As U.S. President Donald Trump pursues his world commerce conflict and discuss of annexation, a brand new ballot suggests the share of Canadians who view the US as a high menace has tripled since 2019.
Whereas this 12 months’s survey by the Pew Analysis Middle means that 55 per cent of Canadians nonetheless say the U.S. stays this nation’s most vital ally, it additionally says that 59 per cent now see the U.S. as a menace — up from 20 per cent within the 2019 ballot.
“Canada kind of stands out as one place the place views of the U.S. have modified considerably and considerably,” stated Janell Fetterolf, a senior researcher on the centre.
Pew polled folks in 25 nations and the US was cited as a very powerful ally in 12. It was essentially the most generally named menace in eight nations — together with America’s closest neighbours, Canada and Mexico.
Canada was an early goal of Trump’s tariffs and taunts. He repeatedly referred to as former prime minister Justin Trudeau “governor” and stated he wished to make Canada a U.S. state.
Trump hit Canada and Mexico with duties he linked to fentanyl trafficking in March, solely to stroll again the tariffs for items that adjust to the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Settlement on commerce just a few days later.
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Each nations are additionally being focused by Trump’s tariffs on metal, aluminum and cars.
The Pew Analysis Middle stated many individuals polled in Europe named Russia as a high menace, whereas China was extra generally named amongst these within the Asia-Pacific area.
Ballot respondents had been extra more likely to title the US as an financial menace, whereas Russia was extra more likely to be thought of a menace to nationwide safety and China was generally cited as a mixture of each.
However not less than half of the folks polled in Mexico, France and Canada who stated the US was a menace additionally stated the U.S. posed “quite a lot of a menace” to nationwide safety.
In Canada, roughly three-quarters of adults stated the U.S. poses an financial menace and 53 per cent stated it poses a nationwide safety menace.
Pew, a Washington-based non-partisan suppose tank, surveyed 28,333 adults throughout 24 nations — not together with the US — from Jan. 8 to April 26 by cellphone, on-line and in particular person.
The centre additionally surveyed 3,605 Individuals from March 24 to March 30 by cellphone, on-line and in particular person.
Israelis had been notably more likely to title the U.S. as their nation’s most vital ally. Israelis additionally stood out for his or her notably optimistic rankings of the U.S. and its president. Most Israelis polled named Iran as the highest menace.
Japanese and South Koreans polled additionally overwhelmingly said that the U.S. was their most vital ally.
Regardless of Canadians’ more and more detrimental views of the U.S., Individuals stay optimistic about Canada. Fetterolf stated Canada is likely one of the allies mostly named by Individuals, simply behind the UK.
She stated a ballot earlier this 12 months advised 74 per cent of Individuals have a beneficial opinion of Canada.
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