Globe-trotting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau won’t say China’s killing of its Uyghur population is a “genocide.” That’s a judgement that must be made by more sagacious minds than his, Trudeau told reporters at a news conference Sunday in Phnom Penh, where he was attending the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. . Trudeau on Chinese genocideTrudeau on Chinese genocide .Why is the usually narcissistic, know-it-all Trudeau not able to call a genocide a genocide when he's always apologizing in Canada for any historical or present day policy that might have offended a potential voting block? .Well, Trudeau is cowering before China because the economic and military superpower is upset with Canada and disappointed with Trudeau. In fact Chinese dictator Xi Jinping has no plans to even talk with Trudeau at the G-20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia, even while Xi faces off with U.S. President Joe Biden. Trudeau even wore the type of jacket popularized by Chinese madman Mao Zedong as he hobnobbed with the similarly suited Biden — apparently in an attempt to impress the Chinese delegation. Trudeau has the gall to suggest Canada exercised a policy of genocide against indigenous peoples — a highly debatable contention — and expanded that to include residential schools. .But on Sunday, Trudeau responded to a question about the Uyghur genocide in a halting voice that suggested he was weighing every word like ham at a deli. He resembled an automaton, as though reading prepared remarks from his Chinese masters..“The word genocide, acts of genocide are things to be taken incredibly seriously,” Trudeau told reporters, his eyes looking every which way but at the journalist who queried the PM. .“We have objective, historical expert processes to put in place those words, those designation... The designation of genocide need to be made by proper international authorities.” .Trudeau assured the world Canada will “continue to call out vicious human rights abuses around the world including against the Uyghurs … by the Chinese government.” .Well, he had a chance to call out China with that answer and he failed dramatically. .The Parliament of Canada unanimously voted to call the extermination of the Uyghurs a genocide. .Remember, this is the Trudeau who infamously declared China was the foreign state he most admired because of its ability to turn its economy around “on a dime.” .Trudeau’s assessment of human rights abuses adds up to little more than a dime when he is too pusillanimous and afraid to identify China for what it is: a brutal dictatorship that does not value life it deems contrary to the interests of the state. .The prime minister is used to softball questions from the Parliamentary press corps and this query clearly put him off balance. His delivery was so slow you’d think he was trying to run down the clock. But Trudeau’s response is so par for the course for a man who won’t apply standards equally to himself or to regimes he wants to protect from condemnation. .Just remember this was the man who suggested his plethora of blackface routines was the result of the alleged racist environment that surrounded him growing up in Montreal. .Trudeau routinely embarrasses Canada every time he appears at international events. Think of the disastrous India trip that was one long photo op of Trudeau and kin dressed up in local traditional clothing while the Indian government ignored him. Or remember his attempt to break into the piano bar circuit by performing in London on the eve of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral. No, better stop remembering, it’s just too infuriating. .As Trudeau represents Canada at the G-20, look for a man increasingly running from his reality back home and attempting again to be a political superstar — even if that means wearing his ridiculous socks and attempting to imitate Bali dancers.
