In was in 2013 that Justin Trudeau expressed his “admiration” for China because its “basic dictatorship” enabled the regime to move fast. So fast that in a diplomatic dispute it can get a Canadian hauled into court to be re-sentenced to death. The Cold War is long over, even if the afterburn of petro-communism has reduced Venezuelans to picking through garbage for food. What was fun for Trudeau père, to foster a bromance with Fidel in order to annoy the Americans, is passé. It is a credit to Trudeau that he did not indulge in any reflexive anti-Americanism by refusing to recognize Gaidó just because the Americans did.

Source: National Post January 30, 2019 20:37 UTC