Trudeau’s latest trip overseas was just the latest in a long line of failures. #canadapm
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Summary
Justin Trudeau's plane carrying his own Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, crashed in India on his way to a G20 summit, leaving him stranded in the country for two more days. What does it mean for Canada's international reputation?
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's trip to India for the G20 summit mercifully came to an end.
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To add insult to injury, the political gods decided to have Trudeau's plane breaking down
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to leave him stranded in India for two more days.
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If years of Trudeau's inept diplomacy weren't enough to convince the world of Canada's
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irrelevance on the world stage, the nation's inability to get its own Prime Minister back
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No, Trudeau isn't personally responsible for the upkeep of the airplanes when it crashed
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But the confusion caused when the plane broke down showed how Canada just isn't a nation
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I mean, how many developed nations would find themselves utterly crippled for days trying
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to find alternative transportation for their leader in the case of a malfunction on a plane?
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Now, Justin Trudeau, he's long had a cold relationship with India's Prime Minister Modi.
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He was snubbed by Modi during his catastrophic 2018 trip to India where he made international
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headlines with his ridiculous dress-up games, and he got a frosty reception from Modi during
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After much arm-bending, Trudeau did manage to get a 10-minute informal pull-aside meeting
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He then used that time to lecture Modi on foreign interference.
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In other words, he wasted Modi's time on an issue that really isn't pressing to him right
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Now, for a reason yet to be disclosed, Canada just paused negotiations with India on trade
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negotiations, giving India a figurative middle finger just days before a world summit they
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It didn't exactly warm the waters before Trudeau's visit.
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Modi had many extended and private meetings with leaders from other countries during the
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They discussed important trade and global affairs issues.
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Nations are eager to develop relationships with that country.
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Aside from Trudeau, that is, who seems to go out of his way to antagonize them.
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Still, even if Trudeau didn't manage to make any progress with India on the trip, he had
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some important interactions with the leaders of the other 20 nations at the summit, right?
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Aside from some photo ops with some other leaders, including an awkward one where it appears
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President Biden is chewing Justin out, Trudeau doesn't appear to have had any formal meetings
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The press, even the Canadian press, were curious, and they were pretty blunt when they asked
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Trudeau, well, what did you accomplish during this summit?
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Trudeau stammered and offered his usual word salad and said, gender inclusion.
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I mean, while the gender pronoun issue is burning red hot among activists and left-leaning Canadian
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press outlets, it doesn't even register on the list of items to be considered by serious
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World leaders don't take Justin Trudeau seriously.
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And by extension, they don't take Canada seriously.
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Canada used to pride itself as a nation that punches above its weight on the international
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Past prime ministers performed diplomatic wonders at summits.
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Our military was respected as a peacekeeper, and our resources, both human and natural, were
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In eight years, Justin Trudeau has wiped out all of that international goodwill on every
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Trudeau can't leave the country without embarrassing himself, and of course us.
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From being chided by the Australian prime minister when he tried to turn discussions to his socks,
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to his awkward attempt at a three-way handshake in Washington, to his improv karaoke party during
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Queen Elizabeth's funeral, to his hot mic moment where he was caught tittering like a schoolboy
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Trudeau has consistently proven he doesn't have the depth of intellect or character to be a
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Who can forget Xi Jinping chewing out Trudeau on the floor of a conference just last spring?
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Or other conferences such as a recent G7 one where Trudeau was literally standing on the
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Serious leaders won't dedicate time to Trudeau beyond quick poses for pictures, and it shows
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as he's incapable of even lining up meetings with them now.
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This is harming Canada, as we need international relationships to continue supplying our resources
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Canada needs a leader with depth and gravitas in a world stage.
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Whenever Justin Trudeau, whenever his Trudeau's term as a prime minister comes to an end,
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Canada's going to have a mountain of damage to repair.
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I mean, the domestic economic mess created by Trudeau is going to take decades to undo.
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But the international damage he's done to Canada's reputation might take generations to get over.
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I'm sure you all remember, once upon a time, people made a point of proudly displaying a Canadian flag
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on their backpacks or suitcases when traveling overseas.
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Now they're more likely to kind of keep subdued about where they come from,
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unless they find themselves having to answer embarrassing questions about
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how this nation allowed itself to be governed by a fool for so long.