A majority of Americans want Canada and Greenland to remain independent and autonomous, according to a new public opinion poll.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/58978579

The online survey of 1,002 U.S. adults was conducted between Jan. 13 and 15. It found that 66 per cent of respondents want Canada to remain an independent nation

  • stoicmaverick@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    I think the wording is meant to contrast how few Americans actually want it, vs, how much Trump wants it, who, as president, should, in theory as an elected figure, represent the majority opinion of the people. So, they are calling attention to the fact that it’s a low number, but for a different reason than your reading.

    • porcoesphino@mander.xyz
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      26 minutes ago

      Obviously that is part of what they are saying, they just haven’t taken the care to exclude the “we are proud of the US since only 1/5 of us want to take Canada”. In a situation like this, you’d expect more care. And this isn’t a slight one off, it’s very common type of comment for commentary about the US, particularly domestically.

      All they had to do was swap these paragraphs and it would help the implication:

      Only 17 per cent of respondents said they want Canada to be a U.S. territory or state. That number climbed slightly to 23 per cent of respondents who want Greenland to become a U.S. territory or state.

      U.S. President Donald Trump has been aggressively pursuing an expansionist agenda during his second term.

      Far better to be explicit and state what you mean:“17 per cent of respondents said they want Canada to be a U.S. territory or state, indicating low domestic popularity”. But even then, for an international audience that is a horrifyingly large amount of domestic support that if aligned with similar issues tends to include roughly 1/10 Democrats so any sort of “its just MAGA” is lies to help feel less bad about countryman.

      Seriously, what are you doing defending this sort of indifference to clarity, and collateral insults, when discussing a head of state and country this egregious?