She'll be great. Not

So, Chrystia Freeland is to be named deputy PM and minister of inter-governmental affairs.  You know what I think of her, a disaster.  Just saw her strolling up the lane to Government House sporting her usual smug smirk, messy hair and too-short-too-tight outfit.  Not a second thought about anything.  Ever.  Here she is, with Clown-in-Chief, in all her odiousness:

The self-satisfaction is hideous.  And don't get me started on Payette!

No clue how badly she has messed up.

Why would Trudeau -- or should I say Butts -- give her a portfolio in which she has to work with many other governments when she couldn't even close one file:  NAFTA?!  So now, instead of thoughtlessly bulldozing officials in one department, she will be a bull-in-the-china-shop with the others?  "Well, she certainly honed her diplomatic skills with the Americans putting NAFTA together, so she'll be great in this new post," said one misguided wag on CBC radio this morning.

No she won't.  Trump and Lighthizer hated her.  Diplomatic skills?  She apparently has none.  To master such skills, one has to be mindful and respectful of the positions of others.  She is not, which is why it took three years to tweak the agreement.  NAFTA has yet to be ratified in the US and with only about 10 days left in the congress and senate before Christmas, it won't be.  That's not me talking, it's people who know.  They're too busy trying in vain to impeach Trump to bother with NAFTA.  And speaking of the impeachment proceedings, I despair when I turn on both CTV and CBC and am faced with all-day-word-for-word coverage of these dreary and pointless hearings.  But when I saw the sorry procession of ministers schlepping into Rideau Hall this morning, I actually switched to the hearings.  Couldn't bear to watch the train of self-satisfied egomaniacs traipsing through the portals.  Even 'The Real Housewives of.....anything' would be a welcome relief.

I might peak out from under the sofa to see this new, gender-equal, incompetent cabinet -- just to torture myself anew.  The only positive thing about it will be for the bureaucrats who laboured in torture under the feeble, smug, inept and unimpressive Climate Barbie.  They will no longer have to.  Instead, they'll have a fresh, new mess to contend with.

Wonder what moniker Barbie will be given in her new portfolio?  Since it's "infrastructure", I think I'll dub her "Concrete Barbie".
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p.s.  I have been saying this about Freeland for years, but finally a respected journalist has agreed.  Read Konrad Yakabuski in today's Globe; finally a little truth and vindication.