00:00:00.000Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is on Operation Photo Op in Europe and it is not going well.
00:00:04.080I'm Candice Malcolm and this is The Candice Malcolm Show.
00:00:10.160Hi everyone, thank you so much for tuning into the podcast. So today we're going to focus
00:00:13.520almost entirely on our Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his photo op blitz across Europe.
00:00:19.000So he's there all week. He's done the same thing everywhere he goes. He shows up, he wears his
00:00:23.780masks, he keeps up the COVID appearances and COVID theater while also smiling like a fool
00:00:28.940and trying to look the part of a Prime Minister trying to look super serious. Whenever he goes
00:00:33.460to give a speech or to say something of substance, it really blows up in his face, mostly because he
00:00:39.000is such a massive hypocrite, probably the least self-aware person I have ever seen in public
00:00:44.220life, either that or just a complete dishonest gaslighter, someone who gaslights people by
00:00:50.280saying the exact opposite of the truth to try to confuse them. Justin Trudeau has become the king
00:00:55.080of that. We're going to go through all of it in detail today. So we started out in the UK earlier
00:01:00.200this week and we saw him getting what was coming to him, frankly. I think that Justin Trudeau
00:01:05.040throughout his career as a politician, he's always relied on the praise of the international
00:01:09.580press, the spotlight, the intrigue, the sort of painting him as the anti-Trump, the counter-Trump,
00:01:15.780the sort of liberal golden boy in this era of sort of populism. Justin Trudeau was praised
00:01:21.800by the international media for so many years, and he kind of attached his star to that. That
00:01:25.660is what made him appealing to progressives in Canada. They liked the attention, they liked
00:01:30.060the positive press that Justin Trudeau would receive, and it really helped him at home
00:01:34.180domestically. So if he was ever having a rough time in Canada, if he was ever under a lot
00:01:38.280of scrutiny, his team would just simply plan a trip for him abroad and he would get the sort
00:01:43.000of positive praise of the media. It would help change the channel from a bad domestic policy
00:01:48.020or a bad news cycle at home. Well, as we can see during this trip to Europe, that's just
00:01:53.640no longer the case. Fresh off of using the Emergencies Act in Canada, fresh off using excessive
00:01:59.040force, police force against peaceful protesters, the entire shenanigans of the thing. Justin
00:02:04.380Trudeau refusing to meet with these truckers, smearing them, lying and saying that they were
00:02:08.740far-right extremists or that they were racist, mischaracterizing them, and then ultimately using
00:02:13.700excessive force to clear out what was clearly a peaceful protest. That still stings. Justin
00:02:19.900Trudeau may have been able to avoid scrutiny here at home in Canada, but when he goes abroad,
00:02:23.800when he goes to meetings, especially in the UK, people were watching very carefully and they
00:02:27.780didn't like what they saw. So Justin Trudeau, instead of leaving Canada, getting to go to Europe
00:02:31.760and enjoying the sort of lighter, fluffier news coverage, more softball questions, the praise that
00:02:38.860he's used to from a foreign audience. Instead, this is what he is met with when he gets to Europe.
00:02:43.300Here he is in London trying to get to 10 Downing Street where the Prime Minister lives. The only
00:02:47.980problem is that there is a sizable protest. There are people waving Canadian flags, one upside down
00:02:53.040there. Puppet Trudeau, free Tamara Lich. There are people here that do not want Justin Trudeau to get
00:03:00.740a free pass. Dictator Trudeau resign is what another sign said. And so because of this protest,
00:03:06.920because of these crowds, Justin Trudeau simply could not get to the front gate of 10 Downing.
00:03:11.940And so what did he have to do? He had to sneak in the back door like some kind of a tyrant,
00:03:17.180like some kind of a dictator. Here he is sneaking into the back for his meeting with Prime Minister
00:03:21.960Boris Johnson. A little awkward handshake there where Boris goes to do a fist pump and Justin tries
00:03:28.880to go in for the full handshake. This is what it's come to for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau,
00:03:33.160having to sneak into the back door to avoid scrutiny for his record, for his behavior as
00:03:38.780Prime Minister. You know, he can laugh and smile and pretend everything is fine and dandy. The reality
00:03:43.560is that his reputation has been damaged. His reputation abroad, that whole thing that he goes
00:03:48.200for when he goes abroad, trying to be the golden boy, trying to get the praise of the international
00:03:52.060media, to bring it back home to Canada, say, look at this great, look at this great job I'm doing for
00:03:56.500the country. Look at this positive PR that I'm creating for Canada. Everybody loves Canada. We're this
00:04:00.860pristine, progressive, liberal utopia. That is no longer the case. That illusion has been shattered
00:04:06.920and people around the world are now seeing the reality of Justin Trudeau, which ain't pretty,
00:04:10.860which ain't what he purported to be for so long. And now it's completely clear. Justin Trudeau continues
00:04:17.580with the complete COVID theater. So this one's bizarre. So Justin Trudeau on March 7th in the morning,
00:04:24.500he meets with the Queen of England, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. And here he is standing just feet
00:04:30.860from the 95-year-old monarch who just recovered from COVID maskless. Okay, look, I'm for this. I'm
00:04:36.640for being maskless. I don't think that you should wear a mask inside anymore. I never wear a mask.
