Critique the author's defense of the Prime Minister's trip and the author themselves.
So the author is basically telling Canadians concerned about the ethics and optics of this trip that they are too stupid to see what a good thing this relationship is.  The PM's behaviour is tone deaf in the extreme given his professed principles and the election that just took place in the US.  To make matters worse, his actions are defended by this condescending troll of an author whose resume screams elitist, never actually worked for a living.  No wonder Kevin O'Leary sees an opportunity to play PM.