President Xi Jingping’s behaviour was a power move: Tepper

Elliot Tepper, professor at Carleton University, says that Justin Trudeau 'did his job' and President Xi's behaviour was 'problematic'.

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43 comments

  1. The PM didn’t need to be direct there in that exchange. There’s a time and a place for everything. Tensions between the two countries are high. The last thing on XJ’s mind was to have this private conversation broadcasted to be a catalyst for something worse down the road for Canada. 😞

    1. The irony of you lacking the competence to spell incompetence is peak conservatism. You need to reflect on your life and yourself lmfao

    1. There is a time & place for everything, if you had a private conversation with someone & they decided to broadcast it to the world and the content may not be what you meant or said, how would you feel?
      I believe you will think that this person in not trust worthy and you would never want to talk to that person again.

    2. Thats the trouble with The Boy Wonder he always speaks his mind…and there’s nothing between his 👂’s..but empty space.

    1. You are absolutely right, “self-appointed”. He is not elected by the voters, he is elected by county representatives, this is what they call democracy, funny!

  2. Maybe Trudeau should learn to stop acting like a teen aged boy and shut his flap with gossip behind the backs of other world leaders

  3. THE PM did exactly what we expect him to do , stand up to this dictator ! Any appeasement or soft way will never work with XI jingpin . Way to go Justin !

    1. Then, the two leaders have no point to have a meeting. We all know two countries have a meeting to achieve some goals. If one country leader only use a meeting, which takes long time to prepare, costly travel fees, time and only to crying out to the other party are some kinds of childish.

  4. I think this is a trust issue. There is a time & place for everything, if you had a private conversation with someone & they decided to broadcast it to the world and the content may not be what you meant or said, how would you feel?
    I believe you will think that this person in not trust worthy and you would never want to talk to that person again.

  5. A “power move” from someone who is attempting to be in control of a country _in a death spiral?_ There’s not much power there lmfao

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