00:04:41.000And here's Justin Trudeau in the UK where they don't have mask mandates anymore. They don't even
00:04:44.540require little kids in schools to wear masks. And they've moved on. As Boris Johnson said,
00:04:49.360they've moved on from COVID. Here he is meeting the Queen. No mask. However, I guess the science
00:04:54.100changed. The science just has a tendency to suddenly change. And here he is later that day,
00:05:00.080same day, March 7th, meeting with Labour Party leader Keir Stammer, wearing masks, sitting down,
00:05:06.220trying to have a conversation. And they're wearing masks for some reason. So I guess COVID was a threat
00:05:12.820over here meeting the Labour Party leader, not a threat in Buckingham Palace. Funny how science
00:05:17.960works like that. So what was the purpose of this trip? Why was Justin Trudeau in the UK? What was
00:05:24.240the meat of the visit, aside from the photo ops, aside from the optics? Why was he there? Well,
00:05:29.500alongside British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Canada and the United Kingdom announced that they
00:05:34.160would rededicate themselves, along with the Group of Seven efforts, to counter Russian propaganda
00:05:39.240and disinformation. So this is a quote from the joint statement. It says, we'll continue to use the G7
00:05:44.700rapid response mechanism for joint assessment and collective action, including ramping up our
00:05:49.420collective engagement with the media, tech platforms and civil society to tackle Russia's
00:05:54.460unprecedented information war. So they're there to talk about censorship. They're there to try to shut
00:06:01.740down any Russian efforts to communicate what is happening from their perspective. Nothing says
00:06:08.160liberal democracy quite like the resolve and the willingness of our leaders to censor opinions that
00:06:14.100they don't like, to censor information they don't like. Look, I completely agree that Russia pushes
00:06:18.840out an unprecedented amount of propaganda. This is a war. This is a wartime effort. And we see the
00:06:24.520fog of war. We see propaganda. We see misinformation left, right and center. Sometimes it can be difficult
00:06:29.100to make your way through that. Of course, the response and the answer to that is not censorship,
00:06:34.260is not censoring certain opinions that you don't like. The answer, of course, is to thoroughly
00:06:38.180rebuke the other side, to thoroughly rebuke misinformation. Because when you censor something,
00:06:43.060it creates intrigue. People are more interested. They want to find out what is going on. Whereas
00:06:47.520when you have more information and you allow the other side to be refuted, when you have
00:06:52.040thorough information, that is how you get to the bottom of something. So really, really misguided
00:06:57.700idea here. These guys, Justin Trudeau, is there promoting the idea of democracy, promoting the ideas
00:07:03.240of freedom, whilst at the same time talking about censorship and shutting down information.
00:07:08.580He doesn't like this, as we will see, was a theme across his trip across Europe. So next,
00:07:14.040he headed over to Latvia. There is an ongoing Canadian military operation to train the Latvia
00:07:19.080military there. It's actually a Canadian-led NATO deployment. So that's why you see so many Canadian
00:07:23.660politicians in Latvia. And here is Justin Trudeau, once again, talking about his favorite topic,
00:07:29.080which is censorship, shutting down information that we don't like.
00:07:32.060The daily use of propaganda and disinformation to try and undermine the democracies and the values
00:07:39.500that you have, something that is right now being weaponized against Ukraine, but also used very
00:07:46.060actively in all democracies around the West.
