Well... Justin made a fool of hiself again after getting Trump ticked off....

[yellow dog]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnCJlPfpufE

Jorden Peterson always hits the nail on the head especially when it's about the hair gel kid.

[73hunter]

Well, maybe not, but Trump fired the first shot !!! Good on boy blunder for not rolling over !

I’m no fan of the boy blunder, but I don’t think he’s doing an awful job of handling this. Trump is an adult with a child’s temperment, not sure how to handle it any differently.

[Bushmoose]

I’m no fan of the boy blunder, but I don’t think he’s doing an awful job of handling this. Trump is an adult with a child’s temperment, not sure how to handle it any differently.

I say this with a mouth full of marbles, but yes, buffoon boy is doing his best to get it right when dealing with Trump in this case?

[Dythbringer]

I would like to think I am fair in my criticism of politicians. While Trudeau hasn't preformed up to my expectations, I think he is handling this situation as well as anyone could. Trump has decided he doesn't like our dairy supply management issue (or was his reason because of national secuirty or perhaps it is because the US needs to ensure that it creates enough steel to meet it's own demand (I am unsure because Trump has used all three explanations to justify his tariffs)) so he has decided to endanger the entire trading relationship both countries have.

Several media reports have stated that his daily briefings are often a mess as he needs to have information explained to him multiple times. If these reports are true, it could be that he doesn't listen to people. Trudeau could have told him that Canada will retaliate with tariffs and if Trump wasn't listening, then this could explain why Trump has had decided to rant on twitter about Trudeau.

I suspect Trump's only goal is the unilateral capitulation of Canada in NAFTA. He (and his loyal base) think that the US is getting somehow screwed in the trading agreement. However, he only rants on twitter and has not once supplied any data to back up his claims.

Looking at his behaviour at the G7, it is increasing apparant that the current POTUS can not be dealt with in any rational manner. He is starting to torch relationships with allied nations, his actions undermine the US' ability to be a trustworthy negotiator and the President appears to have trouble functioning as an adult man. Can anyone ever recount an instance where a leader of a nation has insulted or allowed his subordinates on his behalf to insult a leader of an allied nation like what has happened in the past few days (certainly there have been subordinates who have spoken ill of leaders; however, they aren't speaking for their boss and they don't usually last too long in their job)? Steve Harper was even a guest on Fox and questioned why these tariffs were being brought forward.

At the end of the day, this is not a situation that we want to be in but I think we have little choice. Trudeau needs to stick to his guns on this and not let Canada be bullied by Trump (and I think Trudeau was correct in saying that it isn't the US people pushing this but just the government and to be fair I think it is really the POTUS and his cabinet pushing this; not the entire US government).

Dyth

[fishermccann]

To get peoples mindset on a situation , I always ask, 'what would you do instead?' That usually tells you all you need to know about a persons bias and perspective. Well, what should our PM , have done instead?

[Dythbringer]

To get peoples mindset on a situation , I always ask, 'what would you do instead?' That usually tells you all you need to know about a persons bias and perspective. Well, what should our PM , have done instead?

That is a very good question. Handling people like Trump is akin to handling a "cooked" grenade.

While I don't always agree with Trudeau, personal attacks by Trump on the PM because Trudeau wants to stand up for Canadians shouldn't be tolerated by any of us. Blind loyalty to Trudeau or his policies isn't required to understand that personal attacks on our PM is off-side.

[rick_iles]

To get peoples mindset on a situation , I always ask, 'what would you do instead?' That usually tells you all you need to know about a persons bias and perspective. Well, what should our PM , have done instead?

I think he has handled THIS issue well, so far! Perhaps our kitty has claws after all! Time will tell.

[DanO]

TRudeau is doing just fine. He has been very professional in his responses to Trump. It doesn't matter what he says, Trump is unstable and unpredictable. He'll do what ever he wants anyway.

It'll come to a grinding halt when the impact of the tariffs increase the prices in the States. Trump supports in the U.S. don't understand the consequences of a Trump.

[yellow dog]

Trudeau is a fool and cannot afford to make anymore mistakes. Trump is currently signing the paperwork with North Korea to denuclearize them. Say what you want about Trump because in the end he is making history while Trudeau will go down in history as the worst PM. I have family and friends in the U.S.A and they just love what he is doing for them. We can't say that about Trudeau.

[terrym]

If you get tossed into a ring with a lion you should pay more attention to it than the cheering spectators. Trump is what he is. Neither Trudough or Freeland will change that. At some point you need to manage the situation to minimize cost. Trump couldn't care less about the EU or Canada. Best learn to deal with that, grandstanding excites the media but won't help us.