Trump White House Mock Canada After Team USA Ice Hockey

The White House and President Trump responded to Team USA’s 2-1 gold medal victory over Canada in men’s ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics by mocking their northern neighbor on social media. The White House posted an image of an American bald eagle trampling a Canadian goose, directly referencing Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s February statement that “You can’t take our country—and you can’t take our game,” which itself was a response to Trump’s repeated demands to annex Canada as the “51st state.”

Trump amplified the mockery by reposting Carney’s original comment and sharing an AI-generated video depicting himself playing alongside Team USA and scoring against Canada, captioned “Trump, the enforcer!” Senior advisor Kari Lake reposted the video on her platform. Trump had previously praised Team USA’s overall Olympic performance on Sunday, stating “We’re winning too much, it’s just not fair!” after the team set a Winter Olympics record with 12 gold medals, 12 silver, and nine bronze medals.

The hockey victory became the latest flashpoint in escalating tensions between the U.S. and Canada rooted in Trump’s policy threats and nationalist rhetoric. Trump has threatened to annex Canada, blocked the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge between Ontario and Michigan, and repeatedly attacked Canada over trade, claiming the country has “ripped off” America for years. These threats have intensified despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling declaring Trump’s sweeping tariffs illegal, which Canadian Minister Dominic LeBlanc said “reinforces Canada’s position that the IEEPA tariffs imposed by the United States are unjustified.”

Tensions escalated further after Trump joked about facing impeachment over inviting the U.S. women’s hockey team to White House celebrations, though the women’s team declined Trump’s invitation while the men’s team is expected to attend the State of the Union address. In January, Canadian Prime Minister Carrey delivered a World Economic Forum address warning that the “old world order is not coming back” and urging middle powers to resist economic pressure from “great powers,” a direct rebuke to Trump’s threats to coerce allies including Denmark over Greenland and European nations over tariffs.

During his own Davos speech, Trump responded by telling Carrey directly: “Canada lives because of the United States. Remember that, Mark.” The Canadian Prime Minister rejected this framing upon returning home, stating in a televised address that “Canada does not live because of the United States. Canada thrives because we are Canadian.” This rhetorical warfare mirrors Trump’s pattern of weaponizing cultural moments and sports achievements for nationalist posturing while pursuing substantive policies that destabilize relationships with longstanding U.S. allies.

(Source: https://time.com/7380444/white-house-trump-respond-team-usa-canada-hockey-victory-olympics/)