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No longer is Justin Trudeau the dreamy heartthrob that had jaded bureaucrats swooning like teeny-boppers when he was first elected prime minister, and glossy magazines writing glowing but vacuous pap about him being the new face of world progressiveness.

He has managed in little more than a half a term as head of the Liberal government to become a laughing stock and an embarrassment.

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International headlines are no longer kind to him.

The president of the United States jokes about making stuff up in front of him, yet there is no gut response from Trudeau.

Instead, he allows himself to be a punchline.

Facebook and Twitter are now filled with Trudeau memes, few of them flattering.

Trudeau as a poser. Trudeau as a clown, and Trudeau as a potato head, thanks to the Chinese translation of his surname.

And then there is Trudeau coming down the steps of the House of Commons on Halloween, hair greased back and horn-rimmed spectacled like Clark Kent, and with a Superman T-shirt ready to be exposed.