You're on your own, buddy.
The Moroun family image overhaul has its work cut out for it. The family-owned company, which owns the Ambassador Bridge, has lost The Wall Street Journal.
The family's case for building a second privately owned bridge over the Detroit River, and why the state should not cooperate with Canada in construction of the Gordie Howe International Crossing downriver, is right out of the conservative policy playbook. That is, that a private business is better than a government-run one, and that funding through banks or one's own pockets beats taxpayer funds.
But here's the conservative WSJ editorial board, in a paywalled piece, saying in one voice:
Canada is offering the United States the deal of the century. Apparently the Morouns think Mr. Trump can be suckered out of it.
It's not a long piece, but it lays out the oft-stated case in favor of the new, publicly owned, Canadian-funded crossing, along with the Morouns' counterpoints, most recently expressed in a hail-mary ad buy on "Fox & Friends," and concludes:
Mr. Trump should see through this obvious con. Ottawa is picking up the whole tab, so it’s reasonable to reject a prohibition on Canadian steel and iron. But all metals used on the bridge will be North American, including some from the 48 states.
Not exactly "case closed," but with groundbreaking set for Tuesday on the American side, it's a done deal.
