From liberal icon to Maga joke: the waning fortunes of Justin Trudeau

The Irish Times ^ | 12/23/24 | Matina Stevis-Gridneff in Toronto

[DallasBiff]

Justin Trudeau’s career is the stuff of 21st-century political drama, with an arc that has taken him from glamorous liberal standard-bearer to the butt of jokes by US president-elect Donald Trump and his acolytes.

Trudeau burst on to the international scene in 2015, a newly elected young leader of Canada whose father had also once been a popular prime minister.

And he spent the next decade building a brand around being a feminist, an environmentalist, a refugee and indigenous rights advocate, pursuing the same message of change and hope as Barack Obama. While he drew fawning reviews in the news media – including over his poster boy looks – his honeymoon with Canadians really lasted only about two years. By 2017, a series of controversies had already tarnished his picture-perfect image.

[DallasBiff]

Looks like Fidel's son is in political trouble.

Justin's mother got around, ask Mick Jagger.

[BenLurkin]

There's nothing funny about the guy. He is a dangerous totalitarian who admires Red China.

[Steely Tom]

He is a dangerous totalitarian who admires Red China.

He's what Canadia wanted.

[laplata]

He has Marxist blood running through his veins.

[No name given]

It’s time for a new General Augusto Pinochet.

[No name given]

And now hopefully Canada realizes they made a mistake supporting Truedolt.

[ridesthemiles]

HOW MANY CANADIAN TRUCKERS ARE GOING TO HAVE A MERRIER CHRISTMAS????

[Sacajaweau]

that is what is most memorable...

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

And how.

[Olog-hai]

Matina Stevis-Gridneff …

Hmm. Not a very Irish name.

[GreenLanternCorps]

It’s a New York Times piece reprinted in the Irish Times.

[Olog-hai]

Have to go to the bottom of the page to see that.

My observation stands anyhow.

[Liz]

Mother Margaret, baby Justin Trudeau with Pat Nixon-1972.

[x]

It would be mind-blowing if Justin Trudeau turned out to be Richard Nixon’s son ...

[Liz]

Nah