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As we head into 2019 and the looming federal election, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau might just be wishing that 2018 never happened.

Trudeau ends the year in a position few would have expected a year ago, his job approval rating sits below that of U.S. President Donald Trump.

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A Forum Research poll shows just 38% of Canadians approve of the job Trudeau is doing. Trump, meanwhile, sits at around 42%, according to the Real Clear Politics average of polls.

It’s a big drop from the 51% approval that Trudeau had two years ago at the end of his first year in office.

Some of that drop can simply be attributed to Trudeau being in office for three years. It’s common for voters to be less excited about a politician the longer they are around. But some of this drop has to do with Trudeau bungling his way through 2018, starting with his trip to India.

It was supposed to be a feel good trip, an attempt to boost relations with the largest democracy in the world. Instead, it turned into a series of embarrassing photo ops of Trudeau and his family dressed like extras in a Bollywood movie.