Earlier this week, I learned that Dominic Leblanc, the new Finance Minister, used to be Justin Trudeau’s babysitter when he was growing up.

Up until he replaced Chrystia Freeland I hadn’t really been paying attention to Leblanc.

Let me rewrite that more transparently. I did not know who Dominic Leblanc was.

Actually, I had not been paying attention to much of anything until I heard about the tariffs. The tariffs made a non-political person instantly interested in political matters.

But back to Leblanc. In the middle of all the craziness that has been going on, I heard Leblanc provide some very wise insight this morning.

He said the following words:

It's not the government's job to respond to everything Donald Trump posts.

This brings a sense of calm to the situation. This reminds us that the trolling is part of the strategy. It’s aim is to:

1. Destabilize the country
2. Insult and undermine the Prime Minister
3. Have us all shaking in our boots
4. Make us feel inferior
5. Make us, and Americans believe lies
6. Turn people against each other
7. Instigate a response to him
8. Give him the upper hand
9. Make people who otherwise wouldn’t pay attention to him start talking about him
10. Affect the government policy of a sovereign nation

All this is from a person who is not yet the president. All from Tweets.

These words from Leblanc remind us that Tweets are not policy. Tweets are just tweets.

This is a very level-headed way to look at the tariff threats and the insults that followed them.

So today, I have decided to give Dominic Leblanc the nickname Uncle Dominic.

I mean it in a good way.

I’m not going to worry too much if he likes the nickname or not.

It is highly unlikely that I will ever bump into Dominic Leblanc in the supermarket, or in my neighborhood or anywhere.

Wise words, Uncle Dominic!

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