Trump is reviving fortunes of governments, leaders that talk tough against him [Video]

TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s governing Liberal Party appeared poised for a historic election defeat this year. Then Donald Trump declared economic war and threatened to annex the entire country as a 51st state. Now the Canadian Liberals and their new prime minister could come out on top.

Then there’s Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, facing a groundswell of visible support at home for her approach to Trump’s tariff threats. There’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who visited the White House last month and was knocked on his heels, then went back to Europe to receive what many offered as a hero’s welcome. Even Emmanuel Macron’s comeback in French polls might be linked, some say, to his taking a more robust approach with the new U.S. president during recent weeks.

Saying the United States will always do what’s best for the United States first, Trump has shaken up decades of international order. In weeks, he has sent leaders of other nations scrambling to shore up …