https://www.newsweek.com/canada-us-relations-enemy-poll-tariffs-2034766
According to the Leger poll conducted between February 14 and 17, 27 percent of Canadians now consider the U.S. an enemy, while 30 percent still see it as an ally. Another 27 percent view it as neutral. The poll surveyed 1,500 Canadians and 1,000 Americans. It was not assigned a margin of error as it was conducted online.
First, Canadians are gullible idiots looking for something to feel proud about. Hating America is easy and has no cost so they run like lemmings to announce their hatred of America, the country that protects us from the evil powers of the world.
ReplyDeleteSecond, this is a miscalculation on Trump's part. His assumption, which is reasonable, is that the government of Canada cares about Canada as a whole. This is wrong. The government of Canada, the Liberal party, long ago divided the country in two - those who are loyal to the Liberals are good Canadians, those who aren't are divisive, racist terrorist, phobic neo-Nazis who deserve no say in how the country runs.
At the present time, the government has been shut down for the feeble excuse that the Liberals need to have a leadership content and having an open Parliament would be too big a distraction for them. The Prime Minister currently governs by decrees although many will have to be ratified by Parliament when it reopens under the new Liberal leader, Mark Carney.
The Liberals have also been trailing in the polls for the last couple of years and there's an election that has to be held by November.
So what mistake did Trump make? He assumed the Liberals would do what's best for Canada when instead the Liberals will do what's best for them, which is to remain in power.
So instead of sending a serious team to Washington to negotiate a way out of the tariffs, Trudeau announces instead that we would retaliate. We have no chance of hurting the Americans but Trudeau and his media minions claim we do. He announced that to be a patriotic Canadian you have to now side with him and hate America. And it's worked. Canadians go to hockey games with American teams and boo when their national anthem is played. Disgusting. We talk about shopping Canadian even though most of the best Canadian companies are owned by American megacorporations. He is prepared to tank the economy over this fight and then blame the Americans, knowing that idiot Canadians will rally to his side and give the Liberals the victory in the next election that they see as their only priority. Trump certainly didn't expect this level of stupidity.