In 2016, Donald Trump was unpopular almost everywhere in Canada. A Mainstreet poll showed a 15 per cent approval rating overall; Abacus showed him losing 80-20 to Hillary Clinton and 82-18 to Bernie Sanders. Predictably, the strongest support for Trump came among Conservative party voters: 39 per cent.
Which was high, but we were all younger then. If you were only half-paying attention, Trump was still a novelty figure: clearly racist, sexist, shallow, narcissistic and all that, but entertaining if you had a certain world view. He wasn’t someone you’d trust with your luggage, much less nukes. But back then some could perhaps argue, how bad could it be?
Here’s a lady talkin bout all them TrumpHitlers at the NYC rally last night!
Kapow!! https://t.co/M12u4qbAEb
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 28, 2024
