'My sacrifice': Canadians boycott US products as Trump feeds 'Buy Canada' surge

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: USA Today

Updated May 3, 2025, 5:10 p.m. ET


TORONTO − At the Madison Avenue Pub, American liquor is no longer for sale. The popular neighborhood Toronto bar, inside a brick Victorian building blocks from the University of Toronto’s campus, is replete with billiards tables and a full rack of liquor. A sign outside advertises Tuesday night trivia and another inside reads, “A good selection of beers from around the globe.”

Almost.

Since President Donald Trump set Canada in his sights, one country is conspicuously off the menu. “It's not acceptable. You want to put your tariffs on, go do whatever you want to do, but don't threaten and don't humiliate people,” said Chris Haslett, the bar’s director of operations. The pub's boycott of American booze is “personal,” he said.

Trump’s branding of Canada as the “51st state” and the wide-reaching tariffs he has threatened to impose have pushed infuriated Canadians to boycott American products and inspired a “Buy Canada” movement that could take a toll on the U.S. economy.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2025/05/03/canadians-boycott-trump-american-products/83329881007/

[SunSeeker]

1. Can you blame Canada? They've suffered an unprovoked economic attack by their closest ally. nt

[SamKnause]

2. Thank you Canada and Canadians.

[twodogsbarking]

3. Oil, black gold.

The United States imports a significant amount of oil from Canada, with Canada being the largest single source of US oil imports. In 2022, Canada supplied approximately 60% of US crude oil imports. Canada's crude oil exports to the US have consistently been high, with nearly 97% of Canada's crude oil exports going to the US in 2023.

[Dr. T]

4. Economic war is hell.

Canadians will have to drink Crown Royal instead of rot gut Jack Daniel's.

Sounds like a win-win situation for Canadians. Makes me think I'm a Canadian who happened to be born on the wrong side of the border.

[GiqueCee]

5. Most of American builders' lumber...

... is from Canada, so the price of a 2x4 is about to skyrocket.
There is NO Happy Ending to this fucking of America by the Orange Traitor, despite his patently absurd claims.
Those with the power to do so had better grow a pair and remove him before it's too late. And it's going to BE too late in 3... 2... 1...

[Botany]

8. And Krasnov is trying to open up formerly protected areas for harvesting

But the dumb ass doesn’t understand that not all trees are the same. That Canadian
wood is from S.P.F. …spruce pine and fir trees especially Douglas Fir Trees … and the
dimensional wood….. 2x4s, 2x8s and so on … is what home builders need. Not some
Silver Maple from Indiana.

[GiqueCee]

9. Ah-ah-ah...

... let us not forget that He Who Was Chosen By Gawd knows more about everything than anyone, even if he can't spell it, or pronounce it properly.

[Botany]

12. He is a screaming idiot.

And even if he opens up a new area for logging that has Douglas Fir and other trees
that are useful for lumber you need roads, trucking, lumber jacks, and sawmills to
turn that timber into wood. Btw in the American S.E. we have tens of thousands of
acres in production of Southern Yellow Pine.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

13. I think there is an exception for homebuilding lumber, but not sure if it is temporary or permanent. . . nt

[GiqueCee]

15. The world will be SO much better off...

... when he's buried under a sand trap. Then we can deal with Russell Vought and the rest of the Heritage Foundation traitors. And the endless list of sycophants that still can't understand why the leopards are eating their faces, too!

[dawn5651]

6. more than just booze is being impacted

other products are also impacted. where i shop the grocery store has marked all canadian items. krasnov should have kept his mouth shut instead of threatening to make us the 51st state.

[Paladin]

7. Oh, Canada: You're WAY too classy and smart to be a 51st state!

Keep up the good work!

[GiqueCee]

11. Right...

... a 51st state that is larger than all the other 50 put together. What was that imbecile thinking?
Look at it this way, Diaper Don: Watch any Canadian on the ice when the gloves come off. Now imagine a hockey player the size of Canada that you just pissed off. You wouldn't stand a chance, dipshit. You'd be a puddle of blood and bone before you even knew what hit you. And the rest of the world would laugh itself silly, and say, "Well, glad that's over with, eh?

[Wonder Why]

10. Can we in the U.S. do the same thing in retaliation? Like also buying Canadian instead of American to retaliate against

Krasnov?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

14. You can indeed. And visit Canada. No tariff tax on maple syrup on pancakes consumed in Canada!

We Canadians love and understand Americans while knowing that a person is not the government.

When you arrive in Canada, immediately buy that pair of Nikes you always wanted so they get slightly scuffed up before coming back.

"Of course I bought new shoes before my trip to Canada, Mr. Customs Man. I want to look my best when representing our great country!"

Get that iPhone or Samsung. Get a haircut while there.

But mostly, enjoy the great scenery, the wonderful music, and the warm hospitality.