Once you make a statement that shows your stupidity all the apologies in the world can't make it go away. Of course that does not apply to Trump who will just lie that he never sais it and then lie about the lie.
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Probably his whole adult life Peter wanted to surface feelings that drive his politics. Rather than just let the ugliness of those policies speak for themselves, he now feels permission to let it all come out.
I've noticed all these right wing types keep talking about that special place in hell reserved for the rest of us. Although Ivanka, to her father's bewilderment, did place Roy Moore there. And then after Roy lost the election, a furious Steve Bannon placed her there without mentioning her name. Why is it that this phrase has such currency now. What does it mean to these horrible people. Is it a place they wish to be themselves and feel excluded. So they call it hell. I am always about five steps behind. So is there anyone who can help me out here.
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The president is the problem, his staff feels that it is ok to use language like that used by Mr. Navarro on Sunday because the president talks like that. The president behaves like a bully and speaks like a thug when he feels disrespected. It wasn't the Canadian PM that spoke because he thought the president was gone, it was the president who always attacks people behind their backs. He spoke ill of the Canadian PM when he was on his plane. He attacks and fires people via twitter. He is the most unpresidental occupant of the White House ever and is an embarrassment to all Americans.
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Have you noticed how the comments by this guy and Kudlow do not talk about Canada and the United States? It's all about what was "done" to Trump.
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Liberals just assume it is natural and a requirement to show your bonafides and your self-righteousness.
The preferred way to announce your purity is to criticize Trump whenever a speaking opportunity presents itself.
Could be at an awards ceremony, a speech, doesn’t matter.
Trudeau surfed on the Liberal wave of anti-Trumpism, trying to be cool, like all the other stars, and a shark bit him.
The shark bit Trump and Navarro not anyone else. They both lacked any semblance of dignity.
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We'll first of all, Trudeau was elected in 2015, when Trump was barely a blip on the political radar, so your anti-Trumpism surfing comment amounts to nothing more than the usual Trumptonian misinformation. And I don't know why you believe a "shark bit him". Canadians are sincerely and universally infuriated about the comments which your President has directed towards our Prime Minister. It's the biggest possible political favour they could have done for him, and might very well be a factor in next year's election.
Canadians are used to our southern neighbours throwing their weight around, as in that 250% tariff your government has put on out lumber. That's been going on for over 200 years. But this spitting in our face while doing so -- well that is something new.
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Mr. Navarro exemplifies the on-going special feature of Donald's reign: surrounding himself with completely unfit persons. The biggest danger of such an obtuse person like DT in a position of power is the inability to learn from better-informed people. So instead he surrounds himself withe extremist cranks.
Can't wait for this sack of potatoes we call President Trump to get heaved out of the White House. His post-White House life promises to be a "special place in hell".
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For any high level official, whether in public or private service, who makes such an obnoxious statement, an apology is de minimis at best. Mr. Navarro was apparently trying to win the favor of Donald Trump. But Mr. Navarro is a man who appears to be at least 60 years old, but to utter the statement he made is more befitting an 8 year old. Further, If he wants to use the "special place in hell" thought, save it for a truly horrendous person, a brutal dictator or the like. There simply is no place in officialdom for the sort of insult he made, particularly to an American ally. His comment is insulting to our government and to the people he purports to represent, American citizens.
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Trump has done something that seldom happens; the vast majority of Canadian agree on something. We are united in outrage towards the US. Individual Canadians are saying they will buy less US products, reduce US vacations and do less cross border shopping. Mr Trump - your words are going to cost the US a lot of money. Are you happy now?
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"Apologizing"? On TV? With weasel words? He should resign.
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No. Getting whole milk instead of 2% is a "mistake". What Navarro said was atrocious and completely unbefitting a White House Administration official.
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What next? Will Canada need to start accepting refugees from the United States saying “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore."
Donald Trump's vision of America is not the America of our Founders' hopes or of America's "Greatest Generation."
Let us all pledge our allegiance by vowing to "support and defend" the Constitution of the United States.
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There actually is a bit of humor in this sad story. If you take the time to listen to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's press conference immediately following the G-7 and then hear the responses from Trump, Kudlow and Navarro you can't help but laugh.
Mr. Trudeau's comments were polite, statesmanlike, and very appropriate. On the other hand, the comments from our people were totally unwarranted and disgraceful. It is one thing for Trump to make a fool of himself but for Kudlow and Navarro to follow suit is shameful. One would never guess that Kudlow and Navarro are college graduates and we're not talking graduates of Trump University. Both Kudlow and Navarro are graduates of accredited American Universities.
Kudos to Mr. Navarro for apologizing to our best friend and most important trading partner.
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In 1967, The Promethian, an alternate campus newspaper at Syracuse University had inscribed beneath its logo: Dante reserves a special place in hell for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis. Perhaps this is what Peter Navarro was paraphrasing. Heed Dante. B
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Mr. Navarro has neither the wit quote Dante, nor the interest to parse the meaning.
Like our sluggard President, Mr. Navarro has a facility for recalling somebody somewhere said that thing, and it sounded pretty good, and now he gets to say "Hell" in the newspaper.
The usual gangstah/tough guy/lawyer hoo-hah we have come to expect from the stars of Harvard Yard.
What Peter Navarro intended to say to Justin Trudeau we can't say here, but you can be sure the craven Navarro would never have uttered such a thing except from under the protective wing of his boss and his bizarre presumption of American might and moral superiority.
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There also appears to be a special place in hell for anyone who spends any amount of time listening to Peter Navarro talk about it.
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Sounding like Trump is no feather in this advisor’s hat. His apology is as unacceptable as is his nasty tongue.
He has betrayed Canada (our best ally) and betrayed America. He has been bought and paid for like Kudlow by our erratic psychotic president.
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Once again the administration speaks for God. Someone they have never met.
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Donald Trump called Justin Trudeau a "back-stabber" and a "liar." Donald Trump is a back-stabber and a liar......and totally lacking in self-awareness. And Navarro is just another bully. And now he apologizes. Another worthless apology. There is not one redeeming quality that anyone in this administration has.
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Navarro should resign, he is obviously not fit for the job.
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navarro, a lackey, works for a man who is about the most unfit for his job as anyone can be. i would rather have pat paulsen as president than trump.
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Pat Paulsen! Ah, the good old days!
Too late. That vituperative comment about Mr. Trudeau is already seared into the minds of Canadians and Americans alike -- as is the vehemence with which it was pronounced.
There is no walking this one back. Especially since this is not a single occurance, but rather endemic of the entire Trump administration's disregard for common courtesy and diplomacy.
Peter Navarro is just another symptom of a far greater problem, that unfortunately, is ours.
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Weak "apology", but I am more concerned about how these trade policies are going to affect Cdn and US families. Thousands will lose jobs, costs will go up and citizens of our great North American neighborhood will be hurt the most. I am concerned that the rhetoric coming from the WH and it's sycophants does not match the reality of the complexity in trade . They are vilifying allies with lies and painting the USA as some kind of victim and many citizens are buying it.
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Well, it was not the administration's finest hour, but we Canadians can take it. And Trudeau has taken a lot of flak over the years, so I don't worry about his ego being bruised.
Trudeau and his team are doing their best to navigate the ever-shifting sands of the Trump agenda. Even Trudeau's political opponents supported his remarks,and I am very proud that Canadian politicians took the "country over party" approach to this unfortunate episode.
All of us, Canadians and Americans alike, have no choice but to live through this tumultuous time, and when it is eventually over, we can do some heavy duty damage control. And still be friends.
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"Mr. Trump, who has since threatened to impose tariffs on Canada, added: 'He learned. That’s going to cost a lot of money for the people of Canada. He learned. You can’t do that. You can’t do that.'"
That's essentially what Alejandro Sosa told Tony Montana in "Scarface." And it's the worldview that drives Trump's use of the deceptively positive-sounding phrase, "America first."
That style is far from "great" and it's not America. But the Republicans in Congress think it's how our country ought to be.
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And instead of focusing on infrastructure, health care, gun violence, or Russian interference in our elections and democracy, our President and his lickspittle toadies fight with Canada. Canada.
I'm curious if this is another example of the "healing" that so many Trump voters hoped for after 8 years of Obama's unprecedented "abuse" of his office??
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The supportive comments are appreciated, but what is happening to actually ensure that political action happens to rid this man of power?
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A lot of us are working hard to win Congress in November getting rid of those bought and paid for members who have failed to curb this monster and respect our Constitution.
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Navarro caught the Trump Virus, some people are lucky that it only lasts for 24 hours. Unfortunately for most it is incurable.
Named after a 21st century president, who was forced from office, this virus causes the victim to loose all sense of morality, reason and humanity. In in many cases victims become incapable of speaking in complete sentences.
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The Navarro's and Kudlow's of the Trump administration - they are representative of a whole lot of sycophants in the White House and among Republicans in Congress and throughout the nation - have so coarsened USA debate in the Trump manner as to reduce us to political "street thugs." We are becoming a third world country faster than I thought!
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When someone has to ask you "Are you apologizing?", it means you haven't yet.
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Madness is what this dysfunctional administration is. Backtrackers, reactionaries who have wrecked every world alliance, except, those with whom we never thought of anything but enemy. This is not a form of peace. This is open collusion.
Americans have gone from ignorant to stupid. They have betrayed their own country, and have yet to suffer for it.
We will see if a democratic election can be the fix.
“Posterity, you will never know the price this generation paid for your freedom. I hope you use it well.” — John Adams 1777
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A disgusting thing to say about Trudeau. Navarro should be ashamed of himself.
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Trudeau? Really? I thought the "a special place in hell" cliche was reserved for child molesters, serial killers and Hitler. Navarro didn't really apologize and he's probably not sorry, because his street cred with Trump just went up several notches. Just say anything mean, as long as it strokes Trump's ego and sounds crude and tough. If he's as smart as he says, Trump will start buying up real estate in Hell. Over the next thirty years or so, a lot of his minions will be dying to get in!
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While shocking, the sad thing is that a comment like this from a Trump toady is not surprising: many Republicans may actually believe God assigns specific places in hell to those who don't submit to the great Donald J. Trump.
