MichMash: Trump causes chaos for bridge opening to Canada; Whitmer presents last budget
On MichMash, Cheyna Roth and Alethia Kasben unpack the fallout from Trumps bridge threat, followed by Detroit Free Press reporter Paul Egan on the Whitmer administration’s final budget.
Paul Egen joins WDET's Cheyna Roth and Gongwer News Service's Alethia Kasben on this weeks episode of MichMash
In this episode:
- How the Gordie Howe Bridge affects both Canada and the United States.
- Republicans and Democrats react to Trump’s Truth Social post about the Gordie Howe Bridge.
- Governor Whitmer’s administration’s final budget of her tenure.
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As the Gordie Howe International Bridge sets to open this year, President Trump signaled he may stop the opening in a Truth Social post. This week on MichMash, WDET’s Cheyna Roth and Gongwer News Service’s Alethia Kasben discuss how lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are reacting to this surprising development.
This announcement from Trump blindsided many as the bridge is set to open later this year. Former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder, who helped broker the deal for the bridge during his tenure as governor, wrote an op-ed in the Detroit News asking Trump to reconsider including a point by point demonstration as to why the President was wrong.
Trump said the bridge is a bad deal but Synder disagreed saying American consumers will be hurt the most if the bridge remained closed.
Later in the episode, Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press Reporter, discusses the Whitmer administration’s final budget.
Whitmer’s 88-billion-dollar budget is an increase from the budget signed into law last year. Egan describes the economic picture leading up to this release as uncertain. “The economy is showing many signs of weakness amid tariffs… you also have the federal government, making significant cuts… on top of that, you also have, soaring health care costs, which is another major, major problem that they had to tackle and putting together this budget.”
The budget addresses other things such as colleges and universities, a rainy day fund, and transportation. Of the new funding for 2027, 69% will support local road projects and 10% will support transit and rail programs, according to budget documents.
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Michigan Democrats push back on Trump’s Gordie Howe Bridge threat
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