YOU SAID IT: Two sides of the fries

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TWO SIDES OF THE FRIES

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Re: Why Trump at McD’s matters, column, Oct. 25

I agree with Ben Shapiro that Donald Trump likes dealing with regular citizens and is comfortable around people even if they are of a different class or background.

At the same time, he seems to have even greater respect for those who wield excessive authority, such as Russia’s Vladimir Putin or North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. No matter how long he served at a McDonald’s drive-thru window, I doubt he would ever feel the same warmth to his regular customers as he feels toward those two.

If French leader Emmanuel Macron or Prime Minister Justin Trudeau showed up at the window, they might even get cold fries. I can accept someone who is less spontaneous with common citizens if they have a more accurate assessment of dictators and autocrats.

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BRUCE COUCHMAN

OTTAWA

YOU’RE SO VAIN

Carly Simon’s song, You’re So Vain, came to mind when I read that Justin Trudeau, “The Unwanted One,” is refusing to step down. (“You’re so vain; you probably think this song is about you. Don’t you, don’t you?”)

Trudeau is too arrogant to accept that he is the biggest reason Pierre Poilievre will become the next prime minister of Canada. What a legacy of selfishness.

Now he is making a big deal about reducing the number of immigrants coming to Canada. He expects a pat on the back for trying to fix one of his blunders. His government irresponsibly allowed too many people into Canada when there was already insufficient accommodations for many Canadians. Perhaps he doesn’t understand basic economics, i.e. that scarcity drives up prices.

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Goodbye, Justin! (It’s only a matter of time now.) It’s been an everlasting displeasure to have known you.

LLOYD ATKINS

VERNON, B.C.

TONE IT DOWN, PIERRE

Mr. Poilievre, I note with some dismay your rapid-fire ads that seem to be broadcast on evening TV at very high frequency.

Please note that, although I agree with the message, it is becoming an annoyance to see you repeat the same messages 10 times in the span of an evening, every evening. You will be in danger of having the opposite effect from what you want if you don’t tone this down. God forbid that should happen.

LES SWERDFEGER

NEPEAN

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