Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau blames ‘political right’ and social media for global ‘anti-incumbency movement’

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau argued Sunday that social media and the political right have exacerbated “cultural wars and divisions” to promote an “anti-incumbency movement” worldwide.

MSNBC host Jen Psaki asked Trudeau about his decision to resign, announced on January 6, and if it had to do with a global tendency to turn against incumbent leaders or their own approval ratings.

Trudeau admitted it was “probably a little bit of everything,” but said there was “still a lingering frustration with the incumbents” about the influence of social media, despite the good work he had done.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau discussed his resignation on MSNBC on Sunday. (MSNBC screenshot)

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“Where I stand is all the good things we can do,” Trudeau said. “We’ve introduced policies that are going to make a difference for decades to come in Canada. And I think we’re now seeing a time in politics where emotions and social media carry a lot of weight in how people feel about things.”

Psaki insisted on criticism that Trudeau’s Liberal Party and the US Democratic Party were “out of touch with the public” and whether there could be lessons from his tenure to counter this perception.

Trudeau urged progressives to stay focused on the economy and cited Canada as a success in ensuring “fewer barriers for minorities and women and vulnerable people to participate in the workforce.”

“You can easily turn this into a woke argument that says, ‘You only work for minorities and women, and you don’t care about the economy,'” he conceded.

Trudeau speaks to the media outside Rideau Cottage on Monday, January 6 in Ottawa. (AP/Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)

“Well, the ability of the political right and, frankly, the social media to gin up this kind of dynamic can fall into cultural wars and divisions that actually do not withstand the hard economic truth of the growth that we have been able to. creating in Canada is part of the challenge we have,” said Trudeau.

“And this is part of the challenge we face as a world now where people are very much in a place where accessibility, where reasonable answers, where medium and long-term policies are not what they want to hear .”

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He continued: “They want things to improve immediately. And you have people who promise to make things better immediately, which is very attractive at times, although the ability to do that is not always clear.”

Trudeau suggested that social media has pushed a negative view of Canada’s economy. (Arlyn McAdorey/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

In the last year, Trudeau has started to show record a low approval rating and growing criticism from his own party about high prices and rising inflation.

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