00:07:49.520But notice how he says that, that there's misinformation being weaponized against you in
00:07:53.040Ukraine, but also in all democracies. So he sort of leaves the door open. He's talking
00:07:57.000specifically about a wartime measure to stop the flow of information from Russia. That's,
00:08:02.000that's arguable. You could, you could at least have a reasonable debate about that. And then he
00:08:05.200just slips it in. Oh, it's happening all over the West. And therefore we all need to do something
00:08:10.120about it. And of course, I'd be remiss if I didn't point out the fact that there is an
00:08:14.300unbelievable amount of fake news and propaganda also coming from the Ukraine side. Almost every day,
00:08:19.180we wake up to horrible, horrific news in Ukraine of some horrific event happening only to learn
00:08:24.380hours or the next day that it wasn't exactly what we thought. It wasn't what it seemed. We've seen
00:08:29.360endless, endless propaganda coming from the Ukraine. The reality is that during wars, there is a lot of
00:08:34.720misinformation. That's part of the reality as part of why wars are so confusing. And so it's a little
00:08:39.980rich to hear Justin Trudeau only talk about on one side, and then again, open it up for this idea
00:08:44.360that, that yes, Russia has misinformation that we need to tackle right now, but it does happen
00:08:49.000everywhere. So, so more to come on that. And as we know, Justin Trudeau is trying to introduce
00:08:53.040legislation, both with Bill C-10 and C-36 in the last parliament being resumed. This time around
00:08:58.180is Bill C-11 trying to regulate algorithms on social media platforms, trying to regulate and
00:09:04.380censor user generated content and a bill to supposedly tackle hate speech online, which would just give the
00:09:09.880government unprecedented powers, more powers to remove content that they don't like, or that they
00:09:15.300disagree with. So Justin Trudeau is really becoming the prime minister of censorship. And he is taking that
00:09:20.460message across Europe. And this is also from Latvia. So when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
00:09:25.040isn't lecturing us about misinformation and talking about the need for censorship to what
00:09:30.320strengthen our democracy, Justin Trudeau could be seen taking photo ops with the Canadian forces that
00:09:36.380are stationed in Latvia. Here he is with his defense minister, Anita Nand, laughing it up, having a good
00:09:42.460old time, posing for a photo. It looks like a sports photo. It looks like Trudeau is posing with the
00:09:47.140Stanley Cup or something like that. He's got a big grin on his face. Like, look at this. It's so
00:09:52.040awesome. Look at me with these cool guys. I'm one of them. I'm macho. I just don't understand the big
00:09:58.860grin. I don't understand what he is thinking here. War is a horrible, awful, solemn thing. You're not at
00:10:06.540the front lines, not with the people defending against the Russian invasion, but pretty close with
00:10:11.860the head of Canada's mission in Europe, in Latvia, which is right there in the Baltic Sea. And again, a serious
00:10:19.020calm moment, a solemn moment. Instead, Justin Trudeau with his big, silly grin. This guy is just, it's
00:10:25.360impossible to take Justin Trudeau seriously. It really is impossible to take him seriously. He went over to
00:10:31.940Berlin next. Here he is on March 9th. This is one of the most unbelievable comments that I have seen from
00:10:38.080Trudeau recent times. He is either the least self-aware person that you have ever seen in your
00:10:42.720entire life, or he's just the king of saying the exact opposite of his own actions. He is gaslighting
00:10:49.000the people. So here he is talking about the importance of reaching out across the aisle,
00:10:54.160talking to people that you disagree with. Isn't that rich? Can you imagine Justin Trudeau, the prime
00:10:59.060minister who just used the emergency act, who just used martial law against his own people because he
00:11:04.420refused to talk to them. He disagreed with them. He refused to even hear them out. He used excessive
00:11:09.240force against protesters because he refused to talk about them. Here he is with, within all his
00:11:14.500infinite wisdom, telling the people of Germany how important it is to talk to people we disagree with.
00:11:20.940This is, this is truly unbelievable. Here's that clip.
00:11:22.920The respect for the infinite dignity of each individual
00:11:28.220means no one should get left out. And this is also true for people who hold different political
00:11:38.480views. We all need to commit to more listening and less shouting. Diversity of ideas helps us learn
00:11:49.860from one another. Talking with people who think differently from us is how we challenge ourselves
00:11:56.240and challenging ourselves is how we grow.
00:12:00.000Justin Trudeau has spent his entire career denigrating conservatives, painting conservatives as somehow
00:12:05.660un-Canadian, unworthy of their having their own opinions, having a say in Canadian democracy. And here he is
00:12:12.500talking about the importance of listening to people, reaching across the aisle, listening to those who he
00:12:17.760disagrees with. It is, it is so frustrating to hear Justin Trudeau talk. And again, I really don't understand.
