The White House jumped on a news report last week about tariffs prompting Sapporo Breweries to move production from Canada to the United States. The official White House X account posted a photo of Sapporo beer cans, reproducing the news headline and adding a caption saying, “Made in America.” The brewery has since clarified that no final decision has been made, but the proposed move involves only non-alcoholic beer, which accounts for less than one per cent of its total production in Canada.
The White House’s Sept. 8 X post features a photo of three silver cans of the Japanese beer and a headline attributed to Bloomberg News.
“Sapporo beer moving production to U.S. from Canada on tariffs,” the headline reads, with the “moving production to U.S. from Canada” portion highlighted in yellow.
The post drew mixed reaction from online commenters, with many expressing their gratitude to Japan or celebrating the announcement. Other replies criticized the Trump administration and accused the White House of overstating the importance of the move. As of Sept. 16, the post had received 358,000 views and been reposted more than 1,000 times.
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