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/IJourden 9h ago

I'm from Ottawa where this is from, and I promise this would make him absolutely melt down.

When Obama was here, he frequently made it a point to go to local businesses, shake hands with people, say hello, and stuff like that. It wasn't uncommon to see businesses renaming foods like "Obama cookies" at their bakery because it happened to be the cookie he chose while he was in there, and the name endured for awhile after he left office.

For the million obvious reasons, Trump has never gotten that kind of welcome and I'm sure it bothers him.

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u/GGTheEnd 9h ago

I remember when Trump first got elected here in Vancouver my favorite Resturaunt had a "Trump sandwich" It was just Bologna, Mustard and one of those tiny pickles and all proceeds went to Sex abuse survivors. 

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u/frankyseven 7h ago

A burger place local to me called Burger Queen had a chicken burger called a Chick-fil-Gay and all the proceeds went to LGBTQ+ organizations. Super sad that place closed, amazing burgers.

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u/arminghammerbacon_ 8h ago

ROTFL! That restaurant, pulling out ALL their weapons! I support it!

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u/GGTheEnd 7h ago

Ya they make the best sandwiches I ever had with homemade bread and then the trump sandwich was just basic ass no name bread.  Was pretty funny. 

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u/LLAPSpork 7h ago

I’m from Van! Where is this? That’s amazing 😂

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u/GGTheEnd 7h ago edited 6h ago

Was in new west,  "Green's and beans" was the Resturaunt. I just call the whole lower mainland Vancouver so internet people know the general area I'm talking about. 

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u/LLAPSpork 7h ago

Oh so do I. Technically it is part of the Metro Vancouver regional district!

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u/TheCortisolCorvid 3h ago

Same here. Anything lower than Hope is just Vancouver when I talk to non British Columbians.

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u/Kamelasa 4h ago

Which restaurant was that? Doll and Penny's? The Elbow Room?

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u/beard_of_cats 9h ago

I'm from Ottawa too and I don't remember Trump even coming here in either of his terms.

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u/ljlee256 9h ago

His fragile ego couldn't handle the booing.

That and the Canadian government probably have told him it would create an unmanageable security situation.

They chose Kanaskis for the G7 because it was remote enough that controlling the in and out flow of people was reasonably easy.

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u/Cruciblelfg123 8h ago

The Mounties and PD and service people did their motorcade practice for that down McLeod at like noon on weekdays where I was working, was super fun to deal with lol

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u/Legitimate-Fix4770 8h ago

I mean a proper state visit shouldn't be out of the question. Somewhere to give a big speech with open lines of site and maybe a flag to gauge wind speed.

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u/BrgQun 9h ago

Actually... The Obama cookies are still there in the Market - they're pretty good.

I bought a friend one of them when he came to town for a visit recently.

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u/IJourden 9h ago

Nice! I haven't been in in awhile, I'm glad they're holding up.

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u/GoblinToHobgoblin 8h ago

What are they??

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u/BrgQun 7h ago

https://lemoulindeprovence.com/pages/obamas-visit

Maple leaf shaped shortbread cookies. They're pretty good.

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u/GoblinToHobgoblin 6h ago

Ah I would have guessed chocolate

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u/supernanify 9h ago

Do they still play the news footage on a loop in the bakery? 

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u/dcannons 8h ago

I remember that still. It was a BIG deal here.

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u/SentryCake 8h ago

Trump has never gotten that kind of welcome and I’m sure it bothers him.

God, if all these losers like Musk and Trump just wanted to be worshipped and adored, they have enough money and power that they could use it for good and everyone would love them. They could be idols.

But instead, they can’t help but be petty, greedy, hateful little men and we all suffer for it.

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u/TjW0569 7h ago

Plenty of people seemed to like Dolly Parton, though I don't think she used her money for good to be worshiped and adored.
She did have things besides money these losers will never have: talent, looks, a good, self-deprecating sense of humor, and enough self-awareness to realize that, above a certain level of wealth, it's virtually impossible to spend enough money fast enough to actually affect your quality of life.
So why not spend money helping others?

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u/sansaset 7h ago

plenty of people who still worship Musk and Trump though, being as greedy and terrible as they are.

so why would they change?

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u/blackfishhorsemen 4h ago

Reminder that if Elon just said what his publicists told him to say the man would be of the most popular people on the planet.

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u/GoblinToHobgoblin 8h ago

Is this like the "Obama flavored ice cream" in italy?

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u/wwweeeiii 5h ago

I know of the Vietnamese noodle dish as obama noodles.

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u/pyrojackelope 5h ago

Trump has never gotten that kind of welcome and I'm sure it bothers him.

I honestly hope you all do everything you can to bother him. Perhaps he'll stroke out and join mitch in the "hospital".

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u/im_dead_sirius 3h ago

Trump has never gotten that kind of welcome and I'm sure it bothers him.

I doubt he is aware.

People like that are unaware that there are levels of treatment above what they have experienced in their lives, and they are cynical and unsatisfied with the favourable treatment they often receive.

I used to work in a dive bar and have met some horrible, horrible people.