Days ago, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made international headlines during a town hall-style meeting in Edmonton, Alberta by correcting a young woman who used the word “mankind” with the word “peoplekind.”
While the correction was clearly a good natured attempt to piggyback on the woman’s comment – she had said that, “Maternal love is the love that’s going to change the future of mankind” – Donald Trump Jr. opted to use it as fodder to grandstand against “PC culture.” In characteristic fashion, the President’s eldest son took to Twitter with a tweet as smug as it was classless.
We prefer using the word "it" as it is much more inclusive… also how dare you just assume somepersons (sic) gender??? https://t.co/n0qJ08lO1u
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) February 7, 2018
Trump Jr.’s tweet comes in response to David Axelrod welcoming Trudeau to the University of Chicago.
Honored to welcome Canada’s prime minister @JustinTrudeau today to mark the 5th anniversary of @UChiPolitics. An inspiration to young people; a tribune for civic engagement, he is the perfect guest for this day.#IOP5
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) February 7, 2018
Stephen Miller, a FoxNews.com contributor, took the first swipe at the Canadian Prime Minister by drawing attention to Axelrod’s use of the pronoun.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) February 7, 2018
It was in response to Miller that Trump Jr. chimed in.
To be clear, this is a full grown, 40-year-old man castigating Trudeau for promoting inclusivity and female empowerment. Of course, what more would anyone expect from the definition of the chauvinistic, self-important son of his like-minded father?
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