It would be helpful to your Little Potato/Liberal spin doctoring if you took time to actually read and  reflect on a column before launching your Liberal talking points.

Nowhere did Ibbitson say that Harper had good relations with the US.  On the contrary, he said that Harper like Trudeau came into office promising to revitalize relations with the US but that he, like Trudeau, came up against a government and a president that were not in harmony with the Canadian government and PM.

It is too soon to say if Trudeau will manage to mask his liberalism, post nationalism and internationalism enough to get along adequately with Trump and his conservatism, populism and nationalism.  One 4 hour visit doesn't prove anything although the visits of the leaders of the UK, Japan and Israel were much longer and seemed warmer and more natural and the WH press secretary remembered their proper names.

One thing we do know is that Brian Mulroney continues to have excellent relations with US leaders.