meanwhile, trudeau:

From the beaches of Normandy to the mountains of the Korean Peninsula, from the fields of Flanders to the streets of Kandahar, we have fought and died alongside you during your darkest hours during the Iranian hostage crisis. Those 444 days, we worked around the clock from our embassy to get your innocent compatriots home.

Together, we’ve built the most successful economic, military and security partnership the world has ever seen. A relationship that has been the envy of the world.