This is a soundbite that does nothing but help Trudeau. There’s no reason to think it was accidental, rather than just theatrical. He was a drama teacher. He knows how to make an impact.
If he’d said it front of the media, it would have been a headline.
The two stories I’ve seen about this bury the hot mic part after the national sovereignty bit.
There isn’t any level of protection that he’d get by saying it to a room of millionaires and billionaires instead of the media.
Googling for “hot mic accident” shows a surprising number of results.
Without evidence to the contrary, Occam’s razor (and a backhand with Hanlon’s razor) both suggest it was a goof by the sound tech rather than unnecessary theatrics.
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This is a soundbite that does nothing but help Trudeau. There’s no reason to think it was accidental, rather than just theatrical. He was a drama teacher. He knows how to make an impact.
Why bother?
Without evidence to the contrary, Occam’s razor (and a backhand with Hanlon’s razor) both suggest it was a goof by the sound tech rather than unnecessary theatrics.