For years, Donald Trump’s clashes with the theme park industry were aimed squarely at The Walt Disney Company. From cultural disputes to public criticism of executive leadership and fluctuating share prices, Disney served as a constant focal point for its corporate grievances. But in a sudden and unexpected shift, Trump has broadened his sights, launching a fiery online broadside against regional amusement park giant Six Flags.
On October 19, 2026, Trump took to his Truth Social account to demand an immediate, nationalistic rebrand of one of North America’s most historic wooden roller coasters:
“Mighty Canadian Minebuster should immediately change its name to Mighty American Minebuster. Six Flags is not a Canadian Company, we are the United States of America! The name would add great value and prestige to the Roller Coaster! Home Values and Incomes near the park would rise, and you would be even prouder while saluting our beautiful American Flag on the lift hill! Maybe even the Crashing Stock that Six Flags is known for, would become high again!
President DONALD J. TRUMP”
A Canadian Classic in the Crosshairs
The post quickly accumulated thousands of replies and re-shares, drawing bewilderment from political commentators and coaster enthusiasts alike. The primary source of confusion? The roller coaster in question does not operate in the United States.
The Mighty Canadian Minebuster is an iconic out-and-back wooden coaster located at Canada’s Wonderland in Vaughan, Ontario, just outside Toronto. Opening alongside the park in 1981, the ride was built as an intentional tribute to the historic Flyer coaster at Toronto’s former Sunnyside Amusement Park, serving as a staple of Canadian amusement park heritage for more than four decades. Trump’s insistence that parkgoers should be “saluting our beautiful American Flag on the lift hill” while riding an attraction on Canadian soil quickly turned the post into a viral sensation.
The Six Flags Connection and Economic Claims
Trump’s premise—that the coaster’s identity should change because Six Flags is an American corporation—stems from recent consolidation within the theme park industry. Ohio-based Cedar Fair historically operated Canada’s Wonderland. However, following Cedar Fair’s $8 billion mega-merger with Six Flags, the combined business adopted the unified corporate name Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, with operational headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina. Because the Canadian park now falls under American corporate leadership, Trump argued that the ride’s Canadian name should be stripped away.
Echoing the rhetoric he previously deployed against Disney, Trump also targeted the company’s market performance, taking a direct swipe at the “Crashing Stock that Six Flags is known for” amidst post-merger scrutiny. Furthermore, his claim that renaming the 45-year-old wooden coaster would single-handedly boost local real estate values and household incomes baffled economists. Vaughan is already one of the fastest-growing and most affluent municipalities in Ontario, driven by infrastructure and transit growth rather than roller coaster signage.
Neither Six Flags nor Canada’s Wonderland has signaled any intention to change the coaster’s name. For now, the Mighty Canadian Minebuster continues to send riders over its wooden hills under its original banner, firmly anchored in Canadian soil.
