Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said American voters will have to choose later this year between optimism for the future and nostalgia for a past that never existed.
Prime Minister Trudeau made the comments Tuesday in Montreal before a business audience in connection with Donald Trump’s victory in the Iowa Republican caucuses on Monday, giving former President Trump the lead in the Republican Party ahead of the November election. This gave him an early lead in securing nominations.
The prime minister said Trump’s second term as president will be difficult for the Canadian government because there are many issues on which he disagrees with former President Trump.
On Monday, a majority of Iowa Republicans said they support President Trump’s “Make America Great Again” campaign.
Trudeau did not mention Conservative Leader Pierre Poièvre by name, but said Canadians will face similar choices to U.S. voters when heading to the polls.
Prime Minister Trudeau has cast himself as a champion of optimism and stability and said voters must choose between his approach and anger and fear.
Poilievre said Tuesday on Radio-Canada’s Quebec Premiere Heure that he has no opinion on the U.S. election.
“I will cooperate with whoever is president of the United States,” he told host Alex Boissonneau in French.
“It doesn’t matter whether it happens or not. [current U.S. President Joe] Biden, Trump, whoever. I intend to advance our country’s economic and security interests. ”
Prime Minister Trudeau is scheduled to host a ministerial dinner before the House of Commons reconvenes later this month. A press release announcing Tuesday’s withdrawal said “Canada-U.S. relations ahead of this fall’s presidential election” will be a topic of discussion when Trudeau meets with his ministers.
