Donald Trump’s trade war with Canada is doing him no political favors domestically, CNN’s chief data analyst Harry Enten warned on Monday.
Enten highlighted growing opposition among Americans to Trump’s tariffs overall but said “picking a fight with Canada is just something totally different.”
Canada, he noted, is “far more popular” in the United States than Trump himself, citing a net favorability rating among Americans of +49 percentage points for Canada versus -10 for Trump.
“We’re talking about Canada coming out nearly 60 points ahead on the net popularity rating versus Donald Trump here in the United States,” Enten said.
“When you pick on Canada as a United States president, you are picking on a country that the American people adore, they adore Canada,” he continued. “Canada has always been a friend to the United States, at least during our lifetimes. And when you’re going after Canada, you are going against someone who is far more popular than you are, Donald Trump.”
“Pretty much every single time among most Americans, Americans will choose Canada over Donald Trump,” Enten added. “Yet Trump has decided to pick yet another fight with somebody, or some entity, or some country that is more popular than he is.”
When it comes to how Canadians view the U.S., Enten said the feeling isn’t mutual. “They think Trump’s a big poseur. They hate Donald Trump, they hate everything that he’s doing,” he said, noting that the share of Canadians who now view America as “an enemy or potential threat” has soared from 7% in 2023 when former President Joe Biden was in office to 48% today.
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“The Trump administration has a net popularity rating in Canada of -58 points,” Enten added. “So Americans love Canada but Canadians no longer love the United States of America.”