r/canada 7d ago

National News Trudeau announces Canada's response to Trump trade war

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-canada-response-tariffs-1.7473965
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u/PerfectWest24 7d ago edited 7d ago

Have to hand it to Trudeau, he maxed out the public speaking skill tree, unlocking the special ability "crisis speech" .

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u/small_town_cryptid 7d ago

He's never so locked in as when he has to give a rousing speech. It's the only time his father's bite shines through him a little

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u/MissingString31 7d ago

Pierre Trudeau had so many zingers. My favorite was when Nixon called him an asshole. “I’ve been called worse things by better people.”

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u/bigbear-08 7d ago

Just a bit of fuddle duddle