A singer who was mocked while doing the American national anthem in a hockey game in Canada during the weekend is being invited back to another attempt.
AGASHA MUtAS MUTASSAIRA, 26, was subjected to boos during his interpretation of the Star Spangled banner before Sunday's game between the Vancouver Canucks and the Detroit Red Wings.
However, hostility was not aimed at AGASHA or its performance. On the other hand, Canadian fans of Rogers Arena de Vancouver, who has almost 20,000 spectators, were the last to express their disgust after the president of the United States, Donald Trump, hit his country with tariffs last week.
Trump ordered 25 percent tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports and 10 percent of China's assets from February 1, a movement that has caused important fears of commercial war.
Several Canadian sports games have seen unhappy fans to boo the national anthem in the past as a result, even in another hockey game in Ottawa, while Canada's anthem was booed by US fans in Nashville.
And after insisting that he did not take the reaction personally, Agasha revealed in an interview with TMZ Sports that Vancouver has offered the microphone.
A singer destined for wheelchairs that was booed while performing the US national anthem. In a hockey game in Canada is being invited to another attempt
“The Canucks team was very grateful and was very impressed by how the situation was handled,” he said. “And yes, they are eager to recover at some point.”
The musician also explained that his hands seemed tremors during the performance due to a tremor related to his injury, and not to the boos that were raining it in the Rogers Arena.
“The Canucks team, the production team and all there, gave me an adequate warning,” added Agasha about the Jeers. 'I even had one of the singers who often send me a message of anthem.
'They gave me a lot of preparation, so once I heard them I knew I was not personal and I was still very honored and excited to complete the anthem.
“Everything compensated in the end, everyone cheered and it was very sweet.”
In response to Trump's movement, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the country would contact 25 percent tariffs against $ 155 million from US goods; including beer, wine, wood and appliances, starting with $ 30 billion in force on Tuesday and $ 125 billion 21 days later.
Trudeau warned of US citizens that the tariffs of its president would increase the costs of supermarkets and gasoline, potentially closing cars assembly plants and limiting supplies of products such as nickel, potassa, uranium, steel and aluminum.
Canadian fans expressed their anger with Donald Trump hitting the country with tariffs
Several Canadian sports games have seen fans boo the national anthem of the United States in the last week
He urged his own citizens to give up trips to the United States and to boycott the products of the United States.
Meanwhile, the Prime Minister of the Canadian Province of British Columbia, David Eby, asked residents to stop buying liquor from the US 'red' states. UU. And eliminate US alcohol brands from the stores of stores Government in response to tariffs.
Trump's taxes, in products such as computer chips, steel, oil, gas and cars, “will bring a lot of money for our country and bring a rebirth in American manufacturing,” he said. Canada is the largest foreign oil supplier in the United States, followed by Mexico.
The 78 -year -old tariffs at the center of his electoral campaign, citing an era more than a century ago when tariffs were an cornerstone of US trade and commercial income.