Kenney told National Post that he hopes to push back against the cross-border spillover of Trump’s Make America Great Again politics
“I think what triggered me to get back online was Trump’s attacks on Canada and the simultaneous betrayal of Ukraine, and all that this implied for our country and our world,” Kenney said in an interview with National Post on Wednesday.
Kenney told National Post that he hopes to push back against the cross-border spillover of Trump’s MAGA (Make America Great Again) politics.
“Any view that you see expressed on the MAGA right has an echo constituency in Canada,” said Kenney.
“All you have to do is look at the replies when (Conservative Leader) Pierre Poilievre posts something supportive of Ukraine, and there are suddenly dozens of replies trashing him for being a ‘globalist sellout’,” he added.
“Hopefully we can keep it largely contained to the more fetid pools of the Internet, but it’s going to take leadership.”
“Defeating Putin in Ukraine will radically reduce the chances of a Chinese invasion in Taiwan… and send a message to avaricious tyrants across the world that democratic countries won’t just look the other way,” said Kenney.
Kenney said that Canada should also get ready to play a bigger role in defending Ukraine as the Trump-led U.S. wavers.
“Coming through for Ukraine will be a challenge, but Canada’s military has done hard things before,” said Kenney.
Kenney says he’ll likely keep up his social media presence for the foreseeable future.
“I think I’ll probably be on (X) semi-regularly in the future. I just want to avoid the trap of that a lot of people fall into being on it obsessively.”
He added that those waiting on a full-on political comeback will just have to keep on waiting.
“Listen, I’m enjoying life in the private sector. I’ve paid my dues. I don’t expect to be going back into government. But I guess you never say never.”
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