It looks like the next time we want a vodka martini in Montreal, we'll have to stick with Absolut. Tito's, made in Texas, won't be available. This photo is from British Columbia, but liquor stores in provinces across Canada — Ontario, Newfoundland, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and, as mentioned, BC — are pulling American products off their shelves to protest Benedict Donald's absurd 25 percent tariffs. They're also stopping wholesale sales of American wine, beer and liquor to restaurants, bars, supermarkets, and other retailers.
Nice work, Trump — you're hitting people about stuff they really care about. And we don't just mean alcohol, because alarm at all the Trumpy madness has already crept into the world of sports. Canadian hockey fans booed the singing of the Star-Spangled Banner at the Senators-Wild game in Ottawa last night. Torontonians booed it even more lustily at a Raptors-Clippers NBA game today. Canadians are uniting in their utter loathing of what the US is becoming under Benedict Donald à Deux.
So, yes — this trade war threatens to wreck our most cherished international friendships and our economies. But it's not even the most alarming development of the last two weeks. Elon Musk — whom nobody elected — is hijacking our government, and the Republicans, in control of both Congress and the White House, are doing nothing about it.
But that's a post for another day. In the meantime, we'll just have to wait and see if our national anthem gets booed again when the Colorado Avalanche travel to Canada to play the Calgary Flames on Thursday and the Edmonton Oilers on Friday. We cats HISS.
(UPDATE, Feb. 3: And just like that, the SAQ, Quebec's provincial crown corporation for the sale of alcoholing beverages, is clearing its shelves of American products. So, adieu, Tito's. See ya, California wines, even though you're from a blue state. PMJT is talking with Benedict Donald again in less than an hour. But even if this ridiculous charade gets ironed out, permanent damage has been done to a great international relationship. Canadians will never forget this. We cats HISS.)
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