When a President Threatens to Shut Down a Bridge

A single infrastructure project. Millions of people affected. A reminder that power doesn’t always announce itself loudly.

While much of the country was busy digesting one headline or another, something quietly explosive happened on the Detroit-Windsor corridor — and not in the good infrastructure-investment way.

The Gordie Howe International Bridge is a massive project meant to connect Michigan and Ontario, improve commerce, and relieve traffic on the aging Ambassador Bridg…