--- description: During a Huffington Post Live town hall title: Canadian Leader Justin Trudeau Masterfully Dodges Question About Trump image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8a7624184545653d/69888083cf40a8e39dc424c7/504799618.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Masterfully Dodges Question About Trump by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 7, 2016 6:50 PM CUT  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Visits Toronto City Hall at Toronto City Hall on January 13, 2016 in Toronto, Canada. Isaiah Trickey—FilmMagic Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Visits Toronto City Hall at Toronto City Hall on January 13, 2016 in Toronto, Canada. Isaiah Trickey—FilmMagicIsaiah Trickey—FilmMagic by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 7, 2016 6:50 PM CUT Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did not want to talk about the Republican frontrunner on Monday. During a live interview with the Huffington Post, the Canadian leader pivoted from the topic of Donald Trump to the topic of [Cape Breton](http://cbiftrumpwins.com/#intro "undefined")—an island that’s now satirically welcoming Americans who are considering fleeing the U.S. if the businessman is elected president. VICE News’ Justin Ling tweeted about the exchange: > [](https://twitter.com/Justin%5FLing/status/706902241400066048) > [](https://twitter.com/Justin%5FLing/status/706902305690390528) > [](https://twitter.com/Justin%5FLing/status/706903614908792832) The response came on the heels of a _CBS News_ “60 Minutes” interview in which Trudeau drew a distinction between his country’s approach to Syrian refugees and policy proposals floated by Donald Trump. “Ultimately being open and respectful towards each other is a much more powerful way to diffuse hatred and anger than … big walls and oppressive policies,” Trudeau said on [60 Minutes](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-prime-minister-trudeau/ "undefined"). Trudeau will be visiting Washington this week for a meeting with President Obama. The President and First Lady will also host a State Dinner in Trudeau’s honor, the first with a Canadian leader in about 20 years. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4249910/justin-trudeau-donald-trump-question/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4249910/justin-trudeau-donald-trump-question/"},"headline":"Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Masterfully Dodges Question About Trump","datePublished":"2016-03-07T18:50:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T15:41:15.852Z","description":"During a Huffington Post Live town hall","url":"https://time.com/4249910/justin-trudeau-donald-trump-question/","keywords":["Immigration","Canada","Donald Trump","Justin Trudeau"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8a7624184545653d/69888083cf40a8e39dc424c7/504799618.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8a7624184545653d/69888083cf40a8e39dc424c7/504799618.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Visits Toronto City Hall","caption":"Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Visits Toronto City Hall","creditText":"Isaiah Trickey—FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4249910/justin-trudeau-donald-trump-question/","name":"Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Masterfully Dodges Question About Trump"}}]}] ```