Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, while in Madrid on Thursday for the NATO leaders' summit, appeared to forget the name of Australia's newly elected Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. ."It's, uh, a real pleasure, uh, to be, uh, uh, meeting with, uh, uh a uh, a great, uh progressive leader," said Trudeau, appearing to struggle with recalling Albanese's name. ."We're really really excited to have uh, a friend in, in, Australia. Australia's been uh, a long-time friend," said Trudeau stumbling until he eventually recovered and called the Prime Minister by name. ."...but with, uh, uh, Prime Minister Albanese, we have someone now who we're goona be able to dig into on, uh, climate change, on inclusive and economic growth, on reconciliation, on the, uh, uh, range of issues that we know, uh, our citizens what us to step up on." .Trudeau has received heavy criticism worldwide in recent months with respect to his government's handling of the COVID-19 restrictions in Canada. .READ MORE: WATCH: US congressman calls out Trudeau's 'oppressive government'.US politicians have slammed Trudeau saying Canada belongs on the Religious Persecution Watch List for the arrests of several church pastors during COVID-19 crackdowns..US congressman Bob Good recently likened Canada to China's dictatorship and called Trudeau's Liberals an "oppressive government." .In his other travels across the globe, Trudeau has been heckled by crowds and received not-so-flattering coverage by media in the UK..READ MORE: WATCH: British press gobsmacked by Trudeau’s antics.Trudeau was named "Plank of the Week" on a British Talk Radio program while on a visit to Europe. .“He took tactics directly out of the rule book of Vladimir Putin to deal with his own people and then he has the audacity and the lack of self-awareness to stand at a podium and tell us that he wants to fight for sovereignty and democracy," said one of the hosts. .“He is a hypocrite; he has a neck made of brass and he’s a moron and a plank.”.Trudeau was also trashed by Members of the European Parliament (MEP) during the NATO Summit in Brussels in March where members gathered to discuss the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. .READ MORE: THOMAS: Trudeau pilloried by European leaders.Romanian MEP Cristian Tehres left the room before Trudeau spoke and called out the PM for "the tyranny that you're implementing" and said his "deceit and hypocrisy [are] destroying liberty and western values." .Mislav Kolakusic, MEP from the Republic of Croatia, after Trudeau called Putin's attack on Ukraine "an attack on the values that form the pillars of all democracy," turned to face Trudeau and said Canada "has become a symbol of civil rights violations under your quasi-liberal boot in recent months." .German politician and Germany MEP alternate, Christine Anderson, also took a swing at the PM calling him a "disgrace for any democracy" and asked him to "please spare us your presence," to resounding applause from those in the house.