The theological association here is pretty scary though, and should show those who would dissociate themselves from this abomination of an administration that time for that is running out.
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Trudeau is a jerk, he does not belong in Hell though. His outburst moments after President Trump left the G7 were not particularly helpful to Canada and it was downright insulting to all the citizens of the USA ( except for that creepy guy DeNiro ).
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Since when is saying that our country will not be bullied bad? Trump says far worse about us and other democracies. They say Trump wanted to project toughness. His reaction was infantile.
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Navarro looks like he is a bit older than 10, so he should have known better before assigning Trudeau to hell. If this is the best Trump can hire, then expect more crass vulgarity, pointless insults, and lies. But thanks for the apology, for what it's worth.
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This White House boasts this kind of thinking. It isn't surprising that Trump's cabinet members and staff engage in this low, vulgar discourse. Indeed, this has become all too normal.
To read about Trump's disrespect towards our long-time allies, who fought against a dictator in WWII and juxtapose that with his courting of Kim Jong Un, an unabashed tyrant who slaughters his own people, is to see the steep decline of America as the symbol of all that is good in the world.
Whether or not it is part myth, America has always been the beacon of hope for those who struggled against tyranny and oppression throughout the world. How many times have we heard people suffering wars and famine asking when America was going to help? We used to hear that a lot. Now, we are hearing anger at the abandonment of the very essence of what America has always been to the world; a beacon of hope and justice.
RIP America.
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I believe its time the EPA do a study of the water in Cambridge, MA.
Somehow there is a surfeit of Harvard PhD economists and lawyers who have not the mental capacity to control themselves.
They lack basic social skills. They demonstrate clinically significant ego pathology. Ethically, its as if they have never been exposed to elementary concepts nor guidelines for acceptable behavior.
Of course we are talking about business and law, so...
Still its disturbing such a plague of profound disrespect and understanding for the larger community of humans should beset so comprehensively the population of this geographically circumscribed and socially isolated place.
In the meantime, I recommend a moratorium on government relationships with these very sad cases until there is some empirical evidence of increased humanity, some positive indication of intelligence.
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A special place in hell is an office in the Trump White House.
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The honorable thing to do for Mr. Navarro would be to resign his position. His words were disgraceful.
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I hope and pray that the rest of the world sees this bunch of bullies for what they are (and are not). Every day I feel embarrassed at the way they "represent" the United States. We are better than this group of boorish and ignorant adolescents who are enabled by a spineless and greedy Republican Congress. Vote for change!
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These trade "tariffs" seem like a hidden tax on the American consumer to me. We will be the ones paying extra not the Canadians, as the 25% slips off to the government and we pay more for "stuff" from Canada. Perhaps as American Big Business makes more profits from money not going to Canada to buy their goods (ha) that will trickle down as pay raises for the average worker (double ha). IMHO. narrow minded thinking by the thin skinned pres who doesn't know much about history.
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Unfortunately you'll end up paying for it twice. The first time at Point of purchase and the second will be when this taken up with the WTO and they rule it an unfair trade practice, at which point fines will be levied and the government will have to come up with the monies. Its so bloody sad that these self serving crooks are elected in the first place.
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He's kidding, right?
What I would like to know is: what can you NOT walk back. When do people in public life have to say: 'It was a Freudian slip. Sorry but this is what I really think, and this is why I don't belong here. I am stepping aside before I do more damage and return to private life.
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"If you make a mistake, you should admit it, learn from it, don’t repeat it,” Mr. Navarro said." Too bad his boss missed that lesson.
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Apology is not good enough. Navarro needs to resign. He is clearly not mature enough to represent the US at any post. We can not have such classless people leading our government.
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Pete once again shows why he couldn't even get elected dogcatcher in San Diego. (0 for 3)
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Seems Trudeau recognizes an insincere apology. Of course he was told to say exactly that, and then told to apologize. The threat was delivered, and it's effect deemed a success. He's certain to be rewarded.
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Having U.S. old friends apologize for the behaviour of the ''fine people'' in charge is fine and dandy.
On the other hand, it does not provide any answer for those vile elected enablers who are still supporting the agent orange. Are those rats really believing that his behaviour is normal? ''https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/trudeau-s-criticism-will-cost-canada-a-l...
(how vindictive and childish...)
I am not even talking about his licking the boots of dictators.
Don't tell me that the only thing you, as a citizen, can do is to apologize to us.
Your country suffers from an acute form of schizophrenia that, if left unchecked, will destroy it.
What truly defines what the U.S.A. is all about?
The answer that most of the world can give now is just very ugly. Your own answer, as U.S. citizens, is still up to you, but soon won't be.
The caviar is served and the vodka is cooled.
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Make no friendship nor go with a wrathful man, lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare! Proverbs 22:24-25
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Welcome to the era of the American Oligarchy. Anger the supreme leader and god will judge you. Sounds a lot like the leaders we used to condemn in Iran and other places. Now that the billionaires run the country anything goes.
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Until you threaten their profits and business deals, then they will rein you in.
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"Mr. Trump, who has since threatened to impose tariffs on Canada, added: “He learned. That’s going to cost a lot of money for the people of Canada. He learned. You can’t do that. You can’t do that.”"
Another bellicose baby tantrum from the US President - or as we call it in Canada, Tuesday. Yawn.
The founding American value that respect is not an entitlement, but rather something earned over time through deeds and behavior, never seems to have made it to his silver spoon as a child, adult, or senior citizen. I suspect that Mr. Trump's childish missives are cries for attention are based on his still steaming jealousy of President Obama's grace and the warm friendship he had with Canada and Prime Minister Trudeau.
I hate to seem impolite, but at this point, on behalf of most Canadians, I'd like to convey to the US administration what many around the world are already thinking but are too shy to say out loud: put up, or shut up. I'm not sure what the US President is trying to prove to his new dictator buddies, but in the real world, these kinds of bullying and schoolyard taunts don't cut it. Frankly, its become too predictable, pathetic and tiring. If the US is going to impose its tariffs and reassert its economic power against its allies, just do it now and we will all move on. At this point, the economic pain and readjustment is preferable to the annoying self-aggrandizing whining that constantly emanates from Team USA these day. Seriously, enough already.
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Once again someone associated with Trump acted the fool because that's what Trump demands.
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This zoo is a disgrace: My US flag will be at an apologetic half mast on Flag day. The tragic occasion is the death of diplomacy.
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Not just diplomacy. Democracy, checks and balances, reason and civility. Welcome to the new oligarchy.
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It is highly unacceptable to be attacking Canada, one of our staunchest allies. Trump needs to stop right now and try to get along with Trudeau rather than inflame the relationship into ashes. Trudeau has as much right to defend Canada as Trump does the USA. But Trump needs to stop being the petulant child.
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Navarro has added a new level of tarnish to the formerly dignified word "apology." When he was done "owning his mistake," they even had to ask him if he was apologizing. "Yeah, absolutely."
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Buckle up my fellow Canadians. And develop a slightly thicker skin for a while. Now the great and powerful Oz....I mean Trump says we are going to pay through the nose for standing up for ourselves. Actually I think he’s going to attempt to vilify Prime Minister Trudeau as much as he can so he can shift the blame to Justin when NAFTA goes down the flusher.
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Making these comments about Trudeau or any head of state is totally unacceptable. All indications are Trudeau is an effective leader, and is due our respect.
I think the president should be censured on the world stage for his unjustified moronic tweets, and Navarro should be fired. Behavior unacceptable. Apology unaccepted.
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Peter Navarro ‘s shameful attack on Justin Trudeau was completely out of line. It was the type of comment that likely would have resulted in Navarro being fired or politically exiled in any other administration. In this administration, it was welcomed by the thin skinned Apprentice in the Oval Office. This is what loyalty means to Trump. Consequently , Navarro felt no need to act like a responsible adult. He merely followed the lead of the fragile and immature Apprentice .
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Poor USA, I know that you stay the biggest, the strongest, the more powerful, but when I see the zero level of politic, I am lost all m hopes and respect for you. I am just an alien inside the USA, and every day I feel more and more alien. It is sad when I thought that my country and the USA helped each other.
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Too late. Everyone's heard it already. Now everyone knows that even Trump's second-level appointees feel entitled to make unvetted public comments disparaging the leaders of our allies. As long as they echo what Trump feels, even if exceeding Trump's sentiments, the worst penalty these staffers pay is that he has to "apologize."
Imagine if the Director of the White House National Trade Council (a newly created and very small office in the White House) in a Democratic administration were to publicly chastise the Canadian or British PM, or German Chancellor. The conservative press would be livid. Republicans in Congress would be demanding the official be fired and that there be an immediate investigation into administration messaging discipline in foreign affairs. The incident would be brought up in every major foreign relations debate for years.
So, what responses do we have from the political right? Almost nothing. Marc Short: "Those are words that I would not have chosen.” Absolutely scathing, hah.
In defense of Republicans now, their leader and his hirelings are responsible for so much of this mishegoss, they must be suffering craziness fatigue like the rest of us.
Navarro should go.
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This is a Pandora's Box moment for me, and hopefully many other Canadians. As Canadians go, I am among the most pro-American there are. My wife is from Colorado. Myself, I am 1/4 American. My grandmother moved to Canada from Iowa, also imparting on me an ancestry that goes back to the Puritans of the 1600s. My great uncle proudly served in WW II, and followed that with a position at NORAD. He sat as the civilian representative of Canada at the battledesk. I love America. However, this is now the time to put some separation between Canada and our American cousins. Some of the language used this week from many Americans in the media, has been truly eye-opening. Canadians from all political stripes are supporting our Prime Minister. I always said that Trump could offer unintended change that is positive, even if he is ignorant to the effect. I now want our oil to stop flowing south, so that we refine it here rather than on the Gulf Coast. We receive half the price of the global rate. I want Canada to also nationalize our Energy East project and create national energy independence. I want policies that remove us from the American breast we have been nursing from. Trump has shown us the American under-belly, and it has been a very valuable lesson.
