Bruce Anderson

They've only become more convinced that the problem is him, not us, and that we need to hold firm.

So I think that sense of resolve has definitely grown.

Even if people don't know what the ultimate solution will look like or should look like, people are more inclined to think we're on a path anyway that makes sense for us.

And Trump, at some point, won't be as big a part of our lives.

Well, you know, I think a lot.

I mean, Trump had a lot to do with the creation of that sense of urgency and anxiety, and

A year later, Canadians don't see Trump as accumulating even more strength and influence and ability to bend the world to his will.

They think he has less ability to do that, which doesn't mean that they're not afraid that he'll escalate a war, he'll create some horrifying outcomes.

I think people have fully priced in...

That Trump is willing to do almost anything that he feels impelled to do because of his temperament, not necessarily because of a sound U.S.

strategy.

But at the same time, people are more attentive to how Trump sits in America.

than they have been about any other president in my lifetime.

They know that he's losing popularity.

They know that he's at war with Republican influencers.

They can see the evidence that his ability to kind of snap his fingers and have the entire

American community sort of go, well, either that's perfect what you've got on mind, or we're just going to have to go along with it.

That is changing and Canadians do notice it.

But maybe I'm a little bit different from Chantal on the, I definitely agree with Chantal on the government cannot afford in any way, shape or form to

have a kind of a triumphal attitude.