Elon Musk continues to troll Trudeau: 'Girl, you're not the governor of Canada anymore'

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With Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announcing his resignation earlier this week, Elon Musk is throwing his weight behind Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre.

Musk, a vocal opponent of Trudeau’s, tweeted his support for Poilievre on Tuesday, sharing a number of tweets heralding the end of the Liberal Leader’s reign and Poilievre’s presumptive victory in Canada’s next election later this year.

In one video he shared, Poilievre is seen chewing on an apple as he confronts a reporter in B.C. “Another masterpiece,” Musk captioned the clip, which went viral around the world.

Back in 2023, Don Urquhart, a local newspaper editor in Oliver and Osoyoos, asked Poilievre about his strategy of taking a “populist pathway” to become Canada’s next leader.

“What does that mean?” Poilievre asked.

The reporter suggested Poilievre was “appealing to people’s more emotional levels, I would guess.”

Poilievre again asked what he meant by that and to give an example.

“Certainly you tap very strong ideological language quite frequently,” the reporter answered.

The exchange continued with the reporter unable to back up any of his claims, including a comparison he made between Poilievre and former U.S. president Donald Trump.

A lot of people would say that you’re simply taking a page out of the Donald Trump book, said Urquhart.

“A lot of people? Like which people would say that?” Poilievre fired back as he took a bite. “Give me the page … You must know somebody … I don’t know what you’re question is.”

Fox News described the back-and-forth as Poilievre batting down (a) reporter’s questions, while the Daily Mail described the war of words as the Conservative leader calmly tearing apart a reporter. 

After Musk dusted off the viral clip, the video garnered over 22 million views with more than 204,000 likes.

On Wednesday morning, Musk continued to troll Trudeau after the prime minister tried to clap back at President-elect Donald Trump’s rhetoric that Canada would be better off if it became the 51st state.

“You get rid of that artificially drawn line and you take a look at what that looks like, and it would also be much better for national security,” Trump said Tuesday, referring to the border between Canada and the U.S. “And don’t forget, we basically protect Canada.”

“There isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that Canada would become part of the United States,” Trudeau tweeted. “Workers and communities in both our countries benefit from being each other’s biggest trading and security partners.”

But Musk mocked Trudeau’s fighting words, firing back: “Girl, you’re not the governor of Canada anymore, so (it) doesn’t matter what you say.”

After Musk’s reply went viral with over 1.1 million views, fans praised his “roasting skills.”

“Elon out here roasting people like a master chef, and he doesn’t even break a sweat,” one person commented. “It’s like watching a flamethrower with a sense of humor!”

Later in the morning, Musk posted a meme featuring an AI-generated Trump playing the violin while Trudeau gave his resignation speech on Monday.

Musk’s latest ribbing of Trudeau came after he also shared an article written by journalist Bari Weiss titled “The Comprehensive Failure of Justin Trudeau” and a video of Poilievre outlining how he would put an end to inflation as he addressed a group of workers.

“Perfectly articulated,” Musk wrote.

Immediately following Trudeau’s announcement on Monday, the Tesla CEO was one of the first notable names to cheer the news as he took to X to celebrate.

“2025 is looking good,” Musk wrote in response to another post that said: “Trump won. Trudeau resigned.”

After Poilievre sat down for an interview with Jordan Peterson, Musk reposted the video entitled “Canada’s Next Prime Minister,” calling it a “great interview.”

He also replied to billionaire Bill Ackman’s message that Poilievre “should be Canada’s next leader” with a 100% emoji.

Last month, after he called himself a “proud feminist” and took a swipe at Americans for not electing Kamala Harris as the country’s 47th president, Musk called Trudeau “an insufferable tool.”

“Won’t be in power for much longer,” Musk wrote about the prime minister on X in response to Trudeau’s comments.

Shortly afterwards, Musk said Poilievre “seems great” after Canadian author and professor Gad Saad tweeted, “I had forgotten what it was like to have a Canadian leader with a brain.”

mdaniell@postmedia.com