Trump uses NYC real estate skills to halt Gateway Tunnel, Canada’s bridge – and get what he wants

President Trump, a former real estate tycoon, knows the value of a good piece of property — and especially how to leverage it. Now he’s using the skills he refined in New York’s rough-and-tumble real estate market at the White House, turning construction projects into bargaining chips by putting the brakes on their funding. The result is that major projects across the US — including the Gateway Tunnel between New York City and New Jersey have been halted. “Trump is a builder at heart. It’s what he loves to do and it’s something that he’s always been very good at,”…