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Hate to bring facts into it, but if you want Canada to stop buying oil from the US, you'll need to first figure out where Alberta will get the 150,000 bbl/day of light oil and diluent you currently import from the American Bakken fields to mix with your bitumen to make it liquid enough to flow in pipelines.
But of course the real problem with your sudden desire for "energy independence" is that article 605 of NAFTA prohibits Canada from reducing exports of oil to the US as long as they want to buy it, even if it means we have to import oil for ourselves.
The "energy independence" ship sailed in the 1980s.
Well, that problem will be solved as soon as Donald pulls out of NAFTA
Oh, he regrets it, does he? He is in a diplomatic position and is expected to act like a diplomat. He has publicly now proven himself unqualified, as have so many other trump sycophants, to carry out the job description. Of course, civility isn't a part of this administration.
Regrets and apologies are for children. He spoke from the heart. He meant what he said. He should be on the next train out, to a job somewhere that doesn't require decency. (Or exposure to children or animals.)
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The Trump Administration has truly brought shame upon our great nation by its viscous attack on Canada and its Prime Minister. Where is their apology to the American people?
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I am sure his Master appreciated it, and there will neither rebuke nor apology on that side
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Donald Trump just vowed to punish each and every Canadian. War is declared. Why for god’s sake? Is there no sanity left in the USA?
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North Korea is the new Canada.
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Someone commented that Navarro threw away his reputation when he made the stupid remark about Trudeau, but Navarro threw away what "reputation" he had when he signed up to work for Trump. Damaged, dirty goods now. Might as well go whole hog, as with the Trudeau remark, to curry favor, and hope Trump will find him jobs for the rest of his life. Of course, Trump won't, because he doesn't care about anyone but himself. Lie with dogs, get fleas.
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Al Franken apologized and it didn't matter. Neither should it matter for this sorry excuse for a human being.
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If there were such a place, there would be a special place in Hell for Peter Navarro.
As it is, there is a special place in the White House for him. Mr. Navarro, welcome to the first circle.
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That wasn’t an apology. Resign, Navarro.
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If Navarro calls Canada, the Canadians should just hang up.
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Deniro dropped the F bomb and trump went nuts. Why did he not discipline Navarro for insulting the PM of a valued ally?
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There is an obvious "special place in Hell" for one group of people and Navarro has merely erred in identifying them. The correct collective noun is "a misery of Trumpians," with whom Navarro would probably now include himself.
To mostly quote Wikipedia:
"Dante passes through the gate of [ the White House ], which [ should bear ] an inscription ending with the famous phrase "Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate", most frequently translated as 'Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.' "
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When it comes to talking betrayal, it has nothing to with Trudeau but instead with Kudlow and Navarra: the two biggest traitors in American recent history. Ruthlessly they attacked an honorable man like Trudeau and Canada, our dearest neighbor in the America’s and all in the the name of an incompetent, conniving and ignorant president who should have signed the G7 agreement of course. Are these two crazy or were they bought with big buck? Treasonous
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Apologizing just might be a “fire-able” offense in this White House. Let’s see what happens.
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Yes, Canadians were appalled by Navarro’s insult to Justin Trudeau. As a show of solidarity Canada’s party leaders (Liberal, Conservative, NDP, and Green) spoke out publicly to denounce Navarro’s comments as an unwarranted, vicious attack on our Prime Minister (and by extension, our country).
Many Canadians already see Trump, his cronies and inner circle as liars, rude, uncivil, amoral, greedy, and sadly - grossly incompetent. Dog eat dog mingled with stooges is no way to run a country or govern a country. Hopefully, Trump’s reign of terror will come to an end with the next set of elections, impeachment or possibly imprisonment.
For the most part Canadians are law abiding and yes, polite. This does not denote weakness, it denotes respect, tolerance and thus greater security and well being for all. I feel badly for the majority of our US neighbors who must contend with the daily affronts from Trump and his ilk. We know this is an aberrant situation. Unfortunately, how utterly frustrating it must be to have a inept and willfully catatonic congress…(GOP).
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Inept? They've managed to get their tax cut for themselves, their benefactors and cronies. They are doing their best to take away health care for millions. They are dismantling controls on banking, etc. to make it accountable as well as all environmental protections. They are packing the courts with young "conservative" judges, which could affect judicial outcomes for decades. They repealed net neutrality. They have republicans terrified to speak out against trump (no caps intentional). After the G7 debacle, trump has turned on our allies in the Pacific, in favor of his new bro, Kim (and China).
And that's just for a start.
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Merci beaucoup for feeling our pain.
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It would be nice to see some actual fact checking reported on the trade relationship between Canada and the US, as reported in this CBC article.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/trump-trade-canada-twitter-1.4701215
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We all know that Trump 'sees the television' non-stop - I actually agree that there SHOULD BE be hellfire and brimstone brought down on anyone who forgets that. Have we learned NOTHING about this president watching his TV for eight hours a day in his first 500 days, people? That's 4,000 hours of Trump 'seeing' the TV, for those of you who need a primer. And if he has several TVs on at a time...well, we'll need to use the new math for that problem.
In all seriousness though, Trump was pulling his best Duterte-Erdogan act with our (former) alliesto impress Kim with how despotic and democracy-undermining he can be.
That's the show we 'see'. Plain as day.
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Maybe he should have said, “There’s a special place in the ICU for those who diss our Canadians allies unfairly.”
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As a Canadian I will judge the Trump/Kudlow/Navarro comments on my Prime Minister and my country through my choice to not visit the United States again until there is a formal and public apology to the Prime Minister and the Canadian people.
I strongly urge all Canadians to not visit the US. When my nation is insulted and threatened by officials of the United States then I am not going to spend my money in the United States.
That is my personal trade war.
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Much as I condemn Trump and all his toadies, and much as I like all the Canadians I have ever met, I can't help wondering if you will stop reading the New York Times as part of your personal trade war?
The NYT is one of the sources of information that provides truth and facts to the argument. So, no, I will still be reading the NYT. Truth and honesty is welcome to reach over borders everywhere.
No apologies will do. He should resign.
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Just another of many demonstrably low-IQ and low-emotiona-intelligence people Trump likes to surround himself with.
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The simmering contempt that most Canadians have for Donald Trump and his administration is only made more palpable by these arrogant, disrespectful, and disingenuous comments from Navarro and Kudlow.
We keep our powder dry, we Canadians, but my friends this week are doing two things:
a] We're changing our winter holiday plans and dumping Arizona, Florida, California, and Hawaii. Mexico has good beaches and Portugal sounds exotic enough to try; and
b] We're demanding that our local supermarkets put country-of-origin labels on its products; I'll now buy my oranges from Peru, and there'll never be another bottle of Napa Valley wine on my table.
Make no mistake - we Canadians will be in rough shape when your dear leader torpedoes NAFTA. It'll take a few years of tough slogging but we'll rebuild our trade-and-supply routes to run east-west - and we will remember. Neighbours? Well, we have to be that. Friends? Not any more.
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Most of us in the USA are appalled by Trump's comments. We can only ask our Canadian neighbors to bear with us as we rid ourselves of this incompetent president.
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Please be selective in your boycotting, California and Hawaii are in the resistance. Btw my last vacation was in Canada! Love you.
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Portugal is a delight, the water is cold, but the coast is wonderful, try the adventure in the north.
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Mr. Trump believes that he bought all the booze at the party so he can drink all he wants, tell the band what to play and be as brash as he wants with the guys and gals. He should be very careful as the others in the room will tire of his actions and leave him for another venue. Worse yet, they might not help the drunk get home safely.
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“I used language that was inappropriate and basically lost the power of that message.” He is apologizing not for what he said but he he said it. That is no apology. That is the oh, I got caught and have to say something defense. All of these people are amoral sycophants.
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Sorry, Not sorry does not hold water. Navarro should be FIRED.
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It wasn't the language that was inappropriate, it was the thought.
And Trump doesn't know the difference between "polite"and "friendly."He is not polite, to say the least, and he doesn't have any friends. He is trying to make sure we (the US) don't either. Authoritarian leaders, like him and Kim and Putin, cannot be friends.
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Language that was "inappropriate"? Try ignorant, dishonest, horrifying and shameful, Mr. Navarro.
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Please go on Fox News and apologize. Tell the truth: Trudeau did nothing wrong!
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FYI that is not an apology.
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Classic Trumpian- Say whatever non-sense, irresponsible things he wants. Then maybe apologize, just a little.
How about use little of his "Harvard trained" economist brain before open his mouth? I guess he is no Paul Krugman!
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As a Canadian I marvel at the possible collective real estate holdings of the billionaires in the Trump cabinet.
But I was truly amazed to hear Peter Navarro offering a piece of nether world property to the Canadian Prime Minister.
Who owns the property? Is it gated like Mar-a-Lago? Is entry available to all regardless of race, religion, skin color, and sexual orientation? Are hamburgers available?
Wonders never cease!
AG
Canada
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In previous administrations, in which there was at least some semblance of respectability and accountability, Navarro would be forced to resign. In this so-called administration, making outrageous accusations against our closest allies is par for the course. I'm surprised he even apologized.
None of these people have any business in government.
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Government housing maybe?
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No previous President would have had this loser in their administration.
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I wish Canada in fact had not been such a good ally to the United States.
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People to people, we are still friends. And when it comes to the appalling behavior of the temporary holder of our "top office" and his servile cronies, most of us are on your side against him. We are demonstrating, we are voting, we are engaging in active resistance. Don't give up on us yet.
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I'm not sure how old this Navarro character is, but I'm guessing that he's more than 8, so I'm holding him responsible for his initial comments. If he is so emotionally immature that he cannot control himself in public, then he does not belong at the highest levels of government. The reality is that this administration REVELS in over-the-top rhetoric and Navarro is no exception. Just another "non apology apology" which means nothing.
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So, Navarro really has that little control of himself?
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Navarro and Kudlow are traitors to American democracy. The evil they have done with their foul mouths will doom them. As a used to be till this month Republican, I hope they go to the place they designated for Trudeau. The back stabbing of these weak willed bought off sinners deserves prison.
