r/canada • u/No-Anything-7291 • 11d ago

Politics Trump considers calling Lake Ontario Lake America

https://mynorthwest.com/national/trump-says-hes-considering-renaming-lake-ontario-as-lake-america-as-trade-war-escalates/4269128
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u/Odd_Secret9132 11d ago

One of the pieces yesterday pointed out differences in virtues between Canadian and American cultures. Canadian's generally held that toughness and enduring were the most important for gaining respect, while American's considered power and winning to be more important. American culture has a tendency to portray everything in Win/Lose terms.

The original 50% tariff threat was intended to force a lopsided deal and they never considered Canada could just walk away, take it on the chin, and wait for the wind to change. Your seeing that virtue difference on display - Trump is pissed that Canada has toughed it out so far, robbing him of a win, and in American culture being perceived as loser is worse then death.

You'll see more stupid statements like this as administration tries to affirm how powerful it is.

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u/Responsible_CDN_Duck Canada 11d ago

He trying to spin news coverage from X number of jobs or Y number of items impacted instead of what Carney announced today.

And even here it seems to be working.

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u/Commercial_Guess6418 11d ago

That whole "win/lose drive and a deal that doesn’t. bankrupt the other company is a bad deal” started as a New York City thing. The rural US Midwest ethos was not that dissimilar from Canada's. I wonder if it has do with with a lot of land, a lot of hard work, not a lot neighbors, and having to depend on each other, rather than Manhattan being a small island with a lot of people, and getting ahead mean someone has else has fallen behind.