There’s a state dinner at the White House tomorrow night for Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and the son of Pierre Trudeau and leader of Canada’s Liberal Party had some sobering news for his hosts.
Trudeau cautions Americans not to think everyone in Canada is happy "and everyone's progressive and everyone's a feminist."
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 10, 2016
World view: rocked. The struggle is real, even to our north.
Trudeau: says the coverage of Canada is "everyone's happy, everyone's a feminist, everyone hugs pandas all day."
— Justin Ling (@Justin_Ling) March 10, 2016
Trudeau, sticking to his hope-over-fear theme, says the world needs North America to be at its "most generous" and its "wisest."
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 10, 2016
Americans are going to do their best to make Trudeau welcome and the United States appear progressive, right down to the dinner menu.
White House chef says this is a "progressive" menu for the progressive Trudeaus. Also "healthy." And, er, "light." pic.twitter.com/Z9XoETGm3U
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 9, 2016
Forget light. Each table will be adorned with a sugar sculpture inspired by the splendor of the Rocky Mountains.
There will be a Rocky Mountain scene made out of pastries. pic.twitter.com/T00EYMAAu6
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 9, 2016
White House pastry chef Susan Morrison: "The splendour of the Rocky Mountains is here in this handmade sugar display."
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 9, 2016
Behold the splendour of the Rockies. There will be 22 of these. pic.twitter.com/5pZdZKCRlP
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 9, 2016
The pastry chef says she gave a nod to Nanaimo bars and butter tarts to add some Canadian flavour in the desserts pic.twitter.com/89QEzYqrXU
— Meagan Fitzpatrick (@fitz_meagan) March 9, 2016
Better yet, Trudeau’s wife Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau brought the Canadian flavor by wearing all-Canadian designers whose names we do not know. There’s a lot more to be learned from this visit than we expected.
Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau poses for a pic, wearing all Canadian designers #statevisit pic.twitter.com/KPeknYo1kT
— Meagan Fitzpatrick (@fitz_meagan) March 10, 2016