New: Canadians' opinion of the United States has fallen to another record low, according to major Pew poll (obviously conducted before the trade deal was reached): just 39% have a favourable opinion of the U.S., down from last year's record low of 43%. thestar.com/news/world/201…
Sixty-five per cent of Canadians had a favourable view of the U.S. in 2016, the end of the Obama era. The 26-point decline between 2016 and 2018 is the fourth-largest of the 25 countries Pew surveyed in this year's global report. Mexico was first at 34 points.
Canadian confidence in Trump to do the right thing in world affairs ticked up to 25% this year from 22% last year. In Obama's last year, it was 83%.
Canadians’ 25 per cent confidence in Trump was exceeded by their confidence in Angela Merkel (68 per cent), Emmanuel Macron (64 per cent), and even Xi Jinping (42 per cent). Vladimir Putin was tied with Trump at 25 per cent.
Most interesting: in some countries, like Japan, confidence in the president has plummeted under Trump, but opinion about the U.S. as a whole has been stable. Not so in Canada - Canadians' overall perception of the U.S. has fallen off a cliff too. 
