Newly released records described in reports by Canadian and U.S. outlets show Canadian officials scrambling to respond after former U.S. President Donald Trump publicly targeted the Gordie Howe International Bridge project in February. One report says a senior U.S. diplomat raised questions about the bridge during a phone call with Canadian counterparts shortly before Trump’s Feb. 9 remarks, according to records newly made available. Another report, drawing on hundreds of pages of emails obtained by The Canadian Press, says Canadian officials worked behind the scenes after Trump’s post sparked a political reaction. The emails depict internal efforts to assess the impact of Trump’s comments and coordinate possible responses related to the cross-border infrastructure plan. Across the accounts, the focus is on what officials did in the immediate period surrounding Trump’s public comments, and on communications that include questions about the project before and after the social media post. The reports do not indicate that the records change the project’s status, but they provide contemporaneous documentation of the concerns raised and the steps Canadian officials took in response.