Justin Trudeau can’t run away from embarrassing himself

Justin Trudeau isn’t the prime minister of Canada anymore. He’s not a Liberal MP. He stayed out of the fray during last month’s federal election. He’s been under the radar for months, and is reportedly renting a home in Ottawa. Other than a brief excursion to a Canadian tire store, which led him to take a predictable selfie, he’s largely disappeared from public life.

Everything came to a crashing halt this week. Trudeau proved once again that he can’t run away from embarrassing himself. Literally, in fact.

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Former Canadian prime minister criticised over choice of turquoise and orange footwear for King’s historic address to parliament

Pictured: Justin Trudeau wears trainers to King’s speech

Justin Trudeau wore a pair of green trainers for the King’s speech at the state opening of Canada’s parliament in Ottawa.

The former Canadian prime minister chaperoned his mother, Margaret, into the Senate chamber for the historic speech, while dressed in a navy suit and a pair of the turquoise and orange Adidas Gazelles.

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Your Afternoon Musical Interlude – Justin Trudeau Edition!

A very special musical interlude for a very special almost-quitter.

This song was meant for Justin (not safe for the office or some such thing):

 

Canadian content but just as apt:

 

Does anyone remember the 16 tons of personal protective equipment Justin handed to his Chinese bosses?

I do:

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Elon Musk calls Justin Trudeau ‘insufferable tool’ in new social media post

Billionaire Elon Musk is calling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau “an insufferable tool” in a new social media post on Wednesday.

“Won’t be in power for much longer,” Musk also wrote about the prime minister on “X.”

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Justin Trudeau is a global laughing stock

Is Canada about to become the 51st state of the United States? Of course not. But the fact that this amusing discussion has even taken place highlights the low regard that US president-elect Donald Trump has for Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau.

Just in case you missed it…

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Less than one-third of Canadians confident Trudeau is capable of handling a Trump presidency

When it comes to public confidence in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s ability to deal with U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, most Canadians don’t think Trudeau is equipped to deal with the recent tariff announcement.

Trump announced he would impose a 25% tariff on all Canadian imports once he takes office in January as punishment for the government’s lax approach to border security which has allowed criminals and drugs to flow south with little enforcement.

You might need this: Bank of Canada Inflation Calculator.

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Trump making ‘joke’ about Canada becoming 51st state is ‘reassuring’: Ambassador Hillman

“(Trump) made jokes, other people at the table made jokes,” Hillman said, who was part of the Canadian delegation to Mar-a-Lago, though she wasn’t seated at the same table as Trump and Trudeau during the three-hour dinner. “People were making jokes, which, actually, I have to say, I find to be reassuring that people are that comfortable with each other, that they’re teasing.”

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Trudeau says Poilievre “not able” to unite to defend Canada against Trump threats

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is accusing Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre of being unhelpful in his criticisms when it comes to dealing with the incoming Donald Trump administration.

Trudeau said there’s a long-standing tradition that when the nation comes under threat in some way, Canadians pull together to defend their country.

But it’s “increasingly clear” Poilievre is unable to do that.

Trudeau made the comments about his political rival on the way into question period on Wednesday.

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Canada’s global reputation suffering under Trudeau, Garneau asserts in autobiography

Former foreign affairs minister Marc Garneau says Canada has lost its standing in the world under the tenure of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whom he criticizes as an ill-prepared leader who prioritizes politics and makes big pronouncements without any follow-through.

“I believe Justin Trudeau has overestimated Canada’s impact abroad,” Garneau writes in his autobiography, A Most Extraordinary Ride: Space, Politics and the Pursuit of a Canadian Dream, which is scheduled to be released in October by Penguin Random House.

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Justin Trudeau and the rise of the liberal strongman

At first, I assumed Justin Trudeau was just a bit tragic. When the dashing Canadian PM rose to power in 2015, the man seemed too cringe to be real. A man who confused virtue-signalling with statesmanship and Tumblr talking points with a political ideology. A man who once chided a woman at a public event for using the word ‘mankind’ (‘We like to say peoplekind’, he retorted). But as a ruling of the Canadian Federal Court this week reminds us, beneath the colourful socks, woke bromides and disconcertingly long history of blacking up resides a dangerous authoritarian.

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Canadian Hillary says potential second Trump presidency ‘won’t be easy’ for Canada

Canada weathered the first Donald Trump presidency and will be ready should he win the U.S. election in November, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says.

“It wasn’t easy the first time and if there’s a second time, it won’t be easy either,” Trudeau told business leaders on Tuesday at an event organized by the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal.

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