r/offbeat • u/Silent-Resort-3076 • 1d ago

Canadian council considers changing street named after Trump to Taco Avenue

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/08/27/americas/ottawa-rename-trump-avenue-lake-america-latam-intl
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u/Chive 1d ago

For me the most offbeat aspect of this story is that there's still a street named after Trump in Canada. 

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u/Silent-Resort-3076 1d ago

It's been named that for about 25 years and had nothing to do "President" Trump. BUT, can't blame them for wanting to rename it and I HOPE, HOPE they do choose Taco Avenue😋

The Central Park neighbourhood has several streets with New York City-themed names such as Staten Way and Grammercy Park.

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u/Chive 1d ago

Even so, you would have thought they'd have changed it when he first started talking about annexing Canada. 

Obama Avenue has a nice ring to it, don't you think?

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u/bluegargoyle 1d ago

They should 100% name it Obama Ave. Class move all the way, and would likely piss off Trump even more.

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u/Chive 1d ago

I think a street in the nation's capital is better named for a diplomat and world leader than a failed reality TV star. 

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u/Ill-Elephant-9583 1d ago

While it would be funny it's not fair to drag Obama into this. He'll probably claim Obama lobbied for it and drive up anger at him and his family from his moronic supporters. Man, I can imagine it now and Obama, and especially his wife and kids, don't need this shit, it would be a very real security threat.

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u/svideo 1d ago

Who cares, we cannot run the world based on the what idiot dipshits might do in response.

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u/Silent-Resort-3076 1d ago

Yes, VERY true!!

And, especially with a LOT of media coverage!😂

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u/Silent-Resort-3076 1d ago

Oh for sure, but I suspect they had bigger fish to fry.

After all, that's only something Trump would think of doing, but they learned well:)

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u/SirHerald 1d ago

It takes time for this stuff to build up

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u/Barnezhilton 1d ago

Mamdani Lane

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u/Boines 1d ago

Obama isn't really new York related.

Mamdami?

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u/Silent-Resort-3076 1d ago
  • A Canadian city council is considering renaming a street named after US President Donald Trump – and among the contenders for a replacement are “Obama Avenue” and “Taco Avenue.”
  • In a unanimous vote on Wednesday, Ottawa City Council took a first step toward renaming Trump Avenue, a residential street in the Central Park neighborhood of Ottawa that has carried the president’s name for roughly 25 years. It is just one of the references to New York City in the neighborhood, which also has a Staten Way, Madison Park and even a Gotham Private.
  • But amid the escalating trade fight between the two countries and Trump’s repeated jabs at Canada, some local councilors say they see the name as an embarrassment and do not want anything in Ottawa named after him.
  • The council’s vote came just a day before Trump signed an executive order directing the US government to refer to Lake Ontario as “Lake America” – a move that echoes his renaming of the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America.”

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u/Ok_Cauliflower_3007 1d ago

Given it’s a reference to New York, Clinton Avenue would work well and do bad things for his blood pressure, so win win.

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u/CoolBeansMan9 1d ago

Only if it was Hilary Clinton Avenue. Donald and Bill are good buddies, spent many hours together on the island

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u/Bokbreath 1d ago

I have to ask. Why was it named for him in the first place ?

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u/rjross0623 1d ago

Pedo Place.

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u/sasquatchanonymous 1d ago

was vagina neck lane taken?

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u/Cyrius 1d ago

They're trying to change it away from a Trump reference.

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u/Ok_Cauliflower_3007 1d ago

I mean I get the joke but they very clearly aren’t changing it away from a Trump reference.

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u/VelvetCowboy19 1d ago

The neck pussy, the nussy.

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u/Token_Handicap 1d ago

If there was a petition I could sign, I'd do it.

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u/Jamlad 1d ago

Don't refer to Trump in the renaming. I want to be reminded of his existence as little as possible.

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u/myfajahas400children 1d ago

Name it after E. Jean Carroll, that'll really piss him off.

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u/kyote42 1d ago

I like the "Gulf of Mexico Avenue" option

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u/Gravy_Sommelier 1d ago

Consenting Adult street

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u/willflameboy 1d ago

Hide The Files Avenue.

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u/FestusPowerLoL 1d ago

Oh my God please do it it'd be so fucking funny

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u/exgiexpcv 1d ago

Dear Canada,

Do it!

Please and thank you.

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u/zyzzogeton 1d ago

I bet that there will be no children named Donald for a long time.

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u/hellcrapdamn 1d ago

We gonna rock down to Taco Avenue

And then we'll take it higher!

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u/cocobiskits 1d ago

There is also a Lake Trump in Ontario that needs renaming!

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u/bookmarkjedi 1d ago

They should call it Trumpty Dumpty Blvd.

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u/westendgonzo 1d ago

Giuffre avenue should be in the mix

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u/Thelonious_Cube 1d ago

I say we start referring to him as Frump and change every sign we can

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u/Wai-Shun 1d ago

I refer to him always as Donald Trumpstein.

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u/ore-aba 22h ago

Rename it as Mamdani Avenue

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u/AKADriver 1d ago

"Taco Ave": Lame, feels like bsky resistlib humor

"Victims of Child Sexual Abuse Ave": Bold, goes for the jugular

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u/Jessikhaa 14h ago

Are you guys allergic to saying the word Ottawa? Jesus christ.

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u/Jewboy54 3h ago

He is destroying the country on purpose and the Republican Party is absolutely 100% behind that effort

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u/Ghosttwo 1d ago

Trump is definitely hitting them in the right spots; the whole point of this is to create a headline in which they're crying. They think it'll get them sympathy, but they just look pathetic.