Prominent father
Trudeau: Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau
Trump: Apartment developer Fred Trump
Age at swearing-in
Trudeau: 43, second-youngest in Canadian history
Trump: 70, oldest in American history
Met his wife
Trudeau: As a child, then while co-hosting charity ball
Trump: At Fashion Week party, while on date with another woman
How someone once mocked his hair
Trudeau: “Nice hair.”
Trump: “Decomposing pumpkin pie inhabited by vicious albino squirrels.”
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Domestic approval-disapproval rating:
Trudeau: 52%-44%
Trump: 40%-55%
Favourite display of physical fitness
Trudeau: Boxing
Trump: Prolonged handshakes
Tweet last week that included an exclamation mark
Trudeau: “Story time at the N’dilo Aboriginal Head Start program — thanks for having me!”
Trump: “My daughter Ivanka has been treated so unfairly by @Nordstrom. She is a great person — always pushing me to do the right thing! Terrible!”
Philosophy of international relations
Trudeau: “We’re Canadian. And we’re here to help.”
Trump: “America first. Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo.”
Sign he may be too close to billionaires
Trudeau: Attended mansion fundraiser attended by Chinese billionaires
Trump: Appointed three billionaires to cabinet
Sample quote from major speech
Trudeau: “Sunny ways, my friends, sunny ways.”
Trump: “Sadly, the American dream is dead.”
Senior aide faced criticism for
Trudeau: Charging taxpayers for moving expenses
Trump: Running propagandistic website popular with white nationalists
Declaration about climate change
Trudeau: “We will not leave our grandkids with the burden of climate change. We must act now.”
Trump: “The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive.”
Preferred vacation spot
Trudeau: The Aga Khan’s private island
Trump: Donald Trump’s private club
Stance on Syrian refugees
Trudeau: Hugged them
Trump: Banned them
Expression of respect for women
Trudeau: “I am a feminist.”
Trump: “First of all, nobody respects women more than Donald Trump, I’ll tell you. Nobody respects women more. My daughter Ivanka always says, ‘Daddy, nobody respects women more than you.’”
Reaction to death of Fidel Castro
Trudeau: “It is with deep sorrow that I learned today of the death of Cuba’s longest serving President.”
Trump: “Fidel Castro is dead!”
Disappointed supporters by
Trudeau: Breaking promise to reform the electoral system in first term
Trump: Breaking promise to repeal protections for undocumented “DREAMers” on first day in office
Thoughts on NAFTA
Trudeau: “I think we have to understand that trade is ultimately good, not just for our countries, but for our businesses and our workers.”
Trump: “NAFTA is the worst trade deal maybe ever.”
Evidence of acting chops
Trudeau: Taught high school drama
Trump: Made cameo in Home Alone 2: Lost In New York
Opinion of Meryl Streep
Trudeau: Said he wants her to play him in a movie (“she’s THAT good”)
Trump: Called her “one of the most overrated actresses in Hollywood.”
Thoughts on the media
Trudeau: “I think it’s important to underline the important role that the media fills in public discourse and public life.”
Trump: “These people are the lowest form of life, I’m telling you. They are the lowest form of humanity.”
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