Not so popular now, eh? Canada’s golden boy Justin Trudeau gets ridiculed on Twitter for praising his father’s close friend Fidel Castro as a ‘remarkable leader’
Trudeau hailed Castro as a ‘legendary revolutionary and orator’ after the former Cuban president died on Friday night
His father Pierre Elliot Trudeau met Castro during a visit to Cuba in 1976
Their friendship lasted until the elder Trudeau’s death in 2000 and Castro was an honorary pallbearer at his funeral
Cuban-American Senators Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio criticized Trudeau
Many on Twitter also poked fun at his warm statement, writing similarly positive eulogies for Hitler, Stalin and Darth Vader
By ANNETA KONSTANTINIDES
DAILYMAIL.COM
27 November 2016
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is under fire for hailing Fidel Castro as ‘larger than life’ and a ‘legendary revolutionary and orator’ after he died on Friday.
Trudeau praised the former Cuban president in a tribute that focused on his family’s close ties to Castro and made no mention of his history of ruthless suppression.
‘It is with deep sorrow that I learned today of the death of Cuba’s longest serving President,’ Trudeau said in his statement, which was released on Saturday.
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