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The practice of making irresponsible, unkind and frankly stupid remarks, and then. in retrospect apologize, is frankly disingenuous. Think before you speak, especially if you are a public figure - it's that simple.
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Navarro and Kudlow and the rest of Trump's team should grow up. There is no excuse for this trash-talking.
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A both-ways kind of guy. Insult someone, then say it was a mistake to insult someone. Gee, I am glad these White House aides are so on the ball. Obviously, they were raised in test tubes and had no parents to teach them basic good manners.
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A fool with a Harvard degree spouting Dante to a country that strives to educates all of its people intellectually and morally. Not every person who went to Harvard is fit to set or to analyze world policy. Presidents Trump and GW Bush are proof that an Ivy League degree does not necessarily confer discretion or wisdom. ‘Superbia,’ it seems, is a guaranteed value for the plutocratic element in these classes, whose sense of entitlement is in place before they arrive. Brute instincts and gut feelings don’t cut it - just ask the Iraqis and the families of the American casualties. No surprise that the crowd around DT crow stridently like their don. Their daily employment of lies and ad hominem shock talk sickens all decent Americans and Canadians. Long live the Allies and Friends who fought with us and helped to supply us in tough times. Brothers and sisters ‘in armis et pace’!
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Navarro and Kudlow said what they said to send a message to Kim. Now that the summit is over, Navarro can apologize.
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That was not an apology
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From the article:
“If you make a mistake, you should admit it, learn from it, don’t repeat it,” Mr. Navarro said.
Asked if he was apologizing, Mr. Navarro said, “yeah, absolutely.”
Its not just the language, its what he was trying to convey, that no one has the right to disagree with Trump.
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Oh yeah yawn. I am SO incredibly tired of the stupid, non informed, old sycophants that surround your ‘extreme ruler’. Because let’s face it Americans, that is exactly what he wants to be. And he snuggled up nice and cosy to the most despotic and tyrannical leader in our current world. Be proud. You are in lockstep with the most despotic leaders of the modern age. When you diss your allies the way you have- and I won’t even honour the nonsense trump tweeted (because he cannot put out a rational thought or fact together outside that venue) against our Prime Minister, which we are at least intelligent enough to just ignore...
I’m just finished. I have family and friends on both side of the 49th parallel. It makes me sad to tell them goodbye. But I am. Man, you are so broken...
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Ms White - thank you for your comment. I only wish you had a regular megaphone in this country so the clarity and truth of your words could be shared with more people here more often. 'So broken' is just the start of it ...
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Thank you Ec. But my, it makes me so sad to write those words.
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Carolyn White, how right you are. There are so many U.S. citizens who have drunk the Trump Kool-Aid, who have discarded any knowledge of history and seem to be perfectly comfortable with handing over the presidential reigns to a man bent on being a dictator. But please know the majority of a Americans side with Canada.
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Resistance and Push Back DO count. Keep it up. Mr. Navarro at least apologized for his 'mistake'. It took two weeks to get that woman out of the White House, the one who so crassly denigrated John McCain and never apologized.
The fish stinks from the head down. Our Dear Leader is the first example of an administration awash in cruel, bully remarks. He and his cowed sycophants don't even bother to act or speak in a respectful way, respect for the Office of POTUS is in the gutter.
They don't care but we must continue to. This won't be the last time we cringe.
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“If you make a mistake, you should admit it, learn from it, don’t repeat it.” Trump are you listening?
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“If you make a mistake, you should admit it, learn from it, don’t repeat it,” Mr. Navarro said.
How about teaching that to Trump?
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Trump would not understand he his not brite anough
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Another phrase that lost its meaning this year, “I apologize”.
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I'm tempted to hurl an ad hominem message at Navarro, but that would be an insult against ad hominems.
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As an American citizen I would like to apologize to the Canadian people for the maniac we have put in office. Hang tight, election day will hopefully fix the mess.
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He could have been more specific: is this "special place" on the ground floor next to the servants quarters of the Trump Hotel?
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Who are these guys anyway, Kudlow, Navarro et al anyway? Trump seems to have developed an inner cadre of SS type enforcers whose main job are to attack the enemy of the day.
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Part of your job as a leader is to demonstrate the culture you desire. Culture is shown through behavior. This guy is in line with what Trump wants.
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The Republicans, including Mr. Navarro, created a Frankenstein monster who is now out of his box and wandering around. They forget to install an off switch.
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His comments were a "mistake." His hiring as an adviser was a mistake too. Trump's election was also a mistake. I pray that we can soon erase these mistakes and start with a new slate. The White House has become a toxic waste site.
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As Justin Trudeau's father, he himself a Prime Minister of Canada once replied to an insult: " I've had worse things said about me by better people." Navarro will probably need a few days to figure that one out.
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Very good comment Eric, unfortunately it was also another President who made the comment that Pierre Trudeau commented about.
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Navarro says he made a mistake. Such an admission might be a mistake that costs him his job. Trump never apologizes, though he is a walking mistake.
Trump's presidency was a mistake. Every one Trump has appointed has been a mistake. Every foreign policy move Trump has made has been a mistake.
Putin's poison pill to take down America is more effective than probably imagined. The mistakes just multiply, and the ramifications have not even been fully felt.
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There are no good people in the Trump administration. None that are competent, qualified and most of all none that are there to serve.
Grifters, Charlatans, liars and frauds...that is our government fueled by Russian republican complicity
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That place is reserved for Navarro and his boss.
"power of the message"? ...you jest....
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Perhaps Kudlow's heart attack put the fear of God into Navarro.
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Ugly, angry, weird. Who thinks that way, let alone voices such a vile thought?
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He came from fox news.
Mr. Navarro, they maybe nice enough to forgive but thanks to you they are now woke and will never forget: Canada Strong!
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As a Canadian-American by birth, I all too familiar with both sides of this friction: American bullying and Canadian passive-aggression. To merit Trump's respect, Ottawa needs to start enriching uranium and lofting missiles into Lake Ontario, and exile its critics to the Yukon Territories. It is Trump's envy of the powers of the Russian and North Korean leaders that attracts him to them.
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Trudeau’s comments were a canned response that had been already stated a dozen times before.
I can’t figure out why this time Trump took offense?
For the great negotiator Trump claims to be, he sure has difficulty sizing things up and reacting with the right measure.
Trumps strikes me as someone in over his head!
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Way,way, over his head.
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MRI indicated, but oh-so subtly suggested. Ultimately we all go up in smoke.
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Are any of Trump’s advisors even somewhat normal?
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No. Next question.
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They got graduate degrees in Swampland Behavior from Trump University.
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I doubt Justin Trudeau - or anyone else on the planet - is surprised to know that Donald Trump watches a lot of television.
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This is another guy that is like a fungus, the light is not good for him.
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Mr. Navarro's mistake was too serious. He cannot be permitted to stay in the White House. He should resign and go.
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The damage is done. CPTPP and CETA are the beginning of a long term realignment. Canada is moving on - they've had enough.
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The deterioration of civil discourse and diplomatic exchange has escalated to previously unseen heights in the current Administration--no decorum, no adherence to civility, and then, in this instance, to top it all off no official apology. This behavior from a man of Mr. Navarro's age, in his position as top trade advisor for the administration is simply unconscionable. How could anyone want to follow his trade advice much less let him loose on a trade partner?
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Here's my take, Navarro -- you are fired. Take your arrogance and stupidity out of my government. And with you, the depraved holder of the Oval Office who encourages this coarse and degrading language in what is supposedly diplomacy. You are a disgrace to our country. Apologies Canada for our (temporary) vile government.
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I trust that Navarro's apology includes a phone call to Justin Trudeau. It should. Navarro is certainly old enough to know better than to use such intemperate language about a world leader. Never mind that Donald, the Not Dear Leader, uses it routinely. He is hardly an exemplar of anything good, noble, or worthwhile.
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Trudeau as Prime Minister doesn't have time to take a phone call from a meaningless pip squeak. He is not dumb enough to give Navarro equal status as Trump just did with Kim.
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And yet he was able to get a PhD at Harvard. Once again showing that the largest group of affirmative action beneficiaries is white men.
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Navarro IS the mistake.
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A complete apology to Prime Minister and the people of Canada! Now
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Hummm...let's see....we know women who did not vote for HRC are in that "special place", and now Justin Trudeau? Any other Canadians, or just JT? If this keeps up, the place will get pretty crowded!
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Trump should apologize also, for ordering Navarro to do it.
Trump is a megalomaniac.
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This white man is a professor. Can you imagine a woman or minority in an academic position on a subject for which they demonstrate no competence? How did he manage to hold onto his job when he clearly knows nothing about macroeconomics.
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He did not apologize to Trudeau, himself, though. He merely admitted it to WSJ, part of the Fox & Friends franchise. When does Navarro call the PM of Canada and "own that"?
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I guess the message to Kim Jong-un was ‘this is how we treat our friends, so imagine what we do to our enemies’. Bullying tactics 101.
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When we don't pay attention to allies, there are harmful consequences. When our U.S. administration is disrespectful, says hateful, untrue words about our allies. Aside from being uninformed and ignorant, Trump et. al. are low class people who behave badly.
The president and his admin demonize our allies and cozy up to dictators, admiring them, promising them god knows what? News outlets say that Kim got what he wanted...before any "unverifiable" denuclearization is to take place. It makes no sense. Well then, what was this point of this meeting? It was a fantastic photo op for both Kim and Trump.
In the meantime, Trump continues, today, to tell lies about our ally, Canadian P.M. Trudeau. Trump's fondness for dictators is so un-American; his demonizing our allies is crazy.
It raises questions and uncertainty for South Korea security vis-à-vis North Korea and the U.S. President Trump does not take care of his "friends", allies and the citizens of the U.S. He blunders haplessly, blindly ahead. He's likely eyeing business deals for the Trump brand in North Korea.
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If one has to ask "Is that an apology?" It wasn't.
It's called "beating around the bush".
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"At a news conference in Singapore, the president said Mr. Trudeau only made his comments about not being bullied because he thought Mr. Trump was on an airplane and would not hear about them."
