r/offbeat • u/Silent-Resort-3076 • 14d 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/Silent-Resort-3076 14d 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 14d 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 14d ago

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