Jen Gerson, a freelance journalist based in Calgary, isn’t pleased with man-baby drumpf at all. If you are like me and enjoy a good drumpf bashing…. and you can click over to The Guardian…. urine luck.
Jen begins by telling a cautionary tale about Justin Trudeau’s father Pierre being called an a**hole by Richard Nixon.
“I’ve been called worse things by better people.” Pierre replied before settling in to watch Tricky Dick take his final Helicopter One ride.
Jen probably fervently desires Justin enjoy the same front row seat.
Referring to drumpf lacky Peter Navarro’s idiotic statement - “There’s a special place in hell for any foreign leader that engages in bad faith diplomacy with President Donald J Trump and then tries to stab him in the back on the way out the door,” Jen opens a can of whoop-ass.
“If a nation of millions can have a collective character, then it is true what is said about Canadians. We are a stoic, rule-abiding and polite people. We are also smug, passive-aggressive and proud. If you like your maple syrup laced with piss, we will deliver cans of the stuff, painted with quaint winter scenes and sold at a mark-up with a smile.
Navarro’s comments seem crafted to test those traits. Trump may be a polarizing figure in the US, but he is turning out to be a great unifier of Canadians. Many of Canada’s most rabidly anti-Trudeau conservatives are striking a sympathetic tone with the prime minister. Former Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper even showed up on Fox News to talk trade in support of Trudeau, saying: “I don’t understand the obsession with the trade relationship with Canada.” (snip)
Trump has focused his ire on Canadian dairy, where we maintain a “supply management” system that keeps foreign products out of the country. Many Canadians would like to see the back of it, and Trump could have pushed Canada closer to dismantling this system as part of ongoing Nafta renegotiations.
Best of luck with that now, Mr Art of the Deal. Canadians won’t consent to scrapping our supply management system if it becomes a point of national self-respect. We won’t be reduced to a simpering client state. If a few years of economic hardship is the cost of our pride, so be it.
To the walls with our overpriced cheese. And make the Americans pay for it!”
Sorry, Wisconsin, Jen and the rest of Canada ain’t gonna be buying your cheese at any price.
You can thank drumpf for that.
But I’ll be watching for Jen’s byline.