Substantive objections to Navarro's support for punishing U.S. allies aside, this is the point where there is nothing wrong with acknowledging his apology and moving on. No one in the U.S. can accept his apologies on Canada's behalf and it isn't exactly "strength" to bully a loyal friend just to impress a duplicitous enemy, but at least he's not doubling down.
Which, of course, leads to Trump's ludicrous statement. In what world do Trudeau's public statements not reach Trump's ears? When Trump's administration is caught throwing around vulgar insults at whole countries and continents (or perhaps terminally ill war veterans), the FIRST thing they do is start whining about how no one was ever supposed to hear that. Tattling is the ultimate crime.
Trudeau, by contrast, made his statements in full light of day and doesn't try to pretend he didn't mean precisely what he said. Meanwhile, Trump pretends this is the first time he's hearing the message that Canada is not going to bend the knee. Sounds like a counterpunch to me and isn't that what Trump's all about? Sounds like ACTUAL strength instead of the Trump's cheap posturing. #mustbenice
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Peter Navarro's stormy words not only lost the power of the message, they have unified us north of the border. Canadians are used to bad weather and we've seen the out of control orange storm raging for a while. The difference now is that trump, yes that's trump with a t, and his thugs have sent a lightning bolt on our country. We now feel threatened. We know how to survive. I personally found his home State and vowed to not buy anything from California as long as Navarro or Trump are in office. Turns out my sentiment was quite common at the grocery store. We can survive STORMY weather. I have a feeling trump can't.
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Don't boycott California! This guy is a total outlier and not at all representative of Californians. Our state is true blue.
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Yes, Blue State California has pushed back against Trump's egregious agenda and behavior ( unfortunately we have a couple swamp dwellers he managed to fish out like Navarro & Nunes).
California is FOR environmental protections, FOR immigration reform, FOR protecting blameless Dreamers, Pro Choice, FOR reasonable healthcare costs, FOR superb higher educational institutions, FOR science-based research, FOR gun control, FOR freedom of speech and press.
Oh how we wish Calif. could be on its own! CALEXIT.
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You are right. I'll have to rethink this. I don't buy Harleys and don't drink bourbon, I'll have to do some research. I will do something. I feel powerless and just can't stand trump and his yes sir gang of self serving and corrupt government representatives.
Peter Navarro is a Stanford professor and that made me understand that a guy like this can be a Stanford professor means Stanford is not much of an institution.
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Not at Stanford, at Irvine.
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"He said he was trying to send a signal of strength on behalf of the administration, but that his language was inappropriate. "
If you are so insecure that you feel you have to "send a signal of strength" it's just proof of how petty and small and weak you really are. People who are truly strong don't need to make a show of it.
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With several years of subscribing to the NY Times since Mr. Trump came on the horizon, I have been consistently buoyed by the thoughtful letters and sentiments of my American neighbours. I have concluded that we are all basically the same – interested in the wellbeing of our communities, our neighbours and our world. I read your letters and it gives me hope in the darkest of moments that someday soon we will have a day where the people of the USA stand up and vote overwhelmingly for a change to their Congress and Senates. The world will be a better place for all of us. Thank you for that!
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Mr.Navarro did not apologize to Mr.Trudeau or to Canada.His language was uncalled for and demonstrated that Trump spokespeople are not ready for prime time.Their behavior on Fox News does not play well on other channels.The toxic speech spreads far and wide.
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"He said he was trying to send a signal of strength on behalf of the administration, but that his language was inappropriate."
So making a statement that consists of a false claim and two unsubstantiated allegations is Peter Navarro's idea of a "signal of strength." Hoo boy.
Proud, Harvard?
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The tone starts at the top. Navarro obviously thought his attack on Trudeau would be rewarded. After all, the big guy is an insult artist. Sorry, Canada.
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I think Mr. Navarro's "mistake" is another way of saying his initial statement didn't play well in the press. With Trump and his subordinates is mostly about PR. Am guessing what Navarro originally said was what he either thought or heard Trump was saying.
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Bravo Daniel. Bullies will try to get away with whatever they can. Until they're called out.
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Disgraceful remarks, besides the fact that he and Mr. Sweepy Wilbur Ross are an embarassment to the president and leading said president into ‘tarrific’ chaos.
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All of them are an embarrassment to human kindness.
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the only bad faith actor in all of this is trump
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That Bell Can't Be Un-Rung.
Amateur.
The effects of your inexperience, and serving the Comrade-in-the-Oval, will be felt for years after you are all impeached and imprisoned.
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Does anyone recall that Ivanka Trump used the same phrasing ["There's a special place in hell"] when castigating Roy Moore, the same Roy Moore her father supported? This White House needs to get their messaging in alignment!I guess Ivanka's father, the president, approved it when applied to the prime minister of Canada but didn't feel it was even remotely apt for his pedophile pal Roy Moore.
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An apology these days is nothing more than forcing somebody to say something they don't mean because it would be worse for them otherwise.
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If Mr. Navarro is interested in "sending a signal of strength" he may very well want to consider his recent career choices.
Being in league with a bully and dissembler is the least likely position for a person with an interest in moral and ethical behavior to find strength. Unless of course his idea of strength is being able to throw one's weight around and then hide behind a puny apology. But then again, Mr. Navarro seems pretty much at home there.
It has become the standard of this group to get air time with outrageous and intemperate remarks only to quietly retract them after the news cycle. Sad
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Shameful Navarro. Your wrinkled face and brow indicate clearly that you should have known better than spout such a foolish remark. You must have picked up your indiscreet behavior from our chief grifter, Trump.
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Well he should regret it. Rarely have I been so angered by a comment from a Presidential aide. Canadians are our friends and some are actual family. Trump's assault on Canada and our other allies is unforgivable and it's worse because he is clearly doing Russia's bidding after they attacked our election, never mind Ukraine, Crimea, etc; and now he's making propaganda films for the dictator of North Korea and blindsiding our military and South Korea by cancelling joint exercises.
We are in big trouble here and it would be most gratifying if the shiftless Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan would stand up for America, just this once.
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Mr. Navarro is living evidence that a degree from Harvard imparts neither wisdom nor good judgment.
Of course, we knew that, because Jared Kushner also attended Harvard and Ted Cruz apparently earned a degree from Princeton.
Everyone with wisdom and good judgment who attended these elite schools must cringe at this fact.
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Mr Navarro is a Trump advisor who apologised for something he said? Not a career enhancing move in the Donald's administration.
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Sure it was a "mistake" and it was good for him to apologize. But the incident reflects the extremism in Trump administration policy and behavior. Even if there were legitimate squabbles with Trudeau/Canada, nothing in the case of trade deserves this sort angry hostile rhetoric. Like Trump, Navarro has nothing of real intellectual value to offer so, like Trump, he shoots off insults, meanness, and hatred.
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At least Mr. Navarro offered an apology, something that Trump has never done even though his insults have been worse.
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Jorge, great point! Our president by this point has insulted pretty-much everyone on the planet, and his apologies total exactly zero. So even with his non-apology, Mr. Navarro is already slightly ahead of his boss.
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He claims to have never needed forgiveness from god either. He said that well before the election and still.....
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What I want to know is just how bad does it have to get before these creatures are removed from power?
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"When some shows you who they are, believe them the first time." Maya Angelou's words were never truer than when applied to the hate-filled Trump administration. Sad!
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Good now he is not a rabble rousing, bigot, hate monger, bully.
He is just incompetent.
That is more than you can say for Trump.
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Navarro: Typical Trump mindless sycophant.
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Apologies from sociopaths are meaningless!
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"A special place in hell" for the people "stabbing Donald J. Trump in the back". Yeah, that Trump. The one who stabbed his students in the back at the phoney Trump U, stabbed 3 wives in the back, stabbed the American voters in the back, stabbed Obama in the back with his birther lies. Yeah, Trump the Stabber.
Big talk from Mr. Navarro, who sounded fresh from the middle school recess.
Cant wait to can this bunch.
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Assigning anyone to a special place anywhere is in my book still an honor. I don’t get people’s hang up with Hell. See, even my iPad automatically capitalizes it for me. Talk about Navarro’s and Apple’s paranoia.
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Asked if he was apologizing, Mr. Navarro said, “yeah, absolutely.”
Is anyone else absolutely bowled over by the sincerity and humility underlying this “apology”?
As a Canadian ex-pat, I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry when I read “special place in Hell.” These people, to quote the girl on YouTube, really do have worms in their brains.
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This is completely understandable and I, for one, forgive Mr. Navarro. If you work in the Trump Administration you probably think about Hell a whole lot.
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And how long it's going to take for you to get there! Well said!
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Navarro’s “special place in hell” comment shows that he lacks thinking skills.
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Oh he was thinking, all right - about how much favor he could curry with the narcissist in chief with his outburst. Sadly, unless this has staying power as an issue (resulting in a forced, formal apology to Mr. Trudeau, for example), Navarro will indeed achieve his desired end. For what it’s worth, a formal apology to Prime Minister Trudeau is exactly what should happen here; and if Navarro had any decency or character at all, he would offer it up tout de suite.
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A reasoning person does not blurt out the first thing on her or his mind. Politicians in the past may have said things in private but in public they knew how to be diplomatic. Imagine for a moment Lincoln just blurting out that there was a special place in hell for Davis. No, Lincoln appealed to our "better angels." Trump and his administration are made up a juveniles who can't stop and think before they shout an insult. They'll make their mark in the world all right, but not in the ways they hope to be remembered.
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Wait until Trump hears that damnation doesn't follow disagreement with the great Orange One. Marc Short's tenure may be shortened by the lapse into truth and rationality.
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The real mistake was to put a totally unqualified joker in a position of responsibility in the White House.
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Navarro was an economist with theories that were on the fringe of his profession. His ideas seemed nuts, but I at least figured he was serious about policy. That would have at least put him a step above straight-up kleptocratic cronies like Scott Pruitt. But apparently, Navarro is so grateful to have found a patron that he has turned into a full-blown Trump flunky. He even tries to talk like his boss, although since he still bothers to apologize for things, the degeneration is not yet 100% complete.
