The Clown Wince of Canada

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the darling of Western media, has been savagely ridiculed for a trip to India that included cultural, fashion, and political blunders at every turn. Not good: India is a big-hitter on the world stage and ranks highly with Russia, China, and Latin America.

Trudeau’s hapless trip began to go askew as soon as his aircraft door opened. It couldn’t have gone worse had the steps been removed and he had somersaulted to the tarmac far below. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, known for his social media savvy, did not make any posts welcoming Trudeau. Insultingly, the Canadian Premier was greeted by a low-level agricultural minister.

Trudeau’s wife, Sophie, posed for a photo with Jaspal Atwal. That too was an epic fail. The Sikh separatist was once convicted of trying to assassinate an Indian politician. With friends like Trudeau and his country’s Sikh community, many of whom support the Khalistan separatist movement, India sure doesn’t need enemies.

Though Trudeau assured India’s government that he didn’t support the separatist movement, Canada’s diplomatic mission earlier sent a dinner invitation to the would-be assassin.

Cheer up, things could get worse. So, Prime Minister Trudeau did cheer up and sure enough, things did get worse. On several occasions, he and his family attired themselves in cultural Indian clothing. This is something other Western politicians rarely attempt.

Like a parrot in a penguin colony, the Canadian premier turned up at a Bollywood gala in which the guests were all black-tie attired with the exception of Trudeau who was dressed like a Bengal prince.

Influential Indian personalities expressed their distaste for Trudeau’s diversity gaff dress code. India Today described the theatrical gesture as ‘tacky’.

Popular Indian personalities described Trudeau’s appearance as ‘fake and annoying.’ At one point, the Canadian premier, whilst wearing Indian dress, broke into the traditional dance called the Bhangra. The response on Twitter was even more amusing than the dance of political death.

Back in Washington’s most northern colony, the trip hasn’t played well for Trudeau. Their misbegotten premier was roundly criticised for making his visit largely about photo opportunities and less about handling business. Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer says “I don’t know if Justin Trudeau thinks that international trade missions are TV shows, but they are not.”

Canadian CTV news anchor-man Don Martin was derisive: “If this is Trudeau putting Canada back on the world stage, we should get off it.”

Many Canadians were sickened by the spectacle of their dribbling premier. The Ottawa Citizen compared their premier’s India trip to George Bush’s 1992 trip to Tokyo. There, the U.S. president had vomited on Japan’s prime minister.

Scathingly, the premier’s hometown newspaper added, “As for what ‘the work, achievements and objectives’ of this cavalcade of embarrassment might amount to, it would have been better if Trudeau had gone to India alone, invited himself to dinner with Modi, and thrown up in his lap.”

Five days into the trip, when Modi finally acknowledged Trudeau’s trip on social media, he did so with a picture taken in 2015 of Trudeau in Western dress. Here’s your hat, what’s your hurry, Mr. Trudeau.

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