Vast majority of Canadians believe Trump is turning the world against the United States

[Swede]

80% of Canadians believe Trump is harming the interests of Americans.

According to a new study by Spark Insights, the vast majority of Canadians agree that President Donald Trump is turning the world against the United States.

80% of Canadians believe Trump is harming the interests and prospects of Americans and turning the world against the U.S. Just 20% think Trump will end up creating good outcomes for Americans.

“The impact of Trump on the world combined with the approach and focus of Carney have essentially restructured the political agenda and priority list for Canadians. If there’s a sharp dividing line in Canadian politics today, it’s the difference between northern MAGA voters and the large majority who have an intense dislike of the U.S. President. Only 16% of Canadians have a positive feeling about Trump.”

https://cultmtl.com/2026/05/vast-majority-of-canadians-believe-trump-is-turning-the-world-against-the-united-states/

[hedda_foil]

1. What percentage of Americans have realized this, I wonder.

[rampartd]

2. between those who don't know or don't care

and the maga 36% who think this is great, I'm going to guess "not enough."

[hedda_foil]

3. You're probably right but I sure would like to see it asked in polls.

[mountain grammy]

6. His approval is around 32-35%, maybe more..

We know them. They're not budging. Minority rule because Congress!

[NJCher]

7. It's 27% for inflation

And 23 % for cost of living.

Here's a May 3 link from the Washington Post. He does, as you say, score higher in some other areas.

[paleotn]

27. All thanks to some guys 237 years ago....

who thought they'd cobbled together a workable compromise, i.e., the Senate and the Electoral College.

As for the 250th anniversary, I'm not feeling it. Honestly, we don't have a damn thing to celebrate.

[Irish_Dem]

9. The American stupidity and immorality is astounding.

[3catwoman3]

24. Astounding, horrifying, disgusting...

...terrifying, mystifying, baffling, nauseating, embarrassing, infuriating. I'm sure I could come up with a few more.

[Irish_Dem]

32. You said it better than I did. Add heartbreaking and tragic to the list.

[vapor2]

35. I have 100%

[pat_k]

4. And they are of course right. And it makes us FAR, FAR less safe.

Can you imagine the nations he has alienated sharing intelligence? Particularly if keeping the source or nature of the intelligence secret were critical?

No fucking way

And it has long been such information sharing that is FAR more critical to our national security than the "macho-ness" of our military.

I shudder to think about the shit show the NSA and CIA have become.

[wiggs]

11. Yes. And further...when push comes to shove even the US can't stand against the rest of the world. Fewer nations

rely on us than 2 years ago. They are figuring out there are other more reliable, stable, reasonable options.

[pat_k]

34. Tragically true. There may be no recovery from loss of trust.

I don't think we ever recovered the lost of trust we suffered when Bush II turned us into torturing pariahs -- particularly since Obama chose to let the torturers in the joint operations off the hook.

Time will tell if we can regain even 50% of the prosperity we have enjoyed as a nation at the forefront of science, as a reliable trade partner and ally, as a leader in humanitarian aid, and on and on.

[vapor2]

36. Plus add leaving the WHO with ebola and hantavirus

[pat_k]

39. Absolutely!

There has also been far too little attention on what the cuts at NSF, NIH, DOE Department of Science, and other criminal impoundments of funds already allocated are doing to science.

One of my clients is the Director of the UW Molecular Engineering Materials Center. He is struggling find the funds to pay grad students already in the program and is unlikely to be able make offers to any new students in the foreseeable future. Their work is major cutting edge stuff and the students in that program are our future. The cuts have affected other acquaintances across departments at the University of Washington, and studies are finding massive brain drain -- not just from the cuts and impoundments, but from the insane attack on foreign students. We are looking at loses that CAN NEVER be replaced. We cannot get these years of training back, just as the losses in education during COVID will never be fully recovered. We can move forward and try to rebuild, but the U.S. is losing people and programs that would have paid dividends in the future.

[GiqueCee]

5. ONLY 80%, eh?

The other 20% must be ingesting hallucinogens for breakfast, or living under rocks. Of course, that 16% of Canadians may well be zombies in thrall to Danielle Smith, Premier of Alberta. She's got so many screws loose that she sounds like bolts in a bucket when she shakes her head. The remaining 4% are still wandering the streets unsupervised, so watch your six!

[3catwoman3]

25. "She's got so many screws loose that she sounds like bolts in a bucket when she shakes her head."

I love this!

[GiqueCee]

44. I have a cousin in Alberta...

... and she and her husband cannot stand Smith, or what she's trying to do to Alberta, and Canada as a whole.

[MustLoveBeagles]

8. They aren't wrong 😔

[Lovie777]

10. I agree....................

[OAITW r.2.0]

12. They're not wrong. They might have a smaller population, but the IQ up North seems to be

significantly higher than our general IQ here in the States.

[BeneteauBum]

15. Saw where a Texas woman opined

‘I vote the way tRump tells me to’. Too many people think this idiot can do no wrong.

