Justin Trudeau: A Lesson for Trump in Diplomacy

Photo by Justin Tang for The Canadian Press

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau held a press conference Jan. 11 to address Iran’s admission that it accidentally shot down a commercial Ukrainian airliner, killing 176 people, including 57 Canadians. For me, the interesting part of Trudeau’s exchange with reporters was not only what he said, but what he didn’t say. He did not threaten Iran. He did not use words like “strike,” “target,” or “sanction.”…