As well as appearing on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau headed to the United Nations General Assembly while in New York.Photo by CBS Broadcasting/File

Appearance on Stephen Colbert once again highlights Trudeau's weakness for U.S. media

Trudeau’s U.S. appearances have been in sharp contrast to predecessors, all of whom generally got through their tenures with only the occasional quote to a U.S. wire service

by · National Post

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be appearing in a broadcast of The Late Show on Monday, in just the latest example of the Canadian leader’s unusual weakness for American media appearances.

In a Friday lookahead schedule released by CBS Television, “Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau” was scheduled to appear Monday on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

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