{"id":36348,"date":"2025-03-18T18:23:34","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T18:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/18\/canada-rage-room-lets-visitors-smash-trump-vance-musk-portraits-to-release-tariff-angst\/"},"modified":"2025-03-18T18:23:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T18:23:34","slug":"canada-rage-room-lets-visitors-smash-trump-vance-musk-portraits-to-release-tariff-angst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/18\/canada-rage-room-lets-visitors-smash-trump-vance-musk-portraits-to-release-tariff-angst\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada &#8216;rage room&#8217; lets visitors smash Trump, Vance, Musk portraits to release tariff angst"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Canadians upset with President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6370110077112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump\u2019s tariffs<\/a> now have an outlet for their anger \u2013 a &#8220;rage room&#8221; business now offers the ability to &#8220;smash&#8221; the U.S. leader; kind of.<\/p>\n<p>Rage Room: Halifax, in the Nova Scotian capital, announced on its website that &#8220;until <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/trump-tariffs-cr-tax-cuts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the tariffs<\/a> come off, we understand you might have a little extra rage that you want to let out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Smash the Tariffs&#8221; promotion offers customers portraits of Trump to &#8220;smash,&#8221; discounts on other &#8220;smashables.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Customers who order any package of smashables at the business, about 600 miles northeast of Boston across the Bay of Fundy, receive a Trump portrait for free, and with a $5 donation to a Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, food bank, they can also smash likenesses of Vice President JD Vance and DOGE leader Elon Musk.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6370156023112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>STEVE MOORE: TARIFFS WILL BRING FREER AND FAIRER TRADE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Efforts to reach Rage Room: Halifax were unsuccessful on Tuesday, as it was closed as scheduled.<\/p>\n<p>However, owner Terry LeBlanc told Vancouver-based national broadcaster <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11079823\/smash-the-tariffs-rage-room-donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Global News<\/a> that his view is &#8220;we\u2019re entertainment first.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Normally, I don\u2019t really get political. However, I feel with everything going on in the world and what\u2019s happening these days \u2026 this is needed,&#8221; he told the network.<\/p>\n<p>If customers are able to relieve stress and be entertained, then it is a &#8220;win,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>A social media post advertising the new promotion invited Canadians &#8220;fed up with the chaos&#8221; and news cycle to come and enjoy the &#8220;perfect way to let it out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In its report, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/canada\/article\/clients-of-halifax-rage-room-take-aim-at-portraits-of-us-president-donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CTV News<\/a> described a 14-year-old boy placing a framed picture of Trump on a table, while bedecked in a mask for protection, as he leveled a baseball bat at the mogul\u2019s portrait and &#8220;obliterated&#8221; it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/how-jackson-era-tariffs-almost-led-to-carolina-conflict-30-years-before-civil-war\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>HOW JACKSON-ERA TARIFFS ALMOST LED TO CAROLINA CONFLICT 30 YEARS BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The boy was asked by the outlet why he wanted to smash the portrait and responded, &#8220;it\u2019s about how he\u2019s treating this country (Canada),&#8221; as his sister soon smashed another Trump portrait with a golf club.<\/p>\n<p>The girl said Trump is &#8220;not a very smart man&#8221; and that the rage room allowed her to safely release frustrations.<\/p>\n<p>Typical smashable packages have descriptors such as &#8220;Anger Management&#8221; and &#8220;Parental Leave,&#8221; according to CTV.<\/p>\n<p>Customers are also regularly asked what their top smashable was during their visit. As of late, it has been Trump\u2019s likeness.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the rage room, White House spokesman Kush Desai said, &#8220;Fortunately, Canadians won\u2019t have to worry about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/how-jackson-era-tariffs-almost-led-to-carolina-conflict-30-years-before-civil-war\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Trump\u2019s tariffs<\/a> anymore when Canada becomes our 51st state.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Secret Service, which often probes issues regarding presidential protection, did not respond to a request for comment for the purposes of this story.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Canadian news coverage has shown state stores removing American bourbon and other uniquely U.S. products from their shelves in response to Trump&#8217;s tariff actions.<\/p>\n<p>Liberal Canadian Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/canadas-new-pm-trump-critic-mark-carney-accused-being-out-touch-common-man\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Carney<\/a> said in recent public remarks &#8220;there is a limit given the relative size of our economies to the extent that we should match U.S. tariffs,&#8221; adding that the U.S. economy is 10:1 larger than Canada\u2019s \u2013 before criticizing Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre for his plans to deal with the tariff matter.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Poilievre lamented that both U.S. and Canadian workers will be hurt by the tariffs and slammed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/trump-critic-mark-carney-poised-replace-trudeau-canadas-prime-minister\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carney and predecessor Justin Trudeau<\/a> for a &#8220;lost liberal decade.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Let\u2019s solve this problem,&#8221; Poilievre said while gathered with blue-collar workers in L\u2019Orignal, Ont.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canadians upset with President Donald Trump\u2019s tariffs now have an outlet for their anger \u2013 a &#8220;rage room&#8221; business now offers the ability to &#8220;smash&#8221; the U.S. leader; kind of. 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