Trudeau lands on the cover of Rolling Stone
1 BACKLASH
The backlash came swiftly for Stephen Rodrick, who fawned over Justin Trudeau in a Rolling Stone magazine cover story headlined “Why Can’t He Be Our President?” Much of the commentary focused on the laudatory tone. “Man, don’t tell all these angry Canadians that I’m moving to Vancouver in January!” Rodrick tweeted Wednesday.
2 LIBERTY PARTY?
According to Rolling Stone, Trudeau is head of the Liberty Party. “Trudeau won in an upset in 2008, made all the more significant because his Liberty Party took another national thrashing.”
3 SECURITY DETAIL
There was another howler. Trudeau apparently pointed to his “Royal Canadian Mountain Police detail.”
4 A GUSHER
How gushing was the piece? “He speaks in a modulated, indoor voice. His dark hair is a colour found in nature. At home, there is a glamorous wife and three photogenic children.” And then there was, “For Trudeau, listening is seducing.”
5 BRAT BEHAVIOUR
But there was a little criticism: “Trudeau’s tenure has sometimes been like watching a kindergartner ride a bicycle by himself for the first time: so much promise, so many wipeouts. He still can act like a brat on occasion. Last year, he barrelled through the House of Commons in an effort to stop the stalling tactics of his opponents, and his elbow grazed the breast of MP Ruth Ellen Brosseau . ... His opponents jumped on Trudeau ... (who) apologized four times, making him the butt of John Oliver jokes.”
6 THE SOCKS
Two mentions — once they were “festooned with moose” and on another occasion they were “marking the end of Ramadan,” although we are not told how.