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Rapper turned Canadian politician mocks Trump with booze ban
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March 8, 2025
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0:39Now PlayingAn ex-con rapper-turned-Canadian politician is playing tough guy in the trade war with the US, mocking President Trump this week as he signed an executive order to remove American booze from store shelves.
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew pled guilty to beating up a cab driver in 2004 before quitting booze and eventually pivoting to politics a little more than a decade later.
“This order, it’s a wonderful order, it’s a beautiful order,” Kinew, 43, said Tuesday to a cheering crowd.
Kinew, who was the frontman of Canadian hip hop groups Slangblossom and Dead Indians in the 2000s, told The Post the stunt was an attempt to create a moment of levity in the midst of the escalating trade war with the US.
“Canadians — we got a sense of humor too,” said Kinew, who was granted a pardon by the Parole Board of Canada in 2016 before running for office.
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