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Yes, 1 for 1 re apologizes in contrast to Trump's 0 for 10,000 or so.
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Trump has a "special bond" with Kim but there is "a special place in hell," for Justin Trudeau. What's happened to our country? Is the Trump administration intentionally pushing away our allies while embracing dictators and murderers? What is the reason the administration insults our friends and kisses up to known dictators?
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Linda,
has asked the question that really needs to be answered. My guess, Trump only thinks in terms of what will get him the most attention and panda to his base. The good news may be that it is no more than riveting theatre.
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Trump kisses up to dictators because he wants his hotels in their countries. Very simple.
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I *still* haven't seen anything specific regarding what it was that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that so offended the current president. The most cogent explanation was Trump saying he refused to look weak and Justin Trudeau made him look weak.
Pop goes Navarro! And all the sudden we're not talking about Trump's weakness.
That doesn't change anything.
Justin Trudeau did not make Trump look weak. Trump has done that all by himself. Because he really is weak. That's ehy he has to make other people look bad first, before they can figure out that he's really just a loud, ignorant, and weak sham.
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What Trump does a lot of is called Projection, in this case anyway.
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I don't see it much in these pages anymore, but still am convinced that the answer to the question why does Trump act in x way or say x is found in the pages of the DSM and the like. This is in the descriptions of personality disorders and some other pathologies. This isn't a slight; it's a danger. Persons with anti-social personality conditions explode or become vindictive when confronted or criticized about anything.That's one of the hallmark symptoms. Projection is another.
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It's part of the "I'm rubber, you're glue" theory of diplomacy taught at Trump University. The idea is to accuse someone else of whatever someone's going to accuse you of.
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He didn't apologize to Trudeau. He just said it was a mistake when asked. That's not an apology it was just a statement of fact.
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The arrogance and deliberate dissembling by both Navarro and Kudlow--following their dear leader in word and deed--are further evidence that this administration has zero respect for, understanding of, or knowledge about our country and its allies. And their enablers in Washington are as disappointing as this traveling road show of sycophantic ignorance. Trump trashes our nation's friends and gushes like a school kid over Kim, a ruthless, murderous, cynical dictator. Stunning.
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He should be fired
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Thoughtless remark from a representative of the most thoughtless administration in modern times.
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A couple of weeks ago Bolton said to aim for a pact with Korea modelled on a deal with Libya. this was very unwise, since the deal with Libya ended in Khadafi's death. So Bolton suggested that Kim might die as a result of the deal, that was a stab with a knife in Kim''s stomach. But this was no reason to fire Bolton or to punish him, or for Navarro distancing himself from Bolton.
Here we have Trudeau making a rather minor remark, and he is stabbing 'us', meaning the U.S.A. in the back. Why the back? And why would hitting back at Trudeau make Trump appear stronger against Kim? Hitting back is just what a bully does. Trudeau is wished to hell, and the other G-6 countries get punished as well. Navarro apologizes for his language, an apology is in place for the ideas expressed in that language.
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As TroutMaskReplica says, this is a "classic non-apology." Over the years the art of making an apology has taken on four dimensions.
1. I was responsible for this.
2. I'm sorry for hurting those I hurt.
3. I'll work to make it right.
4. I learned my lesson and I won't do this again.
So Mr. Navarro's "apology" has #1, but zero of #2 and #3, and not too much of #4. It was so "non-apology" the reporter had to extract the admission that he even considered it to be an apology. You'd think the message would be "We really screwed up things with our top ally, and we're on the road to patching things up with Canada and Prime Minister Trudeau," but none of that here. Of course, we have plenty of energy to play kissy-face with North Korea--and in the process screw over another of our top allies, South Korea. Where are the Republican congressional leaders on all this?
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I agree. Navarro should have made an immediate phone call to Trudeau and apologized like an adult.
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Navarro is over his head. Until recently he was playing in the economics department for Double A UC Irvine. This is his first trip to The Show. He may not last long.
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I still prefer a place in hell than to be in the same room with Navarro.
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Not enough Mr. Navaro. You've more than insulted a leader of a friendly country and it's people. The same country that helped our diplomats out of Iran putting there own lives in danger. a formal apology to Mr. Trudeau and all Canadians is necessary.
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Thank you. Have to say it's becoming harder to sit back and listen to the antagonism. Please rid your country of this troublesome administration.
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Some of us are trying. Please be patient and bear with us. I know it's hard to have sympathy for us, but 3 million more of us did not want this 'thing' to be the president. We are devastated every day he opens his mouth with yet another atrocious statement. November cannot get here soon enough!
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Just like his boss: Speak the first ugly thing that comes to mind and think later----or more often, don't think at all......
In the cynically upside down world of Trump, these are the best and brightest.
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The only apology accepted is the one where you agree to crawl under a rock and never come out again. The words came out of your mouth! How dare you say things like this to our allies!
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There is a special place in prison for most of the Trump "Administration".
Can't wait to see them there.
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Navarro has proved he is a jerk.
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This man is a mistake. Trump has no economic understanding and hence has hired economic odd balls. Kudlow hasn't even a degree in economics at any level. But, he was on television.
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Unless Nararro learns how to negotiate and grows up, before he passes on, he may end up occupying the place he reserved for Trudeau. Unless, he is a Trump wannabe. And with luck, that place maybe occupied only for a couple more years.
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The cooperation and alliance we have with Canada is probably one of the most important the U.S. has. Few Americans appreciate the importance of Canada for our national security. Sadly, Navorro and the rest of the Trump gang continue to demonstrate the worst of America. A good lesson that Canada and Mexico could teach us is if both cozy up to the Kremlin and develop much deeper economic and political ties. In one week, the Trump administration has essentially dismantled NATO. Putin could never have imagined such gifts.
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Hardbop50, that's scary stuff! But we set ourselves up for this kind of thing when we toss our allies in the garbage. I think Canada and Mexico are sharp enough not to cozy up to Russia. But how about China? THAT'S really scary!
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They are smart enough. Imagine the affect on oil prices if Trudeau makes a couple of remarks about coordinating oil prices with Russia. Instant jolt to the U.S. economy. Maybe then the administration will have something to think about. Better still is if a couple of Russia's new submarines dock in Vancouver for tea and toast.
Regardless of what happens next, I'm really hoping my fellow Canadians learn from this and that we as a nation do our best to rely less on our neighbors to the south.
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I don't know how long Peter Navarro will live, but it's clear that he will regret having said what he did for the rest of his life. He is realizing that those obnoxious comments are what he will be "remembered for" in the history books. I am sure he had co-workers cringing when they heard what he said.
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Navarro is following Trump's "strategy" to demonize long time trusted allies and ingratiate themselves with dangerous despotic enemies. All part of Putin's agenda to weaken and destroy the western alliances.
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This administration that Mr. Vavarro is a part of is treating our closest allies as enemies and making friends with Communist dictators who have atrocious human rights records. This is horrifying.
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This man should have the decency to resign. Then again, decency is definitely a disqualifier for admittance to the Trump circus of horrors to begin with.
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Donald Trump has surrounded himself with zealots who will say and do anything to protect their boss. This type of loyalty is only demanded by the most irrational, brutal dictators in the world. I hope the U.S. Constitution can resist these xenophobes.
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Navarro's apology is as phony as a $3 bill.
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Not good enough. He is a total jerk and an embarrassment to this country. Of course, his boss is pulling the strings. We need Canada for more reasons than this current administration can ever know. I salute the country and their PM.
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“Justin probably didn’t know that Air Force One has about 20 televisions, and I see the television,” Mr. Trump said.
How stupid do you think we are? I'm not the PM, but even I knew there are TV screens on AF1. Remember that news conference you held a couple of months ago, remember when you were lying about not knowing where your cheeseball lawyer got the money to pay off a porn star that you lied about not having anything to do with? Remember that? Well, I do. There happened to be a TV on in the background.
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Oh well said!
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The Times should start an "apology of the day" column. Seems like there's at least one a day, though rarely ever from this administration.
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Everyone in Trump's orbit seems to get sucked into the vortex and becomes a worse person.
Not worse than Trump, mind you. That's impossible.
Just worse than they were before.
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This is a helluva way to treat your best customer, Mr. Trump. No wonder you went bankrupt umpteen times. You're a businessman?
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The Trump White House is a special place in hell on Earth.
Navarro knows and just ask anyone who works there - they know.
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Trump World: Canada and its leadership, terrible and worthy of verbal attack. North Korea, a brutal dictatorship of torture and suppression, worthy of President Trump's and his minions' flattery and submission. Navarro, if he had the smallest degree of dignity, class and self-respect, would resign. I'm not holding my breath.
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Navarro's vile words have brought us further into that murky place now known as the United States/Swamp of Trump.How much lower can we sink before any Republican with a spine and sense of horror stands up to stop this ?
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Actually, there's a special place in hell for those republicans who once claimed to be people of principles and values who now kowtow to Trump the madman.
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The farce continues...500 days on... I guess Navarro forgot, in his sychophantic keeness, that he isn't Trump, though I'm sure he was a hero ...for 15 seconds ? Maybe when he saw his great leader chatting up a dictator of a slave labour gulag, he had a conversion moment. "Gee, Trudeau isn't ..insane". Hey Navarro, what special place is in Hell for Mr. Kim, or for your Great Leader?
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When I think of all the fine men and women who have served in high positions in US administrations over the more than 50 years that I have followed US politics, hand-picked, the best of the best, it is simply amazing to contemplate the characters who now hold these same positions.
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When I think of those poor benighted Marines who are mandated to salute this draft-dodging dotard, I could weep.
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The trading relationship between Canada and the United States is the largest relationship between two countries in the world. It is essentially balanced. I know many Americans understand this. However, Trump and company continue to misrepresent the truth to appeal to the base who care little for facts and seem more interested in the drama that resembles late night tv. But all Canadians do understand and many even have a strong grasp of the specifics of the trading relationship and how these impact both countries. Trump's comments were meant to be divisive. Instead, they have unified Canadians against this bully. I am not angry with Trump. He is who he is and I never expected much from him. But the Congressional leaders are clearly shirking their responsibilities as one of the important three branches of government. History will judge these individuals most harshly.
