Canada's Carney touts 'positive' talk with Trump after border bridge threat

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday stated that he had had a "positive" conversation with President Donald Trump in the wake of a tense exchange that saw the American leader threatening to block the opening of a bridge between the two nations.

Trump previously threatened to prevent the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge that will connect Detroit, Mich., to Windsor, Ontario, The Hill reported.

Carney confirmed that the pair had since "discussed the bridge" and characterized the conversation as "positive." He further added that "what is particularly important, of course, is the commerce and the tourism and the voyages of Canadians and Americans that will go across that bridge."...