Detroit bridge owner donates $1 million to MAGA PAC before Trump’s Gordie Howe Bridge post, records show
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TheowneroftheAmbassadorBridgedonated$1milliontoMAGAInc.,apoliticalactioncommitteesupportingPresidentTrump,lessthanamonthbeforethepresidentthreatenedtoblocktheopening oftheGordieHoweInternationalBridge,accordingtodocumentsfromtheFederalElectionCommission.
DetailsofthedonationbyMatthewMorounwereobtainedbyCBSNewsDetroitand firstreportedbyTheNewYorkTimes.NewsofthedonationisthelatestsurroundingtheGordieHoweBridgeafterMr.TrumppostedonTruthSocialearlierthismonththathewouldstopitfromopening“untiltheUnitedStatesisfullycompensatedforeverythingwehavegiventhem.”
ThepresidentalsodemandsthatCanada“treatstheUnitedStateswiththeFairnessandRespectthatwedeserve.”
Moroun’snamewaslaterbroughttolightafterTheTimesfirstreported thathemetwithU.S.DepartmentofCommerceSecretaryHowardLutnickhoursbeforeMr.Trump’spost.Inresponse,DemocraticRep.RobertGarcia,therankingmemberofthe





