"The White House has celebrated the US's victory over Canada in the men's hockey final at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics 2026 with a politically charged message, sharing a social media post showing a bald eagle appearing to assault a goose two animals that symbolise each country respectively. The image on Sunday was in response to a 2025 post by then-Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that said, You can't take our country and you can't take our game."
"While Canadian politicians did not comment directly on the White House post, which came after the US claimed the Olympic gold medal following a 2-1 sudden-death overtime win in Italy, journalists and other observers criticised the Trump administration for its tone. Stay classy, America, Stewart Prest, a political science professor at the University of British Columbia, wrote in response to the post."
"Journalist David Rider responded to the White House post by highlighting the dwindling number of Canadian visitors to the US. There should be scoreboard tallying the billions of Canadian tourism dollars lost to the US that accelerates as Trump and his White House gloat, faster than border states, Florida and Vegas can roll out their come back, we love you' campaigns, Rider wrote on X."
The White House posted an image of a bald eagle appearing to assault a goose to mark the U.S. men's hockey gold at Milano Cortina Winter Olympics 2026. The image referenced a 2025 remark by Justin Trudeau asserting, "You can't take our country and you can't take our game," which followed a Canadian win at the 4 Nations Face-Off amid previous comments about Canada becoming a U.S. state. Journalists and commentators criticized the tone; Stewart Prest wrote "Stay classy, America," and David Rider warned of lost Canadian tourism dollars. Donald Trump celebrated the gold on Truth Social after a 2-1 sudden-death overtime victory.
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