Former president Donald Trump repeated the rumor that Fidel Castro is the real father of Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau during a podcast appearance.
The Republican candidate for president made the comments in a sit-down with popular streamer Adin Ross as they discussed Canada’s political situation.
‘He’s turned very liberal, actually they say he’s the son of Fidel Castro, and could be,’ Trump said. ‘Anything’s possible in this world, you know.’
The false claim that Trudeau is the son of Margaret Trudeau and the late communist dictator has been so persistent that the Canadian government was forced to deny it in 2018.
The debunked story was widely shared after Trudeau praised Castro as a ‘larger than life legendary revolutionary’ following his death in 2016.
Donald Trump repeated the false rumor that Fidel Castro is the real father of Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau. The Canadian leader is pictured as a young man with his mother Margaret
‘He’s turned very liberal, actually they say he’s the son of Fidel Castro, and could be,’ Trump said. ‘Anything’s possible in this world, you know’
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.
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Trudeau’s father, former Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau, met Castro in 1976, during a controversial trip that took place at the height of the Cold War.
Pierre Elliot Trudeau, who was the first NATO leader to visit Cuba since 1959, had hoped to open a dialogue with Castro as tensions between the island nation and the US worsened.
The Canadian prime minister arrived with his wife Margaret and youngest son Michel in tow and Castro reportedly melted at the sight of their newborn.
‘I met that little baby when he came here when he wasn’t even four months old, and he won everyone’s heart,’ Castro told the CBC in 2000.
That set the tone for the rest of the visit as Pierre and Castro, much to everyone’s surprise, became instant friends.
Pierre stayed for three days, at one point even exclaiming ‘Viva Castro!’
The two leaders’ remained close longer after Pierre retired from politics and their friendship ‘persisted into the 1990s’, Professor Robin Wright told Macleans.
The Canadian prime minister arrived with his wife Margaret and youngest son Michel in tow and Castro immediately melted at the sight of their newborn
Pierre stayed for three days, at one point even exclaiming ‘Viva Castro!’
When the elder Trudeau passed away in 2000, Castro dropped everything to attend his funeral in Montreal.
Castro was an honorary pallbearer at the funeral and met Justin, then 29, and his younger brother Alexandre.
Following his father’s footsteps, Trudeau visited Cuba just a week before Castro’s death.
Trudeau’s mother Margaret, an author and actress, was 22 when she married the 51-year-old prime minister and was the subject of intense media scrutiny.
Trump’s comments come weeks after Mick Jagger, 80, was booed by the crowd at BC Place stadium on July 5 when he praised the Canadian prime minister on stage.
‘We love your Mr. Trudeau,’ Jagger said to a chorus of boos. ‘I mean, his family has always been such big fans of our band’
Jagger sparked more rumors about the Canadian politician’s mother after former president Donald Trump allegedly accused Margaret of sleeping with all the Rolling Stones
But he appeared to poke fun at his mother Margaret Trudeau and the time she spent partying with the Rolling Stones in the 1970s.
‘We love your Mr. Trudeau,’ Jagger said to a chorus of boos. ‘I mean, his family has always been such big fans of our band.’
It sparked more rumors about the Canadian politician’s mother after former president Trump allegedly accused Margaret of sleeping with all the Rolling Stones, per former White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham’s book.
But the Rolling Stones frontman denied these rumors at the time and said: ‘It’s really embarrassing. It just isn’t true, ya know?
‘She just came for a two-night concert, she just wanted to have a good time, I dunno.’