My Hot Takes on the NATO Hot Mike

A few thoughts I haven't seen raised elsewhere.

• Trump had it coming.
• It was immature and unprofessional for Macron, Johnston, Princess Anne and Trudeau to joke about Trump, no matter how horrific his press conferences that day were.
• Could anyone imagine Andrew Scheer being as welcome as Trudeau was in that group?  For all his failings, Trudeau is seen in the international arena as a good representative for Canada.
• Heads of State are human after all and do tend to make jest at buffoons in their midst. Stephen Harper was often mocked at international events.  Who could forget the comments when he missed a group photo because he was in the bathroom?  Or the snickers when he wagged his fingers at Putin.
• In some ways this sort of behaviour could be categorized as bullying and perhaps that is the most egregious part of this example.

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