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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social

Most people in Mexico and Canada say the United States is their country's greatest threat www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/...

When asked which country is the most important ally to their own, many people around the world name the United States. This is the most common response in 12 of the 24 non-U.S. countries included in a new Pew Research Center survey. It is tied for the top response in three additional countries. But others say the U.S. is their nation’s greatest threat. This is the most common response in six countries and tied for top in two others. In neighboring Canada and Mexico, as well as in Argentina, Brazil and Kenya, the U.S. is the top response on both the ally and threat questions.
jul 12, 2025, 10:28 pm • 645 229

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sandiego_cindy 👣🐾 @digitalramble.bsky.social

interesting the proximity factor

jul 14, 2025, 2:30 am • 0 0 • view
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semifluent.bsky.social @semifluent.bsky.social

I'm not sure that they're wrong. Probably correct

jul 12, 2025, 10:29 pm • 1 0 • view
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Ian Thomson 🇨🇦 @ianthomson.bsky.social

Definitely correct

jul 14, 2025, 1:19 am • 2 0 • view
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Where's Nestor? ❌ @super-mutt.bsky.social

As long as Republicans are allowed anywhere close to our governance and politics, Canada and Mexico are 100% correct.

jul 12, 2025, 11:22 pm • 2 0 • view
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Niki Dolfi Hall @profdolfi.bsky.social

@emgeekay.bsky.social thought you might appreciate this

jul 14, 2025, 7:09 pm • 0 0 • view
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Mary Grace @handle.invalid

Thank you, Niki! I do!

jul 14, 2025, 7:13 pm • 1 0 • view
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David from Wingett Run @dzs42.bsky.social

A great example of propaganda that people in Hungry & Poland find Ukraine as their top threat. Proximity to war could account for some belief but not that much

jul 13, 2025, 5:04 pm • 3 0 • view
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Knuckles @knck1es.bsky.social

Surprised the numbers aren't higher.

jul 14, 2025, 1:39 am • 1 0 • view
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seancj.bsky.social @seancj.bsky.social

Sounds objectively correct right now ?

jul 12, 2025, 11:15 pm • 1 0 • view
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Trish 📎 @trishinohio.bsky.social

I live here and it’s the greatest threat to me.

jul 12, 2025, 11:27 pm • 4 0 • view
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Craig Grävling @ieatpie.bsky.social

Given how 2025 is going I'm seriously surprised more Americans don't note the US as their top threat.

jul 14, 2025, 12:16 pm • 2 1 • view
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Renee Cascada🥄 @cascada57.bsky.social

I do

jul 15, 2025, 12:47 am • 0 0 • view
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Diane Rydrych @dianemn.bsky.social

I assume Trump would see this as good news. He wants people (inside and outside the US) to be scared of him. Bullying is one of his only tools.

jul 13, 2025, 12:13 pm • 0 0 • view
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Sprout @allenbussell.bsky.social

Wake up, America. We are NOT the good guys

jul 12, 2025, 11:30 pm • 6 1 • view
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Cheryl Arbonies @lucasaurelius.bsky.social

It’s true.

jul 14, 2025, 2:32 am • 0 0 • view
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Puppet @greenjoel.bsky.social

It is unanimous People in the US already know Trump's America is the greatest threat to all of North America.

jul 13, 2025, 2:32 am • 2 0 • view
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Bob More @bobmore.bsky.social

We are also our own greatest threat, so I guess North America is in this together.

jul 14, 2025, 7:09 pm • 1 0 • view
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Mimi @gracemoves.bsky.social

This is so embarrassing.

jul 13, 2025, 12:54 pm • 0 0 • view
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WhatRWeDoingHere @voteblue4vr.bsky.social

They're not wrong.

jul 12, 2025, 11:51 pm • 0 0 • view
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Ian Thomson 🇨🇦 @ianthomson.bsky.social

Yup

jul 14, 2025, 1:18 am • 1 0 • view
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🔵Vincefil @vincefil.bsky.social

What a coincidence. Most Americans think the United States is our country’s greatest threat.

jul 13, 2025, 12:11 am • 10 0 • view
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khimba.bsky.social @khimba.bsky.social

