Alexander Panetta@Alex_Panetta
Mar 27
4 tweets
51st state? This Canada-US poll finds more Americans would like to join Canada than vice-versa.
Still a low % but US respondents were more than 2x as likely to say they’d like their state to join Canada. 20% versus 9% in Canada pro-annexation.
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More from that poll: Tariffs on Canada aren’t popular, but they’re supported by the people who support Trump — and, these days in U.S. politics, that may be all that matters.
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/ Trump warning against retaliation underscores key point: trade retaliation will disproportionately hit his supporters.
In part because they disproportionately come from target-rich agricultural states.
And also because his supporters are the only Americans who favor tariffs on Canada (see earlier in thread), making them ripe targets for retaliation
/ This is a relevant fact as countries pick retaliation targets — or, in Trump‘s words, “work together” to beat up on specific US sectors.
The rare Americans who like these tariffs? Registered Republicans, meaning Trump‘s staunchest supporters
Alexander Panetta
@Alex_Panetta
US correspondent, CBC. Ex-POLITICO, CP alexanderpanetta on 🧵. Also testing: alexpanetta on BSky
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