Images of a person holding a sign stating “Trump Will Protect Us From Canada” are spreading online, inducing plenty of mockery from many spectators believing it to be a rather misinformed Trump supporter.
The sign appeared on television during a CBC news report as well as the title image on a popular article on the Slate.com website.
The sign is real, however it clearly isn’t being held by a Trump supporter. In fact it was being held by someone protesting a Trump rally in Lynden Washington on May 7th 2016. (You can see many anti-Trump banners being held in the same vicinity as the sign in question, including one saying “Love Trumps Hate”.)
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Since the banner is being held by someone actually protesting Trump, it is clear that the sign is to be taken as a joke, mocking Trump’s controversial comments about building a wall between the United States and Mexico, thus the sign is to be taken somewhat tongue-in-cheek.
Note: The image is copyrighted to Getty Images and is only being used in this article for illustrative purposes.
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