Left-wing governments are imploding in the West
By
Washington Examiner
December 21, 2024 12:01 am
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Democrats can take solace that their recent election disaster isn’t a solitary one. Left-wing governments are imploding in many other Western capitals. Unsatisfied with high immigration, strained public services, weak economic growth, high taxes, and a sense of general government incompetence, voters are abandoning leaders such as Justin Trudeau, Olaf Scholz, Keir Starmer, and Emmanuel Macron.
Let’s start with the Canadian Prime Minister.
Once the darling of the Western center-left, Trudeau has long relied on a media more fascinated by his good looks than his flawed policies. But now, the dividends of those policies have come home to roost. Trudeau’s finance minister Chrystia Freeland underlined the crisis in his government by resigning this week in protest over his policy response to Donald Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on Canada.
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