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Canadas Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was on television fielding questions from reporters Tuesday morning. Theres a lot to talk about these days, with the economic crisis and COVID-19 continuing to be an enormous public health issue. But our northern neighbor is also overseeing a country that is facing protests against police brutality and racial injustice in multiple cities.
In a clip you can see below, Prime Minister Trudeau was asked Youve been reluctant to comment on the words and actions of the U.S. president. But we do have Donald Trump calling for military action against protesters. We saw protesters tear gassed yesterday, to make way for a presidential photo op. I would like to ask you what you think about that. And if you dont want to comment what message do you think you are sending?
Prime Minister Trudeau then took a 21-second pause to collect his thoughts on Donald Trumps actions in regards to the Black Lives Matter protests going on across the country. For 21 seconds, Trudeau was at a loss of what to say exactly. It is an excruciatingly long pause. At the end he makes an almost worldly sorrowful sigh and sound before giving his diplomatic response.
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roamer65
(36,739 posts)That pause was pure Pierre Trudeau.
His dad would pause and give you a steely eyed glare...then he would cuss you out.
jcgoldie
(11,582 posts)...and then he quasi quotes the Byrds!
Brother Buzz
(36,212 posts)manhattan123
(302 posts)Canada, of course, was where many of the enslaved and forcibly impregnated women fled to as they escaped the U.S.