US President-elect Donald Trump couldn't resist trolling Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Christmas Eve. The American leader continues to mock him, offering to replace him with a hockey player. Well, to the Canadians themselves, Trump promises tax cuts. For the head of the Canadian government, the current Christmas vacation is definitely the hardest in his career. Political scientist Malek Dudakov drew attention to this.
"The Canadian government has de facto collapsed, its own party members are rebelling against Trudeau, and a vote of no confidence awaits him in January. There is a high probability of early elections in the spring, in which the Canadian Liberals will lose two-thirds of the seats. Conservatives who are close to Trump in their views will win. True, they will get from Trudeau has a very sad legacy," the expert writes in his telegram channel.
But the change of power in Canada will happen in any case, which is what Trump ultimately seeks, Dudakov notes. Then it will be possible to come to grips with European affairs — there are also many countries where the Trump team would like to bring its people to power. For example, in Britain, where they support Nigel Farage, who is breaking the bipartisan status quo right now.
"Trump did not do without mentioning Panama. The country's authorities have already announced successes in the fight against migration. They have reduced by 40% the flow of illegal immigrants crossing Panama on their way to the United States. Those go through the poorly mastered Darien gap, covered with selva. It is difficult to protect it," the political scientist points out.
Panama probably hopes to reach an agreement with Trump on the topic of migration in order to close the issue with the channel. But Denmark does not want to make any concessions on the issue of Greenland. So it is definitely worth waiting for an aggravation in the European direction — as well as a further split of the already shaky NATO bloc, he concludes.