Trump, who did not attend the game, called the US team beforehand and later reiterated his stance on Canada, posting on Truth Social that he hoped it "will someday, maybe soon, become our cherished and very important Fifty First State.

Partisan cricket fans in India and Pakistan, please stand back for the pathology of American and Canadian fans in ice hockey. Benign neighbors not too long ago, ties between the two brotherly nations has touched a nadir lately,