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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis is sad - Canadians have low opinion of Americans, Thanks Trump
A deep national revulsion toward President Donald Trump has sent Canadians opinions of the United States plummeting to a level of antipathy never before seen in the 35 years a pollster has been asking.
A major Pew Research survey released on Monday found that just 43 per cent of Canadians hold a favourable view of the U.S., with 51 per cent holding an unfavourable view
... Perceptions of the U.S. have worsened dramatically on every continent since Trumps election. Only in Russia has there been a significant improvement 26 percentage points.
Pew has never found Canadians so displeased with the U.S. since it launched the survey in 2002
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/06/26/a-majority-of-canadians-dislike-the-us-for-the-first-time-in-35-years-likely-much-longer.html
dem4decades
(11,297 posts)Quanta
(195 posts)But PLEASE LOOK into Sebastian Gorka as well
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Gorka
yortsed snacilbuper
(7,939 posts)That would solve a lot of our problems.
elleng
(130,974 posts)democratisphere
(17,235 posts)Step back for a moment and look at this ugly GD American mess! We own this f'ing disaster.
wasupaloopa
(4,516 posts)JI7
(89,252 posts)wasupaloopa
(4,516 posts)I wonder how we will get reviewed by folks there.
I don't accept Trump as President maybe I can get a tee shirt with that on it
Hayduke Bomgarte
(1,965 posts)and I doubt I could have a lower opinion of Americans than I do right now.
rzemanfl
(29,565 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)At least half of them, anway.
I am at the point where I wish I was Canadian. If I could move there tonight, I would go in a heartbeat.
Johnny2X2X
(19,069 posts)They should be afraid. We are a threat to world peace. Trump would bomb the shit out of Canada in a second if he thought he could get away with it.
People haven't seen anything yet, this regime is the most terrifying threat to the world since Hitler.
KentuckyWoman
(6,688 posts)Trump would bomb the shit out of Canada if he could profit from it.
He's POTUS. No matter what he does, he gets away with it.
WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)From the article posted...
"Canadians are still fans of their everyday counterparts across the border, though a bit less than during the Obama era. Sixty-five per cent said they have a favourable view of Americans, down from 71 per cent in 2013."
The friends/family I have that are Canadian watch the news about here almost as much as DUers do and know the score... thank goodness.
Now if I could just figure out how to claim my dual birthright (even though I was born in U.S. and adopted by Americans) or convince Canada to annex this part of northern NY... just a few miles more south would do nicely. :-D
KentuckyWoman
(6,688 posts)Even if they had glowing approvals of me it wouldn't change a single thing on how I live.
I do my best in all things. If that's not good enough too bad. I can only do my best.
To be fair I feel that way about everyone, not just Canadians.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)Canadians are very warm hearted folks. I mentioned to a few of them in a visit just after the election that I may have to come over and declare political asylum. They said no problem, c'mon over.