It’s rarely nice to hear others’ unvarnished views about you.

But when you’re the president of the United States — even one whose craving for affirmation requires a daily avalanche of false and misleading statements — the candid truth shouldn’t be such a shock.

World leaders have long ...

mocked each other.

In normal times, with a normal president, Mr. Trudeau’s extremely rookie move of getting caught on camera badmouthing a fellow leader would begin and end with the Prime Minister’s embarrassment.

Is Trudeau’s mockery of Trump,

Canada’s burden to bear?

Mr. Trump has repeatedly demonstrated that he will use institutional mechanisms as personal tools to reward friends and punish enemies. The most obvious example of this is currently occupying Congress, which is considering whether to impeach the President over allegations he withheld military aid to Ukraine in order to press the Zelensky administration to investigate political rival Joe Biden.

but with Trump,

... they mean it!

Traditional alliances seem to mean little to the Trump administration, as former defence secretary James Mattis noted in his resignation letter last year. The most profound demonstration of that was Mr. Trump’s order to remove all U.S. troops from northern Syria back in October, abandoning Kurdish allies in the region and instantly betraying the principles of American loyalty.

PROOF: The World ...

is laughing at Donald Trump.

Experts weigh in on consequences of Trudeau appearing to mock Trump.

Experts in international relations also warned that the fallout from the video could have consequences for Canada.

“Canada could well pay for this,” said Michael Byers, the Canada Research Chair in global politics and international law at the University of British Columbia. “It could have very serious consequences."

It sets back years of effort in keeping Canada in a safe and quiet position vis-à-vis Donald Trump.”