Canada’s Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, is a progressive’s
progressive. That is precisely what makes his recent one-man global clown-show
so (unintentionally) amusing. Trudeau has been gamboling around the globe,
appearing in public in whatever nation he happens to be in at the moment,
colorfully clad head-to-toe in garb he assumes is traditional native wear.
His
appearance has been right out of central casting-- circa 1959-- to the extent
that he rubbed many inhabitants of the subcontinent the wrong way when he
materialized, hands pressed together, in traditional spiritual attire at the
holy Sikh shrine of the Golden Temple. (If you haven’t yet seen these pictures
of Trudeau, you owe it to your self—and your sense of humor—to Google them
now).
At one
point, the Canadian Prime Minister even broke into the traditional Indian dance
called the Bhangra.
India
Today characterized his dress and demeanor as “tacky,” while several popular
Indian personalities termed his outfit choices “fake and annoying.” Apparently
apprehensive of the young leader’s fashion sense and judgement, Indian Prime
Minister Narendra Modi failed to acknowledge Trudeau’s arrival on social media
and dispatched a low-level agricultural minister to meet him at the airport.
Oddly,
for a strict adherent to the religion of multiculturalism, Trudeau has no
qualms about appropriating the hell out of any culture in which he finds
himself immersed. “When in Rome…” and all that. Except, he, like most
progressives, believes that any culture is superior to the traditional Western
ones. The Indians, among others, have been rightfully appalled by the Head
Canuck’s behavior, but I enjoy it when the fawningly progressive make fools of
themselves on the world stage. I wonder if Prime Minister Modi would consider
appearing before the Canadian Parliament dressed as a member of the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police?
Or, imagine,
if you will, that President Trump turned up in, say, Norway wearing a tunic and
Viking helmet, while also sporting a shield, sword and gjallarhorn. The media
would cite it as proof positive he was a demented white-supremacist, utterly
unfit for office. He’d be impeached and summarily deposited in a padded cell,
probably located in a subterranean edifice outside of San Francisco.
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