Global populists once emulated Trump. Now they’re running from him

[Allan]

Trump is getting a lot of credit for the amazing turnaround the Liberals enjoyed in Canada.

It seems that being associated in any way with Trump's haphazard economic trainwreck is unhelpful at the ballot box.

“The Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has echoed a lot of Trump’s language for years,” said Matthew Lebo, a political scientist at Western University, Ontario. “To sound Trumpy at a moment when all of Canada’s attention turns to Donald Trump and sees the damage of it – it was just awful timing for Poilievre.”

Trump's ineptitude is influencing the Australian election as well.

The next chance for an anti-Trump wave is in Australia, which holds a general election this weekend. Weeks ago, Labor Prime Minister Anthony Albanese seemed headed for defeat. But he’s surged in the polls amid fury among voters over US tariffs, and the opposition conservative coalition, led by Peter Dutton, another anti-woke culture warrior, has stalled.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/30/politics/carney-trump-starmer-macron-world-leaders-change-elections/index.html

 

[joluoto]

Many foreign (as in non- US) right wing populists that used to sing praises for Trump, or claim to be Trump, are now quiet and just does not want to talk about Trump.

 

[Mycroft]

Trump is getting a lot of credit for the amazing turnaround the Liberals enjoyed in Canada.

It seems that being associated in any way with Trump's haphazard economic trainwreck is unhelpful at the ballot box.



Trump's ineptitude is influencing the Australian election as well.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/30/politics/carney-trump-starmer-macron-world-leaders-change-elections/index.html

First of all, Poilievre isn't really a populist. He's known as the "Canadian Romney", which means he's actually a Globalist masquerading as a populist.

But it doesn't really matter. The left wingers of the world can take over their countries, but that won't help them when it comes to dealing with Trump's economic actions against them. The fact is, they are all dependent upon the US.

 

[Allan]

First of all, Poilievre isn't really a populist. He's known as the "Canadian Romney", which means he's actually a Globalist masquerading as a populist.

He's not.

But it doesn't really matter. The left wingers of the world can take over their countries,

The goverments of all other developed countries are quite liberal or centrist and that's worked well for us.

but that won't help them when it comes to dealing with Trump's economic actions against them. The fact is, they are all dependent upon the US.

"They can't live without us" shrieks the country currently detaching themselves from the global economy. Good luck with that.

 

[bongsaway]

Trump is getting a lot of credit for the amazing turnaround the Liberals enjoyed in Canada.

It seems that being associated in any way with Trump's haphazard economic trainwreck is unhelpful at the ballot box.



Trump's ineptitude is influencing the Australian election as well.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/30/politics/carney-trump-starmer-macron-world-leaders-change-elections/index.html

Elections do have consequences, far and wide and trump's type of authoritarian government seems to be rubbing people all over the world the wrong way, thankfully. It only took a few months to show democracies what a loose cannon like trump can tear apart and I think countries are putting the authoritarians on the back burner for a while. One can hope.

 

[Lovebug]

First of all, Poilievre isn't really a populist. He's known as the "Canadian Romney", which means he's actually a Globalist masquerading as a populist.

But it doesn't really matter. The left wingers of the world can take over their countries, but that won't help them when it comes to dealing with Trump's economic actions against them. The fact is, they are all dependent upon the US.

The fact is, they used to think so. We are becoming non essential, thanks to the felon.

 

[Simon W. Moon]

First of all, Poilievre isn't really a populist. He's known as the "Canadian Romney", which means he's actually a Globalist masquerading as a populist.

Google doesn't seem to know the phrase "Canadian Romney" is associated with Poilievre​

 

[StillBallin75]

It's almost like fascism isn't ever the proper solution to anything.

 

[Simon W. Moon]

The fact is, they used to think so. We are becoming non essential, thanks to the felon.

Trump is actively encouraging them to assert their independence

probably to the detriment of US soft power for generations to come

 

[Lovebug]

Google doesn't seem to know the phrase "Canadian Romney" is associated with Poilievre​

Must be a Russian or foxnews slogan.

 

[Simon W. Moon]

Must be a Russian or foxnews slogan.

I think there were like four tweets

 

[Gatsby]

First of all, Poilievre isn't really a populist. He's known as the "Canadian Romney", which means he's actually a Globalist masquerading as a populist.

Does anyone in Canada who isn't a political junkie even know or care who Mitt Romney is?

 

[Roadvirus]

Trump is as toxic as Love Canal or the Hudson River.