It's not that he has "balls", it's that he has nothing to lose and he's not playing to win, he's just playing to fire up his donation-check sending fanbase.

Other party leaders could say the things he says and it wouldn't take "balls", it would take a disregard for their polling numbers which would be retarded because the whole point is to win support, not lose it.

The problem with PPC people is that they aren't interested in winning, they just want to hear their "leader" virtue-signal to them. Given the choice "A) Hear your leader say this thing that will cost overall support" vs "B) The leader bites his tongue and retains that support", Bernier fans will choose "A)" every time because they don't understand the game they're playing. They don't get that elections are vote-winning contests, not virtue signaling contests.