As a political commentator, I am tired of Donald Trump. He is no longer a mystery. He bores us. He barely holds the draw of Pierre Poilievre in Canada. Even the Donald’s lies are boring. His histrionics are wasted. He is old news.
But don’t ask any of the Donald’s supporters south of the 49th Parallel. They are blind to his faults and ignorant of his objectives. Would you believe they think he is going to make America great again? So why does he have to pull it down first?
Yet there appears to be a drift. Very gradually, the Donald’s lustre is fading. There are American Republicans looking around, casually, wondering what the flavour of the month could be next November?
Like Pierre Poilievre here, the right wing of the political divide can neither be believed nor be trusted. Just the other day when news broke about the strange event at the Rainbow Bridge at Niagara Falls, Poilievre rushed to the news media saying it was a reported terrorist attack and then lectured a Canadian Press reporter on accuracy in reporting.
Meanwhile, Justin Trudeau was sitting back and waiting for more information. The breaking news on my computer had to do a lot of back-tracking that day. And thank goodness most of the panicked response was on the American side of the bridge. In fact, the entire event and the panic was on the American side.
And Mr. Poilievre had egg on his face, again for being obnoxious with the media.
The problem is that Canadians do not have the certainty of Americans on just when the election will take place. Mr. Trump can plot with confidence that the presidential election will be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November next year which will be November 5, 2024.
If Mr. Trump can stay out of jail until then, he just might have a better chance to really defeat Joe Biden. As it is, he has more than enough legal problems to keep him answering for them until he is 100.
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