Canucks and the Dems are making this all about Trump being petty, when Trump is just playing the same hardball games with Canada Cretien once played with Clinton.
In the process, both sides have completely lost their sense of humo(u)r. Neither group will appreciate this as much as they probably should.
Back when NAFTA was signed, the loonie was worth about .60 cents US. [Currently about 0.72; down from the mid nineties in the Harper years.] Cretien used that low dollar to incentivize US companies (manufacturing, Hollywood, and anyone else who would take the invite) to set up shop north of the border.
Now that Trump has flipped the script, and is moving big business the other way, Canadians are freaking out. Most countries have realized that the best strategy when you’re in an octagon with a silverback gorilla is to find some solution both sides can accept.
Canada, unfortunately, is being run by an actual Davos elitist — one of the insider policy wonks, not just some drooling devotee. He doesn’t really care about what happens to Canada. He’s got two other passports and plenty of money parked in the US. Like Lord Farquad, he’s willing to ‘make sacrifices’ so long as it’s the little people who bear the brunt of them.
We thought we had a deal. Details were agreed to. And then we didn’t.
It might have been because of how a deal might impact elections in Quebec. Or the Alberta’s independence vote. Or maybe he wants to throw a wrench in the US midterms. Probably had something to do with Billionaire donors in Switzerland advising his decisions. Who knows? But Mr. Elbows up is not interested in making a deal.
So Trump did a little trolling, and renamed Lake Ontario. He could have picked ‘Lake Superior’, the biggest one. But that wouldn’t have had nearly the impact of renaming Ontario, not just because ‘Conservative’ Premier Doug Ford has his BP spike dangerously high at the mere mention of Trump, but because Toronto just happens to be on that lake. And they will take it VERY personally.
In fact, Doug was so triggered that he built a billboard that said Lake Ontario. In two languages. Because THAT’ll show him.
That’s the background that brings us to the meme of the day. The fight has been put to music, and he did a pretty solid job.
🚨 I probably shouldn't have made this. 😂🇨🇦🇺🇸
Doug Ford VS. Donald Trump.
One lake.
Two names.
Absolutely ZERO chill.🎵 LAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN
Wait for the Canada geese. 😂🪿#LakeAmerica #LakeOntario #cndpoli pic.twitter.com/GG5rOGsKyQ
— Wes Jones (@realWesJones) August 30, 2026
Credit to the maker:
🚨 I probably shouldn't have made this. 😂🇨🇦🇺🇸
Doug Ford VS. Donald Trump.
One lake.
Two names.
Absolutely ZERO chill.🎵 LAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN
Wait for the Canada geese. 😂🪿#LakeAmerica #LakeOntario #cndpoli pic.twitter.com/GG5rOGsKyQ
— Wes Jones (@realWesJones) August 30, 2026