00:12:24.060Is this some kind of a tacit recognition that he didn't do what he should have done, that he should
00:12:29.820have listened to people across the aisle, that he should have listened to people he disagrees with?
00:12:33.200I doubt it. I don't think Trudeau has that much self-awareness. I think instead that he is gaslighting
00:12:39.020you. He is trying, he is saying the exact opposite of what he does. And we've seen this before. Again,
00:12:43.880to go back to the trucker convoy, going back to Justin Trudeau, he characterized those protests.
00:12:50.940He characterized the people who were in Ottawa, who were protesting against his overzealous COVID
00:12:56.160policies. He characterized them in three ways, as waving despicable flags, as desecrating the
00:13:01.980streets of Ottawa, desecrating the war memorial, and stealing from the homeless. Of course, the way
00:13:06.700that you would characterize the rallies and the protests in Ottawa were the exact opposite. It was
00:13:11.500an uprising of national unity and patriotism characterized by the waving of Canadian flags,
00:13:16.760not despicable flags, Canadian flags. There were thousands upon thousands upon thousands
00:13:20.580of Canadian flags that we saw across the country at the overpasses on Parliament Hill. They were
00:13:25.760Canadian flags. And yet Trudeau said that they were despicable flags. The whole idea that people
00:13:30.700were desecrating a war memorial was never true. It was not true to begin with. It was a fake news
00:13:35.820narrative. The reality was that people were going through painstaking efforts to keep the city clean.
00:13:41.140There were street captains assigned. They were picking up garbage. There was no garbage to be seen on the
00:13:45.260streets, according to reporters that were on the ground. There were images of them cleaning the
00:13:49.460Terry Fox Memorial after someone had put a sign on there that the media didn't like. And they did
00:13:54.760barricade around the war memorial to stop people from walking on it, people who perhaps weren't aware
00:13:58.820of what it was. Protesters at one point moved those barricades, and it was to pray so that they could
00:14:04.040pray and single Canada. Veterans themselves could pay respects. At the war memorial, of course, Trudeau's
00:14:09.160media painted it as though something nefarious was going on. They were moving those barricades to do
00:14:13.900something, some kind of desecration. So the way that Trudeau, oh, and then when it came to food,
00:14:19.160the idea that they were stealing food from the homeless. The protest, the protest again,
00:14:25.920turned into a big block party. It turned into a big Canada Day festival. There were barbecues
00:14:29.560everywhere. There were different kinds of food. Remember this guy, this Sikh individual who was
00:14:32.940making samosas. This is how the protests were characterized. People giving away food for free.
00:14:38.180Everything was free. Here's the samosa guy. Irregardless of what faith you're from,
00:14:42.900what caste, creed, religion, doesn't matter. It's about the community kitchen. We all eat as one,
00:14:49.060and humanity's equal. So the seva concept, helping the community, is what we're practicing here today.
00:14:56.180We're here alongside the truckers in the fight for freedom, and we're doing our part from the Sikh
00:15:01.320faith. And we welcome everyone to come and have some samosas, some tea, and some french fries.
00:15:07.740Again, everything that Justin Trudeau said, the opposite was the case. This is one of my favorite
00:15:12.280videos from the trucker convoy. I'm going to play it again because I just really like it.
00:15:16.120Justin Trudeau, this is how he characterized the trucker convoy versus the images that we saw that
00:15:21.160were in complete contradiction to what Justin Trudeau said. Here's that video.
00:15:25.060Over the past few days, Canadians were shocked and frankly disgusted by the behavior displayed by
00:15:32.220some people protesting in our nation's capital. Hate can never be the answer. So to those responsible
00:15:40.140for this behavior, it needs to stop. To anyone who joined the convoy, but is rightly uncomfortable
00:15:47.700with the symbols of hatred and division on display, join with your fellow Canadians.
00:15:53.720I love that video still. Every time I see it, it makes me, makes me smile because Trudeau is just
00:15:58.860so out of touch. He's such a hypocrite. He's so contradictory and he clearly doesn't take his
00:16:03.420own advice. The whole idea of talking to people you disagree with is not something that Justin
00:16:07.260Trudeau does. Well, he wasn't done with his gaslighting again on March 9th in Berlin. This is
00:16:13.080what Justin Trudeau had to say. At its best, democracy is always stronger than authoritarianism. Here is what
00:16:19.360that looked like. We mustn't despair because at its best, democracy is always stronger than
00:16:29.660authoritarianism. But if we're going to be honest with each other, democracy hasn't exactly been at its
00:16:38.580best these past few years. Democracy hasn't been at its best these last few years. Gee, you think?
