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Trudeau wades into Invictus trash talk with a pushup, draws online eye rolls

First came the Obamas. Next up: Prince Harry and his grandmother, the Queen. Now, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has waded into the trash talk ahead of next week's Invictus Games in Orlando, Fla. But the video is drawing a few laughs online.

'Oh, hey. I just thought I'd show our friends in the U.S. and the U.K. how Canada brings it'

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau grabbed an invisible mic from behind his back, pretended to drop it and said, 'Boom!' (Justin Trudeau/Twitter)

First came the Obamas. Next up:Prince Harry and his grandmother, the Queen. Now, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has waded into the online trash talkahead of next week'sInvictus Games in Orlando, Fla.

Trudeauresponded to the boasting by the Obamas and the royals ina 23-secondvideo posted tohis Twitter account Monday afternoon.He isjoined by members from the team that Canada is sending to the Games (along with a dog).

"Oh, hey.I just thought I'd show our friends in the U.S. and the U.K. how Canada brings it," he said, before getting down on the ground and doing a single pushup.

Then, holding himself up with one arm, he grabs an invisible mic from behind his back, pretends to drop it and says "Boom!" The bomb-dropping gesture was used in the videos put out by the Obamas and the royals.

Thegames are a Paralympic-like sportingeventfor wounded, injured and sick service personnel and werestarted in 2014 by Prince Harry.

This year, the gameswillbe held in Orlandofrom May 8 to12. The 2017 edition will be held in Toronto, wherePrince Harryand Trudeau formallylaunched them on Monday.

The online reaction came in swiftly after the video went live.

Some were impressed with PM's move.

It's not the first time the prime minister has been noted for his athletic ability.

A few weeks ago, a 2013 photo of Trudeaudoing the"peacock"yoga pose resurfaced online. And after a boxing photo-op with kids in Brooklyn two weeks ago, Trudeau gotflack from his opponents in the House of Commons.

Others rolled their eyes.

There were even some calls for other world leaders to get involved.

There will be around 500 competitorsfrom 15 countries competing in the 2016 version of games, including Canada, the U.S., the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, Iraq and Germany.