The United States’ relationship with Canada has deteriorated in the aftermath of the trade war started by Donald Trump. The president has also been calling Canada the 51st state, irritating the Northern neighbor. But the insults continue, as the U.S. mocked Canada’s loss in the Olympic the gold metal hockey game.
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The mocking post went up on Sunday, referring to the US’s 2–1 overtime win in the gold-medal game. It also included an embedded year-old tweet from then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reading: “You can’t take our country — and you can’t take our game.” It included an image of an eagle besting a Canadian goose.
Trudeau had made the remark after Canada’s 3-2 overtime victory over the U.S. at the NHL’s 4 Nations Face-Off in a fight-marred game that saw loud booing of the American national anthem by Canadian fans.
In response to the repost, Prime Minister Mark Carney said he expected Washington to “respect Canadian sovereignty.” The White House later sought to downplay the meetings, saying that “no support or commitments were conveyed.”
Separately, Trump posted his own spin on the win to Truth Social: a one-minute AI-generated clip showing a suit-clad, visibly younger version of himself scoring two goals against Canada – before being sent to the penalty box for punching a Canadian player – all set to Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger”. –RT
It is sad that grown adults who have supposed authority over others sling mocking insults.
A poll by the Pew Research Center last summer suggested that 64% of Canadians held a negative view of their country’s traditional ally, the U.S., with the overwhelming majority describing Trump as “arrogant” and “dangerous.”
Relations further deteriorated in January, when the Financial Times [behind a paywall] reported that Trump officials had on several occasions met with the Alberta Prosperity Project, a separatist group seeking to split the oil-rich western province from Canada.
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