Raptors followers boo ‘Star-Spangled Banner’ in newest anti-American show in Canada after Trump’s tariffs
“The Star-Spangled Banner” was as soon as once more booed in Canada forward of a sporting occasion.
The newest anti-American show occurred on the Scotiabank Arena earlier than the Toronto Raptors took on the Los Angeles Clippers. Fans booed the American nationwide anthem as a 15-year-old feminine sang it. A mixture of boos and cheers had been heard earlier than she acquired a convincing applause for the Canadian nationwide anthem, “O, Canada.”
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Raptors forwards, from left, Bruce Brown, Scottie Barnes and Chris Boucher react as followers boo the U.S. nationwide anthem earlier than the Los Angeles Clippers recreation in Toronto, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press through AP)
The theme of Canadians booing the American anthem started Saturday evening because the Ottawa Senators and the Calgary Flames hosted NHL video games.
The boos seemingly occurred as President Donald Trump adopted via on his promise to position tariffs of 25% on imports from Canada and Mexico and 10% on imports from China. Any power assets from Canada can be hit at a ten% charge.
In an announcement obtained by Fox News Saturday, the Trump administration stated the order is in response to an “extraordinary threat posed by illegal aliens and drugs, including deadly fentanyl, (that) constitutes a national emergency.”
OTTAWA SENATORS FANS BOO USA NATIONAL ANTHEM AFTER TRUMP ISSUES TARIFFS

Canada’s maple leaf emblem at heart court docket earlier than a recreation between the Washington Wizards and Raptors at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Oct. 20, 2023. (John E. Sokolowski-USA Today Sports)
Ahead of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asserting his resignation, Trump stated he would “love” if Canada may change into the “51st state.”
Trudeau has since lamented the tariffs that the Trump administration has levied.
In a reality sheet released by the White House on Saturday, the U.S. is implementing tariffs towards Canada, Mexico and China to carry them accountable “to their promises of halting illegal immigration and stopping poisonous fentanyl and other drugs from flowing into our country.” This “extraordinary threat,” the White House stated, “constitutes a national emergency under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.”
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The nationwide anthems are sung at Canadian Tire Centre earlier than the NHL recreation between the Ottawa Senators and the Los Angeles Kings on Oct. 14, 2024, in Ottawa, Canada. (André Ringuette/NHLI through Getty Images)
However, Trudeau claimed that “less than 1% of fentanyl and less than one% illegal crossings into the United States come from Canada.”
FOX Business’ Christopher Guly and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
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