Six years ago - Sopuli

Was he lying back then and is truthful now, or did the pandemic just break him?

if you think he’s the only rich dude to say whatever he needs to get what he wants, i’ve got a bridge to sell ya
what am i supposed to do with a bridge
It’s a reference to someone “selling” the Brooklyn bridge to someone else for scrap long ago. I think so anyway.
Woosh goes the joke
i thought it was something something “that’s a bridge too far”, and so they need exactly one bridge
I thought it was about selling the bridge as a toll bridge.
George C. Parker - Wikipedia

Which wouldn’t be a bad investment if they could prove your buying the right to toll the bridge.