“The threat of import taxes, plus Trump’s remarks that Canada could become the 51st US state, “have made something snap in us all,” said one Canadian. It remains to be seen if this will lead to widespread anti-American sentiment but it has led to a wave of patriotic fervor in the country. Or as another woman put it, “I love America and Americans. But I don’t want to be one.”
Source: Canada Press
His gesture was one example of what observers say has been a growing wave of patriotic sentiment among Canadians since Trump took office and ratcheted up his anti-Canadian rhetoric, repeatedly saying the nation should become the 51st American state. Online, people are sharing lists of products made in Canada and posting about cancelling trips to the United States. Pro-Canadian, anti-Trump memes are flooding social media. And at professional hockey and basketball games on the weekend, the American national anthem was booed.
