Parallel Between P Trudeau/King Solomon and their sons

https://tsionizm.com/opinion/2022/02/23/trudeau-and-king-solomon-the-parallel-of-two-rulers-and-their-sons/

For students of the Bible, there is an uncanny parallel between the son of King Solomon, Rehoboam and the son of Pierre Trudeau, Justin.

Pierre, who inherited, what was then considered a sizable amount of wealth in his youth, attended a number of prestigious private schools, working his way up to becoming  a lawyer, professor, civil servant, Attorney General, Justice Minister and finally Canada’s 15th Prime Minister.
Some will remember him for having championed liberal human rights for homosexuals and abortion proponents while others remember him as the leader who tried to force his indigenous people to assimilate into the Canadian culture rather than remain within their own.

Fast forward to 2022, Justin Trudeau, Canada’s Prime Minister of six years, began the job at age 44.   Although winning big in his first election, he fast became a disappointment in fulfilling many promises he made.  Trudeau’s socialist leanings have driven a wedge between him and many Canadians.  Since the start of Covid, the working class and average Canadian have been hit hard as they lost so many freedoms.  With the culmination of vaccine mandates, a complete rebellion, of the working class, initiated by truckers, has been leveled against this leader who seems to have a desire to outdo his father who once also used force against his people.  In 1970, an event dubbed The October Crisis ended with Pierre invoking emergency powers and arresting 450 Canadians without warrants.

In recent days, Justin seems to be trying to outdo his father by using an iron fist against his own people, not only refusing to meet with them but demonizing them and making their lives bitter and anguished for failing to obey his orders.
Clearly, it could be said that he has outdone his father’s harshness towards everyday Canadians who simply want to return to the freedoms they had and the ability to make choices for themselves.
Rewind to 931-913 BCE when, also in his 40’s, Rehoboam becomes Ruler of Israel after the death of his father, King Solomon.  Knowing that the people had many complaints over the harshness of their lives and wanted to be heard, he sought counsel as to how to rule.  The elders, who served his father, advised him to speak kindly to the people and treat them with dignity, while the younger, more progressive men, with whom he had grown up, convinced him not to listen to them at all as it would be perceived as a sign of weakness.  In fact, they encouraged him to make their lives even harder than his father had.  Taking their bad advice, he assured them he would make their lives worse than they had ever been.