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Canadians kind of hate America now. Our new poll shows just how much. (www.politico.com)

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OTTAWA — It’s the world’s most awkward breakup.

More than a year after U.S. President Donald Trump casually joked about absorbing Canada and repeatedly threatened debilitating tariffs on its goods, many Canadians are convinced their former pals to the south have lost the plot.

New results from The POLITICO Poll suggest a lasting chill has settled over the world’s former bosom buddies. Americans are rosy as ever about their northern neighbors, but Canadians don’t share the love.

Their message to America: It’s not us, it’s you.

Canadians don’t see Trump’s America as merely an annoyance, the survey found. They consider the superpower next door the world’s greatest threat to peacetime.

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[-] DarylInCanada@lemmy.ca 15 points 3 days ago

Considering that it has been less than 100 years that America has been considered our ally (the entire purpose of Confederation in 1867 was to form a strong Canada that could defend itself against the American foe), the needle has been pointing to 'enemy' longer than it has been pointing to 'ally'. History will regard the 'friend' part as just a brief interlude.

I am afraid Americans in general do not look at Canadians as 'friends', they look at us as 'customers'.