‘I hope he loses today’: NDP’s Jagmeet Singh says it would be better for world if Trump defeated
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Jagmeet Singh waded into the U.S. election on Tuesday, saying U.S. President Donald Trump had failed to control the COVID-19 pandemic, putting Americans and the rest of the world at risk.
“I think it would be better for the world if Trump loses and I hope he loses today,” said Singh.
The leader of Canada’s New Democrats said Trump has flirted with white supremacy and endorsing violence, and emboldened racism and division “to an extent that we’ve not seen before.”
Other Canadian leaders, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, have remained studiously quiet regarding the U.S. election. Trudeau said he would watch from the sidelines, and that he stands ready to work with whomever heads to the Oval Office after Tuesday’s election.
Erin O’Toole, the leader of the Conservatives, concurred, saying “this is a vote for Americans, not Canadians,” and added that were he prime minister, he’d work with either candidate.
Singh, though, broke with this logic and instead implored Americans to vote Trump out.
“We’re not in normal times,” Singh said. “What President Trump has done is so far beyond what is normal that it is a moral imperative that we have to speak out and make it really clear that what he has done in his presidency is wrong.”