Trudeau wades into Invictus trash talk with a pushup, draws online eye rolls
'Oh, hey. I just thought I'd show our friends in the U.S. and the U.K. how Canada brings it'
First came the Obamas. Next up:聽Prince Harry and his grandmother, the Queen. Now, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has waded into the online trash talk聽ahead of next week's聽Invictus Games in Orlando, Fla.
Trudeau聽responded to the boasting by the Obamas and the royals in聽a 23-second聽video posted to聽his Twitter account Monday afternoon.聽He is聽joined by members from the team that Canada is sending to the Games (along with a dog).
"Oh, hey.聽I just thought I'd show our friends in the U.S. and the U.K. how Canada brings it," he said, before getting down on the ground and doing a single pushup.聽
Dear <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS">@POTUS</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/FLOTUS">@FLOTUS</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal">@KensingtonRoyal</a> - did someone say "bring it?" Canada's ready for <a href="https://twitter.com/InvictusOrlando">@InvictusOrlando</a>.<a href="https://t.co/TxBAMPvTYs">https://t.co/TxBAMPvTYs</a>
—@JustinTrudeauThen, holding himself up with one arm, he grabs an invisible mic from behind his back, pretends to drop it and says "Boom!" The bomb-dropping gesture was used in the videos put out by the Obamas and the royals.
The聽games are a Paralympic-like sporting聽event聽for wounded, injured and sick service personnel and were聽started in 2014 by Prince Harry.
This year, the games聽will聽be held in Orlando聽from May 8 to聽12. The 2017 edition will be held in Toronto, where聽Prince Harry聽and Trudeau formally聽launched them on Monday.聽
The online reaction came in swiftly after the video went live.
Some were impressed with PM's move.
It's not the first time the prime minister has been noted for his athletic ability.
A few weeks ago, a 2013 photo of Trudeau聽doing the聽"peacock"聽yoga pose resurfaced online. And after a boxing photo-op with kids in Brooklyn two weeks ago, Trudeau got聽flack from his opponents in the House of Commons.
<a href="https://twitter.com/EasternViolet">@EasternViolet</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/CanadianPM">@CanadianPM</a> Reason #576 to move to Canada......馃榿
—@JTMoomin<a href="https://twitter.com/JustinTrudeau">@JustinTrudeau</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS">@POTUS</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/FLOTUS">@FLOTUS</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal">@KensingtonRoyal</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/InvictusOrlando">@InvictusOrlando</a> <a href="https://t.co/7RviwechMk">pic.twitter.com/7RviwechMk</a>
—@RichterVega<a href="https://twitter.com/JustinTrudeau">@JustinTrudeau</a> 馃槏 I'm moving to Canada
—@mixedchick94Others rolled their eyes.
So far I've only seen two* world leaders do push-ups, Vladimir Putin and Justin Trudeau. Make of that what you will.<br><br>*and I pray, no more.
—@jhallwood<a href="https://twitter.com/JustinTrudeau">@JustinTrudeau</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS">@POTUS</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/FLOTUS">@FLOTUS</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal">@KensingtonRoyal</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/InvictusOrlando">@InvictusOrlando</a> <a href="https://t.co/KjuBwJf01I">pic.twitter.com/KjuBwJf01I</a>
—@SaraPer01.<a href="https://twitter.com/JustinTrudeau">@JustinTrudeau</a> This is literally the most embarrassing thing I've ever seen
—@LukewSavageThere were even some calls for other world leaders to get involved.
There will be around 500 competitors聽from 15 countries competing in the 2016 version of games, including Canada, the U.S., the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, Iraq and Germany.
<a href="https://twitter.com/JustinTrudeau">@JustinTrudeau</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/markbrouwer2010">@markbrouwer2010</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS">@POTUS</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/FLOTUS">@FLOTUS</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal">@KensingtonRoyal</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/InvictusOrlando">@InvictusOrlando</a> So <a href="https://twitter.com/MinPres">@MinPres</a>, PM of the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Netherlands?src=hash">#Netherlands</a>...now it's your turn!!
—@RonaldElzenga