Support for Trump remains solid in Upstate N.Y. Support for his tariffs? Not so much [Video]

Ogdensburg, N.Y., is so close to Canada that residents need only gaze across the St. Lawrence River to see the homes of their northern neighbours.

For as long as many can remember, the water is all that has stood between them and their country’s nearest friends and trading partners. But in recent weeks that bond has been threatened.

Along the border in Upstate New York you’ll find plenty of support for President Donald Trump, but far less for his on-again, off-again tariffs on Canadian exports.

Depending on whom you speak with, the current trade war is either a mistake that could turn the cross-border relationship into something far less friendly, …