Displaced anger at Trump instead of Iran is dangerous at a time when the oppressive, bloodthirsty Iranian regime is escalating its aggression. By now, everyone should know that appeasement of jihadists buys them time to escalate. 1400 years of history has shown that jihadis are only kept at bay by force, not appeasement. One person who clearly doesn’t know this is a Canadian businessmen made more news than he should have for his inane comments slamming Donald Trump for retaliating against Iran. Michael McCain, who is CEO of Maple Leaf Foods, blamed Trump for Iran’s shooting down of the plane. By so doing, he exonerates the rogue Islamic regime, which ascribes to a doomsday Islamic belief that it can create catastrophe that will hasten the coming of the twelfth Imam. Michael McCain also (arrogantly) insults the integrity of the anti-regime protesters, who won’t even walk on U.S. or Israeli flags out of respect.
I was interviewed by Frank Gaffney (time in 33:00) on Secure Freedom Radio about Michael McCain’s harmful and irresponsible politicizing of the Iranian attack on the Ukraine passenger jet that tragically saw the death of all on board. Mr. Gaffney also discussed with me Iran’s influence in Canada through its proxies.
“Maple Leaf Foods was trading down just under 1 per cent on Monday, to $24.84.”
“Maple Leaf Foods CEO criticizes the ‘narcissist in Washington’ after Iran deaths,” by Jake Edmiston, National Post, January 13, 2020:
The chief executive of Canadian processed meat giant Maple Leaf Foods Inc. drew international attention on Monday after using the company’s Twitter account to admonish the Trump administration over last week’s Flight 752 disaster in Iran.
On Sunday evening, Michael McCain launched a series of emotionally charged Tweets at the U.S. president, accusing him of setting off a “needless, irresponsible series of events” that led to the crash, which claimed the lives of 57 Canadians. Among the victims were the wife and 11-year-old son of one of McCain’s Maple Leaf colleagues.
“I am very angry, and time isn’t making me less angry,” McCain wrote on Maple Leaf’s official account. “U.S. government leaders unconstrained by checks/balances, concocted an ill-conceived plan to divert focus from political woes.”
Janet Riley, Maple Leaf’s vice-president of communications, said McCain “gave great thought” to his remarks.
“He asked us to post it and we did,” she said.
Though Maple Leaf hasn’t released details on the staff member who lost his family in the crash, Riley confirmed that McCain knew him personally.
McCain — a high-profile Canadian executive, whose family is behind the famed McCain frozen french fry empire — controls 38.9 per cent of Maple Leaf Foods’ shares, according to an April 2019 management circular.
Maple Leaf has been steadily pushing into the American market, growing sales of its meat products while also emerging as a competitor to California-based Beyond Meat in the plant-based protein category…..