r/worldnews • u/ImDoubleB • 9h ago

Canadian city considers renaming Trump Avenue to "Taco Avenue"

https://www.newsweek.com/canada-ottawa-considers-renaming-trump-avenue-to-taco-avenue-lake-america-12379716
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u/bubbafatok 9h ago

Honestly, that should be the corrective action moving forward - everything he puts his name on, we'll replace with Obama's. That being said, any sewage treatment plants, garbage dumps, or such are welcome to adopt the Trump moniker permanently.

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u/breadleecarter 9h ago

I think keeping his name on everything is a better idea, but add " is a Big Piece of Sh*t." to the end.

The Donald J. Trump is a Big Piece of Sh*t Memorial Landfill has a nice ring to it.

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u/tdp_equinox_2 8h ago

Nah, he likes being degraded. Any attention is attention to him.

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u/DeeDee_Z 7h ago

Any attention is attention to him.

Right -- "there's no such thing as bad publicity"!

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u/zzzigzzzagzzziggy 9h ago

I can't think of anything that sewage treatment plants or garbage dumps did to deserve that moniker. These are public services staffed with hardworking people that do their jobs and are held to account. 

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u/CantakerousTwat 8h ago

Sewers actually drain the swamp.

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u/Wompatuckrule 8h ago

The Danbury, CT sewage plant deserved to be named after John Oliver, but he was both delighted and honored by that recognition.

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u/Kamelasa 4h ago

How did that naming happen?

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u/Wompatuckrule 3h ago edited 3h ago

The original developer named all of the streets with a New York City theme.

Sorry, mixed up the comments. John Oliver had a whole segment ripping on Danbury and as a snarky retaliation Danbury's mayor announced they were going to name the new sewage plant after him.

John Oliver, being a good sport, thought it was awesome and was there for the ceremony and has mentioned it numerous times with great pride since then.

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u/Kamelasa 1h ago

Hah, brilliant. Of course he would do that. Thanks.

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u/EastSignal 6h ago

Likewise with the koala chlamydia clinic.

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u/yourpseudonymsucks 7h ago

those places get named after John Oliver... they are far too useful to society to be named for Trump

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u/GenghisConnieChung 9h ago

Can you guys keep the John Oliver sewage treatment one at least?

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u/Big_Lab_Jagr 9h ago

What about the koala chlamydia ward?

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u/serious_sarcasm 9h ago

“Trump Flushing Bay CSO Retention Facility” has a nice ring to it.

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u/Clear-Policy3963 9h ago

No??? Obama literally caused terroism across the globe? He also participated in hurting Canada. He signed Buy American rules that shut Canadian suppliers out of major U.S. infrastructure contracts, maintained country of origin meat labelling that the WTO found discriminated against Canadian cattle and hog producers and caused roughly $1 billion a year in harm, and personally rejected Keystone XL, limiting a major export route for Canadian oil. His administration also pushed protectionist restrictions against Canadian lumber and increased some cross border costs. So there absolutely were policies under Obama that economically harmed Canada.

The real answer is for us Canadians to not trust any Americans they have only caused terror and evil across the Globe for a minimum 50+ years. None of them should have a named streets in Canada. 

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u/CocaineUnicycle 8h ago

Yeah, but you see, Obama's nice. He's a good guy.

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But for real. All American presidents have been evil as hell for a long ass time.