Donald Trump the Megathread part II - Mod Warning added to OP 10/1/26

Trump didn't actually endorse anyone in the Canadian election. He posted on Truth Social urging Canadians to vote for the man who would bring Canada into the US as the 51st state. But no party, and SFAIK no candidate, in the Canadian elections supported this idea. He specifically didn't call for people to vote for Poilievre, who he says is "no friend of mine" and has "said negative things".

Trump's hostility towards Canada has been a signficant factor in the elections, with Canadians overwhelmning rallying to the flag. The Liberals have benefitted from this rather than the Conservatives, but that's not because the Conservatives have aligned themselves with Trump's policies towards Canada — in fact they strongly reject them. It's more because, before Trump embarked on this madness, Poilievre was seen as somewhat Trump-like — a right-wing populist calling for lower taxes and smaller government, with a somewhat confrontational relationship with LGBTQ advocacy groups, a fixation with free speech but rather less concern for other rights and freedoms, a more restrictive attitude to immigration, opposition to vaccine mandates, a cheap "Canada first!" slogan, etc.

The truth is that there's a great gap between Poilievre and Trump, and seeing Poilievre as a Canadian analogue of Trump wouild be very unfair to Poilievre. But Canadian voters wanting to express resistance to Trump's ambitions with regard to Canada in particular, and to Trump's values and attitudes in general, were always going to vote for Carney rather than for Poilievre.

The Trump Effect has been particularly strong in Canada because of Trump's open aggression towards Canada, but there is reason to think that it also operate in other countries. Right-populist leaders who have sought to echo some of Trump's attitudes or adopt some of his style are now paying an electoral price for that as voters look at the the US and decide that they don't want a leader that looks anything like Trump.

39% overall approval rating, no issue polling above 48% favorable for CFTrump.

https://apnorc.org/projects/100-days-in-and-the-public-feels-trumps-presidency-is-proceeding-mostly-as-expected/

also (https://archive.ph/BdpTI)

Laughably low ratings for 100 days into an administration.

At the next presser, I wonder if BS Barbie will say Trump congratulates Carney and looks forward to working with him…nah, he'll make it about himself and she'll just pass that through while taunting the reporters.

Looking forward to Carney as PM, Canada made a good choice, a serious economist in charge during wildly uncertain times. Canada with closer ties to the EU and China will be something to behold. Plus, Canadians aren't vacationing in the US and are selling their vacation homes.

Trumps meddling brought the Liberals back from the dead.

In early January, support for the Conservative party peaked at 44 percent in polls. The Liberals were down to only 20 percent.

People are very fickle, it seems to be a common occurence around the world, people complain and slate the incumbent party only to re-elect the same incompetent/corrupt politicians at the polling booth.

People deserve the politicians they elect.

People deserve the politicians they elect.

That statement ignores the reality of how close many elections are. We see Trump and his staff insisting he has a mandate for what he is doing, when in reality only less then 1 in 3 of all eligible voters voted for him and of those who did vote, only 1.5% more voted for him than for Kamala.

People who voted for Trump in 2020 got the fastest recovery from Covid, very significant pieces of legislation, strong stock markets and low unemployment because Biden won.

75M People went out to vote in the last election and selected Kamala for President, they have to suffer through the most negatively impactful US Presidential opening of their lifetimes.

It's incorrect to suggest they deserve that just because they took part in the election.

Labour in the Uk say they have a mandate too.

After all they secured 412 seats and the largest majority government in 25 years.

Of course Labour only received 33.8% of the total vote, a measly 1.7% higher than the previous election.

Carney said he would protext Canada, would stand strong against the bully that the US voters put in. Sounds like a perfectly reasonable position for the lectorate to take. They put aside their small individual concerns for the greater good.

And Polievre wouldnt protect Canada is it ?

Polievre is more of a nationalist than Carney, he would have been tough on Trump.