NEW YORK – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made his address to the UN General Assembly yesterday and ended it with the popular team building game ‘Two Truths and a Lie’.
After reminding the UN about the importance of working together to address the Syrian refugee crisis, the impacts of climate change, and investing in the world economy, Trudeau rallied his fellow world leaders and diplomats into a circle around the podium. Using a red marker and a dry-erase board, the 44-year-old wrote TEAMWORK and circled it twice.
“Before we can accomplish these priorities together, we need to get to know one another,” explained a focused Canadian Prime Minister while sitting backwards in his chair. “Let’s break the ice. I want everyone in this circle to introduce themselves, and tell all of us two truths and a lie. Then, we’ll all try to guess which ones are the lies.”
“Would you like to start?” asked Trudeau to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
“Sure,” said Erdogan. “Hello, my name is Recep; I was born in Ankara, my pet dog’s name is ‘Woogie’, and uh, I believe in democracy.”
Other world leaders struggled to come up with three things.
“Let’s see,” pondered British Prime Minister Theresa May. “I did permanent damage to the cohesiveness of the European Union, my father is a vicar and, errr…”
At press time, Trudeau was telling UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon to go underneath the hands of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and Seychelles President James Michel during their Human Knot activity.
