Canada

I wouldn't normally correct on this because it's a fun story, but since you said you're doing research, look into the burning of the White House. It was done by British Redcoats based out of the Caribbean.

However, through research, I found that this type of insult from the US appears to have a long history.

To quote Trudeau (the elder) when responding to something Nixon had said about him

"I've been called worse things by better people"

I prefer it when the US ignores Canada.

Things seldom go well for Canadians when they pay attention to us.

Don't forget that the reliant nature of our economy has been a work in progress policy of the US for decades. Trump wouldn't have the leverage on us that he does if NAFTA were never signed, for example. Trump is especially virulent and too stupid to keep his mouth shut, but the US has never been a friend, they've always been trying to get us into a submissive position. Previous administrations were just wise enough to keep it quiet and friendly-seeming on the surface.

From what I've experienced here, it's just ego and not being able to handle hearing that another country might be better at something than America. I don't know how well known the burning of the original president's house even is here. I've only ever heard it talked about a handful of times, and always as a random bit of history trivia from a long time ago, I've never seen anyone get upset about it. But I've watched right-wing Americans get very defensive around the topic of Canadian healthcare my whole life. "That's communism, it doesn't work, did you know that Canadians pay half their salary in taxes and whatever other made up bullshit about Canada that Fox News told me." Narcissists don't like hearing that someone else is better at something than them and would rather start attacking than defending their position.

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