Add us to the list…

jul 12, 2025, 11:06 pm • 2 0 • view
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KB @soso008.bsky.social

And since Jan 20 they are right!

jul 13, 2025, 2:26 am • 0 0 • view
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iamkris10.bsky.social @iamkris10.bsky.social

We're ours, too, it seems

jul 12, 2025, 10:32 pm • 1 0 • view
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Shawn Goldwater @shawninmontreal.bsky.social

Fascinating stuff. A majority of South Koreans did not pick North Korea?

jul 14, 2025, 1:27 am • 3 0 • view
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Stoned Feminist @ladylinds.bsky.social

The US is also the biggest threat to the US.

jul 12, 2025, 10:45 pm • 32 0 • view
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mfiq45pos.bsky.social @mfiq45pos.bsky.social

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jul 13, 2025, 1:14 pm • 3 1 • view
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dawg95.bsky.social @dawg95.bsky.social

Canada and Mexico: We the people of the USA are no threat to you - we are your allies! The threat is this administration- a threat to you AND to us.

jul 12, 2025, 11:27 pm • 5 0 • view
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Larter5 @larter5.bsky.social

yeah naw dog something like 70% of your adult population is complicit in his election the millions who voted FOR him and the millions who didnt vote at all solve your countries problems then you as a nation wont be a seen as a threat

jul 14, 2025, 4:58 pm • 0 0 • view
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dawg95.bsky.social @dawg95.bsky.social

Ok. I voted, and I was in the minority. I will stop fighting for what’s right. Is that what you want?

jul 14, 2025, 5:15 pm • 0 0 • view
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Larter5 @larter5.bsky.social

show me where i said that you should stop fighting for whats right? stop taking the criticism personal its not about you and you need to understand that

jul 14, 2025, 5:17 pm • 0 0 • view
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dawg95.bsky.social @dawg95.bsky.social

Oh, i understand that. Showing us your anger is understandable. We in the political minority share that anger. We will shift the politics in Nov 2026. Until then, we protest, we vote for anti-repub candidates at every smaller election until and after that. But this next year will be very ugly.

jul 14, 2025, 5:26 pm • 0 0 • view
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cathy 🇨🇦 @cathyoliver.bsky.social

The majority of American people aren’t a threat, but we’ve learned that a small minority can manipulate cult members with the help of Fox and social media.

jul 14, 2025, 6:00 am • 2 0 • view
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Karl Morant 🇨🇦🍁 ANTIFA member. @kamorant.bsky.social

Your president and your congress is directly threatening Canada, Greenland and other countries. You may not of voted for him, but your country is harming us.

jul 14, 2025, 12:25 pm • 1 0 • view
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dawg95.bsky.social @dawg95.bsky.social

We understand your frustrations and anger. We, too, are frustrated and angry. And we are embarrassed US govt officials are this stupid and ignorant in global matters.

jul 14, 2025, 3:32 pm • 2 0 • view
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GRAPHENE QUEEN @graphenequeen.bsky.social

So true.

jul 12, 2025, 11:33 pm • 1 0 • view
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davenewb.bsky.social @davenewb.bsky.social

70 million people voted for the current president. Another 90 million didn't vote despite living through his 1st term. That's almost 70% of the US electorate. I think you'll understand why we're not convinced in the cross-border solidarity just yet.

jul 12, 2025, 11:54 pm • 14 0 • view
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GRAPHENE QUEEN @graphenequeen.bsky.social

What cross border? I keep meeting US Americans coming here to show solidarity. There are US Americans arriving here and wearing elbows up gear. There are people taking concrete action down south as well. They know 🇨🇦 is hammering the 🇺🇸with boycotting, and yet they still want to help.

jul 13, 2025, 12:13 am • 2 0 • view
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davenewb.bsky.social @davenewb.bsky.social

And those things are great. But there's a long way to go before it starts moving the needle.

jul 13, 2025, 1:17 am • 6 0 • view
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GRAPHENE QUEEN @graphenequeen.bsky.social

The USA has a bigger problem in that there is a large portion of People who fail to recognize Trumps (and administrations) threats against Canada as threats. They just kind of know of Canadians as buddies in torques and fail to take it seriously but they are slowly coming arround to understand. 🇨🇦

