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So many US sources say shit like "only 17 %" as if this is a low value. It's infuriating
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.
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:
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?
And saying 66% don't want the USA to annex Canada as if that's in any way a reassuringly low number.