Disingenuous .... hmmmm...I don't think that O'Leary and Trump are a one-to-one swap, by any means. I certainly didn't invent the idea of a Canadian Trump. Here's the thing, and you have to think about this, a bit. That is exactly the way that O'Leary sees HIMSELF ... or at least, how he wants us to see him. Why I say that is because of the timing of his announcement to run. It was immediately after Donald Trump's inaugeration, within hours. O'Leary is obviously highly intelligent and of advance marketing savvy. He wouldn't have done that has he not wanted to associate himself with the Trump brand. He likely sees Trump as arising star and he wants to be part of that greater movement. Be assured that it wasn't a wild coincidence.
There are similarities between Trump and O'Leary and differences. Here are some of the differences that I see. O'Leary is a self-made man and a real entrepreneur. Whatever he is is because of his own talent. Trump is third generation wealth, not an entrepreneur but more of a impresario. O'Leary is of recent immigrant parents who is clearly not anti immigrant or anti-Arab. Trump's mother was an immigrant but he seems to prefer white immigrants, from what I've seen. O'Leary has never declared bankruptcy and to my knowledge, he has never made investor's money "disappear". Most importantly, to me anyway, is that O'Leary is sane. Today, Trump was DEMANDING of the Mexican President that Mexico "respects" the USA. aHe said to the affect, how can you possibly negotiate with such unreasonable people, after telling them that they were going to wall themselves out and spend 15 billion dollars to do it, after being ordered to do it. This guy is President of the United States. That behaviour is NOT presidential but it is deadly Hitlerian. Trump is a madman, not a maybe, he is mentally ill.
Similarities ...They are both fast talking, brash, Type "A" my-way-or-the-highway types. Neither of them have done any sort of public service at all of any kind, previously. Trump evaded the draft and did not serve in the military. I wouldn't have expected O'Leary to have done so, either as people who have in this country are very thin on the ground. I can only think of two current Canadian politicians who did and they are both currently Liberal Cabinet Ministers ... Harjit Singh Sajjan and Marc Garneau. Anyway, neither O'Leary nor Trump have ever sat on a school board, in a legislature, worked at a food bank, led a Boy Scout troop, probably ever collected for a real charity. Most politicians start into politics from public service launch pads such as this and they want to affect change at a higher level. Kelly Leitch is a medical doctor. I consider that to be public service at a high level. Trump ... O'Leary ... not a chance.
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