Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau only took a few minutes to tap on his response to his country's victory over the United States in the International Hockey Championship Finals in Boston on Thursday.
“You can't have our country, and you can't play our games,” Trudeau wrote to X.
Before the game, the stakes were high for Canada, the birthplace of hockey. For weeks, President Trump mocked the country by threatening to destroy Canada's economy with tariffs, suggesting it would become the 51st US state.
Trudeau's Swift Liposte after the game's rage that has been simmering throughout Canada since Trump took office on January 20th. His message echoed through the political aisle. Canadian opposition leader Pierre Poilierble wrote in X: “True North, Strong, Free, Gold.”
Political tensions had spread to the field of sports for weeks. The US national anthem was booed loudly in Canadian NBA and NHL games.
That didn't stop Trump from repeating his taunt before the championship game.
“I think they have to become the 51st state,” he said in a speech in Washington Thursday. “And you hear people booing the national anthem, and I think in the end they'll praise the national anthem.”
Trump called Trudeau “governor.”
Trump also called his US team to express his support. At the White House, his press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, said he was looking forward to seeing the game. “And I look forward to the US defeating Canada's 51st state,” she said.
Later, Canadian musician Chantal Klebiazuk sang “Canada.”
Her performance also had a twist. She changed the phrase “commands for all of us” to “commands for only us.” Kreviazuk said on Instagram that the change was made in response to talks about the annexation.
Trump's repeated excavations have a unified effect in Canada, and despite the fact that the country has experienced one of the most divided political times in recent history, it is a rare consensus between the people and the political class. I fake it.
A survey released last month by the Angus Reed Institute, a research center, found that 90% of Canadian respondents opposed to being part of the United States.
Earlier on Friday, Trump had not yet responded to Trudeau's message.
