‘Like a hand grenade with a loose pin’: Trudeau striking right balance with Trump, say observers

Green Party leader Elizabeth May says Justin Trudeau may be the only leader who can have an impact on Trump, while NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says the Liberals have a responsibility to speak out.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured speaking with U.S. President Donald Trump during the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, in July, has been reluctant to publicly denounce his American counterpart. Photograph courtesy of German federal government/Denzel

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

November 1, 2017

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cautious diplomacy with Donald Trump is the right approach, with nothing to be gained from direct condemnation of the U.S. president’s inflammatory rhetoric, say pollsters and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May.

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