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The Gordie Howe Bridge — named after Canada’s hockey great — connects Windsor, Ontario, with Detroit, Michigan. Financed completely by Canada, the bridge now sits idle because Donald Trump says he wants part of the action — for the U.S., of course. The shutdown has Michigan politicos blaming Trump’s involvement with the proprietors of the current Canada-Michigan bridge. The Moroun family, owners of the decrepit Ambassador Bridge, reportedly made a $1 million donation to a Trump PAC. Meanwhile, Trump says the Gordie Howe Bridge stands to make “astronomical” sums from tolls, and the U.S. should have 50 percent ownership, though we paid zero for its construction. The president has now tied the opening of the bridge to negotiations for the renewal of the USMCA, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement on trade. His administration is using the bridge as a bargaining chip to push Canada for major concessions on unrelated trade friction points, including: Canadian tariffs on U.S. dairy products. The absence of U.S. steel in parts of the bridge’s early construction phases. The placement of American alcohol products on Ontario retail shelves. My View: If Trump wants 50 percent of the revenue, he should reimburse Canada for 50 percent of the

Unlike the constable in “Casablanca” who was “shocked, shocked!” to learn that gambling was going on at Rick’s nightspot, I am actually not “shocked, shocked” that the Supreme Court has upheld the scam interpretation of the birthright clause in the U.S. Constitution. Actually, had the writers of the 14th Amendment been more careful in their wording, they might have conveyed what they truly meant — that all children of slaves born in the U.S. are natural citizens. (Note: the constable wasn’t shocked either, just caught with his legal pants down.) The key element in the 14th Amendment, which contains the much-ballyhooed birthright-citizenship clause, is the phrase “subject to the jurisdiction thereof.” As Marc Levin points out on his FOX television show, the children of illegal aliens are subject to the jurisdiction of their home countries, not strictly the United States, thereby excluding them from automatic constitutional citizenship. Now, those haughty TV commentators who now throw the SCOTUS ruling back in Donald Trump’s face should take a look at history, specifically at the federal Civil Rights Act passed in 1866, which was the basis for the 14th Amendment. As Justice Clarence Thomas (the best thing to happen to the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court, in decisions released today, won’t allow President Trump to fire the Federal Reserve’s Lisa Cook, but will allow Sir Donald to dismiss at will at other federal agencies. Welcome back, the moderator of “The Apprentice” and your famous line, “You’re fired!” The ruling on the president’s power to dismiss agency heads and others concerned his firing of a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) commissioner, who sued to get her job back. SCOTUS thus ruled against Rebecca Slaughter, a fired Demofiend member of the FTC. After the ruling, Trump told reporters: “It gives me the right to do what the president should have the right to do. It [the decision] gave strength to the president.” In the case of the Fed’s Lisa Cook, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts cited the independence of the Federal Reserve, writing: “Not only the fact of independence but also the appearance of independence is key to the Federal Reserve’s design.” The vote was surprisingly narrow, 5-4, with Roberts and his deciding vote showing his true colors as a liberal establishmentarian and not as the conservative he tries to paint himself as being. On the FTC ruling, Demofiend Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois summed up his party’s fears

President Trump now has his sights set on something he has shown himself to be truly great at — buying, renovating, and improving golf courses throughout the golfing world. This one is a public golf course in D.C. called the East Potomac Golf Links, which he toured today. “We will build one of the Greatest Golf Courses anywhere in the World which, importantly, will also be made available to the Public,” Trump wrote on social media. “When completed, this Course will have the ability to host Major Golf Tournaments, including The U.S. Open, The Ryder Cup, The PGA Championship, and other top PGA Tour events.” Naturally, even this project is rife with controversy. National Links Trust, a nonprofit that operates East Potomac, was told by Trump and the Department of the Interior that it would have to accept mounds of dirt from the construction of the Trump White House Ballroom. When it didn’t (or did, depending on who’s talking), Interior issued a default notice that the nonprofit had violated the dirt order. The trust then agreed to let the administration take over the golf course. Trump said renovation will begin in September. East Potomac currently charges as little as $9