So I showed the clip to a good friend of mine who spent years working in diplomatic circles (no, I can't prove it without doxxing myself so please feel free to take this as madeup bullshit if you want). At the end, when Trudeau walked off by himself, my friend burst out laughing. I thought that they were laughing at how goofy Trudeau looked but when they calmed down a bit they explained why this was so funny.
If you look to left of frame at the beginning of the full video, you see that Trudeau was accompanied by a blonde woman with a red scarf, almost certainly a Canadian staffer. It is extremely rare for a world leader to be alone at any time during an event like the G20, to the point where many countries would consider it a huge breach of protocol if their foreign affairs guys left the head of state unattended.
Notice who's not there running after Trudeau at the end? A blonde woman with a red scarf. My friend lost their shit because the only implication they could draw is that Trudeau's aide/translator/secretary/whatever, who was there in person for the whole conversation, looked at her PM who her job demands she follow at all times and thought "nuh uh, I don't want to be there for what's going down next."
I will gladly take the impression of one of Trudeau's own trusted staff members in the moment over the opinions of a thousand body language phrenologists after the fact.
So I showed the clip to a good friend of mine who spent years working in diplomatic circles (no, I can't prove it without doxxing myself so please feel free to take this as madeup bullshit if you want). At the end, when Trudeau walked off by himself, my friend burst out laughing. I thought that they were laughing at how goofy Trudeau looked but when they calmed down a bit they explained why this was so funny.
If you look to left of frame at the beginning of the full video, you see that Trudeau was accompanied by a blonde woman with a red scarf, almost certainly a Canadian staffer. It is extremely rare for a world leader to be alone at any time during an event like the G20, to the point where many countries would consider it a huge breach of protocol if their foreign affairs guys left the head of state unattended.
Notice who's not there running after Trudeau at the end? A blonde woman with a red scarf. My friend lost their shit because the only implication they could draw is that Trudeau's aide/translator/secretary/whatever, who was there in person for the whole conversation, looked at her PM who her job demands she follow at all times and thought "nuh uh, I don't want to be there for what's going down next."
I will gladly take the impression of one of Trudeau's own trusted staff members in the moment over the opinions of a thousand body language phrenologists after the fact.