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Originally Posted by Firebot
Poilievre made his bed by favouring the social right message and not heavily denouncing MAGA and the US the instant it became apparent their annexation motive and attack on Canada, while also not denouncing Smith who is running her fiefdom. With Carney at least on the surface campaigning to the radical center, and Poilievre still stuck on the Just Like Trudeau campaign, it's a total disaster for the CPC. He's not shifting fast enough. Canadians really don't care about the carbon tax right now when their identity as a Canadian is directly under threat.
I think Poilievre easily survives a 2016 Trump, not this version.
There's of course a lot of recency bias with everything positive in terms of Liberals in the limelight. Harris had a substantial honeymoon phase for a few months where it seemed all but assured Democrats would win. This was until it was realized it was the same old Democrats.
In the end, most Canadians are indeed angry at the Liberals and NDP, but they are now united in hating Americans while we see pictures of Danielle Smith with O'Leary and Trump and see Carney as the most competent option to protect Canadian interests.
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How has PP's message in regards to Trump differed even slightly from what the vast majority of Liberal leadership hopeful's have said?
This seems to be some kind of narrative that PP has endorsed anything Trump has said.
Accepting there is a Drug problem in this country and our border is weakly secured is not a Trump endorsement, but a reality check for this Canada. Is it just that Canadians are so hateful of Trump that any kind of message that remotely aligns with Trump is too much for Canadians to stomach?
PP has several times emphatically stated Canada is a proud sovereign country and it will stay that way.
What else can or should he say to further drive that home? Call Trump names or demean him? Accept that drugs, border and Military are right where we want them?