Every politician feels they have to make a spectacle of themselves to get attention.
Trudeau did backflips off the diving board and pirouettes behind the Queen. Chretien has given us everything from scooter rides to white water rafting. And it's not just Canada. It wasn't that long ago that Russian President Boris Yeltsin was up on stage at a rock concert leaping around like a vodka-powered dancing bear. There isn't anything he won't eat, ride or wear if it means he might get his picture in the paper.