroit River, records show.
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