Down here in Florida we have been avidly following regular updates of President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to be ready to roll once he is inaugurated in two weeks.
It certainly looks like he’s put a strong team in place and appears determined to tackle head on, from Day 1, some of the more pressing problems facing the United States — the very reason he took the November election by storm.
Lawfare couldn’t deter him. Neither could the distinct and often inaccurate legacy media narrative.
He’s got his border czar firmly in place to deal with the illegal immigrant problem and it is clear he is serious about trying to return peace to Israel.
Aside from some days on the links, he didn’t take any time off — after a grueling election campaign — to ski out west or head to beaches in Hawaii or St. Croix as President Joe Biden and his vice-president, Kamala Harris, did shortly after Nov. 5.
Whether you love him or hate him, it has become obvious Trump knows how to lead.
He has a tremendous work ethic and isn’t afraid to get his hands dirty.
Instead of lecturing Americans about diversity, Trump is a man of action, appointing a diverse group of men and women around him based on their strengths not the colour of their skin or their sexuality.
I thought of what we’re witnessing south of the border as our own Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stepped up to the lectern on a cold Ottawa day to say he’s resigning — eventually — for the good of the country.
He could have won an Oscar for his efforts at gaslighting Canadians.
Not all of us are fooled.
Let’s see now. He’s suspending all activities of Parliament throwing the country into complete chaos and ensuring the spotlight is not on him for nearly three months.
Trump’s tariffs be damned.
I have no clue whether anyone is actually negotiating with the President-elect — whether it be Trudeau himself or one of the two ministers (Melanie Joly or Dominic LeBlanc) he recently sent down to Mar-a-Lago while he schussed down the hills of Red Mountain, B.C.
But he’s not actually stepping down until another Liberal fills the role (should we consider this echoes of Kamala?)
Dare I suggest that if our PM were truly doing what’s best for the good of the country, he wouldn’t prorogue Parliament until the end of March and he certainly wouldn’t stay on as PM during this terribly fragile period with his neighbour to the south.
Instead of looking outwards and dealing with the valid threats to Canadians, the focus will be on Liberal infighting.
I can’t help but wonder if we’re really doomed.
Ignoring the problem and hoping it goes away, like Trudeau appears to be doing, will do nothing. Playing the role of pugilist like Ontario Premier Doug Ford seems to be doing won’t help either
Ford is spending oodles of taxpayer money on a fuzzy wuzzy ad telling Americans all the wonderful things his province does for them.
It ran four times — I kid you not — during prime time last evening.
Whoever advised him to do that proves how out of his depth Ford is.
The only premier who seems to get it is Alberta’s Danielle Smith, who is attending Trump’s inauguration.
Trump is not wrong.
We do have an illegal migrant issue in Canada.
Our progressive leaders, starting with Trudeau, have let far too many people in without proper vetting of their backgrounds.
For example, how many people coming from Gaza have undergone thorough background checks?
Instead of saying silly things that make one appear foolish on the world stage — as in Trudeau reiterating he’s a feminist — or threatening Trump, as Ford has done, perhaps our “leaders” could take a page from the President-elect’s book and address the impact of their progressive immigration policies head-on.
That may be too much to ask.
But I certainly can see that many Canadians are fed up with paying the freight for the migrants who flock to our major cities for the freebies and have no respect for our country’s values.
We have seen it on the streets of Toronto and Montreal for more than a year.
I have seen the lineups at shelters that can’t accommodate them.
We see the escalating violence on our streets.
I don’t like the idea of tariffs one bit.
But perhaps if they happen, it will arouse our politicians and the people who still support them out of their slumber.
