Fans at Toronto Raptors game continue trend of booing U.S. national anthem at pro sporting events in Canada

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/fans-at-raptors-game-continue-trend-of-booing-us-national-anthem-at-pro-sporting-events-in-canada/

42 comments

  3. Good. Our country is a joke right now and deserves zero respect.

  5. The USA insulted Canada with these tariffs, which have no real reason. I would boo too

  6. Hopefully it gets booed in the US too. I’m not so sure I’d be standing at this point.

  7. Good. As we should. They made it clear they aren’t our friends.

  9. As an American I’m fine with this given how corrupt the president is.

  12. If I was an American in that crowd, I would boo too. Sabotaging a relationship with one your strongest allies is just batshit stupid and insulting. I’m embarrassed by our government and half of the people here.

  13. Good. This pseudo-imperialist trend of threatening foreign nations such as Canada, Panama and Greenland, renaming the Gulf of Mexico followed by extreme retaliatary tariffs on Canada based on lies, absolutely warrants the USA being the laughing stock of the world now and deserving of being booed, which used to 100% disagree with until now.

    “wE dOnT cArE wE HaVe NuKeS” bravado attitude regarding their military might, won’t get them very far when the whole fucking world hates them.

    All this latest Trump shit and his followers blindly following him and Musk, screams of small dick energy.

  15. I’m American and I would boo too! Our country is a dumpster fire “led” by a petulant man-baby with a billionaire’s hand up his ass.

  17. Too bad it’s not an Olympic year. Then the rest of the world could get in on this message.

  18. That’s what happens when you try to fuck up our economy and call to annex us. Respect is earned, the US has shown none, why should we.

  20. America punished one of its biggest allies. Continue booing. Boo louder. We deserve it. – American

  21. As they should. America is nothing to be proud of right now. We deserve it.

  22. What’s comical is how many Trump supporters are just railing on X about how disrespectful this is. The same people who are fully behind a foul mouthed bully and think it’s great that he speaks his mind, no matter how crude and disrespectful it is. Just ironic how they idolize disrespectful from a cheeto but can’t handle it coming back full swing.

  25. Good. Keep it up.

    Aside from being a excellent neighbour… Canada has fought in cooperation with the United States in most major conflicts since World War II, including the Korean War, the Gulf War, the Kosovo War, and most recently the war in Afghanistan.

  28. As an American… good. I hope this continues. Fuck the current administration.

  30. Good. We fucking suck. Let these pieces of shit that let this happen have it all.

  31. Trump 2.0 Day 14

    – favouring China over one of our staunchest allies when imposing more nonsensical tariffs ✓

    – getting people to boo the national anthem ✓

    Another glorious day in the “_Golden Age of America_”

  33. Canadians only a decade ago finished the US anthem at a hockey game when the audio cut off. Today we boo. My how the mighty have fallen.

  37. American here, boo louder. Make it leave such an impression that it Americans feel that they must share it.

    If even one person can have it be the moment they pull their head out of their ass, it’ll be worth it.

  38. Good. Boo louder if possible!

    Fuck Trump and all the MAGAt filth that voted for his sorry ass.

    Sincerely,

    *An embarrassed American*

  39. I thought the US was supposed to be respected again under Trump lol

  40. I hope they do it at the superbowl. I hope every player kneels. Fuck trump and fuck all the fascist pieces of shit who voted for him, and fuck the idiots who didn’t vote at all.

    This country is a fucking shithole.

  42. It’s a natural reaction to what Canadians feel is an unjust attack based on misinformation.

    Trump claims there’s a “massive” influx of migrants and fentanyl coming from both Canada and Mexico.

    The scale of the issue between the US-Mexico and US-Canada borders are vastly different. In fiscal year 2024, the US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) made over 1.5 million apprehensions at the border with Mexico versus 23,700 at the northern border. In that same period, the CBP seized over 21,000lbs of fentanyl at the Mexican border versus 43lbs at the Canadian border. https://www.factcheck.org/2025/01/illegal-immigration-and-fentanyl-at-the-u-s-northern-and-southwest-borders/)

    It should also be noted that most of the arrests for fentanyl trafficking occurred at ports of entry and 80% were US citizens. [https://www.cato.org/blog/us-citizens-were-80-crossers-fentanyl-ports-entry-2019-2024](https://www.cato.org/blog/us-citizens-were-80-crossers-fentanyl-ports-entry-2019-2024)

    Trump also says Canada is ripping off the US as it enjoys a trade surplus of 100 billion USD per year. In later statements, he’s revised the figure upward to 200 billion USD. He often refers to this surplus as a “subsidy”, which suggests the US receives nothing in return.

    In goods and services, the US trade deficit with Canada is 45 billion USD (US Census Bureau figures). If you strip out energy exports from Canada, the US actually enjoys a trade surplus of 45 billion USD. [https://economics.td.com/ca-canada-us-trade-balance](https://economics.td.com/ca-canada-us-trade-balance)

    In 2024 US oil production averaged around 13.2 million barrels/day. [https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/](https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/)

    However, consumption was roughly 20.3 million b/d. [https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/investing/2024/09/10/us-oil-demand-to-plateau-in-2024-eia-says-in-latest-forecast/](https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/investing/2024/09/10/us-oil-demand-to-plateau-in-2024-eia-says-in-latest-forecast/)

    To make up part of the shortfall, the US imports roughly 4.3 million b/d of crude oil from Canada. Many US refineries are designed to only process Canadian heavy, sour crude. It’s expected to increase prices at the pump. [https://archive.ph/Rhqfy](https://archive.ph/Rhqfy)

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