Canadian confidence in the U.S. has plunged to a new low thanks to Donald Trump, according to an opinion poll.
Seventy-nine percent of Canadians currently say they have no confidence in Trump’s leadership, compared to just 20 percent in favor, according to Pew Research Center data cited by CNN analyst Harry Enten.
Appearing on the network’s OutFront with Erin Burnett Tuesday evening, Enten pointed to Pew’s figures and said the president had managed to “pull a wonderful magic trick” by alienating America’s famously polite and courteous neighbors.
He has taken “a long-time ally like Canada, and all of a sudden, Canadians, they hate, hate, hate the United States of America,” the pundit said, noting that 52 percent of Canadians had expressed confidence in former president Joe Biden in an equivalent poll conducted in 2024.
“Four in five Canadians are not confident in the president of the United States,” Enten said, pointing to the figures.
“And that is what is driving this dislike – dare I say hatred – that Canadians have in the United States overall.”
Only a handful of countries have a lower opinion of Trump’s presidency, Pew’s data suggests, but such powers as Germany, France, the Netherlands, Pakistan, Mexico, Sweden and Turkey are among them.
The research also reveals that the proportion of Canadians that consider the U.S. a reliable partner fell by 48 percent between 2022 and 2026, from 83 percent in favor during Biden’s term to just 35 percent now.
Enten also presented the results of a recent Gallup survey that show the hostility is not mutual, with 80 percent of Americans still taking a positive view of Canada and just 15 percent expressing animosity, with the analyst dismissing the malcontents as probable Trump loyalists.
Trump has repeatedly goaded Canada about becoming the 51st state, imposed 50 cent tariffs on Canadian goods and, this week, rebuked Prime Minister Mark Carney over wildfire smoke drifting into northeastern American cities.
Trump attended Sunday’s World Cup Final with Carney in New Jersey and claimed afterwards he had told him the fires were “poisoning our air.”
He followed that with his latest tariff announcement, impacting Canadian cars, alcohol and dairy products, which the White House said in a fact sheet was designed to counteract “Canada’s discriminatory treatment of U.S. commerce.”
Carney – who was swept to power last year – has expressed a grudging willingness to negotiate with Washington over the tariffs.
However, the president has since doubled-down in the Oval Office by insisting Canada “has been very, very tough on us over the years.”
“They need us to survive without us,” he said. “There’s no way they can survive.”
Ontario Premier Doug Ford reacted less diplomatically than Carney, declaring: “I’m tired of the bully trying to take our lunch money all the time.
“If he continues to constantly bully us, we can’t keep rolling over. We can’t keep backing down. We have to go full tilt. We are an energy powerhouse. We have to utilize every tool we have in the toolbox and make sure he feels the pain.”
Canada responded to Trump’s latest ploy by canceling a joint ribbon-cutting ceremony to open the Gordie Howe International Bridge between Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit, Michigan, planned for this Friday ahead of Monday’s offiical opening to traffic.
“In light of trade action threatened by the United States earlier this week, it would be inappropriate to proceed with a celebratory event between the two countries,” said Jenna Ghassabeh, a spokesperson for Canadian Infrastructure Minister Gregor Robertson.
