Canada's incumbent Liberal Party staged a powerful comeback after riding a wave of anti-Trump animosity to victory in the country's federal elections.And even though his support was the kiss of death to Canada's conservatives,

The first major test of Donald Trump’s influence on the affairs of a longtime U.S. ally went badly. The U.S. president’s attacks on Canadian sovereignty outraged voters while the trade war he launched threatened to upend the economy of a nation dependent on U.

Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative Party saw pre-election polling momentum stall amid the trade war with the U.S. and Trump's "51st state" taunts.