Sometimes you’ve just gotta have doughnuts, even if you’re the prime minister.

But when the rest of us stop in at our local doughnut shop, we don’t usually get the reaction Justin Trudeau did when he picked up his order from Winnipeg bakery Oh Doughnuts on Monday morning.

The surprise visit, which Trudeau posted about on Twitter with the hashtag #shoplocal, garnered many negative reactions on social media. Users criticized him for spending on “expensive” doughnuts, instead of paying $10 for a Tim Hortons dozen.

Some took to the Oh Doughnuts website, looking at their more costly options, such as a $47 dozen to back up their ire, though Trudeau apparently bought plainer fare.

“I guess Tim Hortons isn’t good enough for the Liberal clan,” wrote Twitter user @susanr1212, criticizing the prime minister for spending “taxpayers money” on the snack.

Some speculated the whole thing was a photo op, and that Trudeau didn’t even get any doughnuts at all.

And some even pointed out that doughnuts aren’t in the new Canada’s Food Guide.

Others, however, backed up the prime minister and said they’d rather see him spending on a local business than on an American-owned company — especially with the wellbeing of employees in mind.

“I’m no fan of the dude but he bought a local Canadian made product,” wrote Twitter user @NDrules43, calling the argument “lame and petty.”

Tim Hortons hasn’t exactly ingratiated itself to Canadians recently, and certainly not in Winnipeg, where 15 unionized Tims workers were locked out of their workplace amid pay negotiations.

When the brand offered the Sussex royals Meghan and Harry free coffee for life over Twitter after news broke they could be moving to Canada, the company received its own online backlash.

After all the discussion online, Oh Doughnuts decided to join in on the Twitter conversation, defending Trudeau’s purchase while also criticizing Tim Hortons in a thread.

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