Peace ☮️

[WestMichRad]

16. They have a diverse population

Unfortunately for them, it includes some MAGA-like imbeciles. But I certainly agree with the large majority of Canucks on this point!

[OAITW r.2.0]

22. They also only have 10 Provinces and 3 Territories.

Which might influence the governing aspirations of Canada. Canada is more like a amalgamation of States....where local identity is strong. Yet they understand their power is realized when they vote their national interests.

On edit: Alberta is probably the closest aligned MAGA province in Canada. Why? Oil.

[popsdenver]

13. This is precisely what

Putin has blackmailed him to do, along with Trump's self agrandizing, Psychopathic acting out.......

Putin loves turning the whole world against the U.S. and has made it his focus for the past 10+ years and also has facilitated it...

[Spazito]

14. The 16% that love trump live in Alberta...

I have no doubt.

[Cha]

21. A lot of Good People live

there, too, right?

☮️💙

[paleotn]

23. They do, but it's a lot like some red states.

I sometimes wonder if we can work out a deal. Trumpism has significant support in the prairie provinces. Trade them for the northeast down to Maryland and the west coast. I'm sure I can learn the words to O Canada.

[Cha]

28. Speaking of that... 💙 ☮️🌻🕯️🕊️

[Spazito]

38. Yes, for sure...

They lean conservative to some degree or another, a lot are libertarian-minded but about 30% are anti-vaxers, conspiracy theorists who love trump and Smith, our Premier.

It's not my favorite province, if my children and grandchildren didn't live here, I would have stayed in British Columbia.

[Cha]

40. I thought I understood you

lived there, and that's who I was talking about.

💙 ☮️🌻🕯️🕊️

[Spazito]

46. LOL, I totally missed that!

Very sweet!

[Cha]

47. Yeah, like you, Spazito!

I always wondered where you lived in Canada ☮️💙🌈🌸

[Spazito]

48. I lived in British Columbia for years and....

still consider it my 'home' province even though I have been here in Alberta for 20 years now, I moved shortly after my first grandchild was born here as family is everything.

I fell in love with Maui when I spent time there many years ago and think of you whenever anyone mentions the Hawaiian Islands.

[Cha]

49. Yes, Family is everything. That's

why I'm on Kauai, my son, his wife, and daughter. Been 16 years this time. 6 years in the '90s.

I've been to British Columbia on a Northwest camping trip in the early 80s. So beautiful! I'm glad you were able to visit Maui!

[aeromanKC]

17. Trump is turning Americans against America!!

As a veteran of the United States, I say FUCK Trump America!!

[KPN]

18. That many? Guess there are idiots, nuts and haters everywhere

[Cha]

19. Oh yeah, "16% of Canadians..", What's

so "positive" about killing innocent Americans and those in other countries because PEDO can. What's so "positive" about a Homicidal Maniac?

And, speaking of pedophiles, what's so "positive" about them, Traitor, specifically?

And what's so positive about the tariffs hurting American businesses to the point of driving some out of business?

Mahalo for the "80% of Canadians" who are against the US Pedophile, Rapist, who is destroying America.

Thank You, Swede! ☮️💙

[ananda]

20. And they are 100% correct!

!!!

[NoMoreRepugs]

26. Never underestimate the ignorance of a sizable portion of the American populace.

It’s what the Republican Party lives off of.

[Beartracks]

29. Which is why people wonder who he's really working for?

I mean, himself, clearly. But what country or countries benefit if the Unites States gets knocked off its pedestal and sullied as an unreliable partner or pariah nation?

Hmmm...

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[Tim S]

30. It's all going according to Putin's plan

[some_of_us_are_sane]

31. Trump has REVERSE ENGINEERED our country

back to the MCCARTHY days and robbed us of the identity so MANY Americans have died trying to preserve through so many wars.

But he certainly didn't do it or fund it alone.

I HATE THIS MAN... but MOST OF ALL i DESPISE AND FEAR THE SUPER-WEALTHY WHO HAVE ENGINEERED THIS ASSASSINATION OF OUR FOREFATHERS' EFFORTS, BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS. Those who slink there in the shadows, feeding it money and allowing it to grow BIGGER and BIGGER and more dangerous, as long as THEY and their wealth is protected.

[vapor2]

37. Well said!

[some_of_us_are_sane]

42. I go off like an atomic bomb on the subject

Thanks for listening.

[LoisB]

33. This U.S. citizen believes the same.

[ChicagoTeamster]

41. And they're taking in the business that the US is losing. Locking in long term contracts.

[Norrrm]

43. Trump says America is respected again because of him.

[Emile]

45. Making America Grim Again

[RT Atlanta]

50. Some of us citizens of the U.S.A believe this too.

n/t

[buzzycrumbhunger]

51. Only because he is...

Gigantor black eye on us for allowing him to escape prison before and allow him back into seemingly unlimited power.