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David, many Americans probably don't realize that the per capita purchase rate of Canadian goods and services by Americans is approximately $850 a year. The per capita purchase rate of American goods and services by Canadians is a jaw dropping $7500!!! How can the Trump administration say that Canada is not a worthy trade partner. How much goods and services must Canadians purchase before they are considered to be in the good books of the dear Leader? $10000, $20000?
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But Luc, actual facts don’t matter anymore, remember?
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It's nice to know someone in this administration has the guts to admit, publicly, to making a mistake. Now let's see them admit to having a double standard with regard to what rhetoric is appropriate for the leader of a nation.
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Is an apology without consequences really an apology?
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I grew up in a household with a drunk abusive father. Every time he apologized to my mother for her black eyes or broken bones she'd say, "he said he was sorry," and she'd take him back. A month later it would happen again. And again. And again.
Apologies in serious moments are cheap and useless. They should be reserved for actual accidents, benign moments of carelessness like stepping on someone's puppy in an outdoor cafe or breaking a jar of pickles in the grocery store.
If you occupy a place of public importance, like the government or the media (I'm looking at you Samantha Bee and Roseann Barr just to name two), don't do or say things for which you might apologize in the first place! If you wrote a script or spoke your mind in a moment of honesty, have the integrity to stand by your words and actions or don't speak or act in the first place. Anything else simply devalues the possibility of either offering or accepting forgiveness and signals gross disregard on your part. In short, stop doing things you may have to apologize for later. "I'm sorry" is not a magic spell that heals all wounds.
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Until Navarro delivers the apology on CBC, and then amplifies it by elaborating all of the exploitative, unjust elements in US trade with Canada and Mexico, I can only think the man is talking (insincerely) out of his hat.
Don't worry: I'm not holding my breath.
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CBC? There's more to Canada than just the CBC.
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No. A mistake is forgetting to take your subway pass when you leave for work in the morning. This was a deliberate, vicious, unprovoked, verbal attack on the leader of a country that was once one of our staunchest allies. This is piling on in a situation where our erstwhile "president" has already created a horrendous situation that you deliberately try to make worse. This was not a mistake. It was a conscious and willful act that further degrades our country and it's standing as the supposed "leader of the free world." You know, all that patriotic claptrap the GOP used to pretend to believe in before they became the party of Trump and nothing more.
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I'd say that his remarks reveal much about the kind of person Mr. Navarro is.
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I can assure Mr. Navarro that his comment has not been registered with anyone of significance in Ottawa. So, there is no need to apologize.
As late Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau once said, Canadian prime ministers are too busy to pay attention to "pipsqueaks" south of the border, commenting this or that on Canada. Hence, please relax! We don't want you to have a heart-attack.
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Robert Deniro has his own very appropriate words for Peter Navarro.
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It's just another example of the Trump Whitehouse hubris.
He wants to take it back, but you can't unring that bell.
Maybe he should just lie... make something up like his boss normally does.
I give him two months remaining in his job for insulting the Prime Minister of a sovereign country.
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Navarro is in like the Pope - for life - until he insults baby-man.
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This is not an apology to Justin Trudeau, to Canadians, to sensible U.S. citizens, to... It is an apology to Donald Trump for lousing up the messaging. Navarro made a mistake, and it made the message of Trumpian strength less effective. Oh woe. Just because Navarro said he's aplogizing, absolutely, doesn't mean he did so; nobody owns the meaning of words, even his or her own. The good news is that the administration retains its perfect record: Nobody apologizes, ever.
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Many people are saying there's a special place in jail for some of Trump's advisers. So sad! Stunt and Betrayal. Lock 'em up!!
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Aw too bad. & he thought it was ok because he used trumps own language (& ivankas) which they like to trot out only a little less frequently than "the likes of which have never been seen before" & "everybody / no one knows...
Kitsch, no less than post-truth & prefascism have taken over our democracy, discourse & society. Walk that back.
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There's no mistake here. Navarro deliberately maligned a good leader and got in trouble for it. This was not a grammatical lapse or an unconscious mutter. His disgusting statement was intentional, shameful, and internationally embarassing. Give me a break!
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It's time for those old men with BIG/BAD mouth to retired and stay home to baby sister their grand kids.
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"Special place in hell?" This guy needs to cheer up.
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“I think that the Judgment Day that separates us from Heaven and Hell is not dependent on whether you agree with the president.”
I'm not so sure, Mr. Short. I'm not so sure.
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It is intolerable that this administration treats our closest allies like garbage while playing footsie with dictatorships. Heck, we've even had the White House replicate North Korean propaganda for them.
There's a special place in hell for people in the Legislative branch of government who could've held the Trump Administration to the barest of checks and balances.
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Right. I always find it fully ingratiating and conciliatory and advancing when someone asks if I'm apologizing and I reply 'absolutely' affirmatively.
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It looks like Navarro, in a hurry to go on Fox News to foment the administration latest distraction, forgot that he was talking beyond "the base". I suspect that his apology to the Wall Street Journal, while it is a good beginning, is more of an exercise in trying to keep what shred of respectability he has left. Not only does he owe an apology to Prime Minister Trudeau, but unless he goes back on Fox News on prime time to repeat his apology for President Trump's supporters his incendiary comments will certainly bring lasting damage to Canadian American relations.
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The apology is insufficient. Trump & Co. used this to paint Trudeau further as an object of hate for their base. Unless the apology covers that aspect by including an affirmation that Trudeau's response was reasonable, it is void.
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I think your overestimating Trump's base. I'm confident they don't even know who Justin Trudeau is.
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I'm willing to bet a sizable % don't even know where Canada is.
Navarro had plenty of changes during his interview and that day to realize he was way, way out of line. All he offered was ad hominem attacks.
Let Navarro offer his replacement argument today why what PM Trudeau did was not normal, expected, and measured compared to Trumps logically and factually distorted arguments.
Trump argues the timing was because Trudeau thought Trump would miss it while in flight. Give me a break.
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Remember at the last G7 when Trump mockingly made such a big deal about how expected that other countries would stand up for themselves and put their own interests first, just as now it would be "America first?" That from now on it would all be transactional? So, now they are taking him at his word and the first thing he and his minions do is insult them.
"Sad."
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been there, done that.
Most of the Trump appointees have no or little experience in government, and mouth-off at every opportunity.
By the time they apologize, it's too late - the comment has gone viral and has burned itself into the national consciousness.
The apology only goes 5% as far, if even that, and does nothing to reverse the damage.
We are basically being run by a cult, and if we don't wind up like the Branch Davidians, we'll be lucky.
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This is a weak apology. Navarro (and Kudlow) should apologize not just for their language, but for their baldly false characterization of Trudeau's press conference. It was no stunt, it was scheduled, and Trump could have attended if he hadn't skipped out on the closing day of G7 to embrace the dictator of North Korea.
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If only it was just a mistake. Unfortunately, this entire administration is a mistake we may not recover from any time soon.
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Well, that's all so very well and nice for our own trade representative to issue an apology, after nearly severing diplomatic relations with Canada.
Bravo...glad to see the art of diplomacy is still alive and well. Too bad he couldn't keep his mouth shut and represent our nation elegantly at the G-7.
But, hey, I really can't blame anybody at the Trump administration for these foibles. I know...we all have trouble keeping the allies versus enemies straight. It can be a challenge these days. The rest of us are starting to get lost on that too.
But...at least we scored a "win" with North Korea shortly thereafter. A specious, non-committal document with a psychopathic nuclear-armed dictator, that isn't worth the paper it was written upon...
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I hope American voters can add this unforgiveable insult to the many boorish and childish statements made by Trump and his associates; it will certainly stick in my mind when I enter the voting booth this fall.
Mr. Navarro's apology should be made to PM Trudeau if it's worth anything at this point.
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I think you missed what came after "I own this.":
"I am therefore resigning, effective immediately. I hope my replacement will support the president by serving the American people with honor and courage, and will refrain from vying with his other aides to see who can be the most spineless toady and the best conscienceless liar."
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His apology should include his resignation or termination.
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I have not had opportunity or good fortune to travel in Canada- not yet.
I think travel to Canada looks much better this summer than considering travel to Red, hateful, discriminatory US states.
Give our time and money to a friendly, welcoming, country with the intelligence to take care of its citizens with universal health care, temperate ideas and speech. How much longer will we be able to travel to Canada on a US passport --
our government has made us all look like UGLY AMERICANS.
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Do come for a visit.
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Luc,
Thank you for the invitation.
My children and grandchildren in Seattle travel often to Vancouver, Whistler,
and rent sailboats to sail to Desolation Sound and area.
They love visiting Canada !!!
I am not that active and I'm looking at the railway tours of the Canadian Rockies.
Something for everyone.
And I wish, wistfully, that the US government was smart enough and compassionateenough to understand the benefits of Universal Health Care. (Disclosure - I am MD)
Enjoy your sanity -- we are in throes of vile insanity in US.
Canada has a lot to offer visitors . We just ask that they behave politely.
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How about apologizing to the Prime Minister and the rest of Canada.
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Trump just threatened to cost Canada "a lot of money" . The insults haven't stopped.
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Peter Navarro has spent the vast majority of his career being wrong on almost everything.
A New Yorker reporter described Navarro's views on trade and China as so radical "that, even with his assistance, I was unable to find another economist who fully agrees with them."
The Economist described Navarro as having "oddball views".
University of Michigan economist Justin Wolfers described Navarro's views as "far outside the mainstream," noting that "he endorses few of the key tenets of" the economics profession.
According to Lee Branstetter, economics professor at Carnegie Mellon and trade expert with the Peterson Institute for International Economics, Navarro "was never a part of the group of economists who ever studied the global free-trade system ... He doesn't publish in journals. What he's writing and saying right now has nothing to do with what he got his Harvard Ph.D. in ... he doesn't do research that would meet the scientific standards of that community."
