Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, questioned that President Donald Trump could call the military to quell the protests, stopped for more than 20 seconds before responding that Canadians were watching events in the United States. United with horror.
“We are all watching in horror and dismay at what is going on in the United States,” Trudeau said Tuesday at a daily press conference after a reporter urged him on Trump’s idea of using soldiers against demonstrators.
The reporter also asked for comments on the tear gas by American protesters on Monday “to make way for a presidential photo shoot”.
“It’s time to bring people together,” said Trudeau. “Now is the time to listen, to learn what injustices persist despite the progress made over the years and decades.”
Trudeau spoke about the need to fight racism in Canada, as he has done since the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis last week sparked American protests.
When a reporter asked for additional comments on Trump’s words and actions, Trudeau said, “My job as Canadian Prime Minister is to stand up for Canadians.”
Trudeau has long talked about the need to end racism, but his re-election campaign nearly derailed last September after black photos of him from previous years appeared.
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, a former journalist, has separately defended the work of American journalists who have been targeted by police and protesters.
Reuters reporter Julio-Cesar Chavez and Reuters safety advisor Rodney Seward were hit and injured by rubber bullets in Minneapolis on Saturday.
“Journalists are not enemies of the people; journalists serve the people,” she said at a press conference.
Trump has frequently attacked the media in the past, including tweeting in April of last year that the press was “really the enemy of the people.”
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