OTTAWA - Following a tumultuous weekend in which Donald Trump threatened Canada with steep tariffs on all goods, only to back down, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre angrily criticized the US president for bringing Canadians together right before his planned election campaign.
I think Ford actually did a good job on this one. He’s Trumpian in terms of his appeal and I think did a good job of rallying Canadians of various stripes and working WITH other premiers.
Daniel Smith was the opposite. She was a Trump apologist, and was divisive instead of being a team player.
Don’t get me wrong - I think Ford is a complete tool 98% of the time, but I think he did a good job this once.
Something about a broken clock
But yeah, Ford did good here.
It actually makes me really happy that I can be on board with how Ford has responded to Trump’s objectively-bad-for-Canadians ideas of tariffs and annexation.
He may not be a good public servant, but goddammit, he’s a_Canadian._ And that’s more than we can say about some of our other “leaders”.
I feel the same. Still won’t vote for him, but it’s nice to see some competence coming out of him for a change.
He’s always been competent. He just hasn’t been working with the same ideals or goals as most of us until now.
Yeah, that’s kind of it, isn’t it?