Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau taunted Donald Trump after Canada defeated the United States 3-2 in overtime to win the 4 Nations ice hockey competition in Boston.
On X, formerly Twitter, Trudeau wrote: “You can’t take our country – and you can’t take our game.” The post went viral receiving more than 31,000 reposts and 4.8 million views.
Why It Matters
Trump has spent the past few months mocking the Canadian prime minister as “Governor Trudeau,” and has repeatedly expressed a desire for Canada to join the American union as its 51st state, though a YouGov poll found 77 percent of Canadians oppose the idea.
Shortly after his inauguration on January 20, Trump announced he was imposing tariffs of 25 percent on Canadian and Mexican produce in response to what he claimed was the two countries’ failure to prevent the flow of illegal migrants and fentanyl into the U.S. After talks with Trudeau and Mexican …