Trump-hating Canadians behind MAGA ‘rival’ hat learn ironic lesson in why they need US [Video]

17:05 EST 24 Jan 2025, updated 17:23 EST 24 Jan 2025

A Trump-hating Canadian couple who made a rival MAGA hat learned the hard way they wouldn’t be able to make the product without help from the US. 

Liam Mooney and Emma Cochrane, of Ottawa, were watching Ontario Premier Doug Ford respond to Donald Trump’s wish of making Canada the US’ 51st state on Fox’s Jesse Watters Primetime when Ford responded that Canada is not for sale and an idea struck on January 8. 

‘We thought: “We have to do some small act of patriotism to respond to this big bluster,”‘ Mooney told CBC. 

Alas, the birth of the ‘Canada is Not for Sale’ hat was born, retailing for $45 USD. Beanies go for $40. 

Originally, the couple planned on having the hat be entirely made in Canada, but quickly found out the hard way that that was impossible as the country’s textile industry is dying. 

Their beanies are …