00:16:45.160Do you think it had something to do with Justin Trudeau, your policies when it came to heavy-handed,
00:16:49.360over-the-top, overzealous measures to combat COVID when it came to shutting down the economy,
00:16:54.120shutting down the borders, shutting down small businesses? That was you. That was you that did
00:16:58.100that. That was you that used excessive force against peaceful protesters, all the hallmarks of not
00:17:03.440democracy, no authoritarianism. And yet here he is saying that democracy is always stronger,
00:17:08.580than authoritarianism. He is so out of touch. He is so offside with his comments. It's unbelievable
00:17:14.880to just see the stark difference between his own actions and his words. It really is unbelievable.
00:17:22.180Okay, so we've seen Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. We've seen his defense minister, Anita Anand.
00:17:26.900Well, they weren't the only ones who were on this European soiree. We also saw the foreign affairs
00:17:31.380minister, I think they call her global affairs minister, Melanie Jolie, as well as finance minister,
00:17:36.420Chrystia Freeland. They were all there in Berlin, and they were met with a CBC reporter. CBC asked
00:17:42.920the very valid question, why are you here? Aren't there more important issues at home? The reality
00:17:49.480from this clip, it's about three minutes, and I'm going to play the whole thing. Two things you can
00:17:52.700see. One, Chrystia Freeland is the dominant figure here. She's the finance minister, okay? She doesn't
00:17:57.420have a foreign portfolio. Her portfolio is domestic. She is in charge of the finances of Canada,
00:18:03.220making sure that we balance our books, that we have the right revenue, that we don't overspend.
00:18:07.500That is her job. So why is she in Europe? Well, of course, she's sort of the de facto leader of the
00:18:11.700country. She's got the title Deputy Prime Minister, which is a made-up title. We never had that position
00:18:15.920under Stephen Harper. So she's supposed to, again, have a domestic role. Instead, she's out there,
00:18:20.840of course, because she is this Ukrainian activist and superstar when it comes to her knowledge and her
00:18:27.340background with Putin, with Russia, with Ukraine. She's very, very deeply involved in domestic politics
00:18:33.500in Ukraine. So that's the real reason that she is there, because she's running the operation.
00:18:37.760Melanie Jolie is sort of a puppet figure. You can see the fundamental unseriousness of her. Watch when
00:18:43.820she comes in, the way that she talks, the way that she giggles, the way that she tries to answer
00:18:48.060questions. She is not a serious person at all. Here is what that clip looked like.
00:18:53.220A lot of Canadians are back at home, kind of wandering and watching this trip and seeing
00:18:58.400a lot of photo ops, a lot of broad platitudes, and not many specifics when it comes to details.
00:19:04.780Why couldn't these meetings have been done from Canada? Why does the Prime Minister,
00:19:08.460the Deputy Prime Minister, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Defence Minister need to be in Europe
00:19:12.880right now when there are a lot of domestic issues at home that are very important? And some
00:19:17.280people view this as a photo op trip to Europe.
00:19:19.720Well, I, the only person I've heard saying that was you, but...
00:19:26.540There are many people that are saying that.
00:19:28.220But let me just say that this is a really, really important trip for the Prime Minister
00:19:33.720and for Canada. The Russian invasion of Ukraine is the most important geopolitical issue in the
00:19:44.140world right now. And the fact that the Prime Minister has been able this week to have direct
00:19:50.060conversations with our leading partners around the world is absolutely essential. It is his
00:19:56.720responsibility and his duty at this critical moment to be here having those direct conversations,
00:20:04.020particularly because Canada and the Prime Minister himself has a very close relationship with Ukraine. We
00:20:14.260have a very good understanding of what the Ukrainians need and having the Prime Minister able to have those
00:20:22.340conversations makes a big difference. And I will point out, these are very sensitive security issues. And it's hard to have these conversations, even over secure lines. So it makes a big, big difference to have these conversations, to have these meetings.
00:20:38.340I would say that you could judge us as a government to be derelict in our duty to Canadians and the world were we not rolling up our sleeves and being involved in these direct, very substantive conversations.
00:20:56.340If I can add, if I can add, dealing with millions of people fleeing Ukraine throughout Europe being dispersed and thousands of lives at stake and millions of lives at stake is not fine. And I don't think any of that.
00:21:10.580I mean, the American, the American president is doing it from the White House.
00:21:14.340My colleague Lincoln and Kamala Harris.
00:21:16.500We're going to, Kamala Harris is in Poland tomorrow.
