You brought up the approval ratings, not me. And Trump is far less popular then Trudeau is in Canada.
I didn't bring up his approval ratings to offend, I brought it up to establish that there is a substantial poll of disaffected, so many it should not be a surprise that some of those folk are also attracted to Trump. If anything is a tad surprising is that so few on the American left barely know Trudeau (perhaps because Trudeau does not have the charisma of his father?).
I don't even care for Trudeau that much, I find him rather mediocre neo liberal politician who is gets by on name, good looks and a flashy personality, I am not expecting much from him, good or bad, really. I like him better then Trump, but that is a pretty low bar to cross, I just find the idea of bringing up Trudeau's approval ratings amusing, when Trump's are worse.
I am not supporting the idea that supporting Canada, means being servile to Trudeau, being a Canadian patriot should not make you blindly loyal to whoever the PM is at the moment. But I also think the Canadian government should serve Canada's interests, not Trump's and I would be wary of people who thought otherwise. I am not saying the Canadian government should be rude to Trump, but I do not think the Canadian government to be servile to him either.
Actually no. I admired Thatcher more than any Western leader since Churchill. On the few occasions she and Reagan disagreed (e.g. Falklands) I was with Thatcher all the way. I loved Reagan but I would have been even more delighted with her as our President.
I suspect some Canadians like Trump for the same reason American populists do; his willingness to pound the same class-culture enemies and their elites. I'll wager that the demographics of supporters is very similar to that of the US...more rural than urban, less educated, more socially conservative.
I think one can admire foreign leader without wanting a country to his or her interests over the country's interests.
And I'm not sure rural people who have their jobs threatened by Trump like him much, like lumberjacks who may be thrown out of work due Trumps lumber tariffs. Its hard to sell Trump as a hero of the working class, when Trump seems to take pot shots at Canada whenever there is a minor trade hiccup.
Frankly Trump's bratty attitude makes getting a trade deal with China more attractive now. Maybe Canada has become complacent and relies too much on the US for its economy. I think Trump will make China more powerful, by driving smaller countries to it.
