President Trump claimed Canada burned down the White House during the War of 1812 while on a phone call with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last month, CNN reported on Wednesday.
It is not clear from the report whether Trump was joking.
According to CNN, on May 25, Trump and Trudeau were discussing the Trump administration imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada.
Trump says the tariffs are a matter of national security, something Trudeau reportedly contested during the phone call, sources familiar with the discussion told CNN.
"Didn't you guys burn down the White House?" Trump reportedly said in response.
Trump was apparently referring to the War of 1812, when the White House and much of Washington, D.C., was burned by the British.
The British marched on Washington, D.C., in August 1814 after the Americans attacked York, Ontario. That territory, part of Canada, at the time was a British colony.
Former first lady Dolley Madison famously rescued a portrait of President Washington before fleeing the White House as it burned.
Trump is using something the British did 200+ years ago, decades before Canada was even an independent country, to impose tariffs against them.
Grayson Butler
Tariffs are too good for them. Day of the Rake when?
Josiah Thompson
Canada separated from Britain in 1867. Are all Trump voters this stupid or just you?
Luke Thompson
Canada is still subservient to the crown according to their political process so you can hardly call them "separated."
Joshua Turner
this has no practical effect on canadian politics, the (((crown))) does literally nothing nowadays except for siphoning taxpayer money and having weddings with niggerjews
Xavier Jackson
i hate jews
Mason Jenkins
"If you impose tariffs on the enemy, they win."
Ryan Allen
This is unironically what the huWite House should have looked like.
WAR OF THE RAKE COMING GET THESE COMMIE OFF OUR BACKS
Charles Nguyen
Leaf here. We were taught to gloat over this in our history classes. The damage control from the left is unreal.
Oliver Collins
Even though you didn't actually do it?
Aiden Perez
>the (((crown))) does literally nothing nowadays except for siphoning taxpayer money and having weddings with niggerjews Which is all they do in their home country as well
Camden Ramirez
lol didn't the British monarch dissolve your parliament a few years ago? nice independence you got there xddd
Nathan Brown
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Jackson Reed
no, the prime minister did. it gets rubber stamped by the queen.
Joseph Cruz
lol your nation's leader has to run things by the queen of england holy shit lmao
Camden Phillips
Not even Australia has to do that.
Logan King
no. do you know what a rubber stamp is?
David Bell
lol no wonder canada is so fucked up, its citizens subjects are in denial of reality
Gabriel Williams
"rubber stamp" just means it wasn't given much thought. it's still an approval that must be sought lol
Angel Edwards
Reminds me of jews and the holocaust and blacks and slavery.
Evan Gutierrez
Wong. Canada separated from Britain in 1982. Ar you going to act like Canadians aren't descended from the same Brits who burned down the White House? Are you saying there was no Canadian history prior to 1982?
Jackson Watson
t. Chinese immigrant to Vancouver.
Jacob Jones
As far as Canadians are concerned the distinction of being Canadian or not starts after the colonies had riots and rebelled somewhere between the time all the colonies are bunched together then split into a north and south group and the US breaking off from the empire.
Angel Clark
how often do you think Trump bullies lil' Castro? The correct answer is every day
That's like saying that Lambings Flat was caused by England just because Australia was controlled by them at that point
It should look like this tbh
Yes they do retard, it's just that the Governor General works on behalf of the Queen
Jack Lee
Dude brought up something another country did over two centuries ago because this fucking buffoon thinks steel from Canada, our closest ally, WHO WE ARE CURRENTLY FIGHTING ALONGSIDE ON THE BATTLEFIELD is a national security risk.
Gabriel White
What a weird thing to say. Canada was still Canada when it was part of the British empire. It wasnt another country.
sounds like he's getting bullied, but you're an animesperg so you couldn't identifying bullying considering you've spent your entire life attempting to convince yourself you've been trolling everyone by being a jobless NEET permavirgin who watches children's cartoons while everyone laughs at you, including your parents.
Isaac Ross
so you saying the bits didn't burn down the white house?
Canada is still a British colony just see their money of which the British queen is on…TO THIS VERY DAY. They are still still subservient to the crown… regardless how much
Joshua Clark
Found the soyboy
Samuel Harris
A coutnry doesnt become a different country when it stops having a king or queen. Theres plenty of example s of that.
Plus modern Canadia is still part of the British commonwealth.
John Adams
Because a lot of you Burgers seem to be confused about the monarchy. This is the queens role in politics It's been that way for longer than your country has existed.
Angel James
PROTECTIONISM IS PATRIOTISM
FREE-MARKET IS TREASON
Jack Rodriguez
Uh huh… Not buying your shit. Because if that were the case it would beg the question of "why even keep the monarchs around?" The Royals might not have a direct hand in politics but they still have veto power and personal wealth that is greater than most smaller nations.
Angel Gonzalez
lol sad. many such cases!
Jaxon Sanders
found the virgin
Alexander Harris
you mean like niggers crying about slavery which ended 150 years ago. got it.
Brandon Jackson
So trump's a nigger, got it
Liam Morris
canada formally declared independence in the 80's and the only connection to the queen is the governor general who is just a figurehead and only there to sign bills
The answer is that parliament could do that shit, but like how American soldiers have sworn to defend the constitution, British soldiers have sworn to defend the Queen. If parliament tried to get rid of the monarchy the army would get rid of parliament.
Luis Stewart
lose your virginity fag
Colton Campbell
Found the leftyfaggot.
Samuel Flores
Found the leftynigger.
How much fucking damage control is being done in one thread?
Ryan Lewis
We DID burn the White House down. Madison fucked up and paid for it. Those so-called Brits were Canadians. Trump is correct and anyone who says otherwise is a balloon-knot.
Juan Reyes
That gets into a lot of messy, poorly defined, issues surrounding the Civil List and British Constitutional questions. Putting it simply the monarchy receives regular (basically welfare) cheques from the treasury and in exchange grants the treasury the much higher income from rental of royal land. If the UK abolished the monarchy it would be a net financial loss to the nation, and that's before you factor in lost tourism income. You also have the role of tradition and the fact that there aren't many politicians keen on completely rewriting all of British law.
Theoretically, yes, absolutely. In practice loyalty to the crown fades dramatically the further you go down the org chart, spiking with junior officers, but still progressively downhill. t.living in British garrison town and sharing pubs with squaddies most weekends
