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The nature of your links indicates to me that you really don't know much about him. I'm even 50/50 on whether or not you even knew his name before you googled it. Of course, I gave you a specific reason to google his name, but you will have a hard time convincing me that you follow Australian politics closely.
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Even though I have family in Australia, and communicate with them regularly, I'll happily admit I don't really follow Australian politics. It just doesn't impact my life. But our largest trading partners and neighbors, yeah I tend to hold more interest.
You know, I could play that same gotcha game and ask you to name all the Mexican states, which you should know considering they are such an integral part of NAFTA, but does that really prove anything? You likely approach the subject of Mexico holistically and look at the whole country as one big problem rather than understanding the nuances of the challenges which face Mexico, its states, and NAFTA. That is fine and dandy, but makes the point.
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Yes, it boils down to the interest of the individual. But we're really talking about the herd here. And for the herd (i.e.: the rest of the world), their knowledge of Justin Trudeau is encapsulated by things like his staged photobombs and his complete pwnage of Trump's handshake games going viral.
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Maybe Canada needs a better publicist then. Or maybe they need to take a larger leadership role on the international stage (which Trudeau appears to be doing) so those issues garner more traction in other countries. The views of other leaders and their local politics only matter when those same leaders have influence in the way other nations do things. Trudeau is becoming more of a power player on the international stage like no other Canadian leader since his father. As that reputation and influence grows, so will the importance of what he does and says domestically.
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The reality of Trudeau is, as I said, considerably more complex and something that largely only Canadians themselves are aware of or care about.
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This is true, but that will change if Trudeau continues to wear his big boy socks and show leadership on the international stage. If Trudeau continues to provide the adult leadership on behalf of North America, what he says on any stage will matter and be followed.