Following a heated back-and-forth between Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and President Donald Trump during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, support for the Canadian leader has swelled, while Trump’s already-underwater approval has further declined.
Without explicitly naming Trump, Carney denounced “American hegemony” and declared a “rupture” in the old world order during a headline-grabbing speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos that appeared to make pointed reference to the current U.S. Administration. The words sparked ire from Trump, who told an audience at Davos that “Canada lives because of the United States. Remember that, Mark, next time you make your statements.”
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But Carney has rejected that assertion and said he stands by what he said in Switzerland—and his pushback against Trump appears to have resonated with the Canadian public.
A poll released by the Angus Reid Institute, a Canadian nonprofit research group, on Monday found that Carney’s approval among Canadians has jumped eight points to 60 percent, his highest rating yet since taking over as Prime Minister in March.
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Though the same poll shows that Carney’s Liberal Party with only a narrow lead in support over the opposing Conservative Party, the Prime Minister’s personal brand has been given a boost by his hardline foreign policy stance in the face of mounting U.S. threats, and could play into voters’ decisions moving forward.
The polling comes as Carney has reiterated the stance he laid out in his Davos speech after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent claimed that the Canadian leader had “aggressively” retracted some of the comments while speaking with Trump.
“I was in the Oval [Office] with the president today,” Bessent said Monday on Fox News’ Hannity. “He spoke to Prime Minister Carney, who was very aggressively walking back some…
