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#MakeCanadaGreatAgain: kid’s brilliant answer to Canada test question goes viral

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#MakeCanadaGreatAgain: Kid channels Donald Trump to pass test
#MakeCanadaGreatAgain: Kid channels Donald Trump to pass test – Mar 9, 2016

A student’s brilliant political – and vaguely Donald Trump-ish – answer to a Canadian geography question has become a viral sensation.

In a post titled “This is why I teach,” Reddit user Blahson posted an image of a seemingly simple question with a child’s long-winded answer using a tried-and-true politician’s trick of enthusiastic blather to cover up for not actually knowing the answer to a question.

The bonus question asked “What’s the capital of Canada?”

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In fairness, plenty of non-Canadians don’t know the answer. But not many would answer like this:

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“Of course I know the capital of Canada. It’s a great country. It’s really great. Everyone wants to know what the capital of Canada is. And do you know what I tell them? I tell them that we have a foolproof plan for naming the capital of Canada. And that’s why we’re going to be the best at naming the capital of Canada.”

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Playing his Trump card, the student finishes the non-answer with the hashtag #MakeCanadaGreatAgain.”

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The original Reddit post has nearly 2.4 million views and plenty of more honest answers from others admitting they don’t know the answer either.

But as one poster pointed out, “#makecanadagreatagain? I don’t think Canada has ever stopped being great!”

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