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jul 13, 2025, 1:22 am • 4 0 • view
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nervous1140.bsky.social @nervous1140.bsky.social

I am part of the 3% of Americans who see the US as the biggest threat to the US. Way more worried about a civil war than a failing nation on the other side of the globe dying their last gasps of imperialism, or the new hyper capitalist kid on the block trying to fuck with our soil and ocean away.

jul 12, 2025, 10:46 pm • 9 0 • view
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beckymeier.bsky.social @beckymeier.bsky.social

Came here to say the same thing.

jul 12, 2025, 11:27 pm • 2 0 • view
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sweetrhesus.bsky.social @sweetrhesus.bsky.social

What did they say last year?

jul 12, 2025, 10:32 pm • 0 0 • view
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mrsdianek.bsky.social @mrsdianek.bsky.social

I love those countries. How could this happen? Who are we anymore?

jul 12, 2025, 11:20 pm • 1 0 • view
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Chris Neyland @chrisneyland.bsky.social

They’re not wrong.

jul 12, 2025, 10:29 pm • 0 0 • view
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Torr 🧵 @torrleonard.bsky.social

Yet they love to visit the US…

jul 13, 2025, 4:07 am • 0 0 • view
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Henning Dekant 📎 @quaxquax.bsky.social

Not anymore.

jul 13, 2025, 9:06 am • 3 0 • view
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Torr 🧵 @torrleonard.bsky.social

It’s down, yes, but it’s still over 4M a month from Canada.

jul 13, 2025, 3:03 pm • 1 0 • view
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Henning Dekant 📎 @quaxquax.bsky.social

Well, no more visits from my family. Not gonna set foot there until the government follows the law.

jul 13, 2025, 4:51 pm • 2 0 • view
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Torr 🧵 @torrleonard.bsky.social

I don’t blame ya!

jul 13, 2025, 4:52 pm • 1 0 • view
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Shawn Goldwater @shawninmontreal.bsky.social

I didn't realize it was as many as that.

jul 14, 2025, 2:28 am • 2 0 • view
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BDFaulk @bdf01.bsky.social

It is disappointing. My niece and her friends just went to Maine for a hen party - why? I have no issue with the people of Maine, but couldn’t these ladies find a rural equivalent in NB or NS? Elbows up only works if people actually don’t support the US economy in any way possible

jul 14, 2025, 11:11 am • 1 0 • view
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Shawn Goldwater @shawninmontreal.bsky.social

Not sure how old your niece is but in every poll I've seen, younger Canadians are less upset about Trump. Still upset overall, but there's a much larger cohort that is indifferent (or even pro-Trump.)

jul 14, 2025, 2:50 pm • 0 0 • view
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BDFaulk @bdf01.bsky.social

I don’t think these ladies pay any attn to gov’t policy. They’re all from wealthy families who feel insulated from such common issues, if they are even aware of them

jul 14, 2025, 2:56 pm • 1 0 • view
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Steve Portigal @steveportigal.bsky.social

jul 12, 2025, 10:44 pm • 1 0 • view
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Bearded Lawyer @bgastel.bsky.social

Huh. Weird instance where most people are right.

jul 13, 2025, 2:02 am • 0 0 • view
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loosecannon616.bsky.social @loosecannon616.bsky.social

And they are correct. When it comes to important shit, he talks big but never delivers. When it comes to mean nasty stuff, he always tries ( not always successfully) to do it

jul 12, 2025, 10:35 pm • 1 0 • view
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robbymack @robbymack87.bsky.social

To lump Poland in with Hungary seems grossly unfair to the Poles considering a) the 4.5x difference between the #'s and b) the sheer numbers of Ukranians Poland had absorbed at least through the first year of that invasion

jul 14, 2025, 3:20 am • 1 0 • view
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Threshing Pigeon @threshingpigeon.com

Wow, the U.S. came out on top. I guess that’s what Trump meant by making America great again.

jul 12, 2025, 11:29 pm • 3 0 • view
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KenGoldsholl @kgsbca.bsky.social

The Unites States govt is Americans' greatest threat

jul 12, 2025, 10:43 pm • 42 0 • view
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Andy O @andyo.bsky.social

They're right.

jul 12, 2025, 10:41 pm • 0 0 • view