It’s time to start talking tough

The fact that we have grown collectively numb to Donald Trump's unpresidential antics should not excuse inaction on the part of our elected leaders.

Every stupid meme and AI slop insult posted by official White House social media accounts should result in U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra, left, being called on the carpet in Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand's office, writes Scott Taylor.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

September 14, 2026

OTTAWA—Over the Labour Day weekend, United States President Donald Trump took to his own Truth Social platform to post a barrage of childish artificial-intelligence-generated slop.

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