Marcus Noland, an economist at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, described a tax and trade paper written by Navarro and Wilbur Ross for Trump as "a complete misunderstanding of international trade, on their part."
Only the best nincompoops for our Nincompoop-In-Chief.
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Lock him up!
Check his emails!
Let's see his tax return!
Another "Team MAGA" with a big mouth and nothing in it.
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My father provided me with some simple yet sage advice as I was growing up "Engage your brain before operating your mouth." A lesson apparently missed by those serving in the current administration.
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Does this mean that the war with Canada is off?
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Kind of pathetic in so many ways. The folly of trying to make Canada the bad guy in trade wars with the U.S. is simultaneously annoying and craven, i.e. contemptibly lacking in courage; cowardly.
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Well, heck, at least he "apologized" (I wish I could use more quotation marks). Unlike Kelly Sadler who "joked" about John McCain's imminent demise. She got forced out of the WH due to inner fighting over leaks, and never apologized.
Never believe anything these sycophants to a malignant megalomaniac say; they lie, then they lie to cover up the previous lie. They have all the sincerity of a smiling, hungry crocodile. And not too many more brains.
Why don't we just insult our best friends and embrace our craziest enemies?
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As the late Harold Pinter said, "Look in the mirror chum"!
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this administration has all the lines down pat. i misspoke. it was a mistake. favorite one to date. the conway lady don't listen to what he says listen to what is in his heart. yeah right. a bunch of loud mouth fools and each time they get caught saying stuff the excuses start to roll. this navarro guy could care less, he just wants to be next to twitter boy. only agenda he has and twitter boy loves this junk. stupid is as stupid does. yes the forrest gump presidency but actually forrest deserves better.
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Peter don't make things personal.
I don't know what is worse, the idiotic things these people say in the first place, or their attempts to sound responsible afterwards. "I own it." What a lot of garbage. This man, like Donald Trump, has no business in government.
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That's OK, Pete, we all regret that you are in a position to open your big mouth, to begin with.
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Since Trudeau is Canadian, shouldn't have Navarro said there is a special place in H-E- double hockey sticks.
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You are a "mistake" Mr. Navarro. Please step down.
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Stab in back I can handle.Place in hell for leader of country especially welcoming after 9-11 (gander ,newfoundland) is beyond belief.
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Yup. That's where we live. In 'beyond belief ' land. Thank your lucky stars you live in Canada.
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And about 38 years ago, Canadian diplomats helped sneak some Americans out of Iran during the hostage crisis in '79-80.
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Special place in hell? Would they force Trudeau to move to the US?
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Good point!
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Perhaps to Texas?
"If I owned Texas and Hell, I'd rent out Texas and live in Hell."
~ General Sheridan
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I am certain he was looking in the mirror when he said that. If not, he should have been. Supporting a dictator wanna be will get you that special place in hell.
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I would think one thing that would make hell intolerable is that it contains no special places where special people might distinguish themselves from all the little people. Although, Donald and his gang seem to already have made plenty of deals with top management down there, so perhaps their quarters will include some perks. Eternal reruns of The Apprentice seems pretty hellish. Or, perhaps D will be given his own casino to run, except with the caveat that he has to turn a profit. (Dammit!)
The possibilities are, well, eternal.
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If he really feels that way, I hope he apologized directly to Mr. Trudeau.
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It’s not a mistake. It’s de rigeur for this administration.
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The top person always sets the tone in an organization. Why should we be surprised?
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By apologizing for his comments, Peter Navarro is obviously "weak"; Trump will have to jettison him.
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Hope this guy never tries to go on a fishing trip to Canada! Even the fish would be turned off by him!
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Mr. Navarro obviously has no tact , typical for what Trump surrounds himself with , a troglodyte par excellence ! Gone is even the pretense at being civil and respect for a head of state and as an American , I apologize to Mr. Trudeau for this lapse in American values that has been relegated to the gutter . Canada is very appealing at this stage of the game .
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All this administration is a mistake, after all.
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In Re: The last paragraph of the article. In the case of this President, it might.
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Par for the course for a Trump staffer! The gang that couldn't hit a barn if inside it. God deliver us!
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Navarro is just another bullying wacko. To have this loon acting as a "top trade adviser" is indicative of the woeful ignorance of the so-called president.
And BTW, apologies from this administration really mean "We thought we could get away with it...and we'll keep trying but later."
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There is now a trend in insulting people with little toughts, and then right after publish apologies. Navarro just did it. DeNiro just did it. Everybody does it. How un-canadian!
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Dear Gilbert,
There are not enough apologies in the world to make up for the foul mouthed, mean spirited, ugly , misguided leaders we now have in power.
Glad Trudeau stood up to them.
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So, to clarify, "There is not a special place in Hell for Trudeau."
That's much better.
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Good things there's a special place in hell for people who claim "There's a special place in hell for (blank)" and then try to take it back.
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A classic non-apology if I ever read one. It's not just the language or the words. It's how Trump and, by extension, his spokespeople, feel free to treat and speak of our friends and allies, and their leaders, with utter disrespect. They all behave like nasty spoiled children, with no social skills, and few if any signs of being adults. What a disgrace they all are.
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No amount of non-apology regret can walk back the unforgivably obtuse and bullying performance of the Trump crew in Canada. So Trump can abuse every single person in the world at will, but when Trudeau stands up for his own country's interests it's a "betrayal" as if Canada owes submission to Trump? No. The problem with bullying trade war with your allies Mr. Navarro is that they return the favor, tit for tat. Go figure. The dairy tariff thing is such a cheap ruse. For a long time, industries like dairy have required special arrangements to preserve jobs, quality and food security. Why on earth should Canada allow U.S. overproduction to destroy their local agriculture? What a shameful and embarrassing episode.
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Thank you for your comments.
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Well said. Our country should be ashamed.
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Navarro was kept out of top positions in previous administrations because he was recognized as a zealot and a hothead. But he lands with Trump as US Trade Rep. This is who Trump's team is really made up of -- castoffs and wannabes. Far from recruiting the "best people", as he vowed during his campaign, Trump has populated his administration with with a collection of losers and Fox News pundits because credible people refuse to have anything to do with him. Sad, indeed.
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Navarro is not the US Trade Representative. Robert Lighthizer is. The US Trade Representative has to be confirmed by the Senate, a fact that may partly explain why Navarro was not put up for that position.
Navarro is the Director of the White House National Trade Council.
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Absolutely.
Someone should also tell Kudlow, after he recovers from his mild heart attack, that he is no longer a Fox News talking head but a representative of our government and his comments about the Canadian Prime Minister were absolutely inappropriate.
But of course it all comes from the top. For Trump to call the Prime Minister dishonest and whatever was wrong.
I see the North Koreans are crowing about everything they got from the summit. Wonder if Trump is going to go off on them for doing so?
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What a mindless fool. He and his boss epitomize the "ugly American." Both deserve to be shunned.
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Navarro is an obnoxious man, whose lack of civility is only exceeded by his lack of economic knowledge and understanding.
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This seems to be a common trait in the trump administration.
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So. Where is the apology? A mere acknowledgement that improper language was used or that a mistake was made is NOT an apology.
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The next time the USA needs a place to send 50 airliners during a terrorist attack perhaps Canadian Air Traffic Control can direct them to a "special place"? Maybe Navarro should look up a "special place" in Korea called Kapyong that surrounded Canadian troops defended in 1951 so UN forces could withdraw without being outflanked.
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Fifty? Likely fifty in NL. My school housed 500 people, some for up to four days. My mother, her neighbour and my uncle all opened their houses nearby that school. There was a couple on their honeymoon; there were people who lost family in the World Trade buildings. One woman I brought to my neighbour’s home asked me, “where’d you say I am, again?”
I said, “St. John’s, Newfoundland.”
“Newfoundland?! Where I come from, this (the open doors; school turned into hospice; neighbours breaking bread and offering rides pre-Uber and for free) would never happen.”
She was a lovely African American from Georgia. The lovely neighbour next to my mother’s home greeted her without reservation and gave her a bed for the night...until the planes left again.
Goodnight America: a great tune by Mary Chapin Carpenter. Song title has new meaning now.
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About 235 planes carrying some 14,000 passengers were diverted to Canada. Those figures don't include flights originating in Canada that never took off, or were able to reach their domestic destinations but stranded passengers with connecting flights. It was a massive undertaking, with several tense moments when only close cooperation and trust between multiple actors, military and civilian, from the US and Canada (and others) avoided further loss of innocent lives on that terrible day.
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What was he thinking? Continued comments like this will destroy any relationships that remain.
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I agree. As a Canadian I now feel threatened. The first thing I did after reading his comments was to find out where he's from and vow to not buy anything from California. Turns that there were a lot of other people at the grocery store with the same response.
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Like many other members of the Trump Administration, this guy does not belong anywhere near the most powerful office in the world. His obvious lack of judgement, his demonstrated ignorance of any type of decorum in diplomatic dialogue and his eager to please sycophantic mimicking of Trump's style are embarrassing once again for all of us. Many of these people appear to be devoid of anything resembling manners. What a terrible representation of the U.S. to the rest of the world. To our Canadian friends once again....so sorry.
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Yeah, but Fox News loves these guys. The more arrogant and insulting, the better.
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You have to remember that, with increasing frequency, Trump staffers speak publicly only for an audience of one: Trump, ensconced in front of a TV.
Rarely are their comments targeted at Trump's "base" and they're certainly not intended for a broad swath of citizens.
Those who make these knee-jerks insults , of course, absolutely do not care about the subject or recipient of their crass blather.
Any media who uses the flaccid phrase, that the insulter "walked back" or "regretted" his or her remarks is an enabler. Elected and appointed officials need the simple, adult discipline to say what they mean and mean what they say.
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I listened carefully to Navarro’s explanation for his odious, rude, & insulting remarks. They were addressed to Prime Minister Trudeau but felt by all Canadians.
Never once in his elaborate apologia did he speak the words, “I apologize to the Prime Minister of Canada and to all Canadians”.
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Today we are all Canadians. And we stand with you in indignation and outrage towards our worthless leaders.
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