00:21:19.340Well, just to say, you know, I reject your question. Yeah. And not only that, I would say that Canadians expect us to be here. And that's exactly why we're here.
00:21:30.460Okay, so first thing, the question there, again, I believe it was a softball, like a plant question that was put in by the CBC. The way he characterizes it is kind of amusing, calling it a photo op, light on substance, heavy on on these photos. That is true. That is a rare moment of truth from a CBC reporter.
00:21:46.460Then hearing Chrystia Freeland talking about the importance. Look, I'll be honest, I have no problem with Justin Trudeau being in Europe right now. I have no problem with Melanie Jolie, the foreign affairs minister, being there in theory, other than the fact that she's just so, such a lightweight.
00:21:59.920Whenever she talks, it's just kind of embarrassing that this is a person who leads Canada's foreign efforts. She is our top diplomat. I don't understand her for that role. I don't, I don't, I just don't see it.
00:22:10.200But the question I would have more is why is the finance minister there, even the defense minister? I mean, I get that Canada has troops in Latvia if she wants to be there to sort of build up morale.
00:22:20.100Again, another odd pick for a leader of the military, the defense minister who has no experience whatsoever with the Canadian Armed Forces.
00:22:27.900Again, maybe at a time like this, we could focus on boosting up our domestic military spends, boosting up our own ability to defend our sovereignty at home in Canada.
00:22:37.540I'm talking about in the Arctic, in the north. We could be focusing on that.
00:22:41.000We could be focusing on our own energy policy and how this all plays into geopolitics, the need for energy security, energy independence, more Canadian output, getting pipelines built, increasing that capacity.
00:22:52.980Those are all important issues, not to mention the whole fallout from the Emergencies Act, COVID. Our country is still so divided.
00:22:58.980We have two separatist movements. We have a lot of issues at home that could be focused on as well.
00:23:04.240So a lot of people on Twitter, I know I woke up this morning and Canadian media fail was trending.
00:23:08.120A lot of liberals and leftists were saying this just demonstrates how bad the Canadian media is.
00:23:12.780Of course, Trudeau should be there. Of course, Melanie Schurdy should be there.
00:23:15.880Sure. My question would be more to why is Chrystia Freeland there other than the reality that we all know that she is really running the show.
00:23:21.800She is really the one in charge. And if you had any doubt, look at this picture.
00:23:25.060This is a Melanie Jolie Twitter picture. Again, these people are so out of touch.
00:23:29.000They're so there's they're so lacking self-awareness that they don't even realize how silly they are.
00:23:34.000Everybody at home, everyone is calling this Operation Photo Op.
00:23:36.700Everyone is talking about how little a substance it is, how it's all about optics.
00:23:40.560And yet here is the defense minister playing into that, showing this beautifully artistic photo of her and the delegation walking through Berlin.
00:23:49.540Really, it does look like it's all about the optics. It looks like it's all about the photo ops.
00:23:53.820And the reason that I wanted to point this out is you can see Chrystia Freeland at the front here.
00:23:57.700She is leading the pack. She's walking even in front of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
00:24:01.220That is Trudeau behind her up front. Here is Melanie Jolie.
00:24:04.500Back in the background, someone that the Trudeau government is basically trying to hide and they don't really want him to be front and center at all,
00:24:10.000is Stefan Dion, who used to be the Foreign Affairs Minister, and now he is the ambassador to Germany.
00:24:17.360But interesting how Chrystia Freeland is marching out in front.
00:24:20.180She is a true leader of the show. She is the one calling the shots.
00:24:23.640So what was the purpose of this trip? Why? Why? Why do we have this big entourage in Europe?
00:24:28.380Well, you know, we had some minor announcements on increased military presence in Latvia.
00:24:33.440A lot of virtue signaling, a lot of Justin Trudeau showing his inner authoritarian nature,
00:24:39.460talking about censorship and the need for more censorship,
00:24:43.040being completely lacking self-awareness when he talks about listening to the other side.
00:24:46.960So all we learned this week is everything that we already knew.
00:24:49.780Justin Trudeau is all about optics, very light on substance.
00:24:52.700When it comes to the things that he actually wants to talk about, he is not at all honest.
00:24:56.800He is not at all sincere in what he's talking about.
00:24:59.220He's totally out of touch and lacking any kind of self-awareness.
00:25:03.860Finally, he's just not a serious person, not a leader.
00:25:07.600I'm Candice Malcolm, and this is The Candice Malcolm Show.