"Normally a conciliatory, charming figure, Justin Trudeau is being forced to transform himself into a kind of "Captain Canada" in order to fight a trade war with Donald Trump that has the potential to be as destructive as it is surprising.A boxing enthusiast who dons his gloves to work off the stress of the job in his rare free time, the Canadian prime minister will have to carefully measure his punches against the US leader, who publicly accused him of weakness and dishonesty after the meeting of the G7 nations in Quebec at the weekend.
Trudeau triggered Trump's fury when he said that citing US national security interests as justification for slapping tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum exports was "insulting."
"Canadians, we're polite, we're reasonable, but we also will not be pushed around," Trudeau said after the summit ended in controversy.
Trudeau was elected to head a Liberal Party government in October 2015, after his rivals underestimated him, sometimes condescendingly deriding him as a selfie-taking knock-off of his father, 1970s leader Pierre Trudeau."
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Trudeau triggered Trump's fury when he said that citing US national security interests as justification for slapping tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum exports was "insulting."
"Canadians, we're polite, we're reasonable, but we also will not be pushed around," Trudeau said after the summit ended in controversy.
Trudeau was elected to head a Liberal Party government in October 2015, after his rivals underestimated him, sometimes condescendingly deriding him as a selfie-taking knock-off of his father, 1970s leader Pierre Trudeau."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/facing-off-trump-trudeau-dons-cape-captain-canada-203855363.html