Diplomacy, of course, dictates that world leaders don’t laugh at each other — unless, of course, you’re Trump, who thought the funniest thing about the whole incident was the name he called Trudeau after hearing about the video. On that occasion, the president called the prime minister “weak” and “dishonest.”What did Trudeau do to incite Trump’s wrath back then? He spoke out against U.S. tariffs against Canada — which is what you would expect a Canadian prime minister to do. Leaders like Trump get away with being political boors by making people afraid of how they’ll react to being called out. Should fellow world leaders just tolerate Trump’s behaviour, and be rewarded for stoic, diplomatic silence no matter what he does or says?

Source: thestar December 04, 2019 22:41 UTC