Canada/Russia SMACKDOWN!

Canada and Russia have long had an INTENSE hockey rivalry but now there's a NEW battleground for world dominance -- which one of our countries has the sexiest, most handsome LEADER?

In the Russian corner, there's Vladimir Putin, he of the icy KGB good looks and Daniel Craig-esque air of macho thuggishness --

But here in the Canadian corner, we now have gorgeous young Justin Trudeau, who simply OOZES sex appeal and bilingual French-English charm --

Yes, "Shirtless Putin" DOES have his own internet meme, so that's a point in his favour. He certainly seems to love doing athletic things in the Great Outdoors while mysteriously underdressed.

But CHECKMATE Trudeau! He's been newly christened in the Twitterverse as #PMILF ("Prime Minister I'd like to . . ." well, you get the idea). Just see how sexy our Justin looks doing athletic things while FULLY CLOTHED!

Okay, the time has come for a DIRECT COMPARISON of how they both stack up in the BARE CHEST department.  Here's Putin fly fishing in some Russian river -- nice shoulders and biceps, I must concede, but not much in the way of a six-pack and aren't those pecs perhaps a LITTLE droopy?

Now here's a shot of our Justin taken before a boxing match for charity (which he won of course). I admit, he's a little scrawnier looking than Putin but still he has nice shoulders, a better six-pack and AN AWESOME TATTOO. That's got to be worth EXTRA points right there, I think you'll agree.

But now it's SMACKDOWN time, boys and girls. Here's the REAL TEST of macho sexiness. How do they each look in a white sleeveless undershirt? Well, at first glance, Putin does seem to have AN EDGE here, I'll grant you that.

BUT, I ask you, has Putin ever STRIPTEASED for charity while wearing that undershirt, like our Justin did in 2011 when he was still a backbencher? Why don't I just let this video speak for itself . . . .



GAME, SET AND MATCH to Trudeau, I believe!

(This post is dedicated to every female politician the world over who has ever been unfairly judged, rated, mocked or marginalized solely on the basis of her looks instead of on the content of her character, policies or effectiveness as a leader. Turnabout is fair play, boys.)