Terrific summation.  I'd be thrilled, but today, I'm merely relieved. That's not to denigrate the fact that the PM "got out clean" as it were, after meeting the new Pres.  It's just that I so wish he'd use the same diplomacy, demonstrate same tact; show the same respect, with people back here at home. 

He hasn't, of late. He's stumbled and bumbled and blackened his own eye, while callously dismissed major issues Canadians care about.

So, instead of cheering, I'm just quietly happy he represented Canada well.  He's done so on other occasions, elsewhere (France, for one.)  He may do so again, later this week.  That'd be nice.  The ladies everywhere seem to love him. That may include Ms. Merkel, and later, Ms. May.  If all goes well overseas, that may indicate that, hey, maybe he's just the right guy in the wrong job.  PM?  Maybe not.  Minister of Foreign Affairs? Maybe yeah...