Canada’s Now Bearded Boy Wonder PM

The Canadian Press, which seems to be influenced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), is missing the boat in its assessment of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s supposed new bearded look: “Justin Trudeau is sporting a new, more serious look to go with his more businesslike approach to being prime minister.” (Canadian Press, Jan. 6, 2020)

Since when did “sporting a new, more serious look” automatically give you a “more businesslike approach to being prime minister”

Yo CP! Since when did “sporting a new, more serious look” automatically give you a “more businesslike approach to being prime minister”? Should we all now go about repeating: “Prime Minister Trudeau is more businesslike now”—all because he’s growing a beard? Trudeau has stepped out of the closet as Mr. Dressup many times since his 2015 election. Two separate nations still cringe at his India garb. Related: Hilarious: Justin Trudeau Dresses Like Indian Stereotype in India and Gets Slammed

How many folk are supposed to believe that because Trudeau supposedly looks more intelligent

“He has returned from more than two weeks vacation in Costa Rica with a salt-and-pepper beard.”(Canadian Press)

That’s news?!

“Trudeau's new look was revealed in a photo posted Monday on Instagram by his official photographer, Adam Scotti. (Canadian Press) “Trudeau later tweeted another photo showing him and Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan being briefed by military officials on developments in Iraq.”

How many folk are supposed to believe that because Trudeau supposedly looks more intelligent that he is more intelligent when belatedly catching up on “developments in Iraq”?

“It's not clear whether the beard is here to stay, at least for a while, or just the temporary result of not bothering to shave while on vacation — the Prime Minister's Office offered no immediate comment on the matter.” (Canadian Press)

Well, Internet photos can testify that his false eyebrows didn’t last in photographs when one slipped off his brow for the world to see.

Justin Trudeau's eyebrow falls off during interview

“Trudeau has exhibited a fondness for facial hair in the past"

“But for now at least, Trudeau is the first prime minister to sport a full beard since Mackenzie Bowell, who served from 1894 to 1896.” (Canadian Press)

Wow! “Trudeau has exhibited a fondness for facial hair in the past. (Canadian Press)

“In younger days, including when he was first elected as an MP, he sported a variety of moustaches, goatees and the occasional beard, along with longer, more unruly hair. Critics carped from time to time that he looked like a pirate or a drug lord. “But since being elected Liberal leader in 2013, Trudeau has resolutely stuck to short locks and a clean-shaven face — until now. “His new beard is neatly trimmed and flecked liberally with grey. It seems to match Trudeau's stated intention to take a lower profile, more businesslike approach to his second mandate, keeping the focus on concrete bread-and-butter initiatives and shifting the spotlight to his team of cabinet ministers.”

Aside from wondering how a self-professed “feminist” can sport a new look with a beard, we think that Trudeau’s new look is more third world dictator like, akin to the late Fidel Castro upon whom the Canadian prime minister has heaped lavish praise. Meanwhile, rumors are rife that the 17 days Trudeau spent in Costa Rica were separate from his family. Could the beard that Trudeau returned home with be one that he grew while batching it?

Judi McLeod——Bio and Archives -- Judi McLeod, Founder, Owner and Editor of Canada Free Press, is an award-winning journalist with more than 30 years’ experience in the print and online media. A former Toronto Sun columnist, she also worked for the Kingston Whig Standard. Her work has appeared throughout the ‘Net, including on Rush Limbaugh and Fox News.