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Not really. Like Trump he was inconsistent and a failure as a PM but.

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He was absolutely honest financially, a passionate supporter of the average and the underprivileged and disadvantaged person, a fierce opponent of any racial or religious or socioeconomic discrimination…

You can't say that about Trump.

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On 11/12/2022 at 11:47 PM, Aristides said:

Not really. Like Trump he was inconsistent and a failure as a PM but.

You can't say that about Trump.

I strongly recommend that US analysts look at Diefenbaker, and what happened.

There will be a Dalton Camp, and a Robert Stanfield.

And then, maybe, a Brian Mulroney.

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But you Americans always do things fast, quickly. But also miss nuance, the wonder of life.

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On 11/12/2022 at 11:47 PM, Aristides said:

You can't say that about Trump.

Did Trump do anything different from Diefenbaker? Did he take any money from anybody, differently?

By all accounts, Trump was as honest as Diefenbaker.

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Of course, both were ShowMen.

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Here's my point: Like Diefenbaker, Trump won't go away.

Diefenbaker haunted Stanfield. Unlike Bush Jnr, Trump will haunt any future leader.

Diefenbaker has a memorial with his car in Saskatchewan. There are people, years later - on this site - who think Diefenbaker is the saviour of Canada.

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Trump is America's Diefenbaker, and it'll take a Camp to kill the sucker. 

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On 11/12/2022 at 7:21 PM, August1991 said:

Discuss.

Diefenbaker could read and write. And was an excellent speaker.

Trump doesn't like to read and certainty doesn't write. And his speeches are often incomprehensible rants against presumed enemies.

Diefenbaker cared about ordinary people. Trump cares only about Trump.

Diefenbaker had a passion for freedom and human rights and brought in the Bill of Rights, championed giving natives the vote, and opposed South Africa.

Trump only likes freedom for Trump, and would just as soon end democracy so he could be dictator for life.

Diefenbaker was an honest man. Trump has been a corrupt, conniving snake his entire life.

Diefenbaker also had a vision, something Don boy lacks.

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On 11/14/2022 at 10:34 PM, August1991 said:

Did Trump do anything different from Diefenbaker? Did he take any money from anybody, differently?

By all accounts, Trump was as honest as Diefenbaker.

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Of course, both were ShowMen.

By all accounts? Does 'all' mean something different in French than it does English? Are you confused?

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On 11/18/2022 at 11:47 PM, OftenWrong said:

I kinda think Trump is like Richard Nixon.

-Political outsider

- Good at outreach toward China (North Korea) and USSR (Russia)

- Negotiator (Art of the Deal)

- Ended US wars

- Space program

- Term ended in a scandal

 

You could say the same of Diefenbaker.

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From the perspective of someone In Central Canada in the 1960s.

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On 12/27/2022 at 1:15 AM, herbie said:

and that's why they voted him out...

Biden isn’t in control of his faculties, let alone the country.  One month he’s telling kids to make political Tic Toc videos.  Now he’s under pressure to band the platform for federal devices.

He owes so many favours and is so clearly owned and compromised.

 I didn’t agree with some of Trump’s rhetoric or policies, but he did try to push back against the entrenched interests.  It couldn’t be sustained.  Biden is the establishment.  

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On 11/15/2022 at 5:13 AM, August1991 said:

Here's my point: Like Diefenbaker, Trump won't go away.

Diefenbaker haunted Stanfield. Unlike Bush Jnr, Trump will haunt any future leader.

Diefenbaker has a memorial with his car in Saskatchewan. There are people, years later - on this site - who think Diefenbaker is the saviour of Canada.

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Trump is America's Diefenbaker, and it'll take a Camp to kill the sucker. 

Got it...you don't like Dief...

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