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Trudeau's India trip is a total disaster — and he has himself to blame
The Washington Post ^ | FEBRUARY 22, 2018 | Barkha Dutt

Posted on 02/22/2018 7:14:57 PM PST by sukhoi-30mki

How did Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the world’s favorite liberal mascot — a feminist man, with movie-star good looks, a 50 percent female cabinet and a political lexicon that has replaced “mankind” with “peoplekind” (making millions swoon) — end up looking silly, diminished and desperate on his trip to India this week?

Trudeau’s eight-day India expedition has been an absolute fiasco.

Hours before meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his journey hit a dead end when the Canadian high commissioner invited a Sikh extremist named Jaspal Atwal (who has been convicted of attempted murder and was previously affiliated with a terrorist group) to a dinner to honor Trudeau in Delhi. Atwal was found guilty of trying to kill an Indian minister in 1986; he was also blamed for an assault on Ujjal Dosanjh, the former premier of British Columbia.

By the time Atwal’s invitation was rescinded — Trudeau called it “unfortunate” — Atwal had already posed for photographs with Trudeau’s wife, Sophie, in Mumbai, as well as with other members of his entourage.

“It’s a disaster,” Vishnu Prakash, former Indian high commissioner to Canada, told me. “I am convinced Trudeau was blindsided. Whoever drew up the list screwed up and dealt him a fait accompli. But it is also symbolic of how Khalistanis have penetrated the system.”

Since Trudeau won the election in 2015, the 1980s have returned to haunt Indo-Canada ties. Sikh secessionists who supported a separate country (Khalistan) unleashed a bloodbath in the state of Punjab in the ’80s.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Canada; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 1moretime; canada; india; justintrudeau; khalistan; trudeau
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To: sukhoi-30mki
p07

One thing about liberal politicians, they're completely blindsided about how they think people think they look.

21 posted on 02/22/2018 7:45:41 PM PST by Snickering Hound
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To: D-fendr

His gaffe is the equivalent of showing up in an African country wearing a grass skirt and carrying a spear.


22 posted on 02/22/2018 7:46:18 PM PST by katana
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Does anyone know who his father is? His mother was well known for her active social life. As for her husband, https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2009/09/20/queer_hall_of_fame_inducts_pierre_trudeau.html


23 posted on 02/22/2018 7:51:18 PM PST by PAR35
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To: ConservativeMind

I remember Sam Kinison had trouble getting marlboros at a 7-11 one time.


24 posted on 02/22/2018 7:55:43 PM PST by BipolarBob (At one time I held the world record as the worlds youngest person on the planet.)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

The moonbeam mantle passes from Governor Jerry Brown to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Welcome to India, Prime Minister Moonbeam.


25 posted on 02/22/2018 7:59:18 PM PST by AZLiberty ("If we believe in absurdities, we commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Tis better for the world to think you a fool rather than going forth and proving it!


26 posted on 02/22/2018 8:09:38 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (Start using cash and checks or the elite class and bankers will make "cashless" the norm.)
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To: Steely Tom

C.mon don’t be such a judgemental ass, if you actually knew any Canadians or spent 5 minutes doing some research, you would know Canadians are outraged and embarrassed...


27 posted on 02/22/2018 8:17:12 PM PST by albertabound
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To: sukhoi-30mki

India doesn’t treat women all that well.


28 posted on 02/22/2018 8:24:55 PM PST by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: sukhoi-30mki

At least he didn’t wear a full feather headdress and war paint.


29 posted on 02/22/2018 8:29:20 PM PST by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: <1/1,000,000th%

Don’t they still have the Caste System?


30 posted on 02/22/2018 8:31:02 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: D-fendr

That pic is hilarious!

I think even pc pu$$ies are laughing at Trudeau.


31 posted on 02/22/2018 8:32:52 PM PST by Conserv
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To: albertabound

Now you know what we felt like with Obama.
Frustrating ain’t it?
Can’t you elect someone more like Red Green?


32 posted on 02/22/2018 8:38:50 PM PST by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our one and only true hope.)
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To: sukhoi-30mki
Conservative Treehouse has a great article on Trudeau's problems.

Justin From Canada Attempts Backup Option for Trade Mistakes, Fails Miserably…

33 posted on 02/22/2018 8:45:13 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: Baladas

What I don’t understand is how Canada voted for him. His father was one of the most polarizing and hated Canadian politicians of all time.


34 posted on 02/22/2018 9:01:24 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (If the illegal immigration issue were Social Security, it'd be privatized by now.)
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To: right way right
Can’t you elect someone more like Red Green?

Take off eh?

For the Great White North.

35 posted on 02/22/2018 9:02:00 PM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (The Obama is about to hit the fan.)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

No, that’s Doug and Bob McKenzie.
Have some more beer eh?


36 posted on 02/22/2018 9:18:02 PM PST by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our one and only true hope.)
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To: right way right
No, that’s Doug and Bob McKenzie.

I know that you hoser. It's beauty eh?

37 posted on 02/22/2018 9:23:31 PM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (The Obama is about to hit the fan.)
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To: albertabound

C’mon yourself. You know I’m right.


38 posted on 02/22/2018 9:28:42 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: Baladas

If he had her sex drive, there’d be thousands of little Justines running about.


39 posted on 02/22/2018 9:37:52 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: Snickering Hound

"I gave my love a cherry..."

40 posted on 02/22/2018 9:39:59 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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