It’s no secret that Canada and the United States have butted heads these past several years. But guess what started it all? Not politics, not even the border. It was hockey, of all things, that first lit the fire. When Donald Trump started his campaign to put America first, the elites up north had a meltdown—like a Zamboni running off the ice. They couldn’t handle America not cowering to their touchy feelings anymore.
The tension boiled even more when America slapped tariffs on Canada. Instead of accepting that America needs a strong economy, the Canadian activist class threw a fit. They saw a threat to their syrup and their pride, and the loudest liberals among them just couldn’t stop whining about it. To make it worse, they actually believed America should care deeply about what a handful of Canadian activists think. Sorry, but the rest of us have bigger problems than whether the Canadian press is offended.
Liberals, with their love of globalism, keep screaming about the importance of being best friends with every other country. But what happens when our neighbors want us to take the blame and foot the bill? Suddenly, they forget their own “progressive” values and start lobbing insults from behind their snowbanks. The hypocrisy is thick enough to skate on. And the anti-American bias hiding in their outrage? It’s about as subtle as a slapshot to the face.
But here’s where things get interesting. After all the posturing, all the fuss, and all the syrupy complaints, it’s beer—yes, good old beer—that’s starting to mend the rift. Not international summits or apologies, but regular people knocking back cold ones and watching the puck drop. While diplomats tremble and cry into their lattes, folks in hockey rinks are just cracking open another can and remembering what brought everyone together in the first place.
Only in a world this upside down could politicians and the media make enemies out of neighbors—and only regular people could remind them what real diplomacy looks like. Maybe leaders in both countries should put down the talking points, pick up a beer, and see if they can handle a hockey fight. Wouldn’t that be a better way to settle things than whining about tariffs and national pride? Cheers to American toughness, and cheers to beer—the real peace treaty liberals could learn from.
Source: Redstate
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